The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-04
Annatic Notes.

Aquatic Notes.
A fine Kennebec canoe, purchased 4
Philadelphia and billed to r. @. Chance
of Mount Holly, arrived at Hacks whsr
on Saturday.
Important business will be transacte,
at meeting of the Ankokas Canoe Clul
to be held In the Kelsey & Killie build
ing tomorrow night.
The members of the Early Risers' Clul
will hold a meeting tonight. Bushes
relating to the Fourth of July carnivs
will be considered.
In addition to the Mount Holly aquat
les who spent portion of Sunday on tn,
upper creek, there were parties from
Moorestown, Merchantville, CollingswooC
and Germantown.
Some persons who ventured up tn,
creek on Memorial day found no shelter
from the occasional showers that soon pu
a damper on their pleasure and caused 1
hasty pull for the boat house.
George Smith. of Water street, and {
party of friends had a profitable fishing
excursion down the creek on Wednesday
In addition to securing fine lot of shad
they caught sturgeon weighing over 1O(
pounds.
Joseph McGovern, of Beverly, escaped
drowning on Wednesday in a most pecu
liar way. He Is fisherman, and while
waiting for the tide to turn lay down on
the shore and fell asleep. When the
change of tide came McGovern was near.
ly submerged before he awoke, and moi
realizing what was taking place called
loudly for help.
Edward Hack has the stills laid for q
portion of the new addition which he Is
to make to his boat house. His full plans
in this direction, which will be completed
when additional space demands 1t, will
200 canoes The boat house is to be paint.
ed, and Mr.. Hack asks his patrons to sug-
gest suitable name for the building,
While fishing on Thursday morning,
Bradford Herbert settled all doubt of
there being stripped bass in the Rancocas
creek. He had been requested by Fish
and Game Warden Charles G. Morton to
show him one, and that opportunity came
on Memorial day, fine specimen having
been caught by Herbert while dragging
his net for minnows at the Pine street
bridge.
oward Shinn and Amos Loveland had
some luck while fishing up the creek on
Sunday. They caught two pike, a very
large catfish and an eel thirty inches long.
The record for the largest eel taken from
that stream is probably held by George
Bothner, who several years ago brought
In one which Edward Hack says measured
thirty-six inches long and weighed six
pounds and two ounces
Four persons living in Philadelphia who
have canoes on the Schuylkill river,
where it is necessary to take out license
costing So and to pay 81 month storage,
have notified Edward Hack that they will
ship their boats to Mount Holly next
week. They arrived at this conclusion
after spending Memorial day in Mount
Holly. The change lie desired because of
the beauty and privacy of the Ranoocas
creek, and also from the fact that canoe
ing on the Schuylkill is made dangerous
by the presence of so many boats and
power launches.
William G. Bartlett, of Philadelphia,
has purchased a IS foot sail for his canoe
at Hacks wharf The canvas was spread
for the first time on the pond at Smith
Vile on Sunday, and the practice trip was
highly satisfactory. Both Mr.. Bartlett
and Lewis Fl. Rushton, who have sailing
canoes, will be driven with their outfits to
Atsion on June Goth, from which place
they will sail down to the thoroughfare
and visit various places along the coast.
Mr.. Rushton, who recently installed a
sailing canoe In quarters at Delanco. finds
that he is is not pleased with boat
ing on the Delaware river, and he may
remove that portion of his equipment
back to Mount Holly.
A number Of fishermen turned their
heads away from the Memorial day exer-
cises on Thursday, going to various places
in this section to try their luck on the
opening day of the bass season. The add
ed advantage of a holiday resulted In
some anglers making an early start, TAX
ing with them minnows and various forms
of phantom bait as a tempting lure
to the succulent bass, rated as one of
the finest of fresh water food fishes. But
few of them were hooked, however, be-
cause of unfavorable conditions arising
from the heavy thunder storm that pre-
vailed on Wednesday afternoon and even
ing. In some cases lovers of the sport
were partly repaid for their trouble by
landing few pike Of only ordinary size.
No particular time of the day is looked
upon as particularly productive for the
bass fishermen, although one variety,
known as the bronze hacker. is savagely
hungry In the early morning. and in the
early season strikes more readily than
later. While there are times when the
fish will strike more quickly at live bait,
In the early season spinner drawn swift
ly through the water is as likely to pro
duce strike as the live silver minnow.
Eastman's kodaks and supplies. L. s.
BoYce, stationer.