The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-01
Aquatic Notes.

The high water on the creek Saturday |
afternoon was sufficient to let the largest !
boats pass through all the cove entrances. |
The scenery was beautiful. and the sight
was enjoyed by many ladies who occu-
pied canoes.
Lewis Rushton, Of Philadelphia, on
his trip to Mount Holly Sunday morning,
was accompanied by several friends. Get
ting into canoes they padded to lot near
Smithville, where they spent the time
pleasantly.
Quite delegation of Mount Holly ca
noeists enjoyed padding to New Lisbon
and return on Sunday. Others from this
place took their canoes with them on the
cars Saturday morning and leisurely pad
died from the same place on the return
trip.
While angling at Fishers dam last
week, William Stevens, of Mount Holly,
hooked pike that was probably yard
long and with a mouth that would take
in an egg plant. This was the conclu-
sion of those who saw 1t. Stevens had
the fish to the top of the water three
times but he was unable to land him.
Boating parties on Sunday passing
point on the Rancocas creek a short dis
lance above the Ewanville bridge, came
across a sight which they thought de-
manded the immediate attention of the
authorities having control Of that section,
where q dead calf lies In the water. 1t
has been there for several days.
Anglers and the large numbers of per-
sons who watched them fishing at the
mill dam Sunday morning, were surprised
by the luck which came their way. The
fish were hungry and took the live bait
savagely. A man by the name of Assay
caught eighteen pike and over fifty were
landed before noon. Other fish taken at
that point included quite number of
yellow perch and large eel.
Nathan Miller, of Hulme street, chap
eroned a party of six, on Sunday, who
found pleasure In walking to Smithville.
Their lunch consisted of corn, turnips,
cabbage, egg plants and red peppers, with
chestnut burrs for desert. They were GER
| tainly a lively bunch of young people.
and being at the right place at the right
time assisted paddlers in carrying their
canoes over the dam.
Claude B. Bullock Is making a oollsps-
ible wheelbarrow. which he will use In
getting his canoe across some of the
meadows in order to save distance when
padding on the upper creek. While gun
ming on the lower creek one day last week,
Claude killed a rail bird with the push
pole he was using. A day or two ago he
took home a pike that was perhaps the
largest fish caught in this section in q
long time. 1t belonged In the record
class.
In cove between Ewanville and Oak
dale, on Sunday afternoon. eight strang-
ers occupying four canoes gathered to eat
lunch and watch some fishermen. Getting
somewhat careless while passing refresh
ments one canoe was upset and its occu-
pants, In trying to save themselves, caused
another to cspsize. So funny was the
situation that one of the women was
seized with laughter to the point of hys-
terra, and 1t was some time before she
could be quieted. With four open hand
bags In the boats, the water was strewn
with various articles and some of them
went to the bottom. A camera, thermoa
bottle, the top of another bottle and other
things were lost While the party was
still In the water over waist deep a pho
togragh of the disaster was taken by an
occupant Of another boat The women
were sorry-looking sight and thoroughly
chilled from their unpleasant experience
Covered with coats and sweaters they
were brought to hotel In Mount Holly
to dry out.