The Washington times., 1913-10-31
BIG FISH CAUGHT
WITH LIGHT LINES
Surprising Results Accom-
pIished BY Many Anglers in
Ocean During This Season.

The fishing season of 1913 has so far
closed that the principal fish to attract
anglers during the rest of the year are
the five winter fish that visit the local
waters-cod, frequently called by fisher
men The poor mans Thanksgiving Tur-
Key" haddock, hake, pollock and cod
ling, called ling by most fishermen
who catch it along garbage streaks in
the bays. In addition the little tomcod
and the founder may tempt anglers on
sunny days. and for those who do not
put away their tackle until the end of
November there may be blackfish.
The season of 1918 on the Atlantic
coast will go down on the records of
angling as the year when cotton thread
vas used in taking game fish and when
really big fish were taken on No. 3 and
No l. thread line. The principal fish
taken on 9-thread and 12-thread line
included the amberjack, barracuda and
black drum. On ordinary cotton thread
line, bonefish. sea trout and weakfish
were taken. In addition, fishermen in
the local waters took occasional black
fish piaice. or 1iuke; sea bass, and
thousands of snappers, which are the
young blueflsh.
y Philadelphia angler at Long Key,
Fla, landed on a twelve-thread linen
line (Which breaks at eighteen pounds
pulD an amberjack of thirty pounds
and a barracuda of thirty-two pounds
On a nine-thread linen line DR.. Bohnfelt
| in the same waters took an amberjack
of forty-five pounds, and in Rarttan
Bay Charles Lining. of Newark, took
black drum of thirty-eight pounds
DR.. Bohnfelt required three hours and
ten minutes TO land his amberjack.
James Jordan, president of the Cotton
Thread Fishing Club of America, at
Long Key, Fla, took a bonefish of
three and a half pounds, which he
landed after half an hour. In Jamaica
Bay he caught on twenty-four cotton
thread one weakfish weighing five
pounds fourteen ounces, one weighing
three pounds nine ounces. one that
weighed three pounds two ounces, and
one that weighed two pounds and four
ounces.
In Jamaica Bay, using the same sort
of tackle that Mr.. Jordan used, Mr.. Nc
Cullum took a sea trout of three and a
half pounds and a weakfisfT of three
pounds. Other fishermen using twenty
four thread cotton made these weakfish
catches: William Uren, four and half
pounds: A. J. Meister. four pounds
seven ounces; ". Redman. three pounds
twelve ounces: III. Christian. three
pounds six ounces; Claude Holgate, in
RaTitan Bay, two pounds, and Frank
MilliRgton. in the same waters, one
Jamaica bay was infested with sharks
this season and they drove out such
food and game fish as sea bass, porgies
and weakfish. Many anglers tried for
these fish, some with light tackle. A.
]. Meister. On a nine-thread line, light
rod, small hook, steel wire leader and
small weakfish bait, angling in the
Black Wall, landed a shark six feet
Williams in the Bend. Goose creek. on
light tackle eouipment, landed a shark
four feet long. with a medium weight
rod. twenty-four thread line, small wood
reel, and sand porSies for bait, Thomas
Lee landed two sharks of eight feet
each.
Sharks were taken also by Thomas
and Richard Lee, Joseph and William
Wiley. William Brown, J. Gerard and
B. Bauman in Pumpkin Patch, Jamaica
bay. Those they took numbered twenty
two and weighed 260o pounds. Captain
Morson, of Seabright, got a 45e-pound
shark that was eight feet long: Karl H.
Doering. of Canarsie, got one of 800
pounds and seven feet long. NJ. W.
Dillon. in Jamaica bay. got one of 2l7
pounds. Tom Moore and his son, in
Princess bay. took 1s5-pound shark.
Capt Henry Enkeimer in Jamaica bay,
got one of 17S pounds that was six feet
and ten inches long. Capt. Tom Lee
hooked a shark of lis pounds six feet
ten inches in length. Jake Knipe, in
Jamaica bay. got one that weighed 10
pounds. and Harry Rohenlock, in the
the same water, hooked one of 10o
pounds.