Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07
ANGLESEA DEEP
SEA FISHING BEST
Entirely Different Sport From
That which the New York
Fisherman Experiences.
North Wildwood Has
Dancing Craze
LIVELY DOINGS IN TIE OTTENS SECTION

The many thousands of amateur fish
ermen who come here to enjoy the al
ways interesting sport of deep sea and
inside fishing III congratulate them
selves on not only the cheapness of a
days outing here but likewise of the
many comforts they enjoy on going
out on the two score or more party
boats which sail from this port. An
interesting comparison was made be-
tween fishing at famous old Anglesea
and fishing from New York City.
Early in the season several shippers
from this place went over to New York
to see how the party boats of that great
city handled their people and it was a
lesson which thoroughly impressed
itself upon the minds of our local e
New York people who wish to go for
a days deep sea fishing board one of
the thee decked steamers s4iling from
the vicinity of the Battery and have a
three hours run to about Sea Girt
where they arrive somewhere about
twelve o'clock. These fishing
boats are generally crowded with from
five hundred to a thousand fishermen,
and it is said that the majority OF these
men either have a blackjack or a re-
volver sticking out of their hip pockets
and fights are frequent and sometimes
bloody. The cost for the trip is $1.25
from the Battery, while six CLAIMS are
sold for 10c; hooks cost &c a piece, and
when a man on the third deck manages
to get his line in the water and haul
a fish to the sus4ace If someone on the
two lower decks does not steal his fish
it generally costs him a dime to bride
a deck hand to go to the lower deck
with a net to dip up his fish in order
that he may get anything at all for his
expense. If q fisherman loses his
dipsy, the deck hands supply dipsys
at IOc each; if he loses his line, the
deck hands supply lines at 25c each.
So the fishing proposition in New York
City is a matter of graft and the fisher
man is likely to come home with
nothing at all besides either d black
eye or a bruised face. The men on
these big fishing parties have no idea
of sport and the way they iostle and
crowd would be worthy of the savages
on the South Sea Islands. 1t is there
fore of great comfort when we realize
that Anglesea and North Wildwood
with the reputation of being the great
est fishing resort on the coast daily
handle its thousands of fishermen with
practically nc fights and with no graft
ing whatever. The men who fish here
in order to make the fishing more in
teresting generally make up a pot on
each of our party boats and the man
catching the biggest fish or the great
est number generally takes the pot; as
a rule the deck hands are slipped some
change for performing some actual SER
vice in the way. of cleaning fish for the
fishermen, opening CLAIMS or cutting
bait and doing other things for which
the sportsman is GLAD TO pay a dime or
so. The captains charge is very small
in comparison for eight hours fishing,
and the dollar trip on the train makes
the day cost the average fisherman
about $3.50, for which most fishermen
returned to their homes with from two
to three dollars worth of fish. The
fishing proposition here is a whole lot
different from the fishing proposition
10 New York City, for which our peo-
pie "a be thankful.
Something is doing at the Hotel
Ottens which has resulted in much
pleasure and enjoyment for the high
class patrons who come to this resort.
Manager Twose has inaugurated a
series of dances and each evening those
who love to participate and watch the
new features in dancing are having a
feast of enjoyment. Mr.. Twose and
Mr.. Ottens have obtained Mr.. Domi-
neck, who comes from the Wagner
Institute of Philadelphia, and Mr..
Domineck has succeeded in giving the
patrons exactly what they want.
The program includes all the latest
novelties, such as the Raustabout, q
new sort of dance, the Dance of Love
and all the other ones with the funny
names. Wednesday night Prof. Domi-
neck introduced at the Ottens Grotto a
unique dance speciality which he
labelled "a Night in Happyland.n
The program included many unique
dances which originated in the fanci-
full brain of the dancing master and
which was enjoyed by fully $50 guests
who had the time of their lives, and
who i~nterspersed the dancing with
some of the famous shell fish and salad
which the Ottens Grotto chef has the