The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
FOUNDERS BITING
IN NEARBY WATERS
Big Catches Await the Angler
Who Knows How to
Go About 1t.
FIVE CENT CARFARE
A. = Il -
Hints on Equipment, Where to
Go, and How to Catch
the Fish.

called founder when II IL brol sht up out
OF the shallow waters and sole when 4,
leaves the pan Is now biting In the sait
waters that wash the shores OF Connec.
ticut, Long Island. New York and New
Jersey.
/ That founders are biting means that
! for a single Ave cent carfare the little
Nat fish may no taken almost anywhere
In the local waters except where the pol
luton OF the clty's waters have driven the
fish away TO more clearly surroundings.
For ten cent carfare more fish may be
obtained. since the fish are moro numsr-
Gus the further one gets from Manhattan
or from Brooklyn.
In Jamaica Bay almost any fishing sta
ton along the Rockaway Beach trestle is
good place at which to get OFF. Jamaica
Bay has INDUCED itself In naming it,
various parts as boys nickname e;
other, according to peculiaritlcs. environ
ment, circumstances or happenings.
For instance, there are Goose Creek.
the Raunt, Broad Channel beach Chan.
mel. Hook Creek, silver Hole, Hassard's
Creek. Little and Big Flshkill, Pumpkin
Patch. the Bakers Hole, Jig Town, Yankee
Channel. Hogs Back. irish Creek, Roger
Drain. Shell Heap, the Bend, Ruffie Bar,
Black Wall, Old Mil Creek, Grassy Bay,
the Pot. Big Pol Channel, He'll Gate Pot.
Bergen Beach. Shad Creek and good old
Cdnarsle, IN, Niagara Falls OF East New
Workers.
Shtcpenrad Bay Gray.serd Ray C;r.a,
South Bias. ana indeed every bay alons;
the north and south shores az In, LEAD
have founders I'm season
The founder STAYS in the local ,va,.rs
until all OF AnrIl shouars o,.. - 80 -
with IN. frs, yveak ~ Mo-. :, 80, go '.
toward the sea and remain. in ,he d,.,n
waters until IL IL ready 10 corn. ri, ,op
its winter stay In ths .haiIn,.. ~,
IL goes on, no SCI, Z, 30 1890 "hen
a half pound or nonnd 49, u, V'V'va iruh
times weighs tva Mound. ons 8, so
that Charles Scharrer ono. tool -,
Beach a nound.r ,ha, ,,a,.h.S o.i i-ons
a quarter nounds 80 anu
credited with taLIng at pncraaa,
,,oundsr ~ a. - noeha"ay u sea
The henvies, so,,rs.r 49, pou"oh
was landed M ~. XII H., 80, IS 'st Sear
Point bv PAM liar, and H,' n o
one.haIf rounds A, ~, "eu ' 1,, a.u
/. Kelly ,onL -, ,-1"u i'o'"as
Irre.nort u.t.rx n W,,,Io,.n,. Isl i"
thr,s ana on.-n.i. ,',,' ioo"eu
iIarvood corI 49,, "ou''a. n.
one-half mound noundsr "a ,',a ".'u
fish w.r. ,aks, %, Snr,,.a.,t ~ p vI"
inn, u.ac,..r - W ""'-
A rnia ,h.ss h,s AN ar
,.,u.-r 20, ~ e "eN a.o Ie~ ana rar
from baIt a Mound On -,
Indeed a nonnS a,s - a.. a., hS'i.
rerar1sd a. -, 49,. ' =" usually
V,n.,, ro,rdar. 10, st.. ,,,
s.ruTi. emil 49,, ,a, - 'nouiu De
minds one OF tbe sto,y ,hat Dr ''' Insa,'h
~ u,,.ar, NJ, IL, " =, 90 'oSePI,
TO tell an pr.sid.n, C,sv.iand .no
fr.nurn,lv ncrnwno,ioI a' 49,, te
together win 10. Jefferson ''''''
cY.v.lard 80 ,,,h,, a.. 49,. $500
ho,, I.r.rsor cc,,,IS e,a, 81 49,. ,,
no hsb +. pa, uhIch sona,ha, ,,,r,fa, ~,
ac,or's ,.u,n,.r '''e
"yh, I,I 90, ,.,, ,i,, ,r,.
usl.d In. former i;r.sidar, ,,ha,, -.
son no, a hi,. sr1 80, 3D. al
,-I,io,', - 90" '"' '7N
.ttac,,,s. ,.r,,., 49,, a.. .,,-,
IN. cr.a,or =, 3D.. ''p''e"
WInkis '' va"
I"orv a,,ior h,. hts ou,, ,,,e,
,r,i,,, es ' "et.ly" oi
,,,a,,,t',o, a., ,a.st,, ",sh' w
hnt,s 80 -, % S"", 80 ,"' 'oun
nan' sardworr,s bord ,,s. ~, ,ne
- - , V, Nc ,.',' '''"'s' .pit Staihs
NJ ''a'A.,' ahl',I.''.' ma IN" p'"od-
y, a., nv - a., 'o - ,''1I VI IeSs
~. ~ ,s,',, "u' ms 10 'nuuiEe VI saIt
49, n,'''.h 'ra p''Nou " sinai ie',ner'
'.o ''%'r % NV sr"'e' ,ois
80 ~ W ~ -, . h"oN anu ne
80, ''"' ~ ''"''a''3 "''"b' "''" soou
'"NA,
""on' 'ne'o arc Any hu'hncr OF VAIL
Nooa riNe' are 10 Hproh'' y 10
- Suess,,own 'io's sHahh' ana 70
. rny-Li"'e.,oh' mo NOOK shoHlh be
..ed cIuse 10 inc s'hNer an" thr SIZE or
. me slIher shou'o oepeho upon Nah' con
u', ,r
me ts should Always De- kept IN mo-
uoiI 'or hounners haNe hhht or lying
IN the hud ana SAND watching Tor some
uis.urphhee'
aus nouhner' p"ihf round IN various
pisees along th- coast mas number OF
nIekhAmes' ihcluding eel back hounder,
n'pp''y sou pea'oeN houhd"r "nlh' ula-
nlonu Houhuer' hos choNer sou nound'r'
carter, lemon soe. merry sole dhb' rough
uaO anu smear aah
Up AZ 'ity island "here motor coaches
now carry fishermen from harlow sta
uoh 10 mo water, replacing the mouorail
cars which superseded tho old horse car.
tney 'e,, uoout man VINO Tor the pur-
i.'s"s OF the STORY may De called Smith.
S""'' uec'u'n 10 20 hsiihs Tor whatever
ne Hleht get, as remedy Tor That
SpI,ns ie,"ls