Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-07-30
ANCLESEA

bass and weak fish in Hereford Inlet
by the regular fishermen who have
been fishing in these waters this sea-
son. Only last week Captain Bob Nc
Carly hauled in several sea bass while
fishing on the king fish shoals, which
were the size of those you read about in
the newspapers. George Leath white
and party, also prominent cottagers
here, are likewise guilty of the same
offense; and it has caused much won
derment, because deep sea fish and the
inland water fish are a whole lot differ
emit in size, as well as action. The
truth was brought out last week when
it became known that the ocean fish
which have been kept alive in what
they call q s'live fish pound,n located
1000 yards above the Anglesea wharf.
not only attracted the big fish from
outside but often allowed the prisoners
to escape; fishermen who fished near
these pounds, therefore, offtimes hook
one of these five pound beauties that
you often hear tell of, but seldom see.
Now that this live fish pound has
come to be such a good thing, all the
Anglesea fishermen are keeping the
m after quiet.
At one time last week there were
more people on the ocean in ships d.
rectly off Five Mile Beach than there
was on Surf avenue at a given hour;
those who observed the fleet counted
II Manhaden steamers, the New York
fishing feet of 20 or more auxiliary
power schooners and at least two score
party boats from Angleses, as we'll as
s OF 10 coal barges in tow OF ocean 60
ing tugs and several steamers. This
scene is not unusual at this period of
the year regarding any of these boats,
as the Manhaden OF moss bunkers are
running strong on the coast which
naturally draw vast schools of weak
fish, porgies and sea bass in their trail.
A yachting party who tied up at the
Wild wood Yacht club, and who are on
a three weeks tour of the coast from
Cape May to Bay Head, was made up
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Wood,
$40 Erie street. Camden, in the "Marie
W. a 35 foot hunting cabin cruiser;
Ed. H. Winters and Samuel Ellis and
party, in the "Sea Dog" a 26 foot
raised deck cruiser. These two hand
some cruisers are members of the Cam
den Motor Boat club and made the run
from Camden to Cold Spring Inlet and
thence W the Inland waterway to the
Wildwood Yacht club in a matter of
IL hours.
DIR. l.. M. Craver, a we'll known
Philadelphia physician who is stopping
at the Ottens hotel, returned from a
bayside fishing trip last Thursday, and
announced that he had captured a 300
pound sea turtle with an ordinary
weak fish line. The turtle put up a
heroic battle, as turtles always do, and
he was not landed In the boat without
a whole lot OF effort. He was covered
with barnacles and showed other evil
dences of hard usage and was evident
ly as many years old as he was heavy.
Plans are being made this week for
a North Wildwood Day which will take
place on Saturday, August 14th. 1t is
expected that Mayor McLinden and
Council will participate in the events
in a sound financial sense, as we'll ae
social. Outside OF the usual races
which will include a ''bang and come
back" race, such as is popular with the
Atlantic City yachtsmen, there will be
tub races, swimming races, tug-of-war
between two power boats and a cake
sale and candy sale on the lawn Of
the Wild wood Yacht club; also jitney
motor boats running out to Grassy
Sound and back. All the
from these events will be for the bene-
fit of the South Jersey Fresh Air
Home for Poor Children who are now
entertaining from 20 to 30 babies a week
at their coy quarters at 18th and Del
aware avenue, North Wildwood.
Gertrude Palmer, North Wildwood's
famous a%qua-plane expert, vas sum-
moned to Bristol, Pa, by the Anchor
Yacht club last Saturday to perform for
the club which she did in her usual
excellent way. All last week Wild
wood has been looking at the Pathe
Weekly News Picture, which showed
Gertrude doing her stunt in Grassy
Sound last week, while another set of
moving pictures taken by Mr.. Ross
kan, shows Gertrude and her little
sister, Theresa, doing their stunt at the
Ottens Harbor flag raising last week.
Myrtle Pavitt accompanied Miss Palm
er to Bristol and each received a silver
cup as prizes for diving and swimming