New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
TWO new WORKERS
PRIZE FISHERMEN
F. t. Ringwald and Z. F.
Van DuSen Caught Big
geSt Trout in 1914.
"BAIT?" 1T EXISTS
NO MORE-FOR FISH
That Which Superinduces Pisca-
toriaI Nibbling Is Now
Termed a Lure. y

There may be, AS the old adage mas
II. as good fish in the so4 and other
waters as have ever been caught, but
1914 did its best TO disprove the saying.
According TO "Field and Stream which
has lust brought TO a close a prize fsh-
.nr contest. covering more kinds of fish
than Dayy Jones ever heard Of, it was
a great year for fishermen. The hSh'
ON the other hand, we're less pleased
than they might nave been.
To begin with, "Ficld and Stream
announces q list OF prize winners Gov
oring an classes. with the exception OF
the tarpon, largc-mouth bass, Southern
division. Glass c. and the Southern
Iargc-mouth grand prize, ladies'. juye-
nile and succial honor Ay classes This
conveys some idea Of the amount Of de
tail there Sc IN the fish business when
you really Sst down 20 If.
Fred =. Nngwald. New Yorker
hauled 81 ,nc biggest trout OF the year
i was a lake trout and weighed 2SA
pounds. Mr.. Ringwald caught II at
Temagami. Ontario As IN the case OF
al prize winners. Field and Stream
records the weight length. girtn, when
and where caught. and the kind of rod,
reel. line and bait employed. Only n
doesn't say bait" but lure
The topic Of lure alone is enough TO
confOund the iayman. Rarely II APP
pears, is q prizc-winning FISH caught by
anrthing so simple as the old-iash-
Toned worm. I'm most sections, in fact,
u would be regarded as an insult TO
the fish. The leading fish Of 1911 were
shared by such things as the dowaeiac
minnow. the pearl wobbler, the Wilson
spoon Gor Democratic fish, Heddon's
wiggler. the he'll diver. the shedder
crab. the Shakespeare No. 81 and Ike
contrivances. Mr. Ringwald. when he
caught the prize trout. baited with "ot-
tcrtail."
The grand prize for brook trout went
10 another New York man, +. +. Van
Dusen. of Staten Island. Fishing in
Upper Dam. Me. he landed brook
trout weighing 6 Ole pounds.
There were ladies prizes offered Tor
both brook trout and rainbo" trout
but trout fishing. apparently, was
field eschowed by the fair sex. AZ any
rate. there were no entries.
Mrs. i. j. Kcene. OF Staples. MIMI,
won second prize IN the Great Northern
pike contest. capturing a hSh weighing
twenty-five pounds with a piece OF porn
riud as lure The only other woman
prize winner mentioned is Mrs. b. Ber-
liner. of New York. who caught
f. al fnRTphN
winning first prize i'm the woman's con
fest and fourth I'm the mixed doubles
The biggest fish mentioned IN the
lists weighed ffty-fve pounds, and was
II channel bass. caught at Avalon. y. D.,
by John A. Brown. Of Philadelphia.
The fish was - inches long and Us
pirth 28i4 inches To capture IL Mr..
Brown baitcd with kinghsh.
A live eel was the bait that enabled
Edward NJ. Slocum, Of New Bedford,
Mass. to pull I'm a salt water blueiish
weighing fourteen pounds and SIX
ounces.
Ontario. IN addition to furnishing
The prize trout. also supplied the VIM
ming salmon. Of the variety known as
At Hollow Lake {. T.
Shank. of Titusville. Penn. caught
landlocked salmon 10 inches IN length
and weighing twcnty-siz and quarter
pounds. 4 pearl woDblcr' was the
incentive.
4 few Of the other varieties men
toned i'm the. competition are brown
trout. small mouth black bass, large
mouth ditto. wall eyed pike, weakhsh,
st,ipcd bass and kingiish. The one
point ON which "Ficld and Stream IS
silent is concerned with the credentials
hat had 10 be submitted by the fisher
men when reporting the capture OIL an
extra large specimen.