Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-18

Many Jersey fishermen on hearing o
the wonderful leapins tuna OF the Cata
lima Islands depiore their lack OF fund'
TO take them 20 this hshermen's paradise
never realizing that Il 10 possible almost
10 repeat the same conditions on the Jer'
sey coast, n they only would 90 after
them, for they are there.
II Is not only possible, but II has been
done by market fishermen, who dread
these fish that play havoc with their nets,
and wherever possible land them, II they
are not too large, on hand lines. Some
OF these have been landed by the men on
barges that are towed along the coast
especially on Cape May.
As these arc peiagic FISH, they are never
found close in shore, and the fisherman
who would essay the sport must 60 at
least Is miles out before he has any
chance In running into them.
The regulation bank skiff ~1ld be the
ideal boat to nsh for tho tuna. ,...a would
be easily handled when playing them.
Among the market fishermen he is known
as the horse mackerel. and is positively
the same flsh that is caught Off the Cata-
linas and Santa Barbara, on the Califor~
MIA coast.
Fishing for tuna, with rod and reel,
is only OF recent date. Some have been
caught weighing more than 500 pounds
The tuna Is found all along the coast,
AiNAAA as lhT EOuIn us
Florida, and devastates huge schools of
blues, menhaden and herring. On the
western coast their natural food is the
flying fish, and the tuna angler will un-
Timber his tackle and go for them as
soon as these marine butterflies appear.
Tackle consists OF heavy split six-foot
tip or one OF solid wood, such as tho
surf men use. and an 1s-inch butt. The
reel must be capable of carrying 40
yards OF "a wet cuttyhunk line. and
should be OF the best, SO as to stand up
under the rushes of these fish. II is well
TO lash the reel to the butt; the fisherman
will feel safer. Leader should be of the
heaviest piano wire, about six feet. and
10 o'Shaughnessy hook. A menhaden
or flying fish, when II is possible to get |
one, will be found the best bait and |
should be hooked 30 as to appear as nat
ural as possible.
The tunas usually make their appear
ance on the Jersey coast In July, and
as they do not school like smaller fish
must he sought for. They will frequently
be seen playing on the surface of the
water and making the spray fly as they
cut into the schools of fish they are
feeding on.
SALT WATER NEWS
The passing of the severe northeaster
lhat visited the coast last week brought
n many schools OF Kings. weakish and
All the other varieties OF early summer
1sh that sought the deeper waters 10 get
'ut OF the path OF the severe storm.
The many fishermen who journeyed
lhoreward over the weekend were well
'ewarded for their efforts, and many re-
urned with full baskets. Especially was
lhln so OF the klngfish, that has been
'ather late in showing itself this year,
ma at Wildwood, Avalon, Ocean Cltv
Ind farther south II was question Of
low many fish the angler cared to catch
Tne hrst channel bass that has been
anded at Corsons Inlet this season was
aught by A. L. Roden. OF PHILADELPHIA,
ast Saturday, and weighed "a pounds u
: Yates hooked into one. but was not as
oTtunate as his brother fisherman; he
-ot away.
Taugs. kingfish and founders are BIT
ng freely at COrson's both in the surf
nd in the bay.
OCEAN CITY NEWS
The new landing steps that were in
tailed or the Fishing Clubs Pier were