Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-28
G-MACK'S PITCHERS HAVE SINK-OR-SWIM CHA

| lie for inspection on Monday ous
course. will be of great interest to N.
local fishermen, as the conditions will, =.
round IDEAL landing platform has bssn
| completed, so as to eliminate tbo ns".. Zen
sity of beaching the large game 6sb as,
VIII be caught from the end of the n,sr
Flounders and kngfish are being co,,.b.
| In the surf at Corson's Inlet ana c..' sme
Witcamp. of the West Jersey Cats"
has made reservation for a numbor J,
fishermen from New York and prooktr,
to try the new gulley that promises ~
a1ord some splendid channel bass fishing
Ideal conditions are reported by Edwir
s. Meyers. formerly of Phlladelphia 10,
surf fishing in the waters near New yosL
Last week, while the blues and mackersi.
were running in Jamaica Bay. he mad
some fine catches. He will go To poIns
Pleasant next week to fish for strine,S
In the surf.
William Barth, of PHILADELPHIA Ia
anxiously awaiting the word of the first
catch of channel bass at Corson's to nat.
ter his catch of last year. a 52-pound bass
Thirteen large kingfish and two large
black drum were landed by Bright Welsh
and Mr.. Rodgers, of Philadelphia whils
fishing In the surf at Ocean City, MI
While fishing in the surf at Cape Nav
for channel bass, Tom Brown, of Phila.
delphla, landed monster stingaree that
tipped the scales at 40 pounds While
Mr. Brown was kept busy playing this
fish, his friend. Lester Wittenberg, landed
some fine weakfish.
An eight-pound black drum was caught
last week by Frank Hodson, of Phila.
delphia, while fishing in the surf at Ocean
City N. ].
DR.. A. P. j. oHarra, who took third
prize in last years Field and Stream
channel bass contest with a catch Of
81 pounds ounces, beached 55-pound
black drum last Sunday at Avalon N. J.
The fish gave Doctor O'Harra an unusual
fight. He was all of so minutes in land
ing him.
A monster stingaree, with double
stinger on his tail, weighing 75 pounds
created a lot of excitement when he con-
nected with Doctor OHarras hook. II
was all of an hours fighting until the
Doctor could bring this monster close
enough in shore so that he could be
brought to gaff. Stingarees of this de-
scription must be handled with the utmost
care, as they are capable OF inflicting
a very ugly wound with their stlnger that
is fastened at the base of the body, and
which will easily penetrate a rubber
boot.
Wilson NJ. Candless landed the baby
drum of this season at Avalon. It
weighed eight pounds.
Mr. G. A. Bergner. who has been fishing
the surf at Avalon since the LIST of May,
has caught to date four black drum and
one channel bass. Mr.. Bergner fishes
for the large game fish only, and has
many big catches to his credit
Captain Nickerson, of the life-savlng
crew at Avalon, last week landed a So
pound channel bass at Avalon This was
the first bass catch of the season.
Mr.. Pike will be a guest of Doctor
O'Harra on Decoration Day at Avalon.
where he will fish for channel bass. Mr.
Pike is one of the most enthusiastic
anglers among the attaches at City Hall
Walter c. Chandler, dean of Ocean City
fishermen, will take a prominent part in
the installation of the new pier at 1ith
street and will fish for weak fish IN the
surf over the weekend Mr.. Chandler
caught last year the largest weakfsh
that was taken from the surf. 1t weighed
6 pounds II ounces.
George Long, the first president of the
Ocean City Fishing Club, and one OF its
orieinatorS will spend the weekend at
Ocean City. Where he will fish for stripers
in the surf at LIST street.
James C. Curran will accompany Mr..
Basch over Decoration Day to Octorara.
where he will again fish for the striper.