The sun., 1916-12-01
BARBER SHOP.

few wears ago fishermen were mys.,-
Ted by losing their tackle to unknown big
nsh on sixty foot ledge near the inlet 70
Jamaica Nay. Almost az soon as hook
reached bottom something would MI. ana
nod or SneseqHon, hauling was all IN
without leaving bottom, ani finally the
tackle would part under tho strain Of
soon everybody wa. WONDERING rh,,
'hings they w-re 'ha' ,cted 80 strangely.
tn" mystery was cleared by fishing there
wS,,h wS,,hs h.ayy he's, w,r% ,,, snHo,- on thick ,'sel
immense Anglers were tho result one ~
,hem had i've rusty hooks sticking In "a
lSrrs rhev we!rsss csnu, @ ;Msep',Sn,s. ;o-.r ponns.
sYmc.' am" 'p. yidc ~tS '0o'' '0'' '''' 'iss s''
New York. Nov "a
Honest Man Finds Anglers Rod.
II 'he fisherman who lef' his rod on n
Long Island trolley car last Sunday eve
ming viii write 20 &c "" box 1913, New
crug and color ot ROD. the ar,ic'e' proh.
| returned a 4
New York. Nov %
Jamaica Bay's Needs.
n every fishing station would Apply ~
| III" Conservation Commission a, Albany
for suitable n-h % hs placed IN Jamaica
Bay w, mc Would soon hc,s very rood r:hins
Hook Creek. Jamaica Bav, Nov. 20.
rike and Pickrrei Differences
rorgiv" me, Fletcher Williams. for ,hc
a1,,"w,ps rsr"rer"s@ o Of ne Arah proysrS,
he knows not. is comical: correc, him"
The large FISH You mention were ur-
| donetediy the srea' nor'hern pike In IN"
few ~ any pickerel I. Is noted for gre,,
northern pike aud na.kinonge and OF
course ca,, wa, eye pike or r'ke perch Witch
are totally different Nsh.
II Is n mistake, Friend Fletcher - a..
tempt y Yor sr': in,ormS''9n on pure assnmE,
| n FISH that looks Ike \ plckerel but which
| IL iarger means that II Is rick--cl bc-
cause in larger waters. &c. is entirely
The largest great northern pix. 7 have
ever heard on record are taken In lake
as compared with the 81 Lawrence River
aud n" Great Lakes Th" pix" IN this
Canadian lake run tremendous in sIze and
St. Lawrence or the Great Lakos
! presume presume you know that in some yery
are caught weighing up to u pounds
whereas in some bodies ~ water very
much greater in magnitude they never
You can feed crow IN any way vou
please nnd give u any rang" or expansion
and no more win a pickerel grow into 2
| nike or "A masknonGe. II IL n dirferrr,
FISH of the same family, bu, very di-t'nc,
and very easily told, the same as any
other species To call the Is or 20 pound
grea, northern pike plckerel would he Jus
as ridiculous ms calling the great South
cause OF the sam. family, In the sam,
way a cat doesn't grow into nenss
and same food In Africa.
No True Pick.rei Over Pounds.
And sad 20 say, along comes "Mis. NJ
the Moon" IN to.day's Rod and Gun col
amn, nnd talks ahog, y pound Pickcre
1 nnQnlhtNllN a
which is so common In the Michigan lax ,s
II you ever catch pickorol l. g tru,
"Mist Of the Moon" .you viii break al
established records OF the country ant
YOU VII have a pllze tha, is probably o
financial value,
Bu, while u pound grea, northern
apsurs p tor McEs@n ""a Is scSG"y even r
| year
In recent article I mentioned a pix
weighed over 80 pounds and was tru
Srcat northern pike, exactly the same II
marking, ,app.arsnee, 40. a. The. pike Q
lakes. Michigan lakes the Minnesota lake
noa iouSa cs"aaa All IN mssv rss 'ra' b,s'T.
inhabited by the great northern pike q
the maskinonse and Is always easily dis
. once more is, us repea, for the benen
Of those who do not know that the tru
pickerel. such as found for instance 4
great numbers In sullivan county lake
: and other lakes In New York. New Jerse
and numerous states averaging around
pound. has never been authenticated a
reaching Il weight Of moro than approx
imately s pounds, and pounds Is ver
larg" for that. hsh. Any one who has a
|, opportunity ~ eating To the New Yor
Aquarium ran readily note the dis,inct.o
between tho pckorel, tho ersat northcr
Z pika and the masknonE" as they usuail
, have Representatives Of each,
Say, won't some Of you felows let u