The sun., 1916-09-17
ARE YOU GAME FOR
$3.50 BASS TRIP?
That's All II Costs for Week
End ut CallicOOn on
Delaware.
HOME OF BRONZE HACKERS

Thornn TAFT. whose ONCE u In THE
SUN building and whose home Is In
Metuchen. N. j.. where he IL the presi-
dent Of the Metuchen Rod and Gun Club
and also president OF the Middlesex
County Sportsmen Association. being
Q runner ~ we'll as an angler. believes
that II IL not necessary to 20 to Tema-
gami or the Allagash regions to get
fighting black bass. You can md Just
ss GOOD snort nearer home. To be sure
they may not be az big. but the Della
ware River bass ara ~pugnacious and
there Is a fight IN every nm.
Within three and q half hours Of New
York at C~allicoon this summer he has
taken $50 black bass, only three Of which
got the hook into the stomach. and these
doubtless because Of their youth.
Mr.. TAFT has rarely ever failed TO take
the limit or near the limit each day he
has fshed. but he never takes more than
ne a use. and while the Pennsylvania
Law. says that all black bass must be
nine inches In length to be retained and
xhs New York law says ten for its
portion Of the stream. Mr.. TAFT fixes the
limit at IL inches. and all those not w
to that notch on his rod are returned to
grow up to a proper size.
Three pounds IL the limit usually OF
Delaware River black bass, although In
ten years Mr.. TAFT has seen only one fish
"a reach over that mark. n bass OF ;
pounds I ounces. Mr.. Tait's record fish
weighed 9 pounds 1875 ounces when
brought to the hotel. Doubtless IT was
a three pound fish when in its element
But III pound fish are more or less
the rule, and II the Delaware River black
bass do not reach the weight limit OF
those taken In Canadian and other
waters what they lack In weight they
more thar make up In gameness.
fame and Canada. by reason OF thu
expense, are beyond the pocketbook oi
the average man who likes to fsh FOL
the member Of the family that has beer
called "inch for inch n pound FOL
pound the gamest fish that swims'"
Week End Trio for Less Than ego
Two anglers can make the Caricoor
trim for the week end trip. three and
third days., for less than a $50 bill each
Another day can be added for $c.90. Fol
. vacation trip Of two weeks. for thu
time occupied. the expense Is much more
reasonable.
Mr.. TAFT uses a 10 foot rod weighing
7 or S ounces. He bats with helgra
mite and bullheads. The helgramite !.
placed on a Sneck hook. because II Il
more attractive that way: the bullheat
works better by placing 1t on a Cincin'
natl bass hook.
AZ, TIT, ,aee ,ptopsiya Ashins
methods. He fishes industriously usual,
from sunup to shutdown. In the Della
ware one fishes all day. not the early
mornlng and the late even as II Gus
tomary with many black bass lakes.
A days fshina with Mr.. TAFT IL from
Hankins to Ca!licoon. fishing the eddie'
and rips at White House ESQ named b,
him in lieu Of any other dlstinction)
skeipie's Point. Majors Hole. Ellsworth
Israel Tyler's. Verge Tylers. Eunis
Rats and CallIcoon.
OF course. II one can fish with q ma
tive, and n frequent companion with Mr.
TAFT Is Frank Brush OF Call!coon, tina
is helpful. With Mr.. TAFT finding on
where black bass hide Is q study II
:tself.
Finding Hiding Places OF bass.
For instance. he has found that ic'
has made a big hole in the middle o.
the river at a certain place. 1t IL a hole
ne finds, $50 feet long and - feet wide
From a point above the hole he send
out his bait to the right or to the iei
and lets 1t drift into the spot. II tn
Gsh are there. and they frequently are
he knows 1t.
At another place, where there 10 . BIZ
rock and eddy, ne has taken FISH. TIL!
season he tries-nothing doing. He ha!
approached II from the proper direction
He aries from a new direction. Still NJ
interest by tn fsh in his bait. Tha'
makes him the more keen to md theil
hiding place. II may take hours putting
the heigramite or the bullhead In likel!
looking places. but BY a process OF elimi
nation he fishes all the waters and mail,
IL rewarded with a strike. He has 10
Gated their new abode and It IL marked
IN his memory.
Mr.. TAFT has spent from daylight Il
dark at times In seeking the haunts O.
black bass and sometimes has fOunt
the Hsh in the most unlikely places. Blu
that IL what makes angling for q fisl
like the black bass fascinating. 1t Il
>the intensive study Of fishing that make'
It interesting to the angler and give
him the sportsman's limit.
You never can tell why. however, yo,
~ tiIiu8o uSHlAE' says SiHs ose
"a boat was coming along the shore ant
got nothing. Go out In the middle o
the river I told the man He did 4,
and Immediately got q strike. Why
told him to go out into the middle Of tn
river ! cannot tell. No more than
can tell why I did not get bass at Al
eddy alongside of q rock where the!
should have BEEN"
But that Ia bass fishing.
An important part of the time Is tn
expense. Here It In in detail: Return
fare to Calllcoon. $40; return Pullman
$40; three and one-third days boart
at 81, $3.50: three days boat ut s
cents ~(one-half). rs cents; wagon 4
Hankins (one-half). $3.50: blackboard 4
Pine Tree. two trips (one-half), $l.26
bait. 100 at Ia cents, $3.50; total
$3.50. 1t is assumed that two men ar
fishing n or the boat. wagon n buck
board each one pays one-haif.
DON'TS FOR NEW HUNTERS.
yntended to Aid Gunner and Con