The sun., 1917-07-31

weaknsh took the anglers shrimp yes.
terday In Jamaica Bay In such wen
known weakfsh grounds as the Cinders.
Water. The catches OF the Canarsie guides
ranged from twenty to forty weaknsh to
a boat
Sea Bass on Long Branch.
Capt Hawthorne of the Gasoon ran into
a big school of sea bass on Long Branch
on sunday and his fishermen took enough
hsh to make the average about Is a man.
The catch was mostly humpbaok sea
pass, with some blacknSh among them
Lou Preston won the pool with 81 pound
blackhsh.
Good Fishing on Long Beach.
Excellent bass and porEy nshing was
Wreck Lead on Saturday and Sunday last
Sunday especially being remarkable for
on Saturday Capt George Wilson nshed
various spots on Long Beach. and also the
Cholera Banks, whore many ling were
aged very large in size. and the following
Is the score for that day and refers to sea
bass only:
L. Trenkle, !: A. Levy. C: Charles Bauer
and Uncle Dick. 20; Lucky Steve" 6; J.
Brightman, I. A. Burdock. 5: o. Tierce, 4;
F. Patane, 5. and Mrs, Thornton. 8.
president Of the Empire Fishing Club. to
take the pool with a bass that looked as II
IT wa would s weigh close to ; pounds The aS nsh
ably have pulled little Abe overheard IL II
had not been for the presence OF mind OF
pulled Abe to safety by hooking him in the
breast Of his pants After this all hands
called Abe the Sea Bass King" and truth
sompels me to say that his majesty carried
his honors In a manner becoming the title.
sunday, however. was the banner day
on the Rosabell for Capt George ran his
ship TO Buoy T. and Immediately all hands
were busy with big porEies and big bass.
Capt. Wilson watched his anglers closely
and was always ready with an encourag-
,ns word for those who were not expert
In handling a big fsh.
'Guchy Steve lived up to his well
known reputation by bagging nine big
him pretty ciose with four porEies and
eight bass. J. johnson, Jr., got two bass.
seven porgies; 8. Bukowski. seven porgies,
two bass; W. Clark. six bass: Badly Bir'
and J. Mosenan, eight bass, twenty five
porgies: Charlis Gutjen, seven porgies, four
bass; T. Dobbin. six bass, four porgies:
johnson. Sr., one huke. two bass seven
porgies and others had similar catches.
Dutch Coney, says that porgy was
brought In on the Rosabell last week by
wide and Sn pounds in weieht-some
porgy-and there are others nearly as big
at Buoy waiting eagerly to take the
nSt; SO; as George Wilson says. Get 'em
while they're here!"
ARTHUR THORNTON.
Wreck Lead, July 30.
Believes In Preparedness.
My friend Julius Rosenberg has a won
dertul appetite. He Is going to attend the
izaak Walton birthday dinner. l am in
tIckets VIII ,h., an,,tIo hIa g., ~, ~
tlons of every course of the shore dinner ?
II Julius ever struck an automat restau-
The ma"hinerv ON sbs hin,s "e "ou'u put
sTATEN ISLANDER.
Rosebank, Staten Island, July 80.
Pertinent Question.
trust that the toastmaster at the Izaak
August . will preside and not resolve him.
introduces a speaker. Have the Feitman
brothers siren that can he used when
the toastmseter uses up too much timer
Hoboken. y. j.. July 30.
.. - ,.
""hner W. "po'smAn'
Mr.. Dltmars. who confounds the indis-
criminate gunner with the sportsman n.
should consult his volume Of Forester
lHerbert befo0 he dashes into print.
Crack shots are Judged solely by expert
ness on single birds. not the flock. and the
neld sportsman Is not estimated according
MT. Ditmars sadly needs set of Hawker
Herbert, Greener. Lancaster. Lewis ct al.
OF the old school OF sporting literature.
and u would do his head and heart good
TO delve little into the volumes OF the
modern authorities-l.eningw Murphy
Srlnneil, Bradtord ct al The latter says In
The noc& shooter-the fellow who
judges his day by the quantity Of his
game rather than the quality and the pur-
SUIT OF it-shouid use a cannon. just as the
rowdy who can't XIII enough hsh with the
roo TO satisty his wants uses net or a
mess. II man requires more birds than
ne can bag singly he's Dot shot hood =
lum or market shooter and II he can't
shoot wen enough TO XIII on the wing with
an ounce OF shot ne should give up the
sport
~ man wishes mere mesh OF hsh and
iowi ne should resort to the market or
truck farm; not mood and held.
Ne" horA' July so. CARL REED.
Fl,.. Piu1. and Soo,,.u,.r.h,r
- r,s, 80 ~
brook Finder seems to be really get
soout the deadilness OF plugs instead OF, as
formerly; singing line Of high falutin'
meanInsiee talk amounting to practically
nothins IN SO TAR as common sense liz con-
cerned
In ms latest overflow OF language he
says the scores OF pIugs he has seen re-
semple mihhoW hpout as mueh ne an
eight day stove resembles a dollar watch.
am sorry 10 say that owing TO the fact
tnht am not dealer In hardware and
know nothing ABOUT what an eight day
stove IooNs IKE he IuII power OF this
comparison IS iost upon me. The greater
number Of the plugs l have seen resemble
course rev OF them are so perfect as to
aeceive one When seen on snow In store,
out & wnen IN Ine water the'r resemblance is
quite pronounced.
Might ask Brook Finder what an
srtihclai nv resempIeS some rev could be
re-. osnlAeu as a pooI iinitan1h OF an insect
ing that aver new or craHyiaJ 'N' nut"