The sun., 1917-08-18

Weakush AN btting IN Jamaica boy.
Joe sehy Of the haunt, Jamaica Bay.
TMhsr,sss I y,aw and sess,erda. Dr. Psnhofs and
ioot ,, - on ,Thprsday. Al Helm at the
got II. Charles Brolz with Or. Schroeder
landed and Mr., Jackson 4.
Adam siraub says the bay y alive with
small snappers and small lAfayettes ana
%roush S..e 's s. 'H sh your {" IN. S.,ss HSa
Straub caught dozen weaknsh on
LIB. I Or. Wesskfish on Cotton Thrcad
In False Channel. Jamaica Bay, on
Wednesday morning G. r. Cuhrins Of s27
Hostrsnd avenue and Howard Punseit of
IA Oakland street. Brooklyn, caught 2s
1sh. On - cotton thread Mr.. Guhring
landed vcakash Of 8 pounds I ounces.
Sea Haas and Flnkc nj Cholera Banks.
Prize winners on board the Shamrock
the membershp of the Metropolitan FISH
ms club follow: william Mcveigh. l27
Wee Fiftie'h street. 81, pound sea bass;
second prize, John Molchsn. is4 Ninth
prize, Hugo Wilhelm. IS Lincoln place,
Brookiyn. = pound huke.
Ocean City Casting Contest To-day.
OCEAN CITY. n. j.. Aug. 1.-THE an
City Fishins Club viii be held on 'tss the
beach Tomorrow.
Trigger Ftsh at Black Warrior wrcok.
On the Bear, Capt. Frank Richardson.
we hshed the Black Warrior wreck on
we found the nsh in a biting mood.
BLACK trigger n.S. FL. FIJI t.s % Is At f% home .
local waters. The nsh weighed pounds
and VIII be mounted and adorn the wall
Rsh Ms hook taH 81, Ths ssess ssIan was also
CAPT Richardson's son caught sea bass,
the ia'te. sporting around the boat.
humpback sea bass which smashed Mr..
Reyncldss bamboo rod. WHITE CAP.
Ar,erne Aug. II.
Witnesses Of Tuna's BiK Fight
an exciting nght between the engineer OF
the New Yorker and AN enormous horse
mackerel. which finally bent a heavy
The engineer told me at the pier that
the nsh wsa so strong that It took two
men to hold until it nnaiiy got away. his
Se% s''Is Tsrs TOO Aas SnoFi to play ywa,rE HAT
read with interest and disgust the
article In Yesterdays paper headed "s2h
Pound s,riper Fough: Two Hours" for
happened to be on the beach when this
washed ashore. having been gained and
thrown out by the pound boat fishermen a
1eW hours previous.
The man to whom the credit Of landing
this hsh is given was equipped with q boa
pole. q fresh water reel and about 100
feet OF line, and could not cast beyond
the undertow, in fact I don't think he
even went fishing before. and certainly II
he did never In the ocean at a game known
surf fishing
do not Name him for the article for
II certainly Is a Joke got UP by some of
his friends and Intended only for a little
FUN but II Ia very unloading for the
regular fisherman to read, inasmuch as
these large hsh are entered In contests for
prizes and when the true surf man reads
62,s pound bass at Manasquan he not
only spends his good money for railroad
fare but says to himself that the mark 10
50 high he cannot ever expect to attain
a look in for prise
Now that Is where the serious part OF
the article comes in. Myself, like most
surfmen. always watch the list hung in
the store of John r. Ssger in Asbury
Park, who keeps . record Of all the base
caught along the coast and at the present
time IS pounds s ounces 10 the weight OF
the largest striper caught along the entire
coast.
There fore I reply to the article referred
to in order to encourage instead Of dis
courage the true surf fisherman.
LEWIS PHILLIPS.