The sun., 1917-08-28
Rod and Gun Nelus
LOCAL ANGLERS AUGUST sEpTEMBEk2 D
Weskn,h for Tbo.e who Know How.

weakn'h for Those who Know How.
Joe Sehy of the Raupi says that there
Is nothing to bras about so far as Jamaica
Bay weakfsh are concerned unless onet
knows how and where to ish. on sun:
up weakash a, .yaieS,ine's Point. the Bat.
tbs and Shell Heap.
Ther. are two reasons. according to Mr..
Sehy. for the lack Of good catches. one
IL the Immense amount Of food In the bay
and the other the schools of latayettes
in.endsa d'p for w weasSsS 'V cam "s p".sbiy % @ wet
down to where they are swimming with
out being mutilated by these ready biters
by the middle Of September. says Mr.
Sehy. snappers wih be OF the right size
for tho pan or the FIRE and he suggests
that anglers get their tackle In shape. for
while II lasts. There arr no crabs
porgies in the bay, however. as is usual
at this time.
Finds Bluehsh: Weaks Taken BY JigGinx.
Beach, on sunday caught lafayettes and
.hen had the luck to strike school of
bluefsh. bringing in number. At Bar
rem Island. where he stopped for gssolenc.
he noticed an angler jieging for wesknsh
Who had go big weakfsh. all taken from
the Deep Hole.
Weakhsh In Princes Bay.
On Friday In Princes Bay IS fsh were
and sam Terril Jersey city fishermen.
with Capt. Tom Jones from Charles
schopps nshing station.
Thresders on sand Bar. but Get Fish.
The. adase Hell is paved with good
Intentions is applicable to the trip of
he Edith portrayed In Sundays Rod and
Gun. and Belgian block has been con-
,ributed by the Cotton Threaders to Beel,
A. NJ, as scheduled. but a rowboat an
chored In the middle of narrow drain
caused the grounding of the boat when
an attempt was made to avoid l.,
The trip was continued. however, when
the rising tide released the boat, and the
Edit Edith ayins the Cotton Thread clu6'ss
sea bass. luke and skate were caught
on thread by members. and II sea bass
and ] sea robin we're caught on thread
by non members.
The new nag, presented to the club
by Rober, Martin, was flown for the first
with the initials c. T. F. C. on The white
The Threaders and their friends have
which will certainly leave on schedule.
weather permitting. AUGUST ROTH.
New York, Aug. ~.
saranac Lake "Pickerer' Pike.
Shades Of Ike Walton Has I; reached
criticise the fsherwomen, God bless them!
Madeline" tells of most nterest ting
catch. But pray. pray don't talk Of S or
'fe Of i he same 'hn iam
ily teven IL We call II tn" human family:
Madeline, Madeline. forbear. or you will
. ~ ~ NATURE FACTOR
New York. Aug. -
IOI4 Pound Muskie without Aid Of Hook
In reading to-day's sun I noticed
"Madeline's" account in the Rod and Gun
column Of catching bass and a pickerel
AT the same time. II reminded me Of a
little experience which had in northern
Ontario a number Of years ago.
had heen fishing for minDous from
a floating dock with small steel minnow
rod cotton line a heap single ac;ion
bass. about 2t7 inches had taken the
hook and was saishing him back and
forth In the water 10 try to get him on
without bothering myself any as ! was
doing this a good sized muskie grabbed
the little rock bass and started away.
Thers was only about h"e yards OF line
on tho reel. so ! had to take chance
Of breaking my tackle. For some reason
It stood the strain and the nuskie started
right for the float and without a multiple
action reel 1t vas some job TO ss. in tho
slack line.
Under the dock and on, as far as the
line would let him, back under the dock
again and then he broke water The night
KEEP. up for a little over twenty-five min
utes and by :hat time he was pretty well
trckered out AMI after a few more feeble
rushes he turned over and just as went
to pick him up away he went once more.
and this time laid down my rod and ran
to the tackle house distance OF about
thirty feet and brought back San. He
weighed Just lot. pounds. hut the odd
thing. was he had grabbed the bass head
frst and had tried to disgorge It when
he felt the pulling and The bass had
, In the roof OF the muskie's mouth while
the hook had never touched him sounds
| hshy. doesn't it, Well, about the only
handy proof is my word as sportsman.
L. II. FREEMAN IL
cornwall-on-H Hudson, y. y. Aug eS
says Plug Humane and sportsmanlike.
Verify, MIR Kit Clarke seems nightly
peeved in his recent philippe against all
Of US who use pen names when giving our
| opinions about plugs. All | have TO say
| is that cannot congratulate him on h's
the next oon,ribs' dinner he will have an
| opportunity OF seeing what grade OF
men" We are W,,h the permissgin, pnin, o. roye ye
| freres prefer TO use the name Of the
river in the far Norih where ! trs, wen,
hshinS %y,ars sna yaTs nTss ago .rx hal, o,
| wood or metal mounted with not more
| than three single hooks. To cast such a
ing about hye ounces. With a silk line
having breaking strength of about IL
| pounds. calls for much more skill and
practice than possessed by the average
plug is much more humane than
| live bait. or even ny at times, because
| underszed FISH will gorge small bait
| so that the bait cannot be removed win
| out killing the nsn. win pIHs 'nIs
| misfortune cannot occur because the plus
| is too large TO be swallowed by even
! adult FISH M,
| A fy leader equipped with three flies
| is considered absolutely orthodox by n!
| fishermen Of the type of Mr., Clarke, nut
| claim that a plug as define II Is much
more sportsmanike device than three mes
on a leader. I have never used more than
| one fly when ny fishing for trout or bass.
| II MIR. Clarke will attend a tournament
| Of any of the sngling clubs when Dali
| casting" event with half or quarter ounce
weight for either distance or accuracy u
| views relative TO the use Of the plus bait
| Evidently he Is also ignorant of the fac'
| that there are many American water'
| we'll supplied with bass. pickerel, &c. tha
| cannot be fshed with any but a shor
| bait casting rod and plug because o.
| geographical conditions.
| when II comes to a question OF bait'
| armed with treble hooks In punches ! an
| sure that Mr.. Clarke is not one-hsif al
| opposed to such pests as l am. ! am re
minded OF what Perry y. Frazer. In hi
admirable book on Fishing Tackle" says
that even putting a bait armed WIN
| putting healthy tom cat on his back
' nrooklyn. Aug. IL oToNoBEE.
Promising Outlook for snipe Huntins.
The snipe season Is open on Long Isl
| laws How many OF you have your place
| picked? Now Is the time 10 take a traii
| 10 the meadows and find the ponds which
| are mostly inhabited by these birds. In th'
| mast two weeks ! have seen quite few
snipe, among which ] have counted SOM