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Cinder Worms Hurt weakashins.
Jamaica Bay fishing conditions have
! been bit disappointing for the past few
Tho catches of weaknsh on Tuesday and
Wednesday were away below normal. In
fact many of the boats did not fnd any
The fishing came back yesterday. how
ever and Charlie johnson came to
Bocgel's float at Canarsie with 26 weak
ilsh. VIII Harris did not have such a
fishing would be better from now on.
BIuensh on Nortons Point.
LET Davis of Canarsie went after the
than ae. They were fne Ash. running
from to pounds each. and they sold
IKE hot cakes on the Canarsie front at
them again and managed to gather in Is.
Davis did not say where he found them.
put some OF the guides yentured guess
Blue Claw Crabs in Hempstead Hay.
Grabbing has started in with a rush in
Hampstead Bay. Last Sunday several of
the boats caught bags full. Three boats
catches.
Jamaica Bay is fairly alive with very
small crabs The guides catch any guam
tity of them when after shrimp. The full
grown crabs are quite scarce. but the
haymen say that II we have light win
ter 1918 viii be the greatest crab year
Jamaica Bay has ever known.
Snappers and Lafayettes Thieves.
Weakhshermen are experiencing great
difficulty In getting their bait through tho
snappers and lafayettes. These small fish
the, shrimp is fastened on. II you go
back too light the snappers get the bait.
II you use lead and go too low the
you manage to get through with a per-
feet bait your chances for weakfsh are
good.
Sea Bass and Cod at Cholera Banks.
Fishing at tho Cholera Banks on the
Glralda Yesterday G. Brampton took hr.t
prize with an pound cod. He also had
sea bass: The SECOND prize went to
bass and lobster. J. Donnei,y had 7
bass. ling and ! lobster C., Ehrhardt
and ling.
Auto Party Takes weaks and Croskers.
NJ. Steinberg of e35 ST. Nicholas ave-
nue., who personally conducts fishing
returned from the mrs, of the ,wo weekly
trips on Wednesday with a contented
party OF anglers who brought with them
The party. which consisted Of A: Abra-
hams: 2io Audubon avenue: H. Bunger.
aoi Hudson M street, Hoboken; F. Logger
pfeuffer of 765 St. AIMS avenue. left
Monday noon for Beach Haven. arriving
there in time for 6 o'clock dinner. Tues
day was devoted to angling. and the
catch included 60 croakers, 20 weakfsh,
nuke and kingish.
Three hours fishing on Wednesday re-
quilted in 20 croakers and 20 weakfsh.
The wcakfish and croakers weighed up 10
pounds each
Five Species at Rockaway Beach.
lafayettes are biting in the waters sur
Beach. Some recent catches follow: Her.
man Alpert:. kinghsh and ~ pound
weakhsh: ]. Small, weakfsh, kingfish !:
+ Reilly, weakhsh, s kinEhsh; T.
kingtish and weakfsh: J. Smith king
fish, 3 wsaknsh. Bloodworm seems to
be the bait used for kinghsh and weak
fish In these waters.
Croakers and W-akhsh at Long Branch.
Recent catches of weakhsh nuke,
croakers ana blackhsh at the Long
Branch. pier follow: W. H. Allen, West:
luke; w II Wilson, sso Decatur street,
Rrooklyn. Is croakers. 2 huke: J. y,
Lippenco't +s' broadway. Long Branch.
| Is Baldwin street, Newark. n. j., croak-
crs blackhsh: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Demplin, IL Charles street. New York,
II huke. l2 Croakers. weakfsh.
shark SmaShes Anglers Rod.
| J. schloss, fishing from the Columbia
| the other day at buoy OFF Long Beach.
hooked a shark, and as he drew the nsh
near the boat II put on fnny speed and
smashed Mr.. schloss's rod.
| At buoy 4 sea bass were taken and
ariinE arr at Suoy Sxs nxs. were Ga"SmI pounhs
taken by c. Brown OF 2il Himrod street.
| Brooklyn.
Porgles. Bass and F1uke at Buoy 2.
Anglers in the Alert. Capt. Carman, In
| Wreck Lead last Saturday a buoy
caught large porgies. sea bass and huke,
The prize fish was a huke Of pounds
FIuke at Rockaway Shoals.
Fishermen of the E W. Bliss company
! in Gravesend Bay boat last sunday at
, Rockaway Shoals and West Bank Light
caught huke. The prize nsh weighe1 "
! pounds and was taken by b. Stout.
Sea Bass at Rockaway Two at Clip.
Tho Frank brothers OF Flatlands Bay
in their dory, Dorothy A.. at the Rocka-
way bell buoy on sunday morning during
the slack tide caught 40 sea bass ranging
! from to pounds each, some of them
[ taken two at "A clip.
4 Tribute to New York Fishing Waters.
| fuke and bass being very common.
! running now on shore away from the pro-
| hihitcd areas governed by the sea patrols.
las; Friday party of four on the
| Robert p. Capt Gus Polling. had unusual
! luck fishing of Seabright. several bass OF
and . pounds respectively being cap
fen to the skli of Mr.. Bergen, while to
| MIR. Post and others, who had come
! from Savannah. Ga, TO enjoy n good
DAYS snort enough fish were boated to
prove that in New York and adjacent
| waters Is TO be found some of the
| finest fishing in the world. As the waters
kbecomc better known the number OF en-
thusiastic fishermen increases. +.
BROOKLYN, Aug, 20.
Kit Clarke to the PluEGers.
| why do the plugEers hide their faces
behind an alias why do they snarl praises
Of their disgraceful hook laden plug be-
| hind fictitious Names Why don't they
stand up like decent ment in their defence
I OF the shameless plug
An honorable cause needs no counterfeit
| de Tenders.
Fahricating spurious names behind which
| they attempt TO Justify the use OF a wicked
and dlsgustful device for numbering game
| fish is confession OF iniquity;
Let Bait casting Crank" Royal
Goa chman," bud" sam" Extra Tip"
| "O;onoher," silver Doctor" switch
names and enable to note the grade OF
men who advocate and practise a doctrine
OF disgraccful murder Of an honorable ad-
vcrsary.
am never ashamed to sign my name
in fun in hchalf of good cause and !
shall never try 10 defend had one
FlRthush, Aug, 2S. KIT CLARKE.
Plugging and SpOrtsmanship.
"Nirginius" sure IL queer cuss! Says
, he. Far be II from me to mix up In this
controversy, and don't think for a minute
nnd then jumps in with both feet. He
even has the nerve to criticise what
wrotc
After reading his enlightening 60 letter