The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-27
PALLDELIGHTFUL
ON JERSEY BEACHES
Migratory Fish Schooling for
Journey South Afford Fine
Sport In Surf.
MEASURES OF CAMPING
NJ ALEXANDER sroDDART.


Fan is a delightful time to go to the
sandy beaches OF New Jersey and cast
out into tho slues holes end channels
whete migratory Ash congregate and try
for She big one out OF Natures grab bag.
EOfe Of the delights of surf fishing
~ that you never can tell when you will
draw n prize. 1t Is the uncertainty Of
The fishing that lures the angler to go
again and again. az one could be sure
Of catching say channel bass any day
there would be no special incentive to go.
There are members of the Asbury
Park Fishing Club that have sought
striped bass for years and have never
caught one. There lie DIR. J.W Droogan
Of westchester, who has been on the
tratl OF channel bass for four years,
making spring and fall one week trips.
fishing day and night, with additional
week end trips during the summer. and
though he has succeeded In taking Dig
sharks, blues, weakfish and enormous
fluke, yet has not experiaaced the Joy OF
having a channel bass hanging on his
( line.
sOn the other hand there Is DR.. r. j..
Had, q good trout fisherman. who, be-
irr In the neighborhood OF Jersey SURF
fishing, tried his luck. and on his hrst
trip landed a channel bass that was one
Of the prize winners OF the 1917 Field
and Stream contest.
Surf fishfss can be INDUCED In within
city limits. as at Ocean City, at typical
ashsryen's hotels like Gus Wittkamp's
a. Corson's Inlet Sunset Inn at Barne-
Rat City, or one may camp out In places
where there Is no habitation OF any sort
save the lie saving stations, at New IN
let and Little Beach, noted grounds for
the big surf swimmers.
su.S Auvpers socfabIe sort.
49,, .,,,.s o,a s,ch other
~ 49,, "a rrnw,ds ss avalon Seaside
wei, known srou"es Ss..N 1aacn
EarH, ho'sae, 80, onaiars
.ven anu r,as,,oS, Enows evervbodv
s,,rt ashsrn,en arc sociahle: they
I'm ,iva The other fellow the killing
1 ha,, ~ the moment provided he has none.
.,.so,,.h A, o,chas once found the oppo-
s,,a ~ ha ,r,,e
Nsn cali each other bv their first
a.r,s. within a brief time and although
NO one calls DIR F.. c. Raynor Frank,
th.v do tern, him doc" For these
men are merely boys grown UP and the
dignity that goes with town life is
ILL.,, 81 tbo beach light their p;pes,
throw out the squid or mossbunker or
worms or mullet and once more become
Bill and Jack and Joe.
To print the names OF these SURF nsh-
ers would be like ripping page from
the membership OF the Aspury fark.
ocean C1ty, Beimar anu Miu'ahu hsn,ne
clubs. Anglers Ciup OF new iorA' VIEW
nork anu Long isa'o a,.n t,s CO..
ohiteu Ahsie, sue 49, anu 1850
ION lhreau lsn's IT,.
nc mas 'iii''lie 49,,
ieary, WHO use s' 49, ,Sa,,
a,, p Sia go .r neh ~ Tho sea like the
49, ,s So" ahanroI has s,r;nad ha 90
$50 ,ha iiSa
Ch.nnsI bass 6sbermen like Claude
1,s. pt,,itrs van r.n,nar
lJs;,nar Nnison Shoan Riu smith
hy,uiar' A Ieay;t, Jr Toe cavthorn
saonard u,ii, Robert II Corson' j nj
rbaaao, wiuisr, Noe,Ier Edward
p,m,,hai u W pIcLford T-burchil, Hun
1901 Ir-oa Q Eratchar Endre Kor-
60; Edward + Oavis7 Jack wbatton
~ nfoassnsr W. Rullock Horace
1seds CHARLES IT wells WillTam Barth.
,IIoward Kain md Matt Stratton are for
ayr seeking adventure in strange va
ters IN ana fAe red warriors of the deep.
Surf Men Adventures.
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'ne "n 60 - So
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Isni's re'oiu io' ->S" 'e''e' 'ou '''''-
Ls yeai ~. Droos al. - ,a :; MI
Oehes. @ anu ear
son went 10 view i"'et, ine Schanhe!
PASS season OF I'l' WIN propaoIy ma
oaem AT Lite peacn anu Seek'ns az
ven,ures III new Mus. inat 70 tne
In strange waters.
n', - . 80 80. ~ e.
,,r,,,ss an5 ths', sasira - So,, ,,e az,
a"u t.y " us'o'e az
~ ~ % I'. -"
80, nlea's are N'o'e VI 'ess suoser'ie"'
se' ,
one or Two ,en,e are earrieu, uePend-
"e opo~ 'i.e hui'.oei VI Nai',peI1 Every
nian aisheu ~ ."e wo'h most CON-
seu,ai anu what nc ~ oes. Suited 10.
Inc site must De selected SO tnat there
- drainage LOT ram anu not 100 tar IN
una. where MOSQUITOES may make life
pAserapie when there Is no WIND to blew
them away. The tent must be properly
anchored in the sand with stakes and
ropes that will hold up in a storm. for
squalls come up suddenly often at night
Blankets must be summed daily and
the sand swept out of the tent floor The
most luxurious way OF camping is TO
carry air mattresses A sufficient num-
Der OF blankets under the trunk NJ tho
body will be found restful. For the re-