The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-31


To-day Is the last day of the open season
in New York State for brook, brown and
rainbow tout.
Dr. Fulton Trout Fishing in Canada.
Dr. j. q. Fulton OF 1l6 West Fifty-ninth
street writes that trout fishing at prcsen,
In New Brunswick, Canada, Is good, ana
no has landed some nice ones"
The Carrying Of Plugs.
Bugs" letter in Wednesdays column
calls attention to the carrying of plugs. In
my article / stated that ] carried mine
right In the shell bag. Naturally THIS IL
attach the South Bend snap on hooks az
and when ! use the plug. However; plugs
with trebles attached may be s s s si.o
snap on treble hooks may be had. though
do not know who makes them.
The leather roll referred to by Bug
and IL more than six plugs were wanted, as
sometimes happened. l had to stow the
'' Sss York in' A bag my SLG GdLY
Gasoiene Request and Fishing Boats.
The Individual who six days week Tolls
luxuriously to and from business in
high powered motor car which during IN
members OF his family for shopping pur-
poses and during evening hours as con-
veyance to and from places OF amusement
Is an individual who uses AN unnecessarily
prodigious amount of gasocne and the
services of an able bodied man as cnaui =
feur. but he Is no: an individual who Is
seriously affected by the request to con-
serve gasolcnc on the Sabbath-his week
end is destined to he spent among com
Portable lsurroundlngs far from the mad
ding crowd and pestifcrous hivver!
And the jocular 10Y Rider. who emulates
the humorous Hun in his nocturnal slaugh-
not at all seriously affected by the re.
quested restriction--he and his calcimined
consort literally. though not reiisiously
make of the Sabbath a day OF rest in re-
biggest
week!
But there are individuals to whom this
contemplated conservation Is real sacrl-
nee and Others TO whom 1t Is even a
tragedy.
1t is sacrifice to the man who. work.
Ing from eight to twelve hours day. has
nv care and diligence. accumulated the
whcrewithal to purchase flvver or a
motor boat and whose only opportunity TO
avail himself OF its use !s on sunday.
II is a tragedy to the MAJ whose actual
existence depends on the proceeds yielded
by his taxicab or fishing boat This Is
barely makes expenses on week days and
depends largely on the Sunday crowd for
his means of livelihood, and In his case IL
is in direct antipathy to Hooverism--he IL
4 purveyor and conveyor OF food!
If II Is necessary to conserve gasoiene
binary individuals. shall do so willingly
and oheerfully, bat We ask that tho man
dates of Justice be obcerved--let gRsolene
cards be issued that all may sacrifice alike.
whether lac be pnmpered and pubblad pet
OF opuence. a cokied and careless JOY rider
or tho man who has so nobly borne the
brunt of this struggle-the ordinary In
dividual SKIP.
Sheepshcad Bay. Aug. 80.
Snappers Biting in Long Island Sound.
Having nothing better to do on Sundny
last l went to Port Washington. L. l., to
see what the outlook was for fall fishing
and found that there great many
snapper bluefsh being caught. They are
small fish, about six to seven inches long,
with an occasional larger one.
went to the bathing pavilion run by
Charles Cocks. who induced me TO try IL
out, gave me the boat, bait and rig and in
about half an hour | had taken thIrty-twU
I fish. ] found that Mr.. Cocks had a plenti-
full supply of bait on hand that he also
kept hooks on sale and would hire out
rigs TO those that came unprepared for
this kind of fishing.
As snappers grow very fast in about a
week or ten days there should be some
good sized fish caught.
The prospects very good for fall
FOUNDER fishing, also for tomcods. There
| have been no signs of the round tail
mackerel which have been so plentiful
during the last two years. These FISH,