The sun., 1918-07-14
Commission Close Ru9ed Period of 7wo Years
Surf Fishing Considered
Most Fascinating Sport
Channel Bass Hanging on the Line Produces Thrill
Anglers Crave-Many Good Grounds
in New Jersey
By ALEXANDER sroDDART.

n SloDDANI.
from the vexatious questions OF life
which Is 30 necessary for the renewal
Of mind and body. And then. when he
returns at the end OF the day pleas
antly tired. hungry and invigorated by
hours in the open air. there Is a con-
tent Of spirit which frees the mind OF
cares and brings refreshing sleep"
Channel Bass Places.
New Jersey has a dozen places along
its coast where the channel bass can
be found, say, between the middle OF
June and the end of July. There is New
Inlet, which Hartie !. Phillips made
known to the angling world and where
Nelson J. Schoen took So pound chan
mel bass last year: Little Beach, where
Claude E. Holgate and Bill Smith hooked
into twenty channel bass in three hours;
Chadwick Beach. where William Ashley
Leavitt. Jr., took his 3s pound ounce
fish last year; Barnegat Inlet. north
side. favorite spot of Joe Cawthorn;
Ocean City,. where Churchill Channel
Bass Hungerford makes It pleasant for
anglers: Corsons Inlet. the gathering
place for the Gus wittkamp clan. and
Avalon, well known but not so famous
as Its namesake on the Pacific.
mel bass go to sea and none are taken
surf fishing. but they strike in again
about the first week in September and
remain for a month or more, depending
upon weather conditions. before they
start on their southern migration. IN
addition to the places mentioned, fall
fishing is good at Seaside PARK. Holgate.
Ship Bottom, Beach Haven, Barnegat
City and Harvey Cedars.
Channel bass fishermen gather from
various cities. At New Inlet you will
meet DIR. J. w Droogan Of westchester.
DR.. Frank c. Raynor and Al Olches OF
Brooklyn. ]. VI. Wheeden OF New York.
Robert II. Corson of Jersey City, and
10 print the names Of the Asbury Park
group would be to publish the roster OF
the Asbury Park Fishing Club
Angling at the tide-rip is Joe Caw;horn.
who told Douglas Fairbanks the secre,
OF how to save money, and who says
that when he was in the business early
in life the actor with a home was
pointed out on Broadway as the man
who owned home to-day the actor
without home Is the exception to the
rule.
Cawthorn. Il might be remarked. is
the author OF poem that always bring
smile, The Bass Are Gettin' WISE"
luck. incidentally the actor has taken
the largest channel bass ever recorded
on the Jersey coast by rod and reel a
fish OF 63 pounds. ounces.
Picturesque Group.
Alongside Of Caw.horn is Ieona I'd
Hulit. associate editor OF Forest and
stream. an authority on salt water
fishes. Strolling along, just off the
Nepenthe, with a group OF friends comes
Van Camper Helner, associate editor OF
F,cld aud Stream and an anger who
fishes from Maine to the C;u,f Of Mexico
and around the Pacific coast. Last year
in Florida he caught on light tackle 4
sailfsh Of feet 10 inches. On A..
ounce bait casting rod. with 1000 feet
OF nine thread line he took a tarpu.
weighing ~ pounds. the same tackle on
which in 1916 he took - POUND bar
racuda.
A short distance of s William Noel
Ter. who says in all his twenty five
years experience re has never seen a
week like this at New Inlet. where he
has f1shed for week and has not had
the pick up OF channel bass. Along
side Mr. Moeller IL Edward Dumbe, who
introduced Fred A. -Hshop TO the chan
mel bass game in Florida. Bishop has
since become so expert in catching chan.
mel bass with plug that on the sam.
lure he has caught" u mallard duck
and a pelican.
Another group consists ot T. Korenyi
VINO spends his week ends throughout
the summer somewhere on the jersey
coast seeking surf fishing. and alongside
Is Fred $. Fletcher of New York, who has
spent Ave yeE's in pursuit of the channc
bass and is still hoping to know what
the thrill feels like OF having one hangln
on his line.