The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-05

The cod are at hand TO vote" remarked
Charles Il. Day yesterday. summing ap the
Hen wight Of y w I% Lead we made lean an
early record Of 81 cod for 8, men. a
large portion OF the cod were Of small size,
four TO six pounds, indicating the coming
that II the small cod come frst II Is an
omen OF a good season.
'pn Saturday and Sunday we got the cod
on the inshore grounds OF Long Beach,
Sundays prize nsh weighed twenty-five
pounds. On Saturday we had a good day.
The largest cod weighed thirty two pounds
and think there were three or four above
twenty pounds. We are not going to the
Choers banks yet. because It Is too early
II the year"
Founders In sheepshead Bay.
In Hampstead Bay hack OF Long Beach
and Wreck Lead fishermen are getting
Founders weighing from three quarters to
one and one.quarter pounds each.
Election Day Opens Seasons.
In New Yor', and throughout tho Middle
and New England States the season 10 open
on election day for wild fowl and shore
| birds. These migratory birds include
goose. duck, brant back bellied and gold
IN rloyers, Wilson or 1acksnIpes. woodcock,
| greater and lesser ycllowleEs, rails ooots
and galinuies.
| Adirondack and catskills and owners may
shoot wild deer on their own lands with
! shotguns in the counties ~ Columbia.
mare s.a ns may ss
killed
On Long Island tho season Is open for
ruled grouse. rabbit. squirrel. quail and
| male pheasnnts. 80
| In New Jersey only Wild fowl and shore
| birds may he killed the upland season not
! opening untll next Monday.
| In Pennsylvania the season is on for
| bear. hare, rabbit. squirrels; quail. pleas
| ants and Hungarian partridge,
rabbit. gray squirrel, quail and rured
The Mssss chusetts season is open for up:
land game, including hare or rabbit. gray
duced pheasant, The Commissioners OF
game have urged sportsmen not to kill ths
plentiful and II is desired to save the birds
which are greatly reduced in numbers
| In Connecticut the season Is open for
hare, rabbit, gray squirrel quail, rufed
grouse, pheasant tintrodueed) and Hun
| garian partridge.
Vote Early and InteliiEently,
| Charles F. bay mcntlons to-day Capt
John Klein's idea OF rock pile nsh refugees
the United Anglers League TO put II int
practice. The League has been workns
steadily to his end. but war condi ION
too ins!steut In ones demands on III,
Gov. whitman in his refusal to eoun.
i'Fish Culturist John W. Ttcomb and hi,
appointment and support OF the best Con
| SeTNdWpn 1OW INe otuto mas Se
had shows his sincere desire to aid con
| servation,
senator Charles Francis Murphy ~ IN,
| Sixth district. Brooklyn, has aided tn
4 leagues work for better conditions al
ways and is In perfect sympathy wl'i
It's aims.
serve the support Of every angler, Their,
are no vital questions or issnes at thi
! election that call for par,isanship ant
ali readers Of Rod and Dun news tina
| want better fishing should help elec
" Sew YORK. Nov. :. F, /. SHERMAN, .
Now IL the Time for Macksrei.
II YOU Rave never hshed for mackere
now is the time. Ny advice Ia to IT!
H. In my opinion, II can't be beaten.
The place IL Long Island sound An!
old place viii do providing YOU have tn
for bait or ehum viii do, Or cut up
mackerol and put small piece on
No. 10 limerick or spront hook tsam
as founder hooksl and hsh about six fee
, under lust so you see your bait In clea
= water and presto YOU get strike an'
II YOU don't use a stnker your line switche
through the water as v you had weak
| This fishing viii be a revelation to you
| some thing new Not the old method o
fishing on bottom in vogue among soun,
nshermpn with twenty-e!ght other fel
lows on the Evelyn n, Capt, Good
enough, We left C'aEon Point at A N
, sunday and at we're fishing at King
Point, Al 1850 We, went TO ENecu
i. NJ, when we all started for homs
! caught SO mackersl and founders
| an nice, ealable FISH,
some fishermen had more, all in al