The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
Barnegat's Tackle Smashing weahfish.

l admit that ! was Kid once, thAt
went barefooted in summer. used busn
Tor a pole cut ami trimmed in the swamp.
piece of string for a line ana oens
hook for FISH nook, that cFaWieu 70 wy
hank of A little stream 50 as not TO SNAKE
the soil. deity swung the HOOK under the
bank balteu with an ansIeworh, anu
yan.ed out nne large brook trout galore.
surely in those good days | was an unI
conscious member OF the Cotton Ihread
FISHING CLUB OF America unborn thoasn !,
Mas since It VAS much later pstoIe
ever saw u real rsn line. real nsh NOOK OF
a real nsh pole or a reel .,-- =,
Hence, being an unconscious nvinos .to, ~
ia 10 regret 10 note an interesting SLOT!
, In the ThE sun September 20 by one OF
its members that the CLUBS high orl!'als
guide TO the hsunts Of big ocean. tackle
Al the time l was pleasantly enssssd
at Greenwich, Conn. catching little houn-
ders the size Of your hand anu shappeis
still smaller. All society was doing H. anu
IN hT nnv "a, yHN in passing that II big weak
FISH are dltieult to land little no vaH,ss
are more diricult IN way, SO in Ni, go
| author Of a novel form OF food conservation
! and the pTUvid"r OF not rev OF 'he
choicest pan hsn courses In. the homes Oh
mt 1t occurs 10 me, by the story in THE
Sun OF one Of them the cotton threAdeFS
got stung all around. In the hrst place
| boat they secured nor its captain Is other
| than one OF my good friends and suspect
/ "A
Personally I.Eo fishing ever alone in a
rowboat and know Barnegat bay 30 WEI
| that l mako its storms carry my cFait
! home while | take nap SPRAYED out on
| seats or bottom. A rowboat is mere CORK
| TO one who knows how to use Il ana viii
weather the biggest seas II headed or
! tailed diaHonally on the waves. In the
| worst storm the past summer l only ios.
| two oarlocks by pyramid waves smashing
| the marlin attaching them 70 the sunwaIe.
! our friends Of the club did not get pis
USssH Ee% Msi.b,p on on nS -. 0 pounds
are in the second or third year from the
| schoolhsh class ,.,- -..,, -
ing weaknsh run from to 10 pounds in
| wei Hht and are not TO be Iounu IN the
open bay except possible sIrass,eTs du "a a
e e,nS ssSSsSt. lie did il with whiskers,
with rattan pole and line resembling
The KIND Of small weaknsh which our
| cotton threaders caught the Daretoo'ed boy
J yanks In with his line OF string ana bent
| hook, Sometimes they the hshl jump IN
| your boat when crossing the bay. :
poIho ouc Se Of an excitsr. don't deliberately
| Ash for them and 80 don't know In catch
ing them our friends got their second sting
| Homes Of Ocean Weakfish
The worst sting our friends got was IN
| failing to md a locality where large ocean
weakhsh only go. These are narrow, grass
4 hordered channels, where neither motor
or cat boat can anchor, one mus, ahCn"r
,-lch boats In safe place and go hNer
The hsh in a rowboat II Is rare event
| when a large boat can drop anchor In the
midst OF the big fellows, ,,,, ;. o,o,u
| II possible anywhere II would be along
the grass borders occasionally OF the big
channes, such as oyster Creek or Double
swiftly around In the rowboat, often row
ing ten or twelve miles before locating
them, sometimes not hnding them In an
AL $1,000 dom, know where the big