The sun., 1918-09-18
ROD AND GUN NEWS
FOR LOCAL ANGLERS sEpTEMnER ls no sErrEMnER %
weaithsh Biting in Jamaica Bay.

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| Weaknsh are biting in Jamaica Bay in
suoh well known spots as tho Cinders,
Lucky Spot, Fishkill. False Channel. Deep
, Mrtsr ana nc the Bend. The n:h are taking
the f1rst of the ebb tides Mondays catches
ranged from to IS to a boat
| some weaknshermen cut short their trip
because OF the approaching rainstorm yes
| terdsy, but many others stuck it out. The
ns dsst weaknsh catch brought to Fred
nsh Weighing from 5 to pounds each.
They were taken by Garry and walter
Carmen. with Richard Johnson. guide.
Cotton Threads Annual Dinner. Nov. o.
| The annual dinner of tho Cotton Thread
Fishing Club Of America. Inc. will be held
IN Trommsrs rathskeller. East New York.
Blacknsh Outlook Promising.
capt. George w. Wilson Of the Rosabell
or wreck Lead says the week looks promis-
.nE Tor blaekfsh. which are starting to
states. 10 fair. three to six TO a fisherman
oeins the usual catch. with a few porgies.
Gala Day for Anglers for Lsfayettes.
sunday was a gala day for the local
ssnsIers and the piers along the Hudson
from l5eth to 1ssth street were crowded
Some Of the catches noted were: Arthur
Sarter 81 George Chase. 81; Mrs. Haml-
ton o.; Mrs. Truax. 20; Walter Crandall.
Ellen Berg. IS. and Mrs Wilson, az.
Every boy who could get any kind of a
nshing arrangement caught the tiny game
nsh to his hearts content. Family parties
were on all the docks, and their messes
ran Soove 100. The lafayette should be in
the local waters until the rrst cold snap
debut. a. w.
New York. Sept. ie.
Keny's Blue.
sgp 1, vanished. summers fingered
oil An
We go the seas and skies and woodlands
with a misty. golden glow.
% Mn through every changing season
Like q spirit harassed, haunted, seemed
| no earthly peace to know.
Daily. like q sad soul hunted
Or a human shuttle shunted,
the bay he few.
Nousht ss inx eye ever a siaysd him him
For ambition madly fayed him-Kelly
sought to hook a blue.
Cannot you" asked. who know him
BY your kindly counsels show him
mat the pace he IL essaying leads to
Can you not corral and rope him
Or with soothing potions dope him
10 alleviate this frenzy that the human
They replied, There's nothing doing;
He would still keep on pursuing.
| dream of hope came true.
Scarce his family can endure him,
But there's nothing that will cure him,
Nothing permanently cure him-not till
Kelly gets his blue"
Then one evening. worn and weary
From day OF labor dreary,
1 oesonsht a solace CHEEKY In . neishbor-
And encountered chatting laughing,
With n genial humor chatting
| And with gay abandon quaffinE, one rd
known upon the bay.
Long l gaEed. half dazed with wonder,
Fearing I had made n blunder.
Was this creature, Joyous. genial, tho sad
seeker once I knew?
Ana cried, IT pray relieve mo
From this doubling that doth grievs mo
| Are you Kelly. same old Kelly. Kelly who
pursued tho blue?"
confess I was elated
When he grasped my hand and stated
He was Kelly. sure as he'll he was the
| Kelly from the past
Then he told mo news beguiling,
| Told 1t to me broadly smiling
oh, radiantly smillng--he had caught
a blue at last.
An emotion deep and tender
Thrilled me with Its gracious spIendor,
And Whispered, Friend bartender. bring
thee forth the amber brew;
We shall drink to grit undaunted
That n hooking world once tainted
We shall drink to Mr.. Kelly, Kelly who
has caught blue"
tTo Eugene Kelly Of the Alice K)