The sun., 1919-10-17
Blaclsf,sh In Long Island SOUND.

Blaclxlsh In Long Island Sound.
Anglers may be Interested to know that
olackhsn are biting well In Long i Is the
-Four Brothers OF New Rochelle. good
messes were taken. Also a humpback sea
ass T's aataS four ASoIRsr seaSsss
caught Weighing a trine over two pounds
Both seabass and blackhsh were hooked
on fiddler bait. Founders were caught
but the fish were extremely small
New York, October IS. T. j. M.
William Carney OF Freehold, Atten-shun!
Last Sunday while fishing at Highlands,
N. j.. l found a wallet drifting up the
river. 1t contained among other things
United States Army discharge made out
to William Carney OF Freehold, N. j. No
other address is given by which l can
he is one of the regular fishermen from
around the Highlands and reader OF
for years. and that this may catch his
eye.
Mr.. Carney can meet me at Jack Bahr's
day afternoon or leave his address there
and will gladly return the Wallet 40 nm
Newark. N. j., October 10.
An Angler Recalls Boyhood Days.
When l was a boy out in Cedar Falls,
River to be precise. i used to catch min
used to sell them to city fishermen.
In the summer the river IVES very low
| in the daytime, when the head gates to
| the mill race were epon. At night 1t
| rose, when they we're closed
Fishing was slow. / had several cans
| Of mtnnies sunk and no customers. Not
wishing to catch more one morning l
\ thought OF deep hole with sand bars
| all around at the down stream end OF
| small wooded island and / thought
would try 1t out just the sun was
peeping over the hills ! cast my line.
linen thread mot cottonl, on a hemp
stock strong and flexible. Bend it double
| k. a
| grasshopper.
The deep spot was about thirty-hve feet
dead tree lying in It, The hrst cast
| my hopper hit the water about fifteen
feet from shore. SLANT He was nailed
| and so was big bass.
In those days l used reel and yanked
out my fish as quickly as ! could. l
and repeafed until had several WHOM,
| pers-bass, pickerel and wall eyed pike.
Hoppers were hard to catch; l thought
| of my minnies. i got pail and fshed
until took the largest and finest mess
| Of fresh water fish ever saw.
| managed to get them home and made
them up in messes of one, two, three and
| tour, according to size, and sold them
at rs cents mess. Prices were different
| in those days.
| / fshed this hole two days a week,
| catching and selling fish enough that sum
| mer to buy myself double barrel gun,
boat and other things boy would want.
| suppose was a pot hunter or fisher,
| no sport, also a FISH hog; but l tell you
| often look back and wish L could once
| more stand the little island and cast
| my line and the swirl and feel the
| iunker. Some might not call 1t sport,
| but, by jimminy. in those days it was fun.
| Brooklyn, Oct. 10. BLACK HAWK.
Tho Land of Scientific Truth.
The scientific truths that l have writ
| ten and hope to continue to eXpound in
| this column require no modification as to
| their accuracy.
I owe no explanations to that envious
| and iniquitous person who signs himself
| switch Reel but it is quite right that
you should know his real motive and rea-
| son for attacking me with the various
| ISLANDERS, as to who ! am, where belong
| the manner Of my physical construction
| and the reiteratiou that a vigilance com
mittee of this town expelled me as unde-
| srable.
RE further says something about A. Pel
| Jacques finding tracks and large sized
rubber overshoe which he assumes fit my
| feet This man who is assiduously and
| invidiously attacking me is futllely trying
| to attract your attention to his own men
tai attachments, and with green jealousy IL
trying TO md his way into the light OF
THE sun.
Now, gentle reader, the following are IN,
facts and require no switching. Mr
jacques is a gentleman Of refinement anC
! a very good friend. of mine He assures
me this morning that he did find a larg'
section of rubber covering the speciica
tons that this perhdious switch Reel
sta ted, but that 1t was section Of
| rubber hose, and is willing to make al
| affidavit that 1t belongs to the apparatus
| tnat TINS injurious 'SWltCN Reel. uses &c
dstin sundry stormy nights and Eve
| lyns."
/ No, gentle reader, I will not visit Beach
| Haven next week or any other week to be
come invested with the kind Of scientific
authority that this pernicious "SwttGl
Reer carries in a mask in his bacl
| pocket. He has invested too many in
| dividuals-to their undoing-with hi
! scientific ebulations and decoctions.
As matter OF fact, l believe his interes
in my visiting Beach Haven is to obtalI
my algebralC formulas upon which I bas
my studies in lsadoloEy. That estlma bl
| gentleman. Mr.. Jacques informs me tina
| switch Reef Is spending seepless night
| worrying If in my forthcoming articles
will crack any OF his pet theories in cast
| ing and that he is losing weight, an,
hence this trip to Beach Haven to distrac
| his mind.
was told with great spirit and almos
, | glee that the neighbors will he able {
sleep and not be disturbed with Variou
songs about a channel bass hanging OF
5 the line"
t No, gentle reader I do not mind hi
cunningly devised plans set for me to dis
close my Identity. Those are only his al
terror motive and as We proceed fur
ther into the land of scientific truth yo
Will learn why this man has tried TO side
track my efforts and his real purpose wi
be disclosed. Just watch and wait
, GRAPE JUICE.
linton Falls Camp, Oct. Is.