The sun., 1919-10-25
whiting and Ling a, Long Branch.

Whiting and Ling al Long Branch.
Al the Long Branch pier. N. j.. whiting
and ling are taking the anglers bait. Some
recent catches include: John Wallace
abeth, 81 ling Charles Adam, Elizabeth,
~ ling, whltingj George King, Eliza
beth, ~ ling. whiting. and Hugh Brtn-
nan, Tompkinsville, staten Island, &c lIng,
whiting.
Gray Fox Trapped in Newark Garage.
gray fox trapped In Sumner avenue,
Newark Fact. Back Of Harvey C. Mick
snss home, 4t2 sumner avenue, Is a
tns.ss .r An English setter OF M,sksnss
II attracted Mckenzie attention and lis
tening he heard noise as II an animal
up board. This Investigation led him to
IN the evening he found the trap had been
sprung by a live gray fox.
Skates Name Does Fish Harm.
One OF the new members of the We
Twelve Fishing Club at the Lishtship
caught a skate last sunday which fought
all tho way to tho surface. one Of the
other members took. the wings home and
he said he would let all the members
know how the hesh tasted.
The meat looks good TO me. clean and
hard. and have no doubt IL can be pre-
pared in some way to make II taste good.
But in my opinion the idea that 1T ~
skate will deter some people froIn eat
ing II. 49, ..n. 49,,
the boats from Clason Point up the Sound
save the wings OF skates. and they tell me
It IL fine food.
I would rather eat sea bass or blackhsh.
My better half skins the blacks and Mon
day nights supper az my hosss ~ 5Ees'
:.cw York. Oct. "a,
split Rock Yields IA lib. walieye.
Split Rock Lake. the preserve in Morris
county. New Jersey, OF the Newark Bait
and Fly Casting club, yielded the other
day waIleyed pike OF ~. pounds to
charles Grohe Of Glen Ridge, y. j.
Joe snyder. Angler for Blacklist.
Joe Snyder OF 80 Carmine street fishes
on Monday and Wednesday or Thursday.
snyder has been angling from the bank
boats fishing in the surf, bays and ihieps
for nearly thirty five years.
He has been Employed by man steam
fishing vessels leaving from New York and
has sugled from every fishing boat lesv-
ing from the Battery in that time. Sny-
der's one love Is the blackhsh. which ne
pursues In the spring and fall
Whenever the wrecks on Long Be sea-
Rhoda. OIL Tea. Coal and the Tow bost
Schooner. snyder is particularly happy.
He always Gets blaekhsh because ne Knows
the how OF taking them
Fields and streams vs.. Sand Dunes.
No. ,'Tamarack." you would not give up
the nelds and streams for the sand dunes
And ocean. Not II have sized you up cor
reetly. --,- D. -..
have hung close TO woodland dells and g'icf-
ing river since chtldhood-pernaps born
where nature blooms profusely--end a man .la
brought up in the wilderness eoufo not "u'
cling TO them forever, a.,
And while you admit that the rolling
sands. the curling SUBMITS OF the waves
the subiimity, vastness and awfulness OF
IN. ocean along with "a channel bass
a hanging on your line" have grlpped your
heart, the fact that you hesitated in a deci-
AraF nd
leads me and other firm devotees to the ny
rod to believe that next spring Will cure
your fevST. ,,
make many friends The men with whom
YOU have mingled while surf casting are as
nne az can be found anywhere on inns sIooe.
Ar of them, with few exceptions, are
class when It comes to fishing, sports
manship ana good fellowship: You nave
drank OF their cheerfulness and Overlooking
good nature, and whtis thus intoxicated
have forgotten to place frst ON your list.
temporarily. l believe, that which you nave
TOO, have tasted tine Joys OF surf cast
Ing and been rapt in the hearts or those
good fellows who seek big game from the
ocean shore, and while their enthusiasm
and rolicksomo mlrth fully compensate the
lacking Of a bite from channel bass or
Dlaensn, IL never Will take from me my love
for the mountains and valleys inland NO,
not II I was forced to take a choice. And
this I state after spending weeks months
and years for wandering ash from the
nrm of the ocean in the inlets leading
thereto Th
While IL IS true eight pound hluehsh
hurting and EtruggliRg GA "A hook 200 tes'
from land viii make mans blood tinE.e
from hts ROOF top to the ral1s Of his toes
and the catching Of 50 or 80 pound chan
mel bass will grow hair ON a weak man ;
chest this only happens after the usual
assortments OF "weaks.' Croskers, kinghsh
and dogfsh have scraped themselves along
the sand while the rec Is turning shore
ward.
some one, switch Reel" l think has
compared the streams OF tho North with
the ocean. when he should have compared