The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-08
ROD AND GUN NEWS,

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september it...il'32 1900 II az 1905 1917
le-Lb. sheepshead Taken at Black wall.
Fishing at Black Wall on Friday last
rrea Eohlmeir George Miller. Charles
look Sa and Elmer Bowers, leaving from
broad Channel Jamaica Bay, caught 81
Weighing ~ pounds. The men were about
70 give up. fishing when Cook landed a
Tho Beauties OF Barnegat Bay.
Thirty boat parties Of anglers brought
In more than 400 kinghsh at Forked River
yesterday. Some boats captured as high
as nifty. The fishing seems vested at pres-
emit In Oyster Creek Channel. from the
OF the roadstead and the deepest water
The heaviest sinkers are required to reach
bottom through the tides.
Large weakhsh frequently come I'D and
ask to be taken on board, to say nothing
OF other species. Tho hsh readily bring
20 cents a pound at the wharf to any
Labor Day seemed to have released an
glers from all over the country for an
September weather and the worlds most
romantic fishing. / say romantic because
this section of Barnegat Bay is the Wild
est and most scenic section left untouched
In any way by the rude, destroying hand
| Of civilization.
Not a building can be seen from Seaside
Park TO the Lighthouse, some twenty miles.
except the few structures at waretown.
Tho water IL enveloped on the west by
rising banks Of shades of green. Of pine
| or cedar or deciduous trees. the bordering
salt water. stretches of meadow; with
masses of coles IL Re inhrite billions of
marsh holiyhocks. red, pink. white, vs.ie-
hands held up with wrisas touching On
the east, the towering sand dunes, separat-
Ing ocean and bay, white. mystical Y. ~, and
Forked River. ". j., Sept. ..
"Grape juice and tho Big stick.
Will the Rod and Gun editor not agree
with me that Grape Juice" is simply
kidding switch Reef and tho big stick
Are these alleged scientific figures on the
New York. Sept. I.
The Curse Of Prohibition.
The writer offers the following reward reward;
f sss Eca.s w 2ns sur. lure junior 1891
tide running muskiss, lendiocksd tarpono
and msilet. to the author q the best
lion on Height Ensc. Of Man and Bis
Stick" In your issue OF September &
whatevel is II All aboutT
''the lateral spring curvature" and eigh-
|
Let's hear more. Of FISH and less Of casts
prescribe at for Grape Ju Ices. sad
the i've ss-sand, sea, sedge, solitude and
smells He will forget arcs and. curva-
once once more %%e MS ''' LONE FfsH Herr ''
wilmington. Del. Sept l.
Rods That Do Not Fit Casters.
Why this continuous agitation on the
nine foot rod question? There Is sc
and the greatest part is only understood
by the writer's themselves.
l have been in the game for Ions
| time and II has cost me a few dollars
and Ia still running UP. I cannot see
why we are getting SO much nonsen s
are not in the game.
1 am a representative In the Associa
ton, OF Surf Angling Clubs and will hght
Of rods. When that happens a caster
II he wants to can go to Grape Juice
r,,s any other writer Of the big stitch
and requirements needed to make him
self real caster. Then he will b,
I know will handicap sny man mo NO matte matte
have come to the conclusion tina
| we are now using rods that At US. Som,
are too long, others too short. so I wouit
suggest as a caster and in the gam
to boost it that We hear from the caster
themselves. and sign their names
am doing. HOWARD KAHN,
President Long Island Casting Club.
Newark. n. j., Sept. 7.
Bryanlike Fishing at Long Branch.
note six varieties of fish caught OF
| Long Branch pier. The writer failed I,
include dognsh and skates. which Xix
Abou ben Adhem leads all the rest.
| Is. Fishing has been OF the Bryan variety
l6 20 Lilo anglers to fsh landed.
West End. N. j., Sept. I. NJ. W. LEVY.
Fluxe and weaks Taken at Long Branch
Fishing at Long Branch pier Is good
caught hve vRrieties-fiuke, weaklsh
snappers. lafayettes and kingfish. Tn
nuke and weaks were taken on outgoing
sids toward var. eyening' Murphy: Max; Mrs
J. D. DAVIS
Trouting While Waiting for a Train.
Having read in THE SUN that yor
wanted the names and aliases of old an,
new contributors 1 take my pen In han,
| to conform.
Dalrymple" and ATS All" l have a
time permitted and moods dictated. sen
in my little letter.
that you should know the name witt
which I face the world at large. woul,
But first l must tell you of my las
trip for trout. which took place in Mon
sna learning Sn tha It Ssd S"t e 10
my Helena train bespoke a little news
boy. who was peddling papers in tina
wonderful, nipping. but altogether Lowell,
Come now" quoth I, "and is there
stream hersabout7 And granted Their
be, are there fish therein? And granted
there are. could you and would you, unde
the stimulus OF two bits coin of the realm
furnish me forthwith a goodly can o
THAT j can" answered he. land quick
ly. And yonder is the stream, howlnl
through the edge OF town. And man
good. trout have been taken from it's wa
ters.S Give me but ten minutes and I will
dig the worms and show thee tho stream.
ly with a goodly mess OF fat and livel'
worms and pointed out the stream ut tn
skirts OF the village But here was
disappointment
Trout in yonder yellow food7" quotl
/. no! And by may halidame and tn
shades OF good old IEaak. lad-and tho
hast deceived mel
Nay, nay" he cried. "It is the trutl
I tell thee, and many a hne fsh has beer
| gathered from yon stream"
Heaven help thee, lad, II thou Hpeakes
| falsely. But, to our fishing"
The stream, though wide ana lively. wa
shored up on the railroad side by a rousl
| stone wall. which made the going YER!
| comfortable. Finally, leaving the railroad
| tracks. IL divided, the main stream con
tinung wide and sturdy and the brancl
meandering through the trees and bushe
and finally rejoining the parent stream
| half mile below.
This branch looked trouty. and yet
careful. painstaking overhauling brough
no results Just as l was about to Civ
over, however, and In the eddy made b!
the confluence OF the branch and tn
main stream. there came q strike at m!
| on the bank O beautiful