The sun., 1919-09-03

L. o. Mclean of 100 Leonard street. who
mas Just finished sixteen days vacation
yesterday one days catch Of small mouth
PACK bass weighing from two to four
POUNDS each that. lying in box Of ice
at MS office. brought out pleasant compii-
ments from those who saw them.
Al. the hsh were of the small mouth
v witb and were taken at Clayton, y. Y,
rems9Eed i iss best t%e to go up there
OF September As matter of fact. though.
PACK bass are caught from the opening
One of the finest sights 1 have ever
seen angling was when a guide got
strike from big bass. He. was fishing
IN ABOUT thirty feet of water and It was
a joy after the strike to watch that line
slowly rise thirty feet ahead and then to
his head vigorously and throw out the
hook, the small sinker, hook and line
nying right over the boat
a No. hook. No. hook might sound
insignificant, but 1t was on a No hook
that | took these dozen bass, among them
the four pounder, and also a seven pound
utes"
Mr.. Mclean says he will be glad to
give anglers any information that he can
furnish on St Lawrence River fishing
striped Bass Fishing In Barnegat Bay.
In reading W. II. Balou's stories
from Forked River. y. j.. about Barnegat
Bay fishing. and from personal experience
iieVe he Is very modest in recording the
catches he hears OF.
have always believed that there were
as many striped bass In Barncgat :3ay as
the-" are mosquitoes its shores
To chtch striped bass. however. requires
a knowledge of the various channels they
frequent. tide and wind The right com
binaton in tide and wind is not met with
every day you go after them.
five to eight days others only two or
three. but as a general rule my fishing
pal and thought nothing OF rowing a
half mile or so from the harbor at BAR
negat City and getting from i've to fifteen
striped beauties every ebb tide In the day
light. The amount of rowing done while
puted.
THIS was. OF course. all trolling with
hloodworms and Jamaica Bay spinner.
We never could settle the question which
was most effeCtive--with or without the
spinner. 4 close tab was kept on all
catches for number Of years and the re-
suit was about an even thing. great
deal depends on the one rowing as well
as the distance the bait Is from the boat
In all of his communications Mr.. Ballou
mentions pound nets at Barnegat Bay
Inlet with a mesh so small as to gill snap
pers. This / believe is a violation of a
State law while a net lacSted Mt less than
II half mile from.an oceanNinlet is viola
ton of Federal law. There never was a
valid excuse for either Of these viola lions
that such conditions are remedied
Anglers, get after your Legislators as
well as the candidates this fall and have
these pounds removed; also the officials
who permitted these violations. 1t would
not be such a difficult matter II you get
together. There surely are enough ang-
lers of weight and substance in the Presi-
dents own state TO clean out this fish
destruction outfit.
The so-called Fish Conservation Bureau.
or whatever II is called has never cheap
ened the price of hsh to the consumer.
On the contrary. prices are higher than
four years ago. The net results of it's OPP
erations less FISH for the independent
market fisherman and no sport at all for
| the angler, which the hotel and boat own
ers know to their financial sorrow.
wake up, you Jersey anglers, hotel keep
ers and boat owners, and get busy. Keep
everlastlngly after this crowd who are
killing the game. You all know who they
are ! am that II you require any
, assistance whatever the United Anglers
League OF New York city, who are trying
TO remove the same conditions in New
York waters, will gladly aid and cooper
ate with you. AGATE.
New York. Sept q