The sun., 1919-07-09
ROD AND GUN NEWS
Conditions On the Banks.

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Conditions On the Banks.
| ,u,,D Deep sea fishing is somewhat peculiar
Jew Yorker on July as the writer and
! way ,Pped In the pilot house on the
nothing doing for q while, and so we are
n r,ig the Hook for nuke with very good
This about epitomizes the situation for
nno.withstanding the early promise OF a
In word il does not matter what t0 time
YOU start-you can start IL you like at 10
o'clock at night or 8 In the morning. the
bass or two. The nsh are not here and
mats all there Is to It.
sps, c as x. Wlsos who Is supposed to
laxative op saturday and Sunday i last 'f re-.
trenehant style hit 1t on to the queens
said he, Her. I am. with my ship full
can't ind FISH? what in--well---am 1 go
Ing to do7 I'll be ling banged II I ever
| Hey. there. mate-two bottles o, beer
summed summed Capt; George -, is a dins. DANCED
sons o. guns home with a couple O. ling
and maybe stray bass here and there.
1 tell you IT'S not such a cinch being a
feiiers bu, want to see 20 the you ooys 's set
mes.-why! just look. there.
ior,ard-.there's .chulius Rosenbers. he
get him a bite. I told him to go and see
yon and Lucky Steve. for my hearts about
broke broke. Mate! six beers amldship. and
thirst in tho bow. and as I was saying.
I've nshed all the Long Beach grounds
ssme-one day. a fair catch and the next
the bags are full OF wind or ling.
"Ili be slam bang DANCED u 1t Amt
father. Say. mate wet shas ft mans AM WIS
! tie that stands next to Chinese Trout :
And was just saving" went on the hurly
matter OF fact they're as scarce as hens
coming up G Sod hts head up S Keep 'Fs sm
| coming! haul 'em In out O. the wet Seven
more beers In the stern. Ny! but you fell
what you say 'Chulius''"
| These are the conditions I fnd. The
| best thing Just now in outside fishing Is
sitting on a camp stool drifting for iuke-
and they are doing HpP R5s,.S TsIl
| Brooklyn. July 8.
Jamaica bay wcstish Uniformly Large
! Sundays catch Of weakhsh was aimos,
very large. many Of them, up to sever
| pounds. Guide Revinius had twenty seven
and VIII Harris twenty-five. Catches rar
| all the way from to 80. Fred Boege
said that he does not remember when the
| those taken on Sunday weighed over siS
pounds each and some IN to sevan.
| Slf to 81 Pound wesks ut Canarsie.
| weaknshing on Sunday in Jamaica Ba,
| with Al Phillips Mr. and Mrs. A. strauss
| and DR., Charles Perlbcrg and his two
sisters. Mrs Rosalnd and Miss May Perl
berg caught fourteen weakfsh ranginl
half pounds each The pier was crowded
| with. people when these fine FISH wer'
| tossed on to the float at slaven and Rob
| erts. Canarsie.
Congratulations on Sundays Fishing Page
| Please accept my compliments for thu
very interesting fishing page OF the Sun
s SAX SUN last Sunday rs E. so BAThs tn
New York, July s.
Artificial Lure for Salt Water Angling.
| Having seen recently some of the arti
| hcial lures manufactured by the soutl
ton with them, and subjoined is an ex
| tract of their letter to me:
Your suggestion is noted f o.S,r ps a.
| sonally, I have never done any OF TN
| fishing. but can see no reason why al
ARTIFICIAL bait of proper size. &C. could no
Just the same as during the past coupl
| OF years various ARTIFICIAL wood baits hav'
1
| the coast OF Florida. sc. our suggestion
| would be that you try No eIs Troi! ;orena
described In tho supplement herewith an,
Is somewhat the shape OF cigar, nat
| tened at the larger end).
| "If not sufficient weight, It can be adde'
| BY drilling a hole In belly and insertin,
such additional weight as may be desired
That particular bait i3 color is scale nn's y
with red blend; or course; IN p place o
! with large single o'shaughnessy hooks.
| "If you really would like TO Try out on,
OF these bats we would be GLAD 20 psdpA''
| The result Of your experiment and com
ple;e report thereon would be E"'ua0'
com rne Meat ip With tn. south Bend Bai
| Company since have received fn,S ~, ,ny nor
| Ism, matter 10 the readers Of this column
| Many OF you surf fishermen have fe ,r
do .,5 hat at make se0 ssis game even NOR
| fascinating than Il now is, so am WA.
ing II any salt water anglers h rr.hs i
the plug. I should be most happy to hea
They can either see me personally o
wr''e me "'oH' FRED s. FLETCHER.
| s24 West Ninety -siIth street. July l.
| Handbags on Casters Records.
| In the open amateur tournament scnea
| uled by the Anglers Club of New fori
A. r. Hammers chairman OF the tourna
! ment committee, says that tho hAhdlCal
| will be computed on the RECORD taNeras
| Of casts) of the contestant. In the dis
| lance ny and bait events novices and tnos
| without records will be started In Gas
C They will be allowed as HANDICAP
| half the difference between these distance
and the record of other contestants. BE
tween those having records the sam
! method will be applied.
/ Each event will be divided into thre
| classes and contestants will compete II
| the class for which they are qualified a
| follows:
J Event ClassC Class !
! I u or Distance Bait 100 q. l3h n
| Dry Fly Accuracy $50 9e3
"a OF. Distance Fly, SIT. IS u
| Accuracy Fly ......... 1885, s9Ct
| / FIsherman'n Distance 100 It. 1875 Il
& OF Distance Fly. IS II. SIS II
4 OF. Bait Accuracy. 95"o 49,
! u OF, Accuracy, $50 sTcs
Y o. Distance Bait. 1850 II. l75 II
| 10 Distance Salmon Fly. 100 n. llb n
| II : OF. Distance Fly. so n. rs q