The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

Lake George Bass Season Opens To-day.
To-day is the opening of the black bass
I4h Pound Landioclked Fights ~ Minutes.
On Wednesday from Butterheld Lake,
Redwood, N. Y, near the Canadian bound
airy line c. A. Spencer caught a land
Spencer used light tackle, and 1t required
boated.
Big Captures from Jersey Streams.
An eel weighing is pounds was taken
also catfish from Greenwood Lake weigh
ing is pounds.
Asbury Parks Tournament To-day.
At North Asbury. N. j., the Asbury Park
Fishing Club Will hold their annual casting
tournament to-day, and an effort will be
made to boost the record made by John
shaw at Grant City last May Of asa feet
tried out for the first time in the 1918
tournaments.
The events Of the tournament, whRh
begins at $3.50 A. M. and lasts ali day. fol-
! No. /. Club members only. Average of
! nve casts, so foot lane. 4 ounce lead; rods
thread or heavier. oentie system. 100 per
No. g.. Open. Reentries permitted. Az
heavier; no classification. Special prize
| for closest cast to stake.
| No. 3. Open. Reentries permitted. Long
est cast OF three, open field. Gentle sys-
| tenn, 100 per cent, rs per cent, 80 per cent.
No. 4 Open. Average of fve casts. open
neid; reels, 10 or larger. No restriction
on lines. Gentle system, 100 per cent. rs
per cent. SO per cent.
| three casts. open field. No classihca ton.
No. 8. Juniors. open. Boys under IL
| years. Average Of three casts, open held.
Gentle system. 100 per cent, rs per cent.
No. Z. Veterans, open. Men of IS years
| and over. Average of three casts, open
neld; reels. 10 or larger; lines. thread or
on Sunday a clambake will be held.
Fluke Prefer Mossbunkers at sandy Hook
Fluke are taking the anglers bait In the
Sandy Hook waters Members OF the We
| Twelve Fishing Club in the Edith from
| Ulmer Park last Sunday boated some large
| Ash, all taken on mossbunker bait. Kilies
were offered but the nuke preferred the
Joseph Rindskopf announces that the We
Twelves have reached their full member
ship of twenty flour.
| Trouting on the Esopus.
| I spent one week in July on the Esopus
with the dry ny. The fish weren't jumping
well at all and few large catches were
made. -,
ing to take a chance on any fly they saw
| didn't notice them adhere to any special
caught more on the b ps' ,bs
only because used It more often. IA,
on several afternoons I started out with
| about twenty-five different flies. j woulo
change flies only after hooked fsh.
Some Of the flies ! had were SFo Saa
5sex wS SHd Gray Su aae Pais Evening" IN ove
Iron Blue and Gray, Hare's Ear. Wick.
hams Fancy. Flights Fancy. Grannom ano
oU Tht Du aii looked alike to the nsh ant
they weren't particular about sizes ei.hs5 :
NV Net AZ sshins was quite poor. the FISH
not being at all willing to take trisd IN,
Coachman and the Governor we're takei
most freely. Wet fly imitations OF e VA
natural fly are almost impos .no al. 10 w Una
/: was flying around had little success Bu
with a Goodman and Governor or hack
str STRANGE F SOM to say the fish I took on, tn
wet fly ayeraged not quite ,, 50 ,s smsi wer
those taken on the ary n nsSins with tn
| latter that / used it almost exclusive
; the latter part of the week. bOD'
washington Heights. Aug. i.
: Rir Game Hunting at Lenon-ProphecJ
The other day IN THE SUN. Ia connee
tion with big cats still inhabiting Tn
q Adirondacks. according to the RECORDS
sra EATON as saying in the Bulletin Of tn
h American Game Protective Asso'iss, x Fms ms
big game are returning to the Ne" Eng
|, Mr.. Eaton told OF moose being on a
!. increase, and the killing of a gray
8 timber wolf by the samekeeper ior IN
: New Marlborough Game Association =,
0 their fourteen thousand acres OF WI
!, country east OF Great Barrington, i Mass =
K This gray or timber wolf had kiilea an
r was carrying of a fifteen pound goSs
: This happening took place in peeemDe
. 1913. .., ,
perhaps It will not be uninterestins
v quote Mr. Eaton further on big game T.
/. Turning TO New England hills. He writes
o 'The week before this wolf was khleo
y how caught Canada lynx in a FOX ira
y near Greyloolx Mountain. Canada lyh
y OF course, are rare, but the ooocat;;
] | wildcat we always have with us. ana
"a tha winter of 1918 bounties were paid G
x ave OF them in my town alone.
h There were more killed in the eoun,
: than in any year since the state Vott
II bounties-more than thirty. They prei'
70 scrub country to live in: and SO mar
- of our once prosperous hilltown rsrms q
IL going back TO scrub that a whocat "