The sun., 1919-06-20

weainsh Plentiful.
The following weaknsh catches were
made Yesterday in Jshaica Bay by the
| guides from Sharon a Roberts Of Canarsie;
Sam Fishins Club, caught "a; Frank Ho-
man. with Mr.. Berger and son. IL; Long
Seaman. Is; Charles Pirer, 6. and Rudy
Broglie, 4 weakhsh.
Guides Ffnd weaknsh and FIuke.
Tred Boesel of canarsie said that yes
eatehss Of ~.sfn.h ana nuke. Henry
William Harris u. Frank Levi. took it
herring along with his weaknsh. All
the guides had plenty of good catches.
Bess on seabrisht
on seabright. despite the thick fog
banks which have envelopsda a., those n famous NOUS
BY men on board tAs Velocity yesteT Tu
i Il Sc. bass; jacob Gesns, - East Ninety:
;si5s street SiosSiys, 8: Gh s;is /, j.
Messrs. William Custer. 1858 Third avenue.
and J. Gath. Rockaway Park. I. l.. FISH
there Rs so ~:fs Els sSs ss .as.n n'h
'"''' "e' CAPT. BILL STEPHENS.
Trout Fishing In the Catskiils.
As soon as the trout season opens. in
April in the Catskills Mountains there 10 a
mad rush there, and what do tho anglers
Some of the boys went this season. and
10 was cold that their lines froze to the
rods and the reels wo,id M, WORK Nor ,os s me
and frostbitten fingers. not to speak OF the
rheumatism that generally attends foolish
y :ro., the very best season in most sec
tions Of the Catskills 10 from May Ii to
July 40 and for some unaceountsois , rsa: :Sn
Idea that the casting 10 all finished In May.
when In reality i has only Just begun:
Is when the verdure has made good head.
way. and the green food OF the natural
I ny is in abundance. ana don't you believe
that Mr.. Trout doesn't know this.
When you see the trees beginning to
sprout leaves In the city. don't let that fool
seins rom s two s to tSree %e.ks later in the
colder than the city. and in consequence
Another and very important thing must
be taken into consideration. swollen wa
.eIs .v on many s, Gsk H., stream, This va
for several seasons past: the water was 30
high that wadins was practically impossi-
iii the middle Of May.
DO no. 5sis, 70 , the yaley streams
tinker's cuss for fishing in valley streams
anyway. When these conditions exist. fly
casting Is. to say the least. most unsatis-
OF course there the worm butcher is in
his glory but what real fisherman could
using a worm on a trout in a stream where
ny could be used! Any boob can catch
il don't they. spd Il there's hook i'm.
bedded in It. what chance have the hsh
I have used worms ou. only where the
conditions absolutely precluded the use OF
the iy. In one section where fish there
!s small stream running through wet
m IN MI 1T ,arft L. hara fU 49,
feet wide. and the shrubbery and grass
that line both banks meet In the middle
and runs swiftly. while the banks on both
sides are undermined. making q hne breed
Ing stream and. believe me- there are some
whoppers In IL. but you couldn't get n fly
through that tangle on a bet and when
YOU do hook a hsh. II taxes your ingenuity
to get him through that snag without los
Ing him.
Real Trout Waters in Mountains.
The real trout waters are on the noun
tain sides. where there Is a general down
grade, md a succession of falls pools
holes and good RIFLES. where the waters
are all spring fed which insures cold water
all through the season. That's what
nearly always ind trout in streams of this
order; when the water is sluggish; so are
Most OF tho boys who 70 trout fishing
only have from three days TO a week to do
II In: and many times only a week end.
sSns dead water s Nav OF ni fheis tine Tine
like likely spots and they waste valuabIs
hours casting where there never were any
nsh. Just because the places look likely
Every stream in the country has this
pecuiiarity. and II Ia caused by many and
varied reasons, some OF which would be
Bottom sometimes has a great deal TO do
WIN IT, Trout seem to prefer n brown or
gray rock bottom; they seem to shun the
red rock bottom. I have nshed in Colorado
where there Is considerable red sandstone
and have found that the fsh are scarce
whero the stream runs over rock OF this
l have asked my Indian guide what no
Thought the reason was. and he shrugged
! have found the same condition exists in
the Catskiiis. There Is one splendid stream
hsh where in some parts the water runs
over sort OF red shale. and I have never
taken a nsh out OF these sections.
II an otter. fisher beaver or muskrat
digs runway on stream Mr.. Trout i'm
hundred feet on both sides OF the runway
Trout don't know anything, do they
know this TO be a fact from fishing the
sections that would be very good one sea.
son would be deserted the next and on
careful examination of both banks have
animals.
Then again the feeding in some sections
ia p9pr, That Is another reason that
think there is more than a degree OF truth
in II. for have watched some of these To-
calities in the past and have noticed that
there does not seem TO be so many flies
lowering over them as in other sections
and probably the natural water food such
as hellgrommites. &C. are also not in evil
dence.
There two different sections that I
guide parties over. both within reasonable
automobile distance OF the city. and that
always yield more than satisfactory results
One section that can also be reached by
train taps Ave streams. and rainbow, brook
and brown trout can he taken.
The other section IL only readable by
auto, as II Is twenty-three miles from a
railroad. There you can get the best week
end fishing you ever had. There are brook
and browns only and big ones. II Is abb