The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
WeaktS Sea B and
Channel Bass Hanging
on Line Anglers Delight
Nothing Gets Fishermens Goat So Much as Those Red
Warriors That Beat 1t Out to Sea-Joys of
Camping at New Inlet, N J.
ny ALEXANDER sropDART.


being handy with hammer and nails has
put UP ktchenette and pantry with
some boxes, and by the time the dinner
Is cooked a fly has been put over the
table with bamboo poles picked up on
the beach and anchored, the wet blank
cts being used as a windbreak and at
the same time to dry out for the nights
bed making.
The beach cart has been put together,
n load of driftwood brought in, some Of
it put underneath shelter for drying out
for the morning fire and DR.. Droogan's
menu rs ready for hungry campers.
1t consists OF oranges and bananas.
broiled ham. boiled potatoes spaghetti
and tomatoes, bread. jam. crullers, cof-
fee and one of four pies that DR.. San
ford's mother made (and tasted like
that y which ne carried in a rack and
thus prevented from being broken on
the way.
Dishes washed, the whole group ad-
justed their rods, lines, hooks leaders
and sinkers and were off, a couple of
hundred yards away, for weeks fish
ing at the Inlet, where channel bass,
croakers. bluefsh. weakfish and fiuke
come in "a feed. The tide was just
right" and before nightfall a dozen
and a half weakfish, ranging from four
to six pounds in weight, with croakers
and fluke. werH ready for sailing down
or for supper and breakfast
A Beach Pantry.
A glance at the pantry shows what
future meals may be expected. a good
1t Is pleasant to invite angling friends
who drop In from Beach Haven for a
days fish to come UP to camp for dinner.
In the boxes that. might be dignified
on the beach by calling It a pantry are
to be found such canned goods as syrup,
pears, raspberries, cocoa, peaches, milk,
cherries, brown bread, cinnamon, baking
powder. nutmeg, tea, pork and beans,
powdered coffee, cornbeef hash. butter,
roast beef, mustard, spinach and pepper.
Various packages contain prunes,
cookies, vermicelli, sugar cake, rolled
oats. potatoes, apples, beans. apricots,
eggs. crullers, -four salt, snappy cheese,
onions. raisins, oranges, rice, bananas,
bread ham, pork and bacon.
Bottles that have come through with
out breaking contain olives, catsup.
vinegar and pickles.
The moisture in this sea air keeps
cakes, pies, crullers, cookies and bread
from becoming stale. Bread a week
old shows no signs of hardness.
The kitchen and outdoor equipment
are quickly put in places where they can
be found. Carried up from the beach
to the camp they were of such weight
that II would seem some were unneces-
sary. but when you figure that you are
to do the Robinson Crusoe act, except
that you are better prepared, you pre-
pare the equipment as result of past
experience
and Outdoor Equipment.
The kitchen and outdoor equipment
camp CRATE stove. axe. hammer,
saw, three frying pans. two broilers, two
bakers, coffee pot, tea pot, six nested
pots. ten aluminium plates extra for
possible company, knives forks, spoons,
bowls, milk cans to carry fresh water,
shovel, flour sitter, mixing pan, folding
camp pals, desert water bottle to take
10 the beach at night canvas fish pans,
dish rags, towels, two lanterns, gallon
Of oil. two burner blue flame gasolene
stove with oven for rainy weather, fold
nG camp chairs for fishing on the beach.
pack basket for carrying odds and ends,
mattress and sleeping bags
lsuch as the aforesaid Robinson Crusoe
never dreamed Of, mosquito netting,
broom, nails pals Of sailed bunker and
'quid, rod cases to carry the fishing
DDS and the tent equipment. a by IL
wall tent with fly, two dozen tent pegs |
by inches, feet long, and blan- |
;ets and more blankets. for nights are |
DOL, and oilskns and rubber boots, In /
'aluahle in surf fishing. and n casting |
let for, in the view of AL Olches, null
ct are the best and most attractive bait |
nat can be offered toy the red warriors
4 the deep.
When fishing Olches, Dr. Raynor and
IAN Ripper carry small outfits in the way
( tackle, all OF 1t being attached to
heir persons in some form or another,
nut DR.. DCsogan carries with him in his
each cart everything that possibly
ould be required in fishing, Van Cam
en- Heilner once remarking that It was
JOY to see because no other fisherman
'as ever so equipped.
Fishing and camping at New Inlet
nth the warm sunshine of October to
lake bathing a pleasure at a time be-
~een unproductive tides, with moon
ght nights to add its charm to night
shing, is all that any angler could de-
re, particularly when the fish are
ting
There is the particular pleasure fishing
I daylight al the season when the moon
setting in the west and the sun, like
ball of fire. comes un over the broad
tlantiC There is enjoyment in watch
lg the bunker boats with sail set going
III through the Inlet, DlrdS nylng and
lie moon paling into insignihcance as
re sun comes up, the cloudless sky
wing fair promise of good weakfishing,
n wealtfish like to delight the anglers
cart on such days by playing with the
Ook and line
Another enjoyable period is when s
sht begins to cover the sky with its
lrkness, and the bug light begins to !
low. To the south Absecon light {
ashes and the bright lights of Allan !
c City make dim glow. To the north /
ucker's light flashes white, followed {
' six beams of red The moon whitens !
lie break Of the waves until 1t shines !
Ike patches of silver. Then the surf
an is alone in his happy recreation, !
ert TO the enjoyment of nature In all /
$ glory. II
Channel bass Hanging on Line.
He has such inward happiness that he q
ngs Bohbie Inch's song of Dat Cham :
i Bass" which runs like this:
You may talk about horse racing, :
Ana brag of baseball mines;
on may automobile thro' a foreign cline.
But nothing 20 us fishermen
Is really half so good
S to feel channel bass upon our line
(Chorus).
Oh the weakAsh are good,
And the king fish are great.
I'd the stripped bass are very, very fine. \
But give me, oh. give me-
Oh, how ! wish you would
channel bass Arranging on my line.
When our hshing days are over, =
And we lay our rods aside,
Is IN