The sun., 1919-08-07

-Four Species Bite at Rccknwny.
Anglers at the iron pier at Roekaw way
are catching klnrnsh, wesknsn, nuE osu sha
~ lafayetteh 2 weakhEh and huke.
Juicy F1eundcrs mt Execution Light.
Sundays fishing up the Sound was a
very pleasant surprise f6r the ; ten, Of ~, US
s wa0 Point sSGa 'S nn tha .D An WY csSs Git
nshed near Execution Iight. / personally
caught 10 large. fat and Juicy FOUNDERS. a
ders to amount to anything in July or
August In Sound waters. Everybody got
some fish. few blackhsh were caught
Lafayettes and mackerel will soon bite
and the Sound boats Will have their IN
nings.
ss4 Tiffany Street. Aug. g.
Dead Fish Along Ashokan Dam.
What 10 the reason for the Thousands
Of dead nsh that may be seen in the forty
New York. Aug 8. H.
where to Catch ''Mohawk Trout"
where is the nearest pond or river for
carp fishing" asks l. Glashow In THE Sun.
II Mr.. Glashow wishes some good carp
Niskayuna,. N. z, located midway Setween
locks 6 and Z OF the barge canal. and he
will be able to secure hne assortment ,,,.lt
trouble. GEORGE r. TAYLOR,
Albany. Aug. 8.
Ocean City Cup Classic Saturday.
The Ocean City Cup. the classic of the
surf casting nshermans world, will be con-
tested for on next Saturday at Ocean city
the Asbury Park Fishing Club with an
average score OF 2s3 feet 1875 inches
score n 1917 10 ,s y sss fSS
Ocean city won the cup, their score being
| $40 feet 212-25 inches
| The statistician OF the Ocean City Fish
| ing Club has figured that the contestant,
walk 700 feet for each cast, or a total Of
| $500 feet for the fve men on the team
made at least 1000 casts each. which
would nsure s,6oO, 900 feet walk. or neal
sSs miles for one team. a.,
| total distance walked by the three con
testants would be about 1900 miles.
team en %ade iooo Casts sa ns SieS fou
ounce lead. It would be the equivalent o
casting 1000 ounces or $50 pounds of leat
lent of 1880 pounds OF lead a distance of
say. 900 feet. four ounces at time.
1nasmuch as the nve men who hnall!
larger number, It win give fair idea o
the Immense amount OF physical exertio,
Il requires to prepare for the Ocean Cit!
| Cup event. ..
| Blue Fishing Desired.
VIII some reader kindly advise me wher
l in the Great South Bay a party of-six o
| eight men could arrange bluehsh trip?
| I understand that the latter part of Au
gust is the best season in these waters AM
the fishing is done with rod and reel a
the FISH run about u and pounds re
| spectively.
commodations, as we prefer to spend Sat
| urday evening at such a station and ge
out early the fCl ngyW morning. Iy sno uur
1908 President Street. Brooklyn. n. Y.
Now York and Newark Teams to Chs
August 0.
Next Saturday afternoon at weequahi
Park. Newark. the third leg OF the castin
representing the Anglers Club OF Ne
York and the Newark Bait and Fly castin
The events include one-quarter ounc
distance bait. one-ouarter ounce accura C
batt salmon NY, accuracy wet fly. hv
ounce rod, and accuracy dry fly. five ounc
Anglers Have Vaudeville and CIambak,
II Twenty members OF the Etlinger Fish
Ing Club on their annual fishing trip Las
Sunday held aboard the auxiliary zach
, Captain Fred caught fake at Jones Inle
the largest one being taken by Harr
Devoe. Under the direction of Gus Reir
heofer there was vaudeville perform
ance. On the return clambake Wa
street.
: Metropolitan Elects Officers.
The Metropolitan Fishing Club ha,
eieeted 1nicsTs s as follows; Joseph Spear
=
dent; Charles waiburn. treasurer; Ma
Friedman. corresponding secretary; !
, Schwartz. financial secretary; Gllbe
Michaels, chairman board of trustee
George Quint, chief steward: Dave Pei
sergeant at arms; Henry HinnerE cab
boy. and Morris Bronson deck hand.
The Menace Of the Hunting House Ca
Considerable has been said in the RI
{ and Gun column Of THE SUN. we'll
nearly all the sporting papers and period
calls of the country that have the we
fare of the feathered denizens of o.
, nelds and forests at heart, about the me
| ace of the hunting house cat This
in reality q serious menace and poliC
. of determination should be vigorously ca
! red out to end the nuisance, even u
j entail the appointment of special depu
I game wardens and trappers proper
equipped to combat the situation.
Tho house cat that goes back to n
ture' is Infinitely more dangerous to q
feathered population than the predato
/ wild animals whose natural food Is q
| game and song birds, and occasionally q
| domesticated birds of the State, for the
\ animals are hunted and in consequen
their numbers are curtailed, whereas
1.-THE case of the wild house cat" II o.
Is seen to run at the approach OF n hum
being nothing Is thought of It, as It Is ju
attributed to timidity, whereas in nj
cases out OF ten a house cat that ru
from you in the woodr should be kill
ROD AND GUN.
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