The sun., 1919-07-30
ROD AND GUN NEWS
HON WATER FOR LOCAL ANoLERs FROM JULY AUGUST


Aussust s''..., " io3 i1s 90
81 Pound Musly Taken ut Murray Isle.
Better fishing than ever this year, A 81
pound muscalonge was caught In Eel Bay,
tne famous Murray Isle fishing grounds.
on July rs. by A. Roberts and Mr.; Ross
Greneii.
The nsh was caught on a thin trolling
nnS, WIN wa, Skinner spoon ana after nsra
Ross sat on II. having no San or club,
Roberts cut Its throat with penknife. 4.
holsted as an apology for the usual white
AZ the Nsrrows Mrs. Turner Huntley
weighed the fish and the muslty was
brought to Greneii, where every one sd-
mired the monster. while Emmett made
snapshots. The lucky fishermen departed
The high water and the night OF eel
nies being over. the catches OF bass and
n.ns. have been better g than AN, for
Murray isle. Jefferson County. N. r..
Lodewicis. Fishing. Writes Davis. working.
Robert H. Davis. who knows how and
| 10 tied up with work at present, which
makes the following letter from his friend.
A. Lodewici, together with photo
graph OF his black bass catch taken at
Benson Lake, Chafeys Locks, Ontario.
rather aggravating:
II am sending you a snapshot of my
catch OF black bass, among them a SIX
FOUNDER. You sure can tell a six FOUNDER
in photo. especially one that Is not
II know I am heartless in sending, this
to you, but listen. man. would you not do
the same1 These beauties were taken
and / am sitting in the stern Of a motor
launch posing for this tantslizing picture.
.Note the little ones IN the box. All
two pounds We put back about thirty
Listen. I viii tell you what they are
fell for that brown buck tail, large size.
with spinner made by Hildebrandt. They
seem to favor this one a lot
.hr.. n your XII. Hope you 1' ean S aet up
here You sure win get the bass. Try 70
bring Hy Watson with you and we will
Pardon my heartiessness In sending you
proof Of our catch. l pity you at % de-
grees, It's cool as a cucumber here. but
FIulsinE Continues Good.
The pientitude Of nuke is the remarkable
feature of salt water fishing Just now. in
nat nsh that are brought into sheepshead
Bay daily would lead one to think that
there would not be a nsh left, but the
Sandy Hook and Romer Shoals grounds arc
proving very prolific this season.
Good catches were made aboard the New
Yorker last Sunday. and Capt. Billy Clulo
had happy bunch OF anglers aboard.
though II looked at one time as though a
great calamity would befall those aboard,
for the weather being very hot and Capt
Billy having inadvertently underestimated
his patrons requirments for liquid solace
| and refreshn1ent found to his most horri-
Ned surprise that the beer had all gone
with the hot sun pouring its torrid rays
upon US without the ghost of chance
OF moistening our clayi
the occasion, as he always Is. He clapped
his telescope to his eye and swept the
saw a dim speck, and ne Immediately
| hoisted signal OF distress, whereupon
the distant ship bore down upon us and
| good Samaritan Of the sea lay alongside
while her jolly and humane crew hove q
few eases of AIS aboard.
Talk about tales of the seal What
| would have happened II she had not coma
SO providentially? Who can tell how many
| drank sea water and gone crazyf
ARTHUR THORNTON.
| sheepshead Bay. July 20.
Shaw to Get Simon Medal Saturday.
DR.. Carleton Simon. at one time the
| worlds casting champion. will present to
John Shaw. the present champion, gold
medal OF original design for establishing a
rod, reel and line 452 feet . inches. This
! feat was performed by Shaw at the annual
tournament OF the Long Island Casting
May rs. The presentation will take place
| next Saturday at the annual tournament
Of the Asbury Park Fishing Club at North
The gold medal is of oblons shape. tho
medal being suspended from a bar by a
| chain. On the bar is the word Cham
pion." on the medal Is figure OF victory;
Under the palm is the name John Shaw"
On the reverse side OF the medal Is en-
graved, presented by DR.. Carleton Simon
| for worlds record cast, 452 feet inches
May rs, 1919"
School Of Porgies Mt Coal Wreck.
One day last week fishermen In the Sci;
| NADIA OF Freeport anchored over the Coal
Wreck and struck porgies. One fisherman
| alone took 4s fah.
F1ulse mt Sandy Hook md Roamer shoals.
On Friday last fishermen in the Linda
drifting at Sandy Hook and the Roamer
Shoals struck fuke. Catches ranged from
| lS to 81 hsh to an angler. They weighed
| from 4 to bA pounds, the latter nsh being
| taken by H. flemish OF WoodhaVen'
8H Ounce Rod for Pound Trout.
william b. Boulton of 100 Broadway
| plans a trip next month to the Masti-
| gouche Club, where he will take chance
| on GONE Of those Ave pound square tail
brook trout" with az ounce roo
Croalcr In tho Game to the Last.
note two letters which appeared lately
concerning the comparative MERITS OF the
weaknsh and croaker.
| My nrst experience at the salt wate.
| friends took me down to the Hook. I was
| told that this fishing was unique to one