The sun., 1919-10-08

Thin Shelled Crabs at Bergen Beach.
Having caught fifty large crabs last Sun
oay at Bergen Beach I noticed that they
were all males and that their shells were
very thin without exception. Can some
one tell me the reason for thisI
Brooklyn. oct. 7.
Founder at Cold Spring Harbor.
After q very busy week In Wall street a
friend invited me on a combination motor
Ing and fishing trip. We took our families
along and after motoring all day Saturday
Sunday we pulled in at Cold Spring Har-
Dor. L. l.. and Hshed most of the day.
Tioundsrs Fl. sas were biting good snd. believe
broiler and cooked the FISH right on the
beach We had some fine lunch and quite
Cold Spring Harbor is the place right now
to gather In founders and hope that some
of the readers of the Rod and Gun will
avSii a,,x themselves of this ;plendid oPpoStu-
Bayonne. N. J.. Oct. l.
Channel Bass Club Home.
The Channel Bass Club arrived home
after two weeks trip to Barnegat City,
bass. striped bass bluehsh, weskfsh,
croakers. kingnsh. nukes. sharks. sting
DR.. Freeman Of New York city landed a
thirty eight pound channel George Doerr-
linger landed two channel bass, one of
.s ssan5 and Of pounds also
ark. N. j.: e. Cramer of Brooklyn and Mr..
Bsncel Of New. York landed bluehsh. weak
his hr.t striped bass In the surf.
Manhattan, Oct. I. SKIPJACK
Grasshoppcr Lured Rainbow King.
Rod and Gun readers may be interested
In the manner In which ]. A. Mcintyre,
who used to live near Haw Creek. Swain
county. North Carolina, got his 2s-inch
rainbow trout. Mr.. Mcintyre tells the
story as follows:
hole near the end OF one OF the numerous
BRIDGES log lying out In the hole.
went by It six and eight times week.
but never saw anything In 1t and wondered
why;
wa. % not II any my fss in S Il. FOR 0 there % laid e
rainbow that looked to be 2a feet long.
He got glimpse of me and was gone
Now, / set myself to get him. I tried
everything 1 could think OF, but no fsh.
months after I had first seen him. peered
over the edge of the hole and saw him
II went back up the road and got
big grasshoppsr, a green one, and went
back and cast II UP in the RIFLES ahead
and Mr.. Rainbow snapped him; I set the
hook and there was a hght Of nearly one
hour. he trying to get under the log and
reached down and got him. For night
w:H leave 8. TO the rainbow every time"
Wautauga, Tenn. Oct. 6. J. B.
Why Ii Angling:
in the Asbury Park Fishing Clubs year
book. Mr.. Hulit proceeds to answer his
question as follows:
Generations OF men have asked the
above question. Succeeding generations
have replied. Yet II to-day remains un-
swered In Its fullest sense.
THE man wise in the ways OF the world
casting with expensive tackle over swirling
mountain pools in quest of the lordly
salmon or strolling through flower Dedecked
countryside casting the fly to fall like
thistle down on the quieter meadow
stream lure for the speckled pet of the
than can the barefoot. freckled face boy
who with alder pole cut from the adjacent
swamp yanks out the humble catty from
the muddy stream.
IAN have felt the call and each In
turn feels the God-implanted love OF AN
Cling as their very souls laugh with Joy
over the freedom OF mind and body in the
open sunshine by the brookside or at the
foot OF the mighty sea.
Thus, II is not all of fishing to catch
fsh.' IL Is rather catching fish through
love of fishing. Whether devotee OF the
lishtest OF tackle for the taking of trout
essential to sea taste. all have received the
same call to the open.
Il nthese days OF congested civilization,
when lake and stream are being rapidly
depleted Of their fnny Inhabitants. there is
potentially sufficient in this vast army OF
out OF door lovers to see to 1t that every