The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-14

ss 81. Petersburg. Fla, 10 called. Concern
Ing ~. g, Pstersbury, It's climate and It's ash-
81. Petsrsburs. du. to its practically In
,nisr position. the climate is ideal in rum
Which a1 Sov w9 9.S sna b S.y .0 S1:
the warmth Of summer and bani.hing win.
ter's chill; with nights cool and pleasant
d dSr swee. refreshing sleep. with almost every
aItesian water for drinking. It 10 no wonder
that physical well being rises to the highest
Living here f is re ally ideal-, 4. .or. of
earthly paradise and Il H. rapidly becoming
known as such all over the civilized world
southern. Italy-famed for its saiubrious
ciimate-but I can truthfully state that the
al-year weather conditions here are far more
favorable for people who cannot stand cold
>. The fishing here also,-I must no, forres
anglers to tell them about the exceptionally
5000 fishing they may enjoy here.
WITHOUT any expense az all the sntier
piers that extend into Tampa Bay and catch
snook, reddish Spanish mackerel, manErove
snapper, sea trout. isckfish, grunt and shark
AZ almost any season Of the year,
Then there are boats that go out in the
Gulf to the Grouper Banks almost every day.
causS, seas The. Charge.
these boats are very reasonable.
Besinning the latter part OF March and
COHIUulnH UTOuEnOut Inc summer, EEeht
schools Of kinefsh congreeate in the Gulf
and fne sport 10 had catching these gany
nah With rod and reel or trolling for them
"sea trout may be caught throughout the
year and with light tackle they afford very
satisfactory sport. Red fish or channel bass.
merous during the summer months, es-
pecially on the west coast of Florida.
Tarpon Throughout Summer.
the tarpon start to run in April and re-
main during the summer. There were two
>s7 pounds was caught by NJ. X. Neville. sI-
Governor Of Nebraska.
II almost forgot TO mention the Sleeps.
head. They can always be caught around
the piers and among coral formation in the
bay. and numerous passes leading into the
"Amberjack. one Of the gsmiest fish in
southern waters. 10 also frequently caught
In the Gulf. Last spring many were caught
60 pounds. This Is certainly the 'ashermeS's
paradise and more and more of them are
getting acquainted with this fact for there
last winter. and they all had their share OF
real good fishing and left this place feeling
we'll satisfied with tho sport they had en-
ioyed."
Pulling Leg . Source OF Pleasure.
willard Baker of this town usually nshe.
for piekerel alone. rowing and trolling At
the came time. He winds tho line around
about pulling his leg" Mr.. Baker hs. had
Iii pssS By Su Mss S%0tf II. Of nGas1S
sccepted term OF having ones leg pulled u
10 20 be inferred that the operation isn't
can say from personal experience that it is
. real source Of pleasure to get his leg
pulled. when a pickerel of from one to two
"while. il is fine sport f 10 catch picker.l,"
ssys Mr.. Baker. at is also fine TO eat them:
But let no one think there isn't plenty of
ing on the lake as we'll as when vending
ones way along the rough and brushy
80 il ono were thinking Of getting a nne
catch OF any kind OF FISH in our northern
waters without plenty Of good honest work
and excrtion, I bid him to halt long enough
TO readiust his mental apparatus 10 the &C
II have done my fishing practically all at
odd times when poths else was sv On hann ,n or
times left my house from 10 o'clock in
the afternoon and walked two miles TO the
only about fifteen acres in extentl. and
worked away from say four or little after
WIN nearly nightfsn"
much better for tho exercise, and with fried
pickerel TO piece out the meal. A. u.
Athol. n. Y. July I.
st. Johns River Yields lI1s Pound Bass
I send to THE SUN herewith, picture
@, he s T ting ST. johH. River near 0
Land Fla. February IS.
ACCOMPANIED by. Claude Campbell and
morning about 5. Reaching Berestord We
entered a motor boat and cres~ed Lake
Berestord, entering the 81. Johns, River
three hundred yards stopping near a ny
pad bed, and started blind casting, AT this
time there being no Fns for OF 1sn or ser
minutes We were SORTED by the appear,
ance OF FISH all about US striking, risinf
TO the surface and knocking tho minnoW'
(smal shnd) out OF the water.
We began at once casting among them
with most wonderful success. nearly every
cast being productive OF q strike at ouI
We were using surface minnows with
one treble hook on tau ana 6, one Inc r ITGs1
the minnow q quick. short, Jerky move
ment the FISH were attracted 20 It
mouth bass kept up a steady striking
finally, stopping as suddenly as they nae
Thinking they were through We started
to crank our motor TO move. but having
some trouble IN getting started and befor:
n FSPs the ana nsa
success as before Then all OF a sud- en-
t my ' esrt"inlS settied prepaqsd to
make move. and Just as our motor
gave the nrst signs of lits the nsh started
schools OF minnow were passing alonp
near the border OF the pads. we put
our minnows to work. landing, several
moro.
Finally deciding that we had nil and
perhaps more than three men should catch
nj one sitting we decided 70 head for
Beresford and horne. So stiinging our FISH
We found we had fortv-ons. and on ar
rival at tho docks at Beresford we secured
a sash rope and put them all on this for
strinEer, Campbell and myself carrying
them up to the car with the assistance
Of cypress pole. on which the nsh were
hung and the pole resting on our shoulders.
Forty-onc Bass Averaged -Four Pounds.
Reaching De Land we stopped IN front
OF W. c. Watts tackle store, and he and
his son-in- law. viii Page. asked us TO
wait until he could get a photographer. In
the meantime he put tho string on tho
scales and announced the weight 1855
pounds or an average OF little better
than four pounds n hsh. The largest
weighed llla pounds; two or three about
10 pounds each several from to
pounds. the others ranging TO Y pounds.
Quito crowd was attracted by the eX-
hibltion OF so many hsh. and many were
tho remarks made by the crowd. among
whom were many tourists, who were
aimply wild about the good fishing af-
forded by our waters and for quite q
time nshing tackle was eagerly sought by
While tho larger nsh DO not show up
prominently among the entire buncH, yet
there were several which would have
given a man enough sport for one day
II only pne was landed.