The sun., 1919-08-22


sidered the great and only bait for the
elusive striped bass. The bait was as
scarce as hens teeth last Saturday night
worm dlssers and many a fisherman
went out of the tackle stores with his
heart in his boots for he had been look
ing forward to Sundays catch.
Joe Dutil of West Forty second street
induced Fred Kubler to take along some
or no confidence in them as bass getters,
He went to Point Pleasant and tried out
the sand worms with the result that he
made in many day Kubier beaShed
bass, the largest Of which was f2h
pounds and the smallest 4 pounds.
Sound Yields Big Blackfsh.
J. s. Paterson of milford, fishing on
Myrtle Beach. near Charles Island. the
other day, caught blackfsh weighing
Bridgeport. Conn. Aug. 81.
Striped Bass Bite at Newport.
on Graves Point, Newport r.; l.;
striped bass are biting. Graves Point
was Sv fsmST: fhPs SpS and wso
was fond of this branch Of angling.
The largest striped bass caught so far
this season weighed 4s pounds. The sec
ond largest striped bass weighed 81
pounds and was taken by Robert Hay.
Newport r. l., Aug. FL. l. T.
An Anglers View of a Fish story.
On page Of the magazine section OF
Sundays SUN was a story or now nsh
II seems that the fishermen were after
gudgeon. A horseman, as a penalty ior
wearing spurs had to sit in the bow Win nm
skin. An angler playfully hung a gudgeon
on the horseman's projecting spur and
large Jacl1hyh pulled the horseman over
board the fab being caught on the spur.
The JaclChsh bore down, pulling the man
with him. but the superior weight OF the
man made the fish make little progress
The other fishermen went to the assistance
of the horseman, knocked the tacknsh
over the head and the man was pulled
into the boat The big fish had jumped
for the gudgeon. fixed Its teeth In Its body
and had somehow been caught by the gill
What is the magazine editor doing steal
ing Rod and Gun thunder? We fishermen
won't stand for that, want our fishing
news and ish stories our own page.
what's fishing page for II not for hsh
stories? And worse than that to associate
fish story. even on the same page with
such a political mountebank and master
of bribery the late Mr.. Addicks Is rub
We may stretch a fish story little
occasionally. but for goodness sake don't
put us on the same level as these political
bribery gentlemen. That lie a levelling
downward with vengeance.
What is gudgeon anyway. some sort
OF clam that can be stuck on a spur
| Also a jackfsh-what kind of fsh is he
| Now some OF you United Anglers League
| fellows who know all about all the species
| something
THE MAN WITH THE GRAY HAT.
New York. Aug. FL.
Trout Violators Caught at Midnight.
ALBANY, Aug. 21.-Leaping down a
| gorge OF rocks to prevent the escape OF
| hsh violators whom he had trapped at
midnight in the act of netting one Of the
| best trout streams in New York state
was what caused the limp with which
| at the monthly meeting OF the state game
inspectors, held at the office OF The Con-
| servation Commission several days ago.
| That DR.. Kenneth W. Buell.. a physician
| Of New York city. and Edward Bowe of
Yonkers, his assistant in the Illegal net
| ting escap ade are not suffering from some
| thing worse than limp is due to the
| fact that they threw up their hands when
| Inspector Johnston fred his revolver in the
| air Buell. plunged Into the stream ana
| attempted to escape.
| The episode occurred on the moonlight
might Of august u on N the owl Owl, XII XII. IN
| fed by waters from the mountains Of
| Vermont. DR.. Buell. is native of Wash
| ington county and is frequent visitor
| there. According to Inspector Johnston
! he is a noted trout fisherman of the region
and on many occasions has exhibited large
"It was Just ten minutes to ~" said
Inspector Johnston. when Buell. and
a big pool OF the owl XIII. where large
trout are known to Turk. Ny COM
panion on watch was John J. McNamars
Of HoosIc Falls. formerly Deputy sheriff
Of Rensselaer, county. who had accom-
panied me to asst in making the arrest.
AT signal from me we sprsng from
| our hiding place and jumped down the
| rocks toward the vioators. Buell. at
| tempted to escape by swimming. but was
quickly halted by shot from my reS Stoes
fred into the air 1t was not long before
| Buell. and Bowe had the handouts Sc
| curely clamped upon their wrists and were
led away to my automobile. which ! mao
hidden in the woods under the care OF
| Frank Burns OF Hoosic Falls. The next
day both men pleaded guilty before VIII j..
D. n
the town OF Hoosic. Buell. settling Tor
1850 and Bowe for s5l.50.'
| Inspector Johnston deposited withs me
Conservation Commission the gill net that
he seized, which is of fine texture and
estimated to be worth s75
Newark's Log Clubhouse Almost Ready
| NEWARK. y. J.. Aug 2i.-"Only nttLe
work remains TO be done on the log club
house the Newark Bait and Fly casting
Club Is building at Split Rock lake It's
preserEe IN MTros presid.nt of the club
to Sun correspondent to-day; The fur-
| nIture probably will be ordered this week
and there is talk among the officers OF a
housewarming in connection with the an
nual outing. which may take place next
month. ~ ..
drawn by r. c. Rlemm, the local archi
tect, who is trustee OF the oluo ana
chairman of the preserve committee stands no
lake From in back OF 1t the mountain
slopes smoothly upward to the two build iS :
Ings which contain the Cluos e,oeP'ne
quarters while in front II drops sheerly'
its base being only few feet from the
waters edge.
| "skirttng the eminence the left Is
the road leading to the boat landing and
the dam and at the near end OF the latter,
hall which juts out on high stills over
the deep gorge through which tumbles the
outlet of the lake.
"The new log house will be used as an
assembly. or lounsing room. II Is twenty
one feet wide by thirty six feet long, In
feet deep running the entire length OF the
building on each side. The huge hrep ace
it IL nine feet over all-is OF neld stone
and pressed brick and the hearth or red
cement Is ave feet deep and extends com
pletely across the room.
Dutch doors give way onto each porch
and there are numerous easement windows
The floor is to be finished in red oak
while red cement will form the noors OF
the porches. The roof Of the cabin Is of a
patented material in a gray green SHADE
which harmonizes beautifully with the
woody tone Of the surroundings.
| Hickory furniture with woven sea
and backs OF strips Of the same wood, Is
being considered for the furnishing OF the
house. II u Is definitely decided upon
and straight legged chairs in plenty for
| the comfort Of the members.
| The purpose OF the trustees is to have
the place as attractive as II Is possible 70
make IT, and the consensus OF the mem oers
who up TO date have seen II seems 10 be
that = good start has been msde
"Not only from the porch and the win
| dow on the lska side, but from every cor
| ner Of the house view ~ afforded of the
water which stretches back into the heav-
ily wooded mountains for a mile and a
half or more
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