The sun., 1919-08-11
ROD AND GUN NEWS
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS FROM AUGUST II

Needless to say we did not dlslllu,Ion,.
him.
Straight tips are not Away; ,s!re!sht
New Haven. Conn. August 10. L"
Streams Stocked by New Jersev
Replying to your letter OF july At !,
the interest of one OF your readers ~
lives In orange. asking where he can enS
good fishing from ten minutes to one hon,
from his door. as indicated in an articis
on the subject issued In the board's an
and game letter. call your attention ~
the following, which has the approval Of
This board does not publish in d.,,p
in its annual report or by bulletins IT,
stocking done by 1t; nor attempt to advise
where there Il good eshInS Sps or ,, points
The board aims to stock Adequately, as
far as possible, all the suitable places zach
year and the past two years our waters
and fields have been very generously
stocked"
In addition TO the above. I beg to sy
that we have 22S streams and 2lS lakes
which are stocked by the State.
We plant brook. rainbow and brown
trout. yellow perch, crapple and bass and
occasionally landlocked salmon.
Secretary Board Of Fish and Game Com.
missloners OF New Jersey.
Trenton. ". j., August 10.
Weighing Prize Fish on Afternoon Tin.
On the return trip OF a Saturday after.
noon fishing trip, the painful duty OF Dc.
Gliding who had the biggest fish was taken
up. One of the fishermen 60 had sun
piled himself with n scale Tone might a,
well be amply prepared even on a Satur.
day afternoon trip, but this scale must
have been made for weighing fresh water
fish proba bly, for weighing in the night
at any rate the congenial deckhand could
not get the dial to nremain long enough
on any point to ascertain the correct
weight, and so the scale was discarded and
Aa at anlh a nd Of
lath. tied a string to 1t amidshps and also
a hook on either end and straightway took
up the task of weighing the fish.
OF course. as was to be expected, ths
party owning the lighter of the FIRST two
FISH weighed protested, the scale being too
crude. with him IL was a case OF pure
states. this type OF beam scale could b.
made accurate II but little knowledge
of states were employed. and he started
to place the lath scale in a static mode
by trimming or the rough edges with his
penknife and putting in q couple OF knicks
at each end SO tina, the cord could not
readily come on.
There were three contestants, A, B and
c. Again the fish were weighed and c,
our static friend, was declared out OF tina
running for the first prize. and and B,
as per orders Of the captain, were tied
for said honor.
In this connection there Is an arith.
metical problem which. although not
solved by the static one resulted sur.
prisingly to him. in his favor.
The pool. contained $40. and Il vas
agreed to make the first prize 50 and the
second prize $40.
As the captain decided that thu two
heavy fish equalled In weight he likewise
decided that the first prize. 50. should b.
equally divided among the contestants. A
and b, I. e., 81 each.
AS there still remained $40 in ths
pool and as A and received their Jus,
share, said 81 40. the second prize should
go to c. and when the static one was I'D.
vised OF his good luck, his JOY knew no
bounds J. H. B.
New York, August 10.