The sun., 1919-07-27
leather Makes fl
Doirlgs of Local Anglers
With Rod, Reel and Line

, secretary, shscixman, transportation
manager; Schwarts. advisory board. ant
Capt Whaley, skipper.
New Members Desired sy E;ss=sy,
H. B. Burtls OF gao Van Buren, street
BROOKLYN. writes that the Liberty Fish.
Ing Club has decided to increase III
membership. and fishermen are invited
to apply for admission. The club has
under charter the motor boat Rod and
Gun. which leaves Atlantic avenue. Free.
port. on the first and third Sundays OF
each month up to October 10. The olnf
goes to the. outside fishing grounds.
Barnegat, Nay Inquiry.
Trio writes: "a party OF anglers ex-
pect to make a trip on a boat twenty
I'VE feet long (beam seven feet) to
Barnegat Bay during tho last week of
August What speoies bite In Barnegat
Bay during this time and what ~ the
best bait and tackle to take along?"
Catch FIuke Drifting in Rain.
Fishing In the rain the other day
Messrs Oppy. Goldsmith, Mettle and
Mayer with Captain Whaley of Freeport
caught thirty-two fiuke-the largest
weighing five and one-half pounds. The
hsh were taken by drifting, using spear
ing and mossbunkers for bait.
"The FISH seemed. to take the ,bait
sluggishly," writes Oppy," and this was
probably due to the heavy downpour of
rain which continued for 20 long,
Rod Broken Through Ignorance.
A nine pound fulke won first prize on
board the Linta Of Canarsie the other
day. The fish was captured by H. G.
Smith Of 328 Irving avenue, Brooklyn.
Second prize for six and one-half
pound fiuke was split ffty-ffty between
M. Mayer Of 504 Ocean View avenue,
Woodhaven, and another angler. or the
nuke catch fourteen fsh weighed over
four pounds each.
"An old fisherman who ought to have
known better caught a six and one
quarter pound f1uke." writes Mr.. Mayer
'but refused to call for the gar desir.
Ing to show his fellow fishermen that
he did not require O gar to land a fish
OF this size The man landed the fish on
board. but he paid for his vanity or his
ignorance with broken rod"
Largest FIuke II IL Pounds,
Capt Bill Stephens of the Velocity OF
Sheepshead Bay said yesterday that
perhaps. the largest fiuke caught this
season In the outside waters was taken
OF Monday last by F. Zingale and F.
Souccimarra of 331 First avenue. The
tiuke weighed eleven and one-half pounds
and was one of catch of thirty-five
fish.
Capt George Seturer. while fishing for
| fiuke aboard the motor sloop Bessie of
Barren Island recently, hooked a drum
fish which he played for fifty minutes
before he was able to land it. The drum
weighed sixty-five pounds. The fish was
gated by Frank Mearns, first mate, and
placed on exhibition at the Harmony
Club.
Beef Steak Bait for FIuke.
Clutches" who angles from the
Bijou. makes the following observations
on the high cost of fishing and living
while fishing several times recently
aboard the Bijou I have seen a small
gray-haired old man up at the bow OF
the boat juggling with drop line for
fiuke. This fellow I noticed was using
| beefsteak for bait while I was using
killies and skate. On each trip doubled
his catch
This New Yorker had some trouble
selling his fluke at three and four for a
quarter. How about the cost of beef
. steak these days? understand he has
been fishing these past thirty seasons.
/ would like to have Capt. Bryan tell us
what he thinks of fellow using expen-
sive bait and getting little or nothing
for his catches"
A party Of seven crabbers in Freeport
waters last Sunday took $50 crabs in
three hours. Fifteen of the crabs,
measured from claw to claw. were from
foot to a foot and half each in
length.
Fluke Taken I'm Rain at Buoy.
In the heavy downpour on Sunday the
crowd of salt water anglers aboard the