Smyrna times., 1923-05-16
qIE FISHERMEN HAVING
' fII SEASON IN MANY YEARS
,,ou WOODLAND TO BOWERS
irC i,rCrrSSFUL CATCHES ARE HAD

,.,fog For Trout of Bowers Prom
a y. to he the Best Sport Ever
~ Smvna Fishermen Catch Sturgeon
u.rrv Blendt, Jr., and Henry Simp-
!. ns,r! s,pgat sturgeon off Woodland
s..,5 = Monday in a seine that proved
D', .ood davis catch. They had cast
a, net previously and seeing the
u, ~ 90 down, they hastened in their
...+ ~ onlv TO find it was a 300 pound
~ -'rrson containing 7212 pounds of
:. Mr.. Blendt had his first eXper-
| .,,s in harpooning the sturgeon but
!, Md on and did not allow it to get
.r,v with him. The sturgeon will
!. Them about S260.00. 1t is no un-
~mmon occurance to catch sturgeon
nelaware waters this year. Fish
,aason have been plentiful off Bonn
n Hook while lower down the bay
A Bowers, angle fishing is on with
sine fishing a profitable business. Re
rts from Bowers Beach say that
.rr before have the surf seine fish
amen been so successful as this sea-
an while hook and line fishermen are
Iring fine sport. From Bowers
g,seb an article in the Milford ChrOn-
NJ says; "The past week has been
Aa greatest week of the surf seine
i5slmen in the matter Of fish caught
ni the prices obtained for them as
nl as the excellent quality of the
ia that the fishermen have had at
@ fishing center along the bay fo1
number Of years. 1t has never been
naled before in the point of money
Hsyed and the immediate demand
n them as soon as the fish were
lnied. There are eight big seines ir
geation and employing over fifty
nn TO operate them and every seine
D operation during the entire week
vas successful in their catches anC
he prices obtained. The catches con
listed Of trout, almost entirely, which
has been altogether different from
ate years, as croakers, or hard-heads
have been very much in evidence TO.
sIum5er Of seasons and trout scarce
The fishermen believed that the hard
heads drove the trout out, but the sea
son thus far has been altogether diff
tefent, trout being largely in the as
Gldency.
Fishermen Getting Over $500 Bushe
Then, the prices obtained for tn
in at our wharves have been yer
nlch to the liking of the fisherme
the prices run from one dollar an
Haty-five cents per bushel up
a'ee dollars and fifty cents. Tn
air prices predominating yer
lgely' One seine belonging to an
'se'ated by ]. H. Thompson, caugh
ad sold last week four hundred an
1'g-hre bushels of fish at the price
quoted, his helpers being nine mel
laled over ninety dollars each fC
.el weeks work. A few days late
.apian W. H. Peden, with a party {
aR, came in with one hundred an
,-Vlour to their count and Captai
llak Spayd with a party of fiV
go.gat IN one hundred and tweut
ae Speckled beauties. A party WI
y come over from Fortescue, N. J
HAe IN the fishing on this side
Oay did not 90 out but went
Tnarves and bought two hushe
A'ge seine trout, iced them dow
.'l' out hook and line fishing Il
1' DAY and took home with the
" TWO bushels of trout and ma,
-al report at home.
1'fge Rice Has the Laugh on Hin
e'Ulge Rice, Of Philadelphia,
Y 5'aenced 4 angler, spent the wee
4 aere and while stopping at Il
p.al -l.on Hotel, he met five men fro
= sung Pa, who came for the pu
n: VI taking in the hook and Ii
but never had any experien
s,, y sport, 50 Mr.. Rice was XII
'-sl at the hotel to instruct the
n. W art Of angling, showed the
5..a now to hold their rods, the XII
'a.' ' and everything pertaining
v. sport s9 This party went out in
sr,5I3 \, a9ne and returned with o
,a,. n-lsa and twenty-five fish TO tn,
nots. M lnelr instructor went out wi
n ' - party, returned without
\, even a bite. Much sympat
'Apressed for him on his retuI
-NAulAUU