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evenings, from the rocks above the station and on the Harford County 

 side, on the right bank where most of the pools were. 



Another fishing ground where striped bass are caught in some num- 

 bers is in the Delaware River above Trenton in the neighborhood of 

 Scttdder's Falls, Washington's Landing, and up as far as Lambertville, 

 but the striped bass caught there are usually very small, rarely exceed- 

 ing 3 l /> to 4 pounds, although once in a while a fish weighing 12 to 15 

 pounds is taken. Bloodworms are used there. 



In respect to the protective laws, the state of Pennsylvania classes 

 the fish as a food fish and allows them to be caught with a rod and 

 line throughout the year; but has a closed season so far as net fishing 

 is concerned. Pennsylvania and New Jersey having concurrent juris- 

 diction over the Delaware River, combined and enacted a law which 

 prohibits the catching of striped bass less than 12 inches in length, or 

 more than 21 1 pounds in weight. Any striped bass over 20 pounds in 

 weight caught in the Delaware River must be returned. That is on 

 account of the Salem County end of New Jersey, where the large 

 bass come in to spawn, and they are not caught for the purpose of 

 permitting propagation. 



Mr. Fearing: I would add that the 'only bloodworm fishing that 

 1 know of around Xew York is on Long Island, although there are a 

 number of New York anglers that make bluffs at it. But the South 

 Side Sportsmen's Club on Long Island, at Oakdale, 10 years ago started 

 in and found that striped bass could be caught with bloodworms, and 

 now it is their greatest sport. They have a protected private series of 

 trout ponds. There are about 110 members in the club; and they are 

 only allowed to catch 15 fish a day. The fish are all liver-fed and will 

 bite at anything, and there is no sport in it. In the striped bass fishing 

 they are limited to 16. I forget how many 'years ago it was that they 

 caught some 1,800 striped bass; and the biggest one ran 12J.A pounds; 

 7j--2-pound fish are caught with bloodworms and a small spoon, with a 

 four-ounce trout rod; and it is the finest sport, I think, there is on 

 Long Island. 



Mr. G. H. Graham, Springfield, Mas-.: I would like to inquire if they 

 have ever fished with bloodworms for other fish besides striped bass. 



Mr. Fearing : They never have. I never used bloodworms as bait 

 for anything except striped bass. 



Mr. Graham: Why would it not be all right for black bass or 

 salmon? 



Mr. Fearing: I think the bait is first class for black bass, but it 

 is not always very easy to get bloodworms. 



Mr. Worth: I have understood that this worm constitutes a con- 

 siderable part of the diet of the striped bass when it is down in brack 

 ish waters in winter time — a natural food in the salt water. I was 

 informed that it was impossible to fool a striped bass by using the 

 common angleworm ; that it could not be done ; they would not bite an 

 angleworm at all. 



