Striped Bass Fishing 



surroundings. The delicious, exhilarating, 

 health-giving air from these pure sea- 

 waters, the soul-inspiring scenery, and 

 varying panorama of vessels constantly 

 moving, create in all frequenters of these 

 islands a real love for them. If you doubt 

 it, come and try it. 



I recall one occasion when on visit- 

 ing the Club, I learned on arrival that no 

 bass had been caught for three weeks past 

 on which, with the eagerness invariably 

 accompanying even the sight of the stands 

 and shore, I proceeded with little loss of 

 time to one of my old haunts. The bait 

 had been duly cast, when, on settling my- 

 self in the chair and looking about me, 

 to study the water and its indications, I 

 saw in the slightly lapping surf about thirty 

 feet below the stand, what appeared to be 

 the tail of a fish slowly waving in response 

 to the movement of the waves. With an 

 exclamation of surprise, my " chummer " 

 was summoned in conference, and we con- 

 cluded it was a fish of some kind ; and 

 both of us rushed ashore, down the beach, 

 and out on the rocks, and in a few more 

 minutes into the surf, where by aid of the 

 gaff-hook we slowly hauled ashore a su- 

 perb bass, which on examination showed 



