Striped Bass fishing 



though I tried all I could to extend the 

 rod, and give it play, it parted as if a 

 thread, and there I stood, stamping with 

 vexation, utterly helpless, the heavy surf 

 forbidding any attempt to get to him, and 

 looking on his huge majesty rolling from 

 side to side, nearly drowned, and quite un- 

 able himself at the moment to make any 

 exertion ; but gradually he gathered power, 

 and a sudden conviction that he was no 

 longer a prisoner, and I had the comfort 

 of seeing him slowly glide about, and out 

 to sea. My feelings were much added to 

 by having one of the fair sex sitting on the 

 bank above me, watching the whole opera- 

 tion, and perhaps more amused at my dis- 

 comfiture than distressed at my loss. 



Such are the prominent and prevailing 

 features of the sport. Each locality, how- 

 ever, has its own features and advantages 

 or disadvantages. There can be no doubt 

 that of all the places, the advantages af- 

 forded by Brenton-Reef are supreme, espe- 

 cially when aided by the long and strong 

 stands erected by Mr. Winans, now owned 

 by Mr. Davis ; and next may be classed 

 the rocks at Narragansett known formerly 

 as " Anthony's." The east end of Mon- 

 tauk has also developed well, and we hear 

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