THE BASSES: FRESH-WATER AND MARINE 



outside the breakers. There are also good points 

 for surf fishing on the New Jersey coast from 

 Sandy Hook to Barnegat, especially Ocean Beach 

 and South Elberon. Boat fishing and trolling 

 around Staten Island have been successful at vari- 

 ous places, among them GifFords, New Dorp, South 

 Beach, Eltingville, Huguenot, Annadale, Prince's 

 Bar, and Tottenville. The Sods, on the outer beach 

 at GifFords, have yielded the best scores, the fishing 

 always taking place on flood tide, as it is done in 

 shallow water. 



Excellent fishing has been enjoyed in Staten 

 Island Sound, near Buckwheat Island, in the vicin- 

 ity of a little creek running in there from the shore. 

 In the Raritari River, at The Hedges, above the 

 bridge at Perth Amboy, some bass have been 

 secured, also a few in the Rahway River at Trem- 

 ley. Allenhurst, N. J., provides excellent bass- 

 fishing at the flume at the foot of Deal Lake. The 

 presence of the fish is due to beds of sea-clams, or 

 skimmers, which provide choice food for the fish, 

 which run large, some of them being nearly fifty 

 pounds in weight. The Hackensack River was 

 once famous for its bass, but the fishing has been 

 destroyed by the injurious use of illegal nets. 



At Hell Gate, notwithstanding the deterioration 

 of the waters by oil, trolling sometimes furnishes 

 good sport. Striped bass are also caught in Bowery 

 Bay, Jamaica Bay, from the piers of Coney Island, 



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