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daily for business and out 
again at night. One class, 
which is constantly increas- 
ing, comprises the autoists 
who make runs to it, some 
merely for a shore dinner, 
others to remain over a few 
days, and others to stay for 
several weeks. Surround- 
ing the bay are the hotel 
towns of Barnegat Bay, 
Harvey Cedars, Surf City, 
Beach Haven, Barnegat, 
Waretown, Forked River, 
Toms” River, Island 
Heights, Seaside Park, Bayhead, etc. 
River, Waretown and Barnegat Bay are the nerve centers 
of the angling, and have 
the largest accommodations 
of hotels and boats. Forked 
River, by reason of loca- 
tion, number of hotels and 
boats, draws the largest 
crowds during the summer, 
and lesser crowds during 
the remainder of the year. 
The round-trip fare from 
New York is $3.45, and 
may be reached by four ex- 
press trains daily or Sandy 
Hook boats, changing cars 
at Ealontown. ‘The rates 
of board at the village ho- 
tels are $2 per day and $10 
per week; at the big hotel 
on the bay, $3 per day and 
upward. There are am- 
ple garage accommodations 
for regulars and_ parking 
places for motor machines 
of irregulars. Catboats 
may be rented at $5 per 
day, and motor boats at 
from $6 to $8 per day. By 
combining parties, the boat 
expense may be reduced per person 
As a rule, the regulars 
individual. 
every type and cost, while 
a few of them charter a 
captain and his boat for the 
period needed, ranging 
from a week to the entire 
season. Strangers are ad- 
vised that the resorts which 
front both the ocean and 
the bay, on the great sand- 
dune between, include Bar- 
negat City, Harvey Cedars, 
Surf City, High Point and 
Beach Haven, which, with 
Bayhead, Seaside Park and 
Island Heights, are reached 
by the Pennsylvania Cen- 
tral Railway. All the other 
resorts named are on the 
line of the Jersey Central 
Railroad, excepting Toms 
River, where both roads 
touch. 
The majority of anglers 
go to Barnegat Bay for 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Waiting patiently for a bite 
Of these, Forked 
crabs are $1 per dozen. 
I have him 
to fit the pocket of the 
own their own craft of 
A bouquet of fish 
July, 1911 
weakfishing, the most pop- 
ular and least expensive, 
perhaps, of the several 
types. Weakfish are the 
only species always in evi- 
dence, and an average of 
20,000 of them a day are 
caught. Weakfish require 
no special tackle, and may 
be taken by the small boy 
and his string and pin hook. 
They must, however, be an- 
gled with either shrimp or 
crabs for bait, which cost 
cold cash. Shrimp are ob- 
tained from regular baitmen at $1 per pint, and shedder 
In other words, the bait cost aver- 
ages $1 per day per indi- 
vidual. A glance at the 
hundreds of anglers scat- 
tered over the bay would 
reveal every form of tackle, 
from a hand-line or cheap 
bamboo pole to the most 
expensive rod and reel. 
Persons who intend to hire 
a cat or motor boat need 
take no tackle with them at 
all, as each boat is amply 
equipped with it. Weakfish 
are divided into school fish 
and tide runners. The for- 
mer are small, averaging 
a pound in weight, caught 
with shrimp as fast as one 
can haul in. They run in 
big schools, and_ profes- 
sional anglers regard them 
as a pest greater than crabs; 
but not so the general pub- 
lic. which goes out for fish 
and do not care about size, 
so long as they are plenti- 
ful. Tide runners are large, 
ranging from two and a 
half pounds up to the limit, and are caught, as a rule, only 
in special channels, sloughs, flats and holes. 
For these, 
shedder or soft crabs are’ 
used as bait. Whey aire 
most sought after by pro- 
fessional anglers, and are 
generally taken with the 
better class of casting rods, 
reels and lines. Profession- 
als prefer a catch of a few 
large ones to any number of 
school fish. Tide runners 
are captured mainly in Mud 
and Bock’s Channels, and 
Cooper’s and Horsefoot 
Sloughs, all connected and 
forming really one general 
ground for them, where the 
boats follow them about as 
they move from place t 
place, chasing their food 
supply. Some do not aspire 
to catch either of these 
classes, but spend all of 
their angling time trying to 
lure the few ocean weak-~ 
