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FOREST AND STREAM 
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Fishing Season Most Notable On Record 
The fishing season of 1913, which officially 
closed under rules of the Asbury Park Fishing 
Club on October 31, will long live in the memory 
of the anglers as one of the most notable and at 
the same time peculiar ever experienced. It was 
notable on account of the most remarkable run of 
big striped bass ever taken in this or any other 
section. 
Commencing on June 15, up to June 27, there 
were taken 30 striped bass ranging from 11 lbs. 
6 oz., the smallest, to 55 lbs., the largest, and their 
combined weight was 918 lbs., an average of 
-30 3-5 lbs. each. Incidentally one still larger was 
taken on July 25, which weighed 58 lbs. 8 oz., and 
as far as known, it is the largest ever taken with 
rod and reel in this section. 
A new record for striped bass for the Asbury 
Park Fishing Club, which had remained unbeaten 
for 12 years was established when A. W. Flavell 
captured one on June 23 that weighed 48 lbs. 3 oz. 
The largest number taken was by J. H. Wort- 
man, who captured 7 weighing an aggregate of 
105 lbs. 7 oz. One of the oddest catches was that 
of Ben Evernham. When his 31 pounder bit the 
hook it evidently slipped out of its mouth, and as 
it swivled, hooked it again in the tail. This re? 
suited in a terriffic fight, which took nearly thre’e- 
quarters of an hour before the fish was landed. 
CHANNEL BASS. 
The channel bass season was also notable for 
the appearance in this section of quite a number 
of “baby” channel bass, weighing from 1 to 2 lbs. 
each, and whereas Seaside Park, 22 miles south¬ 
ward, had heretofore been considered their 
northerly limit, they were taken all along the 
coast as far north as Elberon. The largest taken 
by a member of the club weighed 38 lbs. 5 oz., 
and was taken on Sept. 16 at Harvey Cedars by 
Fire Commissioner Matt Stratton of Newark. 
These fish made their appearance in the Barnegat 
section on Sept. 3, 10 days earlier than last year. 
Capt. George W. Fenimore accomplished a diffi¬ 
cult feat when he landed one weighing 27 lbs. 
7 oz., on a nine thread line. Bela C. Clapp cap¬ 
tured two on Sept. 18, which weighed 36 lbs. 8 
oz., and 32 lbs. 14 oz., thereby winning a special 
prize for largest amount of pounds taken in day¬ 
time, and Jack Clayton that same night landed 
three weighing a total of 90 lbs. 2 oz. 
jMALL VARIETIES SCARCE 
A peculiar feature of the season was the 
scarcity of the smaller varieties of fish, bluefish, 
weakfish, kingfish, and fluke, and the appearance 
in large numbers of a game fish that has been 
comparatively foreign to this section heretofore, 
viz., croakers. 
Among the prizes donated to ladies Mrs. 
Frank Brewer certainly deserves mention. She 
not alone takes the prize for the first striped 
bass taken, but caught the largest, which weighed 
14 lbs. 1 oz., and three others beside, the largest 
channel bass, kingfish and bluefish. Mrs. L. R. 
Martin gets the prize for the largest weakfish, 
and Mrs. H. C. Fisher for the largest fluke. 
THE A. P. F. C. AWARDS. 
The following is a full list of awards of the Asbury 
Park Fishing Club. One of the rules is that no mem¬ 
ber shall be eligible under regular awards to more than 
one prize for each specie, but they won special and 
monthly awards in addition. 
By HARTIE I. PHILLIPS 
BEACH FISHING. 
Striped bass (regular prizes), largest—A. W. Fla¬ 
vell, 48 lbs. 3 oz.; Dr. W. W. Flavell, second; greatest 
number taken. J. H. Wortman, seven fish (which 
weighed 105 lbs. 7 oz.); greatest number of pounds 
taken (J. H. Wortman out), J. Wertheim, 83 lbs. 13 oz.; 
third largest (J. H. Wortman, 39 lbs. 10 oz., out), Leon¬ 
ard Hulit, 38 lbs. 9 oz.; fourth largest (Dr. W. W. 
Flavell, 36 lbs., out), Ira A. Stricklin, 35 lbs. 10 oz.; 
fifth largest, Henrv W. Comeyrs, 33 lbs. 14 oz.; sixth 
largest, Benjamin Evernham, 31 lbs. 3 oz.; seventh larg¬ 
est (J. Wertheim, 29 lbs., 11 oz., out), William N. Ap¬ 
plegate, 27 lbs. 14 oz.; eighth largest, Victor de Wysocki, 
26 lbs. 8 oz.; ninth largest, O. M. Giles, 26 lbs. 4 oz.; 
tenth largest, James Mackintosh, 21 lbs. 9 oz.; eleventh 
largest, W. A. Herbert, 21 l'bs. 5 oz.; twelfth largest, 
J. E. English, 20 lbs., 9 oz.; thirteenth largest (W. N. 
Applegate, 20 l'bs, out), Bela C. Clapp, 19 lbs. 13 oz.; 
fourteenth largest (J. II. Wortman, 18 lbs., out), Louis 
J. Brown, 18 lbs.; fifteenth largest, Matt Stratton, 17 
lbs. 7 oz. 
STRIPED BASS. 
First taken, William H. Schwartz, 4 lbs., 7 oz., May 
30; second taken, John H. Wortman, 20 lbs. 3 oz., June 
15; third taken, James Mackintosh, 21 lbs. 9 oz., June 
16; largest taken between 7 p. m. and 7 a. m., Dr. W. 
W. Flavell, 40 lbs., 2 oz.; largest by member who had 
not previously won a striped bass club prize, Dr W. 
W. Flavell, 40 lbs. 2 oz.; smallest taken, W. B. Clark, 
2 lbs. 1 oz. 
STRIPED BASS. 
Largest in June. A. W. Flavell, 48 lbs. 3 oz.; second 
largest, June, Dr. W. W. Flavell, 40 lbs. 2 oz.; largest 
July, Victor de Wysocki, 26 lbs. 8 oz.; second largest 
July, J. C. English, 20 lbs. 9 oz.; largest August, Wil¬ 
liam X. Applegate, 20 lbs.; second largest August, Da¬ 
rius E. Burton, 9 lbs. 8 oz. 
CHANNEL BASS. 
First largest, Matt Stratton, 38 lbs. 5 oz.; second 
largest, Bela C. Clapp, 36 lbs. 8 oz.; third largest, Dr. 
E. R. Keast, 36 lbs. 7 oz.; fourth largest, A. M. Za- 
briskie, 33 lbs. 12 oz.; fifth largest, Thomas Nelson, Jr., 
33 lbs. 3 oz.; sixth largest (Bela C. Clapp, 32 lbs. 14 oz., 
out), James M. Gentle, 32 lbs. 11 oz.; seventh largest, 
Jack Clayton, 31 lbs. 6 oz.; eighth largest (Jack Clayton, 
30 lbs. 12 oz., out),'.Nelson Schoen, 30 lbs. m oz.; ninth 
largest, Isaac M. iNoe, 30 l'bs. 10 oz.; tenth largest, 
William N. Applegate, 29 lbs. 14 oz.; eleventh largest, 
Sidney T. Holt, 29 lbs. 14 oz. 
CHANNEL BASS, SPECIAL. 
First, taken Sept. 3, Hoffman Allen, 21 lbs. 8 oz.; 
second, taken Sept. 6, W. H. Shuster, 24 lbs. 4 oz.; 
largest on standard 9-thread line, Capt. George W. Fen¬ 
imore, 27 lbs. 7 oz.; largest in September, Matt Strat¬ 
ton, 38 lbs. 5 oz.; largest number pounds from sunrise 
to sunset, one day, Bela C. Clapp. 
KINGFISH. 
Largest, Ben Evernham and Winfield Scott, 2 lbs. 
3 oz. each; third largest, E. P. Gallaher, 2 lbs. 2 oz.; 
fourth largest, James M. Gentle, 2 lbs. 1 oz.; fifth 
largest, E. N. Dolbey; sixth largest, II. I. Phillips, 
1 lb. 14 oz.; seventh and eighth largest, Leonard Hulit 
and Horace C. Fisher, 1 lb. 12 oz. each 
KINGFISH, SPECIAL. 
First, taken May 3, W. E. Rice; second, taken May 
20, Idartie I. Phillips. 
KINGFISH, MONTHLY. 
Largest in June, W. Scott; second largest in June, 
James M. Gentle, 2 lbs. 1 oz.; largest in July, H. I. 
Phillips, 1 lb. 14 oz.; second largest in July, F. H. 
Westervelt, Jr.; largest in August, Horace C. Fisher, 
1 lb. 6 oz.; second largest, H. G. Cline, 1 l'b. 6 oz. 
BLUEFISH, REGULAR. 
Largest, H. J. Comegys, 7 lbs. 1 oz.; second largest. 
Jack Clayton, 3 lbs. 2 oz.; third largest, W. C. Glass, 
2 lbs. 10 oz.; fourth largest. Dr. E. R. Keast, 2 lbs. 4 
oz.; fifth largest, C. O. Perry, Jr., 2 lbs. 2 oz.; sixth 
largest, Dr. F. L. Wilcox, 2 lbs.; seventh largest, Dr. 
W. W. Flavell, 1 lb. 9 oz.; eighth largest, E. N. Dolbey, 
3 LUEFISH, SPECIAL. 
First taken, E. X. Dolbey; second taken, Z. Hol- 
dridge. 
BLUEFISH, MONTHLY. 
Largest, July, E. X. Dolbey; second largest July, 
year’s subscription; largest, August, H. J. Comegys; 
largest, August, Dr. W. W. Flavell; largest, September, 
Jack Clayton; second largest, September. 
WEAKFISH, REGULAR. 
Largest, F. K. Bockins, 4 lbs. 10 oz.; second largest, 
Horace Dutcher, 4 lbs. 6 oz.; third largest, J. D. Ritchie, 
4 lbs.; fourth largest, Joseph Heath, 3 l'bs. 15 oz.; fifth 
largest, W. C. Glass, 3 lbs. 13 oz.; seventh iargest. 7 
M."Dettrich, 3 lbs. 7 oz.; eighth largest, E. P. Gallaher, 
3 lbs. 3 oz.; ninth largest, M. D. Murray, 3 lbs. 3 oz. 
WEAKFISH, SPECIAL. 
First, taken June 23, George Skirm, 1 lb. 14 oz.: 
second taken, F. Sinsinver. 
WEAKFISH, MONTHLY. 
Largest, July, J. D. Ritchie; second largest, July, 
William X. Applegate; largest, August, F. K. Bockins; 
second largest, August, J. D. Ritchie; largest, Septem¬ 
ber, H. Dutcher; second largest, September, Joseph 
Heath. 
PLAICE OR FLUKE, REGULAR. 
Largest, Isaac M. Noe, 5 lbs. 2 oz.; second largest, 
J. H. Wortman, 5 lbs.; third largest, H. K. Satow, 4 
lbs. 2 oz.; fourth largest, Charles L. Keast; fifth larg¬ 
est, Dr. E. R. Keast, 4 lbs. 1 oz. 
PLAICE, SPECIAL. 
First taken, May 3, E. P. Gallaher; second taken, 
L. R. Martin. 
BOAT FISHING. 
TUNA. 
Largest, J. C. English, 23 lbs. 4 oz.; second largest, 
W. A. Leavitt, Jr., t9 lbs. 9 oz. 
TUNA, SPECIAL. 
First taken, W T . A. Leavitt, Jr., July 28. 
BLUEFISH, BOAT. 
Largest, T. Wertheim, 7 lbs. 1 oz. 
WEAKFISH, BOAT. 
Largest, James Firmage. 7 lbs. 15 oz.; second larg¬ 
est, C. N. Firmage, 5 lbs. 3 oz. 
WEAKFISH, SPECIAL. 
First taken, C. D. Reiff, July 24. 
SEA BASS, BOAT. 
Largest, Dr. R. T. Parker, 4 l'bs. 8 oz. 
SEA BASS, SPECIAL. 
First taken, Hartie I. Phillips, June 1. 
BLACKFISH, BOAT. 
Largest, Dr. R. J. Parker, 2 lbs. 12 oz. 
BOAT OR BEACH FISHING. 
BLUEFISH. 
Largest, J. Wertheim, 7 lb. 11 oz.. First taken, 
Dr. R. J. Parker, July 15. 
' LADIES PRIZES, BEACH FISHING. 
STRIPED BASS. 
Largest, Mrs. F. Brewer, 14 lbs. 1 oz. 
SPECIAL. 
First taken, Miss Brewer. 
KINGFISH. 
Largest, Mrs. F. Brewer, 1 l'b. 8 oz. 
SPECIAL. 
First taken, June 3. 
WEAKFISH. 
Largest, Mrs. L. R. Martin, 2 lbs. 12 oz.; second 
largest, Mrs. Jhmes Mackintosh. 2 lbs. 5 oz. 
SPECIAL. 
First taken, Mrs. II. C. Fisher. 
BLUEFISH. 
Largest, Mrs. G. Brewer, 2 lbs. 1 oz. 
PLAICE OR FLUKE. 
Largest, Mrs. PI. C. Fisher, 2 lbs. 5 oz.; second 
largest, Mrs. F. Ouisinger, 2 lbs. 2 oz. 
CHANNEL BASS. 
Largesf, Mrs. F. Brewer, 26 lbs. 2 oz.; second larg¬ 
est, Mrs. H. C. Fisher. 
SPECIAL. 
Largest striped bass taken by lady or gentleman, 
A. W. Flavell, 48 lbs., 3 oz. 
LIST OF STRIPED BASS AND CHANNEL BASS. 
The following is a list of striped bass and channel 
bass recorded for the fishing season 1913, at Seger’s 
store, Asbury Park: 
STRIPED BASS. 
May 24—William H. Young, 6 lbs. 4 oz. 
May 30—William H. Schwartz, 4 lbs. 7 oz. 
June 15—J. H. Wortman, 20 lbs. 3 oz. 
June 16—James Mackintosh, 21 lbs. 9 oz. 
June 16—Dr. W. W. Flavell, 36 lbs. 
June 17—Benjamin Evernham, 31 lbs. 3 oz. 
June 18—J. H. Wortman, 39 lbs. 10 oz. 
June 21—H. W. Comegys, 33 lbs. 14 oz. 
June 21—Howell Scobey, 30 lbs. 10 oz. 
June 22—Ogden M. Giles, 26 lbs. 4 oz. 
June 22—Benjamin Evernham, 11 lbs. 6 oz. 
June 22—'Charles M. W’yant, 12 lbs. 9 oz. 
June 22—Jacob Wertheim, 29 lbs. n oz. 
June 22—Jacob Wertheim, 29 lbs. 7 oz. 
June 23—A. W. Flavell, 48 lbs. 3 oz. 
June 23—Frank Brown, 30 l'bs. 3 oz. 
June 23—dra A. Stricklin, 35 lbs. 10 oz. 
June 23—Joseph J. Yates, 19 lbs. 10 oz. 
June 24—A. D. Hunt, 34 lbs. 7 oz. 
June 24—Wm. N. Applegate, 27 lbs. 14 oz. 
June 24—Roscoe Hulit, 41 lbs. 8 oz. 
June 24—Dr. W. W r . Flavell, 40 lbs. 2 oz. 
June 24—Louis J. Brown, 18 lbs. 
June 24—J. G. Jones, 32 lbs. 
June 25—PI. F. Kohle, 33 lbs. 8 oz. 
June 25—F. R. Coghlin, 35 lbs. 
June 25—.Leonard Hulit, 38 lbs 9 oz. 
June 25—James G. Applegate, 51 lbs. 9 oz. 
June 26—Frank Helies, 55 lbs. 
June 26 —Bela C. Clapp, 19 lbs. 13 oz. 
June 26—Lewis Lloyd, 16 lbs. 14 oz. 
June 27'—J. H. Wortman, 18 lbs. 
July 5—J. E. English, 20 lbs. 9 oz. 
July 6^George Kennedy, 26 lbs. 4 oz. 
July 13—Bela C. Clapp, 4 lbs. 3 oz. 
July 17—Victor de Wysocki, 26 lbs. 8 oz. 
