January, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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bright metal spinner attached above the 
hook often proves a good attraction as 
whenever the bait is moved the spinner re¬ 
volves, thus adding to the lure. 
B ROTHERS of the angle, come with 
me any night; the moon is lighting 
sky .and waters. We will push off in 
our light skiff and round that point out 
yonder. The air is just chill enough to sug¬ 
gest a good stout sweater under your 
fishing coat; we have plenty of bait, and 
a supply of sandwiches, for the fish may 
not like just the stage of the tide as it is, 
to do their best for us, so we may have to 
wait a little for them. The air hangs 
quiet, not a leaf or blade of glass stirring; 
all nature is in repose. Those oar locks 
seem noisy to-night. If the wind was stir¬ 
ring, they would not be noticed. Our com¬ 
ing has disturbed that muskrat which goes 
off the bank with a splash, startling us 
both. The cry of the loon across the 
channel sounds uncanny, but never mind; 
they are nothing but the voices of nature. 
Now, I will swing the boat head to the 
current and you lower the anchor. No 
splashing, mind; we are in quest of a 
game which likes to have his own way 
about outside disturbances. I think a trifle 
of lead will be best as the tide is quite full 
.and the water at this point full ten feet in 
depth; about a quarter of that crab will 
be right for the tide-runner has a good 
size mouth and, if about, will take it all in 
a wink. Keep your thumb firmly on the 
reel while allowing the line to pass out, 
: or you may have a wrinkle-hawk in your 
line if you are off your guard when the 
strike comes. Keep on passing out line; 
you are all the time hunting new territory 
and no one knows just where they may 
lurk. No, that nibble is not a tide-runner; 
it is at best a gar-fish too narrow-throated 
to take in such a morsel. Whiz-z-z-splash! 
you have him at last. Let him run; do not 
hold him, or you will part the line or tear 
out the hook; easy now—he is running to 
the side; keep a taut line, ready for the 
break which will come. There it is. He 
was well out of the water that time; those 
thousands of diamonds in the air are just 
drops of spray thrown high in the air by 
his tail. No, do not hurry him. Just keep 
taut line, that will do the trick. 
Nervous? Well, that belongs to the 
novice; just keep your head on your 
shoulders, and his head toward you. Not 
ready for the net; there is a bunch of fight 
in him yet, but every moment is telling 
now; and you have done well. We never 
could get him in without this net. What 
a beauty! All of seven pounds—congratu¬ 
lations ! See that sheen of pink and silver, 
and how' it shades down along the sides 
running into the purple of the iris; how 
beautiful he is! No “old master” ever did 
work like that on canvas. God made that 
creature just to glorify himself and show 
his handiwork. 
Dear old Barnegat, with its thousands of 
such memories, may its quota of fin and 
feather never grow less. It has been the 
play ground of the people for more than a 
century and its history is fraught with 
conquest of rod and reel over its myriads 
of tribes which come and go as the seasons 
roll around. And of all its inhabitants 
none have given more pleasure and delight 
to thousands of people than have the 
golden-throated Weakfish which nestle in 
its bosom. 
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