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road bridge which crosses the bay at Sea¬ 
side Park good weaktishing is to be had. It 
is advisable however to ply the art at night 
or in the very early morning as the water 
is quite shallow there of late years and 
the great oyster reefs which used to ex¬ 
tend even farther north are now entirely 
covered by drifting sands. 
I was much impressed during the sum¬ 
mer of 1917 with the changed condition 
of the channel ways for more than fifty 
miles within this body of water. Where 
within the past ten years good channels 
were found, long sand bars now reach out 
and present shallows so that a launch of 
two feet draft has to proceed with cau¬ 
tion. However, at certain seasons, partic¬ 
ularly during August and September, fairly 
good fishing may be had by lovers of the 
inland style, for weakfish, croakers and 
snappers at such places as Cedar Creek. 
Tom’s River, Ware town and many of the 
thoroughfares extending between the isl¬ 
ands which abound in the lower reaches of 
the bay. 
For the benefit of the stranger it may 
be well to explain that Barnegat Bay ex¬ 
tends for a distance of possibly more than 
sixty miles north and south exactly parallel 
with the ocean, and is divided by a narrow 
stretch of sand varying in width from 
only a few hundred feet to not more than 
a mile and on this narrow neck of sand 
all the places mentioned for surf fishing 
are located. Occasionally a writer to 
Forest and Stream harks back to the days 
of fifty years ago and reminisces of 
Ortley’s and Chadwick’s, in their palmy days 
great spots for duck shooting. I have 
been familiar with these places for more 
than forty years. The houses are still 
standing and are resorted to each year by 
many sportsmen, but have lost much of 
their prestige as the railroad and motor 
boat has broken up the old time glory. It 
was but a few miles below Ortley’s and 
when on a duck shooting trip that a most 
amusing incident occurred which I will re¬ 
late in a future chapter. 
(to BE CONTINUE!! NEXT MONTH) 
CYPRESS TRAILS 
(continued from page 404 ) 
weather because of great height. Body of 
water five hundred feet in air. Seemed to 
explode at top and break. A second break 
in column in center. Pendulated arms. 
These arms dangled and then plunged 
downward. This proves close proximity 
of Gulf. Practically impossible to light 
fires. All wood very soggy. Travel poor. 
Dreadful portages necessary. Still drag¬ 
ging boat up to three o’clock in afternoon. 
Rain has filled pockets with water. Their 
condition uninviting, however. 
Pain in kidneys. Excruciating. Boys 
complain also. They are despondent. Thin 
and pinched. Scarcely able to handle boat. 
My own strength failing rapidly. Night. 
Camp on end of Hammock. Compelled to 
eat garfish. Absolutely nothing else. Rain 
—rain—rain ! 
March 7 th.—Cloudy. Repetition of dog¬ 
wood symptoms. Sure we have all been 
poisoned. Discovered that the one possible 
antidote is not in medicine kit. Strange 
prank of fate. Dark colored glass bottle. 
Thought it filled when we left Miami. It 
was empty. No other medicine for pur- 
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