| Show LOG OF A MAN IN QUEST OF BETTER BETTE R FISHING I 1 man who has the ambitions of mike lern lerner er but not the time equipment or information tires of fairly good fishing in his own area at indian dian river 2 news of big run of stripers strikers pers at wahoo beach miles away cou coupled pled with pictures of man who got a 40 there last week causes him to decide to pack immediately in edia tely and leave home grounds rounds where only snapper blues have been biting 3 start of trip delayed by long job of packing outboard motor extra rods tackle boxes slickers boots gear of oil all kinds utility clothing etc drives BO 80 miles for first stop at kickapoo inlet finds bass were there last week but are far away now asks if 11 anything is running and gets answer small snapper blues 4 1 drives 50 miles to big horse cove well known striped bass grounds sees numerous boats boata in bay rushes eagerly to boathouse and asks doing in stripers strikers pers gets answer you know how bass are replies no how are they Is told aint heard of one caught in ten days nice run of snapper blues though 5 calls it a day and spends night deploring the luck starts early next morning for roaring rip 60 miles away on a report a feller got 20 nice ones ranging up to 35 pounds a few days ago finds bridge and beaches crowded with people getting snapper blues any bass not lately ought to be good next month 6 remembers hearing of a striped bass fis hermens paradise at point always good in october drives miles more finds famous guide stew woodson halt half asleep in a skiff in a small inlet hows the strikers stripers pers youre late they was here last week nice run of snappers now asks stew if any reports of strikers stripers pers at other points chet baker got over half a hundred big ones four days ago at winnipesaukee ledge is reply 7 gets up at daybreak next morning and drives 00 90 miles to win nepes aukee ledge not a surf cast or er around anywhere boats all at moorings aint been a striper took in last three days says the guide school moved to day I 1 guess snapper blues as big as six inches 8 consults map and finds he ha is within miles of harbor famed tor for its stripers strikers pers decides he might as well try it there reaches there ot at sunset no bass in six weeks guides look for lern em around november this year but snappers are int 9 home weak meak sore ind and disgusted crossing iron bridge over indian river two ralles miles from his bis own cwi house sees Ernie perry and ed dudek casting for strikers stripers pers any luck he be aska boy wherever rove reve you been Is reply best run of strikers stripers pers this season here for last five days lo 10 throws outboard motor fishing gear cear maps etc into river and shoots self TIRE THE TRO TROLLEY LLE Y CAR AR PASSES new york city one of the last strongholds strong holds of the surface car an bounces that they will be removed from the streets by january 1 we for one feel a ettle sad not only to see the trolley car pass from the streets of gotham but from any other place it was a symbol of a happier more philosophical k and more comfortable america the swifter more up to date data and less restricted bus has replaced it all over the land but to us a bus Is ad as satis satisfactory factor y a substitute for a trolley as a wit witches clis broom would be for a ride on a cloud not that wo we have been on a trolley in years we dont remember the last time but our childhood memories of the trolley ride are bright and glamorous we can recall trolley cars on the sylvan avenue line back homo home that we loved and trolleys on the run from Mer cerwins wins beach miles through a leafy passage by woody crest rocky ledge prospect beach and west haven that still seems like something out of a fairy tale we have a particularly soft spot tor for the first trolley we ever remember grandma took us for a ride it it was winter and it had a stove in the center and a conductor with side ilde whiskers who put in a shovel of coal now and then an american congressman urges that we introduce baseball to the russians can you imagine what would happen under stalin to a pitcher who pitched his own way a a con can you remember away back when a small mail steak sold for 49 40 cents instead of fa JO our big job Is to select the war criminals of japan it would be a lot easier to pick the ones who are not |
