Barnstable Patriot, Thursday, May 24, 1962
SPORTS with ROD & GUN
As seen by HARTLEY R. DAVIS
CAUGHT AT WEQUAQUET — Young Vernon Coleman, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Coleman ef Barnstable, caught, this 161-S-tnch pickerel in the cove of Wequaquet Lake.
He cast his line from a- pier in back of the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon II. Coleman.
Fishing has taken a new lease on life this past week.
With the weather warming, up the trout, perch, pickerel and bass have decided to hit.
Stripers have been taken all along the coast from Woods Hole to Sandwich.
STRIPERS MAKING THE NEWS
Striped bass fishing has picked..p considerably during the pas*, warm spell and anglers from Falmouth report good luck in the numerous bays as well as outside.
Popponesset and Shoestring Bays are giving up fine fish.
Dowse's Point has been yielding beauties and Craigville Beach fishermen have taken a few,
Bass River and ( the lower Cape have also yielded i some good fish.
Pleasant Bay anglers have been happy of late taking mostly schoolie-size fish with some ten pounders.
SURF CASTERS DOING WELL
Surf casters from Truro to Chatham have been doing very well.
Wellfleet Harbor hasn't had peak fishing yet, but it is expected to arrive any day now.
The fellows report that Dennis shores are providing excellent fishing while off Sandy Neck and Barnstable Harbor it's been good.
The Canal is finally giving up some stripers.
It should pick up there soon with all the herring around and stripers all along the bay.
WHAT TAKES THEM
Stripers are fickle—they will take one thing today and refuse it tomorrow.
The fish are everywhere, I but it is up to the fisherman to find out what they are hitting at 'He time, tide and place.
Up Falmouth way where herring have been along the bays, the anglers have been using herring.
Where the fish have been off shore, they have used feathered jigs.
Around Shoestring Bay the fellows have found plugs the best takers and Popponesset Bay has been an especially good plug spot.
Around Dowse's Point and Craigville it has been anything from cut bait to lures, so you just take your choice.
Plugs, worms fished on the bottom and a combination of tin and worms have been the takers at Nauset, Cahoon's Hollow and Newcomb's Hollow.
Worms appear to be best down in the lower Cape area, while up in the Barnstable Harbor and Sandy Neck sections the old reliable Tony Acetta and pork rind seems to be the top taker.
At Dennis the Ballerina, Kastmaster and Spin Atom have proven themselves, and old favorite herring takes them at the Canal.
HOOK AND LINE
Marilyn Smith took iive schoolies off Harwich and Phil Ryan has been having good luck with schoolies.
Stripers have been hitting for Othel Curtis off Shoestring and Popponesset Bays using plugs.
Dennis has yielded some nice stripers for David Sears while up Falmouth way Bob Schroeder, Don Blair, Armand Ortins and John Cookson have been taking some fine bass.
Among the thirty that they took were six going around 10 pounds.
They were fishing from Schroeder's boat using feathered Jigs.
George Silvia of Falmouth used live herring to take several stripers, the largest a 12 pounder.
On his first cast Mike Dutra took a 14 pound striper with live herring.
FRESH WATER CATCHES
Mike McDonough caught four large rainbows and browns over at Lovell's Pond during the past warm days.
Ed Chase hooked on to two smallmouth bass, four red perch and two pickerel at Wequaquet and Long Pond with a red and white Dardevle,
Four nice trout were taken by Doc Dunne at Lovell's using worms, and I took eight there during the past two days.
Two went 16 inches which were browns and the rest averaged 14.
A rainbow and a brookle were In the total.
I used Bakers Tab and Dardfevles.
Lovell's also proved a good spot for Walter Jacobson who landed a couple of nice trout using flies a evening or so back.
Over at Spectacle Pond Bill Kelley took a two-pound trout.
FOR A FISHING THRILL
Vernon Morgan told me that he has been taking some stripers lately from Bass River with his five and one half ounce flyrod using streamer files.
He says it's a lot of fun and they really give you a. real battle on the flyrod.
Vern'B been taking sorte pretty lair sized ones this way.
4 New Teachers
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MISS BARBARA J. SLAYTON of Sharon, wh» will receive her bachelor's degree from Bridgewater this June, is named a fourth grade teacher I in the Ostervllle Elementary School.
Superintendent of Schools Harvard H. Broadtent announced that the committee Bias accepted the resignation of Kenry J. West, a custodian in the sahool system for 36 years who will retire Sept. 30.
Presently custodian of the Cotuit Elementary school, he will continue his duties until the retirement date.
He formerly was custodian of Marsttms Mills Elementary School.
Little League Farm Team
The Little League Farm Team, under the direct! m of Frank Hinck. ley and assisted by Ed Taylor and Bill Ames, will; ilay its first game of the season Hriday, May 25, at Centerville.
The players jwlll met at the elementary schiol at 5:30.
Game i time is 6.
The first half schedule consists of five games.
May 25, Centerville;
June 1, Hyannls;
June 5, Cotuit;
June 15, Ostervllle;
June 19, Hyannls.
The following boys were chosen to play for the Farm Team; Carl Sulkala, Francis Lambert, Timothy and Tommy Cahoon, Mark Ames, David Karras, Thomas Jones, Wayne Taylor, Mike and Pete Ryan, Steve Hinckley, Jay Simp, kins, Harry Davidson, RoBErt Davis, Lloyd Oeorge, Philip Nelson, Kent Hudson, Thomas Johnson, Glenn Santos and Bruce Lovejoy.
Ronnie Kelly and Frank Wirtanen were chosen to play for the Little i League teams.
PT Club Elects At Barnstable
The P. T. Club was entertained Tuesday evening by the Elementary School Band directed by Simon Gesln.
The band is comprised of students in the fifth and sixth grades in the town.
The only exception is Gary Zimmerman who is a fourth grade student.
Gary played a solo for the club and really shows much talent.
This band showed that the many hours of practice on Saturday morning have paid.
They gave a fine concert and played everything from Hymns, to classical, to comedy, with a rousing finish of marches.
They also have what they caU a band within a band, which played selections.
Philip Nelson was awarded the first annual "Band Man of The Year" Award.
After the concert, the P. T. Club elected the following slate of officers Mrs. Arthur Clarke, president; Mrs. John Beattie Jr., vice-president; Mrs. Edwin Taylor, secretary; Mrs. Frank Hinckley, treasurer. Refreshments were served by the second grade mothers.
Mental Health Ass'n Advisory Committee
The executive board of Barnstable County Mental Health Association has announcd that a professional advisory committee has been set up, and that the following persons have agreed to serve: Rev. Stephen Smith of Cotuit (act-Uig chairman); Dr. E. E. Anderson, Bass River; Rev. John Bankosky West Barnstable; Mrs. Eleanor Blake, Orleans Welfare Depart ment; Harvard Broadbent , super intendent of schools, Barnstable " D. E. Langdon Burwell, Falmouth ' Dr. Gerald Hoeffel, Truro; Mr Louis Jacobucci, executive direc tor, Cape Cod District, MSPcc Hyannls; Mrs. Louise Kane, Dls trlct Nurse director for Barnstable Dennis and Yarmouth; Lincoln Lynch, East Dennis; Dr. Wilbur Miller, Hyannls; Bheriff Donald Tulloch, Barnstable.
Mrs. F. Van Tirrell is in charge of arrangements for the annual meeting to be held the second week in June.
