Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-28
THE PENINSULA ANGLERS.

They Are Finding Good Sport I'm the
tributaries OF the Delaware and Chesa-
peake.
Fishing on the Delaware Peninsula IL
now at its height and all kinds OF fish
arc bsing caught. Along the hay shore
sea trout. crocus, sea bass, large rock
and drum hsh are being caught, while
bass. perch, pike and yellow neds
make good sport, for the lovers OF fresh
water fishing. Pike and bass are still
running in good numbers In the Della
ware and Chess peake canal, ana re-
ports are received daily OF good catches
| Trolling Tor bass in the canal Is great
snort and very few fishermen who visit
the canal do not try that kind OF
angling
Weak fish or sea trout. are biting
lively at kits Hammo *, on the Della
ware bay shore. This is n fSvorite
place for fishermen from Dover and
other places in that vicinity - visit
Some days as high as 400 are c. ughi
with hook and line. A number OF
Philadelphia anglers are there, Al q
the Hsh are all OF q good SHE, many
weighing as high as five pounds
Weak fish are also biting at Woodland
Beach, and the excursionists are catch.
ing many.
The surf fishing at Rehoboth is re.
ported excellent. During the past week
q number OF good sized rock fish have
been caught with lines from the beach.
| Just outside the breakers can be found
good trout and crocus fishing. Every
| Saturday night large parties from PhllS.
| delphia and Wilmington visit Rehobo.
| and stay over Sunday to fish.
Pike fishing at Bedford Lake, the. head
water Of the 20 hristisna river, is very
good
in Pennsvi -ania anglers from Chester
county and otter places are coming into
Delaware to try heir hand on the trout
that were placed n the BrandywinG
creek By the Wilmington and Northern
railroad Very few Of tie trout have
been captured and all those that have
been are small. The bass are Il rger, ane
the anglers are having rare spot Will
these. At Du Point powder mills is thu
favorite bass fishing place for vii
mington fishermen.
Carp In the BrandyWine creek at VIII
mington are Of unusual size. On Mon
day Harry Zsbley, with a hook and line
at the city water works, caught o 12-
pound carp. Before he landed him tai
carp had broken the pole In two places.
Small rock fish are being caught in the
Bush river, near Chase, Md The FISH
take readily to bait, but are small. II II
expected that the big ones will MAKE
their appearance within few days
Perch fishing at Betterton. Md, on thu
Chesapeake Is very good. Several
parties from Baltimore are meeting with
good success there.
The failure Of the salmon trout in the
Brandywine this season will be followed
J by another stocking OF the stream b,
Coatesville and West Chester anglers.
/ Northbrook, heretofore with no repu
} tRtion for good fishing grounds, Is a
: this time pronounced among the bes
> places for bass on the west branch Of tn
Brandywine.
Harry Young, news editor of the Phil
adslphia North American, filed his cree
with nice bass from the Brandywine in
: few hours one day this week. Eigh
fine bass and two dozen club was tn
4 reward Of his efforts. he discovered t
: his satisfaction that fy fishing in tina
stream is better than In any of the sma
a streams In Eastern Pennsylvania.