The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-09-05


All along the rocky bed of the Susquehanna
from Conowingo to Peach Bottom amid its
gushing falls, whrlng eddies and silent pools.
the game black bass has furnished excellent
sport, and especially can this be said concern
ing the fishing in the vicinity of Fite's Eddy,
where she click of the reel of the Philade-
ph!a contingent can continually be heard
and where large catches of bass weighing
from one to three pounds each is of daily
occurrence.
About Shure's landing and Just above Port
Deposit the trawiers have had great success.
Catches of striped bass have been made that
exceeded two hundred pounds in single
day. some of the fish weighing as much as
twenty pounds Any day in the early part of
the season, when the wind was from the
southward, dozens of little white sails might
he seen from Havre de Grace beating back
and forth across the river, among the in
Vulnerable rocks and small islands, and from
each of these boats one or more travis were
trailing.
The fact that rock fish have been more
plentiful than for many summers ha. made
this sort OF fishing especially successful. The
hand line is not used except perch fishing at
the head of the Bay. and all who have been
indulging in this sort of sport report much
success. Many hand-line fishers make their
living during the summer months. and those
who understand the art find it a remuneratiyc
occupation. Last week n hand-lin fisherman
OF Havre de Grace caught in two days l.h-
ing two barrelfuls of marketable perch.
To be successful at this sort Of fishing the
locations OF various wrecks Of vessels and
barges must be known, knowledge of the
different bars must be had, as well rs the best
time Of tide for the biting in each locality.
Possessed of this information a successful
fishing trip is always assured. Among the
various est-known lishin: points are: Locus,
Point, Channel wreck, the Mari boat, Gran
berry, Gilbert Green and Judge Hopkinson
wrecks. all in the vicinity of SpesUta Island:
Howell's Point, Drew's bar. of Romney:
Abbey Island bar, off Bush river: Leser's
Point wreck and Pools Island bar.
Between the middle of July and the first of
October hundreds take an outing for a few
NhyS sptiih II llSuIilS 1T SOIlt .Ol tlt
points named. There are Il number of we'll
equipped boats used for cunning in the fall.
which are to be chartered in the fishing sea-
son, and some of them have engagements
considerably ahead.
The height of the perch fishing season
occurs in September, when the best biting is
had and when weather conditions are gener-
ally most favorable.
On Saturday party Of three made good
catch below Spesutia Island, in the head
waters of the Chesapeake off Turkey Point.
They set sail from Havre de Grace at 6
o'clock with n strong and favorable breeze
After trying several localities without any
great success beyond taking rock fish or
two, their course was shaped for some sunken
wrecks below Turkey Point The much
desired spot was located at about noon, and
from that time until o'clock there was a
continuous run OF luck.
With the exception of a two-pound striped
bass the fish were entirely white perch The
size OF the fish was large and the weight
from one-half pound to IA full pound. There
We're few of less weight than half pound
rod and reel and hand lines were used,
each provided with two hooks.
From the very beginning of the sport two
at clip was not uncommon, and when the
peeler bait was all used up the biting was
just as vigorous as when it began.
Two hundred and fifty large fish was the
spoil, and better lot of white perch has not
been caught this season with hook and line.