Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-14

Ocean View. Va. reputed to be the
best fishing ground south of Georges
Bank, is Offering all kinds of sport tC
fishermen. the angling season having
opened much earlier this year than usual
and many Washington disciples of Sir
Izaak Walton already have enjoyed
profitable weekend trips to the resort
Sportsmen who went to Ocean View
last week found it possible to be upon the
fishing ground as early as 8 o'clock, and
as the boatmen had a plentiful supply of
bait. there was no time lost in landing
some of the big Norfolk spots and other
fish.
Enterprising boatmen at the popular
resort have their boats equipped with
awnings to shield the sportsmen from the
sun or to protect them from the rain, SO
that weather conditions do not often in
terfere with the sport.
Hogfsh, round head, trout. croakers
and perch are among the varieties OF flsh
that are being caught.
When the water in the Potomac is
muddy and fishing is not attractive,
remarked one of the older sportsmen,
Its Ocean View or some other place
in the vicinity of Norfolk for mine. In
that section the water is not affected by
rain and the place is easily accessible.
Fishermen say that the average catch
for three or four hours fishing is about
200.
An Interesting trip to Seneca, Md,
was recently enjoyed by party OF
anglers made up OF Thomas y. utZ
George l.. Edmonds. J. NJ. Parker, Will
liam Towers. Brawner Nicholson. Bernard
Cain, Shipley Brashears, jr., and Samuel
Cornwell. The anglers left here aboard
motorboat and steamed up the canal,
making the trip in a few hours
The river was high and muddy. and the
Seneca dam as not visible. Where or
how fish We're to be caught in such water
was the difficult problem to be solved
All along the canal the sportsmen had
enjoyed themselves shooting sliders and
catching frogs, but the more dlfflcult
problem of catching fish annoyed them.
Shipley Brashears landed seven of the
twenty bass caught by the party, the
largest weighing about three and one
half pounds. number of plymouth bass
and crappie also were caught. 1t is
probable the trip will be repeated about
the 4th Of July.
Dr. James r. Yates and c. d. Lucas
are entitled to the bass laurels thus far
this season. They spent short holiday
season on Seneca branch two weeks ago
and landed forty-two bass. DIR. Yates
caught twenty-five and his companion
landed twenty.
1T is not often that anglers make a
record fishing in muddy water COM
mented an old sportsman. land very sell
dom is an effort to do SO made when the
water conditions are bad. and the catch
of the anglers Is all the more surprising
because the water was muddy.
Dr. Yates and his companion attribute
their good luck to the use of artificial
bait They used the phantom minnow
and easily enticed the black gamesters
from places Of safety. The largest bass
caught weighed about three and one-halt
pounds.
/ Local anglers are interested in report
from Minneapolis, Mimi, telling OF new
method of catching fish. The new method
insures the capture Of the big fish and
does away with the constant annoyance
of the little fish disturbing the bait
It has been suggested that an exhibit
ton of the new method might prove an
attraction at the Fourth Of July celebra-
ton on the river front. No fisherman
has been found, however, who is willing
to make an effort to give demonstra-
Ton.
Henry Yasu, a Japanese chef at Min
neapolis lunchroom, is the individual who
| is credited with adopting the new meth
cd. and the story comes from Minneap-
oils as genuine one and not as the
proverbial story of a fisherman.
Fishing with hook and line was toe
slow for Henry Yasu. the story reads.
$50 he dived into Lake Mnnetonka from
a boat and emerged with a five-pound
bass"
Persons in nearby boat expressed