Evening star., 1918-05-18
ROD AND REEL.

Anglers do not take kindly to a re-
port recently submitted by Chairman
Ben Johnson of the House District
committee advocating repeal of the
law to protect shad and herring at
the head of tidewater.
1T is said that since the District
has gone dry, and those who fish for
sport can no longer conveniently get
their bait out of a bottle. they are not
interested in the law to the extent
that they were formerly" is stated in
the report.
Anglers assert there Is more inter-
est now than there was when the law
for the protection of fish in the Dis
trict was passed. Many anglers are
members of Congress.
Rev. Clarence E. Wheeler. pastor of
Holy Comforter Church. was one
member of a party of anglers at Ben
edict Tuesday who failed to score.
His failure may have been due to
stormy conditions the night before.
His companions did not experience
the best luck. landing a dozen fish.
But they were the largest hardheads
S~~-
son.
Daniel Altman. two sons and Mil
burn Donohoe were members of the
party. They motored out in the morn
and returned to Bresnahan'S for din
ner- Rev. Thomas Vincent Fitzger-
aid. pastor of the church at Benedict.
was a dinner guest.
Returning from the river the an
glers were surprised to learn their
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the favorite fishing grounds. This
was accepted as an explanation for
the small catch.
Boats probably will not be SO plen-
tiful this year. Those contemplating
week end trips would do well to make
preparations early in the week.
The war has put a crimp in u.s."
explained a boatman at a salt water
resort this week. Several young men
camps and many others will have to
work on farms.
The question of bait also promises
to cause anglers some difficulty. Crab
hers have abandoned the water to en-
ter the big war game. Those not
called away will have to fill the de-
pleted ranks of farm workers.
Soft crabs have been received from
southern waters and have sold at
| prices ranging from SIPS to $3.50
Dozen Last week a few of them
were received from the lower Po-
tomac. The quantity was SO small
that it did not have the effect of re-
ducing the prevailing high prices.
John F. Murrell. John W. Hurley,
Charles Clark. A. r. Lank, Charles
G. kennon. Louis Ludwig and ]. F.
Kelly were members of a week end
party at Benedict. They motored to
the resort Saturday afternoon and
were on the river long enough be-
| fore night to land a string Of hard
| heads. few eels and toads enough
| to make them say a thing or two.
Early In the morning they were on
! the river repeating their efforts of
| the day before. Hurley selected Capt
Tom Platter, one of the few colored
captains at Benedict. who has earned
the reputation of knowing where to
spot the fish and how to catch them.
Il caught my share" declared Hur-
| ley. and then some" The some"
| was a string of cells.
| More than a hundred hardheads
! were caught by the party.
Capt l. D. Porter. Hugh A. Kane
and Henry Carter. the last an expert
! colored angler. were on the river
near the steel plant Tuesday after
noon. 1t was a trip to give the
| sportsmen opportunity to learn If
rockfish are on their usual feeding
ground.
II think they were there" said
Kane. who saw Capt. Porter catch
| two small ones. He failed to land
anything other than two small eels
II feel certain the buzzing sound
of the hydroplanes overhead fright
| ened them away" he said.
Carter failed to make a catch.
Lew Thayer. Ben Hessler and
Charlie Porter participated in an en-
joyable outing at Benedict on a week
| end trip, leaving about noon and get
| ting on the river before o'clock.
Many familiar faces were missing,
said Lew Thayer. but there was some
thing familiar about the appearance
of prize catch made by Hessler
I've got a horse" said Hessler
| when something took his bait and
Presently Hessler's rod broke and
he found it necessary to do a little
stripping. The supposed. monster
| that had taken his bait proved to be
| a toadfish. What the three sportsmen
really caught totaled forty-six large
hardheads and sixteen cells
I've had a good crowd herestoday
! and they caught all kinds of fish,"
was the message Detective Harry
| Evans received from a friend at
Piney Point this week.
TT looks like a shame that you
| just missed it," the writer added, but
come down and have some real sport"
Evans says he certainly will make
an early response to the invitation
Numerous Washingtonians spent the
week end at the lower river resort
| and brought home hardheads, perch
and rockfish.
Lynnhaven inlet, the home of the
celebrated Lynnhaven Bay oyster, Is
offering splendid sport to anglers
Salt water fish of practically every
variety have been caught there the
last month and numerous anglers