Evening star., 1918-07-27

CAUGHT AT CHE
Anglers are displaying considerable
anxiety over the prospects of the
trout season this year. Usually at
this season trout are being caught
in large numbers at nearby salt wa
ter resorts. but very few catchers have
been reported thus far. and many
sportsmen fear they will continue to
be scarce.
You might know they are scarce
when a bunch Of them sold for 36
cents a pound at the wholesale fish
market last week." remarked fish
erman.
That particular bunch had been
caught with hook and line" he added,
land shipped here by boat from the
lower river. I remember the time
when the whole bunch would not have
brought quarter"
Fully a month ago several trout
were caught near Solomons Island.
and a few stragglers have been caught
dict, while several have been caught
in the Potomac and Wicomfco near
Rock Point
Years ago. it is stated. anglers sell
dom did saltwater fishing before the
latter part of July, but such fishing
has been done much earlier the past
few years and anglers feel disap-
come early this season.
They'll be hero later" said a Solo
mons Island captain. "and when
they do come they'll be more plenti-
full than heretofore. never saw them
come late in the season that they
nf nla F,I -
condition"
Joseph A. Moulden. looked upon at
Rockville, Nd, as being the most ex-
pert angler of the county seat, has
succeeded in convincing other Wal
tonites that all the big bass have not
been taken from the Potomac. On a
made popular by Grover Cleveland,
when he was President, Moulden cap
tured gamester Weighing five pounds
and one ounce
The bass measured twenty-three
and one-quarter inches in length and
had girth of fourteen ihchea 1t
was one of a catch of seven gamesters,
the others ranging in weight from
two to four pounds and the catch,
1t is stated, was about the best one
made along the Potomac this season.
Many experts with rod and line tried
their luck on the Potomac the past
few seasons, but dve-pounders were
scarce. Moulden's catch was a means
OF number Of Washington sports
men returning to the river the past
few days.
Detective Harry Evans thinks he
knows why fishing in the lower Po-
weeks
refused to discuss it.
Capt John Stockett, Edgar Sager
9f BALTIMORE, Alfred chilis. W. A;
Evans. but there was nothing doing.
Swanns, Near Piney Point where
Capt. Stookett and Evans participated
In q big catch of hardheads two weeks
"And where We felt certain OF
Evans "bct there was nothing doing
There were twenty boats on the river
Their occupants nshed from the mouth
Of St Mary river to the Virginia side
of the Potomac including the favorite
spots about Raggedy Point, but not
fifty fish were caught"
Representative Gordon Lee Of Geor-
gfa, Mrs. Lee, Miss Olive Pringle OF
Tennessee and William J. Staub were
ing at solomons Island. mouth Of the
Patuxent, where they registered al
Capt. Condiff'A The captain is one
of the older residents OF the island,
knows all about the waters Of the
river and Chesapeake bay. and has
Being enthusiasts with rod and line,
the four members OF the party spent
much of their time on the bay and
river. fishing at points in sight OF
Point Lookout. the lower end Of st
Point, the lower end OF Calvert
Miss Pringle carried OF the honors
with the largest trout landed during
the week, while Mrs. Lee was well
satisfied with the stringo Of fish she
cluded trout, hardheadA spots and
perch. and the usual number Of OBJ
jectionahle toadhsh.
they term profiteering on the part OF
boatmen at several of the resorts
There was time when boatmen wers
glad to take them out for dollar
apiece and furnish bait, but the ad-
vance Of few cents In the price OF
gasoline has given them an excuse
t.Some Of the boatmen are charging
as much as 81 apiece" remarked an
angler. "and are furnishing no bait.
NY advice to sportsmen," he added
'is that they make their arrangements
with boatmen before going on the
river, and those who make excessive
charges should not be patronized."
The sportsman said on p recent trip
to q bay resort he paid 80 cents q
dozen for bait, while on the Wicomico
the last week end he paid only SO
cents. He was unable to understand
why there should be such q differences
in the price Of peelers and why the
greater charge should be made whore
the bait was the moro plentiful
Harry Tolson. Claud Nielsen. R. Lee
Connor and William Dyer, members
of the force at the Library Of Con-
greSs. motored to Oraville, St. Marye
county, Nd, for the week end. fished
in the Patuxent river and reported q
splendid catch.
tIt was ffty-dve mile trip.- said
Toison, .and . most enjoyable one"
Reaching the Patuxent In Neilsen'l
automobile. they boarded Capt Johr
Nn< ~ 1anneh and soon atchored ~