Evening star., 1918-07-27


a place where fish were feeding, and
when they had landed a string of fifty
hardheads, more than two dozen trout
and numerous white perch and spots,
they attacked the oysters.
The attack proved successful, ac-
cording to the anglers, and an oyster
scald ashore brought to a termination
most successful outing
e. C. r. Humphries, wife and sons,
Edwin and Tucker Graves Humphries.
and Ensign George d. Gallagher. wife
and child, motored to Rock Point for
a week end outing.
Everybody who came in from the
river had strings of fish," commented
Mr.. Humphries. I'VE contented our
selves with dip in the salt water
and a shore dinner. not having our
fishing paraphernalia along, and had
an enjoyable outing"
six barrels of fsh he had caught in
his net. There were two barrels of
yellow perch among them, he stated.
the first fish of that species caught
there for long time, He also had
number of fine rockfish and a large
sailors, on leave from their ship, par
ticipated in the fishing sport
c. E. Heard has come forward with
an explanation of the scarcity of
fish at several nearby places It is
Gus and are frightening the fish
away.
Il hung four sharks while night
nshing below Chesapeake Beach Sat
qrday night. he declared. "and, while
l failed to land any of them, they
did not fail to take my hook, line and
sinker each time"
Heard declared he saw the fms of
number OF sharks in the water. In
spite OF the scare. however. he stated,
perch and several hardheads.
Judge A. R Mullowny the past week
end was guest of j. B. Schroth and
Benjamin B. Hunt on an outing to SOL
onions Island. When the three sports
men reached the island they learned
that fish were not plentiful
The rivers full of porpoises," they
were told, 'and they've scared all the
fish away"
"If the rivers filled with porpoises, p
said schroth to Capt Robinson. why
not try the bay"
The captain thought the suggestion
good one. Leaving the island, the
captain headed out the river in the
direction of Cellar Point, where, he
said. there was a natural feeding
ground for the fish. A trip of three
miles landed the party on. the feeding
grounds. and when anchor was lifted
and six trout. not counting numerous
small dsh.
Sergt Marks, o. 9. A. and L. F.
Schippel, Fort Myer. Va, enjoyed a
week end trip to Chesapeake Beach.
fished from boats some distance from
shore. and their catch included a
string of hardheads and perch. Both
were anxious to hook trout. but not
one fish of that species succumbed to
their tempting bait
Chai lie Porter and William Zell par
tfcipated in fishing trip on the
Chesapeake bay near Plum Point the
week end. They did about rs well as
the others who-were on the bay. they
stated. and that was not much.
IT heard about sharks and porpoises
disturbing the fish," commented ror-
ter. an experienced angler. but I'll
confess to not having seen any such
disturbers."
Porter said there was an amount of
debris on the surface Of the bay,
however, and thought 1t indicated a
disturbance of some kind In the
water.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Haxleton were at
Benedict for a week end outing. They
caught twenty-eight hardheads and a
few perch.
IT never heard Of hardheads remain
ing SO late in the season as they have
this year." remarked Mr.. Hazleton.
who learned that three or four trout
also were caught at Benedict the day
he f1shed.
He said he heard nothing Of sharks
or porpoises being in tho Patuxent
river.
Frank Rabak. Arthur SEWERS.
Joseph Kelly and Thomas Petty par
ticipated in an interesting trip to
Rock Point, reaching there late at
night and getting on the river early
in the morning. It was about 4
o'clock In the morning when they
left the wharf, returning four hours
later with . string Of hardheads and
perch and one trout They repeated
the catch in the afternoon.