The Washington herald., 1919-06-28

By Dick Peed

About the same story as that OF
the past three weeks will apply to the
outlook for fishing. At the salt water
fshinz places they are still catching
hardheads and spots with now and
then a trout
The Potomac and its tributaries have
been muddy all week, but the water
supply authorities report the water
clearing rapidly at Great Falls. How
ever, reports from Harper's Ferry
yesterday were not encouraging and
II the muddy waters reported there
are Of any great volume il will make
conditions more unfavorable at the
fishing grounds near Washington.
The Potomac Anglers Club has re-
ceived 100 copies of the Sportsman's 5
Greed. a beautiful hanger with fine
teachings thereon. Each member of
the new organization will receive a
copy.
Charles j. Abbott reports the catch
of an unusually large string Of hard
heads in the Severn River of Annap-
oils last Saturday
A good story is going the rounds
concerning a well-known Washington
fisherman who tired of the sport in
salt water and announced that he was
going to catch some small mouth bass
il il took him all the way to Harper S
Ferry. He spent a week up the canal
Watching the muddy water and wait
ing for il to clear up without a single
fsh. Just as he ran up to the Seventh
sueet slip. where he keeps his launch.
small boy with a hand line and
hook baited with an angle worm,
caught a 81 pound bass.
j. K. Buckingham and Albert Sell
niger caught a big string of croakers
and nine salt water trout at Ches-
apeake Beach last Saturday night.
Capt. Charles c. Simons, accom-
panied by Frank Meridith. J. C.
Earnshaw. Edward Lyon and Andrew
J. Joyce. made a weekend cruise
DOWN the Potomac in the formers
launch last Saturday. They returned
Sunday and showed a catch of about
I50 perch, some big ones. caught in
Pamunkey Creek. a small stream
that empties into the Potomac just
below Indian Head.
The Fish Commission stocked Rock
Creek with brook trout several years
ago. but they appeared to do no good
and were supposed to have disap-
peared entirely. The writer saw a
big one beautifully marked in the
shoaI water at the north entrance of
the Zoo last Sunday.
Edwin A. Sullivan. erstwhile of
Waycross, Ca. but now one of Uncle
Sans many workers. caught a pair
of nice rock fish OF Potomac Park
wall last Saturday afternoon.
The Shinn family went fishing one
day early in the week-thirteen of
them-and they proved that thirteen
was no hoodoo. In the big eddy be-
low Great Falls they caught many
the party expressed it. "aIl they
wanted for themselves and some for
thefr neighbors." In the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Shinn. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Shinn and two sons;
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Shinn and
three children. and Mr.. and Mrs. E.
II. Shinn. jr;. Mrs. A. Jones and
daughter. Of Buchanan. Va. were
also members of the party.
The writer has received a very In
teresting and friendly letter from
Talbot Denmead. chief deputy fish
and game warden of Maryland. The
letter contains much of interest to
Washington anglers, but lack of
space forbids publication in full Some
facts particularly interesting to
Washingtonians follow:
Ali species Of bass in the Potomac
are protected from the 18th day of
April to the 1st day of June. In
the tributaries the season closes April
Is and opens June /. The State of
Maryland controls the entire river
above tide water. Fishing anywhere
from Washington to the mouth Of
the Monocacy requires no license.
Frederick. Carroll and Allegheny
counties border the river. thence to
the Pennsylvania State line. and each
county requires a IS license fee. Mr..
Denmead Is anxious for a State IL
cense of S to cover all territory and
asks Washington anglers to aid in
the passage of such a law. which
will be introduced at the next ses-
sion of the Maryland legislature.
Masonics Take Not;re