The Washington herald., 1919-08-04

BY Dick Peed

Favorable water conditions and
cooler weather should offer anglers
better sport than has been enjoyed
for the past month. In the salt
water nearby trout arc being taken
in greater numbers and larger in
size than at any time this year.
Rock fish are being caught plenti-
fully at Colonial Beach and Rock
Point has furnished good number
of the same species. The Potomac
and the Shenandoah are botn clear
ing and should afford angling for
bass from now on unless a local
storm up river sends in a fresh sup
ply of mud. Most any kind OF bait
| is successful, but mad toms are the
| best just now because OF their hard
| mess and the ease with which they
can be transported. High tide to-
day at 1:1J will give all the incom-
ing tide "a well as the outgoing
for daylight fishing. II you try
night ashinS the best hours should
be around midnight.
James Holla nder gave a fishing
party to James \. BrodnaH. W. J.
VI d T.
Thursday, taking the party to Rock
Point early in the morning for the
days sport They caught a great
number of FISH. among which was
SiNty-eight trOut-the best catch OF
these fish reported this year.
George Miller reports the catch uf
two rock fish of Analostan Island
last Saturday
Dr. Walter &. SiIlnau Alrs. Sill
man. Patrick Mccain and Miss L
Barriman motored to Benedict last
Saturday for a uIal Of their luck at
anything. The heavy rains had sent
a flood of muddy water down the
PatuXent and their catch was con-
sequenuy light. They went ia the
SiOlomOns Island road and report that
highway in excellent shape for auto
mobile travel all the way, going
through Marlboro and thence south
along this road 10 Buena Vista-Boston
road. This is comparatively new
route to most Washingtonians and
is a few miles further, but a much
better road than via Waldorf.
a. p. Thompson reports the catch
of seven nice pike in one of II
Saturday.
Edward Bentley. of Chesapeake
Beach. had A. ]. Sahdalla, S. Daoud.
II. w. Sparrow and Eugene Heard as
his guests on a fishing trip last Sun
day night, and the party made tine
catch. Sahdalla caught two trout that
weighed five pounds each, while Bent
ley landed one of equal size. Heard
hooked and brought to the boat a
trout that the whole party say would
weigh ten pounds. UUt like most OF
the big ones. It got away after a
hard fight
John L. Buckingham. who contern-
plated trNjuG his tuck Tor big mouth
bass IN smiths LIKE near Norfolk
received word Wednesday from Dr
TyIo" one Of the local expo rts. that
the r~rent hot weather had made tho
waters unusually warm and that the
bass we're not biting
\ good fish story ,omes rrngu
Chesapeake Beach ruHrernInC Noah
, Hazard and twelve army officers
who recently engaged the bvatmal
, to take tncm 10 tn" f,hing grounds
The party had scarcely left the
wharf when one Of the officers be
gan giving Hazard orders At the
rate Of about two minute. The
latter was quick to declare him
self "a captain of the snip and told
the fresh officer in no uncertain
language that he was captain Of the
ship and not subject to their or
ders, but would consider requests
If couched in proper terms An
apology followed and they proceed
cd. However, the officers actions
rankled in Hazards bosom and he
concluded to take them to barren
fishing ground where no one was
ever known to catch fish. They had
no sooner anchored than the sol
diers began to catch fish and Haz-
zard says they would have filled the
boat If not obliged to stop fishing
to catch their train.
Henry hoffman went to Great
Falls Thursday and returned with a
rice string OF fish in which was bass
catfish and sUnhsh.
Edward BurIingame and Armstrong
Lowe are At Great Falls for two
: days IT,! for bass
Warren PreiSser and Charles Sayies
are al home after an Extended hsh-
.nS trip at Colonial Beach They tell
" bltllN u liSu, lOChllSn Delng
abundant OIL not very large
Charles Leighton. who has been
fishing around Norfolk for couple
OF weeks reports strange hsh which
I the locs fisherman call the ribbon
/ fish. being taken in the nets there
( This strange creature grows TO three
. feet in length. three OF four inches
wide. ~ about One-qusrter Of an inch
] thick and Is beautifully Colored.