Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
ROD AND REEL

II required strnger twenty-five feel
long TO string the fish landed at Rock
point several days ago by party OF
! eight Hyattsville anglers The fish in
Guided the several varieties found in the
! chesapeake bay and tributaries. Large
trout We're not plentiful When the catch
was made. They have had time to grow
| since then. however, and sports,ne r
| from the Wicomico are able to present
| attractive displays. Many rockfish have
| oeen caught there the past few days.
! one Washington angler declares he
| mas had fishing enough to last him sew
era! years. He was on the Rappahan-
! mock river with a party of friends. fish
( ing at place where it was not unus,lal
TO take out two large trout, spots OF
| hardheads at a time
| IL happened that on the occasion OF
his last efforts he left the shore abo1,
/ daybreak and had caught fish enough to
JUSTIFY an early return for breakfast
| Something lifted one end of the boat
| from the water, causing much alarm
| "A shark" shouted one of his com
panlons, and the big fish was seen leay-
!, ing the vicinity of where the boat was
| anchored.
lngton member of the party. mo more
fishing for me"
IF you are staying at big hotel and
want d flsh dinner said a Washington
sportsman who recently spent his yaca-
ton at a saltwater resort, don't take
Your fish to the hotel"
The angler told of a successful trip on
the salt water and of a prospective fish
dinner. Members of the party had land
eo some OF the largest spots he had ever
seen, and also had landed large fish of
other varieties.
Now" he said to his companions,
well have a fine fish dinner"
Then the cook, steward and walters
were tipped, and when the sportsmen
were seated they were served about the
smallest fish seen on the table.
Never again will any Of us turn in
our fish and tip everybody IN sight" he
said.
Continued muddy water in the upper
Potomac has been means of giving
the smallmouth gamesters an add :
tional lease on life. 1t has resulted in
diverting fishing trips in the direction
of the numerous resorts on salt water
permitting the enjoyment of the sport
without the imposition of license
tax.
1T was not until l had encountered
muddy water in the upper river sew
eral times and been diverted to salt
water that l learned to appreciate the
sport of landing trout, tailors, spots
and rockfsh," was remarked by one of
the former enthusiastic bass anglers.
Now enjoy the sport on salt water"
he added, and also enjoy the oyster
and crab feasts that are not found
where the small-mouth bass are
caught"
Fishing for skates is great sport for
many anglers who enjoy landing such
fish. One Of the bungalow occupants
at Chesapeake Beach furnished excite
ment for spectators on the boardwalk
al the resort one day this week.
"One of the fish weighed seventy
pounds" remarked the successful
sportsman, while the other weighed
only about fifty pounds"
The sportsman was fishing from the
boardwalk when he hooked the mon
sters, he said, and he admitted they
put up fights which. at times, seemed
as if they would win.
And they probably would have
won" he added, had it not been that
assistance was obtained"
A big improvement in sport on the
rivers ~ and Chesapeake bay where there
, is salt water is reported. Trout were
SLOW making their appearance in large
numbers, sportsmen say, but the pa st
few days many large ones were
landed.
Devotees of the sport always are
sdtlS!ed when they are able to land a
lev trout. IL remained for one Wash
| lnston sportsman, summering at CO.
| lonial Beach, to land four tailors sew
eral days ago, and his enthusiastic
outburst, his friends declare, was call
| Culated to f-ighten all the other fish
| for miles around him.
Several years ago it was possible to
! land long string Of the garnesters
from the pier at Chesapeake Beach,
but now, it is stated, such fish are
scarce.