The Washington herald., 1921-08-06
LITTLE HOPE HELD
REINFORCEMENT
FORSEVERALDAYS
Nearby Tidewater Creeks
Furnish Anglers With
Game Sport.
ANGLING AT NIGHT
Catch Of 800 Pounds Re
ported by Two District
Sportsmen.
ANGLING AT NIGHT
by. DICK PEED.


The condition of the Potomac and
Shenandoah gives little hope for
black bass fishing for several days
at least. The only chance to catch
bass Is in the tidewater creeks that
aow below Alexandria and down the
river.
~The harvest moon, which is soon
TO appear, will furnish plenty OF
light for night fishing in the salt
water, and this should prove TO be
the best of the season if storms do
not spoil the sport.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter B. Sillfman
and granddaughter will go to Solo
mons Island today, the latter two
for a week or ten-day stay, and
Mr.. Silliman for the week.
In a recent trip to the Blacwater
River ]. B. Parke caught sixteen
hne pike, using a kidney spoon as
. lure. =
Lands Two Big Trout.
Russell o. Beane reports the cap
tur. of two fine fish, a 2k pound
rock and a 81 pound trout at North
Beach
All the tidewater creeks on the
lower Potomac are said to be grow
rig a fine crop OF marine vegeta-
ton, always a good sign Of fine pass
and pike fishing, as the grass ar
fords plenty of cover and protec-
ton from the scores of nets that
are usually set during the late sum-
mer and fall.
Mrs. Clara Spleidt. Mrs. W. r
Dismer and son. Bhly, are on an eN-
r1E
va where Master William Will try
NJ. hand at fishing for black bass,
Daniel y. Knapp will leave today
fora short visit with friends i'll tn.
Shenandoah Valley. where he hopes
to land a string or two of game hsh'
Surf Casting Popular.
Surf casting is now in full swing
along the coast. 4. ]. Sadahla,
local merchant. is . follower OF tne
sort, and at one time held the world
record for ~long-distance casting
with a mark Of 4s5 feet.
Catch Of 500 Pounds
lack Muir and Benny Hunt made
4 remarkable catch of trout, hard-
heads, spots and perch at ROCK
Point. They caught more than 200
fish, the aggregate weight of which
was over 300 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred 4. Anderson
are at Solomons Island for a weeks
outing on the famous fishing ground
near that resort.
Paul Barstow. who made the catch
of the seasons largest bass-a six
and-a-half pounder-at the Dikes,
near Mount Vernon. couple OF
weeks ago, came back from the
same place last Sunday with another
big one that tipped the scales at
1--WE and three-quarter pounds
TIP to Anglers. -
II YOU are fishing in salt water
and are annoyed by ,tOadfish. place
your hooks higher above the sinker.
This viii usually do away with the
trouble. as they feed almost entirely
at the bottom
Dr. and Mrs. James c. Buchanan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Buchanan,
Mrs, Carrie Jervis. Or. and Mrs.
Alexander D. Mckenzie, Miss Jane
Mckenzie and George Mckenzie
spent the weekend at Governors
Run, Md. DIR. Mckenzie won the
party prize. catching the greatest
number of all kinds of fish, large
spots, hardheads and trout. DR..
buchanan and wife and Addison Bu-
chanan and wife left the city last
Thursday on an extended motoring
tour through South Carolina, where
they will camp and fish at different
places.
Nick PuIiiam and John w. Hurley
made a fine catch OF trout at An
napolis. One OF the fish weighed
over FIVE pounds.
Twenty-Five I'm This Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Bell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Collins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry E Deckman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Rich and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. f. Spicer and family, Will
lam Collins and William Spear pQ-
tored to GalesviIle. Md on West
River, for a weekend fishing trip.
They report plenty Of success on
the water and good reasonable
prSsed entertainment at one Of the
resort hotels
Did you ever have this stunt
pulled on you?
After locating at your favorite
spot up the river where YOU know
the bass are seeking quiet waters.
have some friendly canoeist stop
directly in front of your boat tn in
duire about your luck. splash
around with his paddle. beat the
water to milky foam. entangle your
line around the paddle, kill your
bait and suddenly take a dive, come
up grinning at you and depart
wishing you luck. The quiet fish,
erman, is entitled to some consid-
Grafton. Mr.. and Mrs. p. r, van
Pelt. Washington E. Lowe and r.
R. Lyons motored to Aqua Creek
and spent two days endeavorine to
lure the big mouth bass from. the
waters of that noted bass. stream,
They were poorly rewarded, due 10
the hot weather and early season
for the big mouth fellows A few
were taken on pork rind bait.
Fishing should be excellent there
this fall on account of the unusual
rank growth OF water moss, lilies