The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-27
BOTH FRESH And
SALT WATER NOW
GOOD FOR FISHING
Potomac Clear at Harpers
Ferry and Shenan-
doah Fair. :
BIG MOUTHS WILD
Going Strong After Artifi-
cial Bait, With Some TAX
ing Live Bait, Also.
ny DICK PEED.

big mouth bass are going wild over
artificial bait,> with some good
catches reported with live bait. In
the salt waters aside from little
roushness Of the waters, the fshing
1. splendid. Big catches are numer-
Gus and the fish are in many in
stances large ones.
Take Net Along.
Five and six pound trout are
common, but IL you expect to land
any Of these big fellows you should
not only have good tackle but also
be equipped with a landing net, as
the mouths of these fish tear out
easily and are lost unless net is
at hand.
Alewives, the small top minnows
80 plentiful in salt water. are said
to be the most killing bait for salt
water trout just now.
Now that you will want to carry
smelt for bass fishing. listen! Re
duce the temperature of the water
to about fifty degrees before putting
the bait into the carrying pail
Then take half dozen chunks OF
ice as big al a tea cup and drop one
Of these in every now and then and
you can carry your smelt for sew
eral hours. Pay no attention to the
fell6w who tells you that your bait
will freeze, but try it.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. z. Barron and
Vernon Wright left last Tuesday for
a fishing trip along the north fork
of the Shanendoah. A card re-
ceived from Mr.. Barron mailed al
Woodstock. Va. says Water in fail
condition.: caught several good sized
bass"
Catches Twenty-seyen Catfish.
Frank B. Mathews. of the Pen
sion once, caught tw8ty-sever
channel catfish in the big eddy be-
low Great Falls-no record breakers
in size.
DR.. Randall Parsons. Warren
Reed. Mack Griffin and John e
Buckingham landed a big string OF
trout at Herring Bay last Saturday
Frederick D. Shaw. champion fly
caster of England. recently landed
in this country and will soon visit
Washington to discuss and demon
strate the art of fishing with lures.
Sunday. September IS. has been
selected by the Howard A. French
Company as the date for the annual
outing at Chesapeake Beach. Eu-
gene Heard has been made captain
of the expedition and will furnish
information on application. Details
of the plans and a list Of the prizes
can be obtained at the store.
Tom Brown is at Overall. Va. for
Ave days sport in pursuit of black
bass.
Alfred d. Calvert. at Anglesea. n.
J.. on an extended vacation. reports
the fishing excellent.
W. E. Shilling and Lew Perring.
jr., caught seventy-one plymouth
bass with artificial bait last Satur-
day and Sunday.
Trout and Hardheads.
Lew Stark and Al Taylor are
home after, an extended camping
outing at Rock Point. They report
large catches OF trout and hard
heads. ..
Because of a Maryland law pro-
hibiting shipping out Of the State
mad toms are hard to obtain as we'll
as expensive to local anglers.
will Beam. Louis, Ludwig. and
John F. Murvell had fine sport in
Herring Bay last Saturday. The
trio returned with twenty-five trout
from two to five pounds in weight.
Roland Wallace, Bernard Hard
ing, and Elmer Haar made a nice
catch Of plymouth bass at Aqua
Creek last Friday and Saturday.
Harding was voted the luckiest man
on the creek when a pike as long as
a baseball Sat Topped into his boat
as the party was on their way to
the wharf after the days fishing
was over.
Fred Eberle,- Nick L. Pulliam.
John W! Hurley and Charles Ket-
tier had a very successful trip on
the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday. FISH
ing near the Thomas Light the
quartette caught about sixty trout
that weighed more than $50 pounds.
Get Nineteen Bass.
Clarence Ingling tried his luck at
Aqua Creek last Sunday and was
rewarded with a catch of nineteen
bass.
Dave Pool and Guy wallen made
catch Of ten bass in Chickamuxen
Creek last Sunday, the largest
Weighing three and one-Quarter
pounds. The catch was made with
a fox-squirrel spinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph n. jackson
left Wednesday for Linnville. Va,
where Mr. jackson hopes to catch
some black bass.
Charles A. Reed caught four.
channel cats that weighed thirteen
pounds, near the Swinging Bridge
that leads from the Maryland Shore
to Great Falls. the early part of the
week.
Harry Anderson. of CherrydaIe.
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