The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
Senator New and Repre-
sentative Bland Entl.u-
: siasts from Indiana.
0IMALLEY NAM E u
President Harding Appoints
Fisheries Commissioner to
Succeed DR.. Hugh Smith.
By DICK PEED.

/ followers OF old Ike Walton.
Representative Oscar Bland is a
liSe-bait fisherman that loves the
music of the reel and has ished
many of the waters of the United
States and has even tried his luck
In the Philippines.
Senator Harry S. New Is fy
caster OF the first rank. said to be
cspable of holding his own even in
tournament work. New does most
or his fishing in the Middle West,
out Representative Blsnd. I'm company
whhsfhomas Bradley, OF the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company,
makes frequent trips up the Potomac
In quest of small-mouth bass.
lewis Perron recentIy made a
couple of rods for former Senator
Jsnnes Hamilton Lewis. Of Illinois,
tnat are attracting much attention
and are greatly admired for the work.
mahship displayed. as well as for
unir novelty. A French steel fenc-
Ing foil. trimmed with agate guides
and tip. set into a Bristol rod han
ole, makes a combination that is
strong enough to handle a tarpon
and with plenty OF resiliency for use
Tor bass. pike or any of the smaller
nsh that come to the bait in the
NEARBY waters. Several of the local
anglers have fancied the rod and
have given Perron orders for one
or more OF the same pattern
Frederick Pettis. George Simons.
William Bailey. Paul Barstow and
Alfred Lanham. fishing at Chesa-
peake Beach last Saturday night.
made a big catch of hard heads
under unusual conditions. A heavy
wind accompanied by the tide
seemed to create deeper poolsi than
usual near the shore. Fishing near
the dancing pavilion in water from
two to three feet deep. they caught
all the hard heads they could carry,
which goes to show you can never
tell where to locate this species Of
salt. water fish.
President Harding has nominated
Henry O'Malley. of California. to
succeed DR.. Hugh Smith as Com
missioner OF Fisheries. The new
head OF this important bureau
stands high as a scientist in fish
culture and Is well qualified for
the duties involved.
Send a picture of your first good
catch. It will prove interesting
to others as well as to yourself
and the members of your party.
Capt A. Shymansky. who mas
tsrs one Of the boats Of the Ash
ing feet at Rock Point. reports
big, catches there the early part
of the week.
A big fishing party composed OF
Or. Walter B. Silliman, Alfred Rich,
Dick Richards. George Lehman,
Mack Sparrough. Harry Deckman,
William Mossburg, Steve Clements
and John Grove motored to Bene-
dfet early Sunday morning for
day on the water. The party caught
100 hard heads.
The writer has been asked re-
Gently II ~ is a violation of the
law to catch pike in the Severn
River at Annapolis at this time.
A persual of the law governing
ffshfng discloses a multiplicity of
laws that are confusing. There is
q State law. a tide water law or
two, a fresh water law, a law
covering the five northern coun-
ties bordering the Potomac and
others
But we believe there is no vio-
|. lstion fishing with hook and line
yi1, tidal water. For absolute safe
|ty asa Lee LeCompte. State con-
ervation oficer. Munsey Building.
baltimore.
Mrs. A. v. Burroughs. of Grant
Hlace. has returned from a visit
70 Benedict. Nd. where she spent
fsome time on the water and was
\ successful in landing ten rock fish
and = good string OF croakers.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
now carries a few inches of water
from the District line to Cumber-
land. except in isolated places.
Hundreds OF small bass are visible
In this shallow water and will no
doubt perish unless they are
salvaged and placed in the river
unless the water is turned into the
canal before hot weather.
The Maryland authorities are max
ing vigorous effort to protect the
bass In the Potomac during the
spawning season. Ten special off,
GERS are operating between Glen Echo |
and Pennihelds lock Several vio-
Iators have been caught with the |
fsh to their sorrow. One fellow ar
rested at Great Falls had three moth |
er bass in his possession that cost |
him SIS each. besides the court costs.
lwinn T. Simmons, Of the Bureau
OF Pensions. while snagging herring |
above the Chain Bridge last Satur- |
day. hooked an eight-pound carp in |
the tail and after a hard fight landed |
the big fish. In addition, Simmons |
iasdcd nearly 100 herring. which he |
distributed among his neighbors.
Engel P. Thompson was an early
h'rd after rockfish with a catch Of
n-e near Alexandria the early part
of the week.
Howard Nipel caught a s1z-pound
Mis sissipi catfish near the Chain
Bridge a few daySago.
L, the year 1900. 17.32e037 pounds
of shad, valued at s463.s13. were
and Virginia In 1921. S.71625O
pounds were taken. bringing S1.546.-
$50.
During 1908 the catch of edible
crabs amounted to 25.0s0.00o pounds.
valued at s317.05s. 1920 showed a
catch Of 13.s37.00o pounds. that sold
for s565.564.
These figures are oficiai. They i'm
part the pleasant facts that with |
present market fishing methods and
prevailing water pollution both shad
and crabs will be unobtainable at