Evening star., 1922-07-16

4 few rock are being caught. but
only a few. and none of the big fell
lows. such as were landed last year,
has fallen prey to the anglers. cat
fish are very plentiful and are being
caught in large numbers along with
some carp.
Fishing in the Potomac from Hams
Point to. the Little Falls has not been
very good this season on account of
~the muddy condition of the river.
Usually our spring fishing furnishes
splendid sport for the angler, but
this year the river no sooner recovers
from an attack of muditis and is ap-
parently in good condition when the
clouds. again open and 2 barrage OF
rain spoils the sport.
river in the vicinity of Harpers
Ferry and Weverton. and in the Shen-
andoah valley. When the bass sea-
son opened in Virginia many reports
of excellent catches of the little
mouth bass were received from River
ton. Following the first week Of the
open season both branches of the
Shenandoah have been either cloudy
or muddy, with the exception of a
few days
81 wish you would make it plain to
the anglers of Washington that
trout are here in great shape, and
big ones at that" is the report from
ROCK POINT. IL also WAS
there are plenty of peelers.
Gen. William Mitchell of the air
service was among the visitors to
Rock Point during the week. He and
his party fished Tuesday night by
moonlight and returned in time to
christen the new pavilion by having
the first dance in it
DIR. F. NJ. billiard and party from
I~;, yyo ESh at
and caught 200 fish. many of them
being trout
Mr. c. o. HnshI, first secretary of
the Japanese legation, and party
of four are spending few days at
Rock Point and are having great
sport.
". w. Grimth. with few fishing
companions, also is spending several
days at the Point.
The vicinity of Annapolis is main
tanning its reputation as one OF the
best fishing grounds in this section.
Many fine catches have been reported
during the week of rock, white perch,
hardheads and trout. :,
Rock are being caught at points IN
the Chesapeake, the best results
is directly off Bay Ridge. White
perch, and big ones, are being caught
in the Severn off the edge of the sea
grass in about three feet of water.
Reports from Annapolis state that
both small rock and perch bite more
freely on shrimp, while the larger
fish are generally caught on specially
arranged peeler bait. Hardheads stli
are making up the larger catches and
they are of very good size The re-
mort further states that while there
has been slight increase in the
number of trout caught, they are still
far from plentiful, and that those
caught weigh from two to four
pounds.
The fishing at Chesapeake Beach
has been way below par during the
past week owing to the heavy rams
come cloudy along the shore, inter-
fering with this sport OF the many
hundreds Of fishermen who visit the
beach, only a comparatively few go
out in boats. the majority taking their
chances from the long pier. Those
who took to the boats and went out
in the bay were not, disappointed:
however, and the usual string OF
hardhead and spots and a few trout
not reached the upper bay in large
numbers yet, but by the next full
moon they should furnish excellent
sport
that place. One of the marines sta
toned on the Eagle boat 23. tied up
at the wharf. told of having had good
luck recently with perch, rock and
catfish. There are boats available
rines own their boats, which can be