Evening star., 1922-06-25

ton. The association is composed
ton, the majority of whom are Bait
While fish are not overplentiful in
the vicinity of Annapolis, it is possi-
BILE to make fair catches of nearly all
varieties usually found there at this
time of the year.
Fishing from the Severn river
bridge has been very popular recently.
Good catches of hardheads are being
made, the best fishing being early i'll
the morning and in the evening, and
peelers, shrimp and bloodworms are
the bait used Rock of medium size
are being caught by still fishing on
most of the oyster bars.
Some large rock have been caught
by trolling. the bait used being live
eels about five inches in length
White perch are being caught along
the grass In the coves of the Severn.
The strong northeast wind and a
school of porpoises put q crimp in the
fishing at Rock Point for few days
during the past week, but conditions
have improved. and the fish, driven
away by the elements and larger fish,
have returned. apparently more eager
than before to take the bait.
Thomas .. White and three friends
caught go fish on an outing last
week, fishing one afternoon and the
next morning. They landed four rock
fish two of which weighed four
pounds: many large spots and the bal
ance hardheads. All parties visiting
the point Wednesday and Thursday
caught all they cared for. Charlie
Jacobson and Bill Frey landed eighty.
Reports from other salt water fish
ing grounds state that good catches
are being made and that some sea
trout have made their appearance, but
it is little early for this fish, which
usually does not get to these places
in abundance until later in the sea
son, around the latter part of July.
However, when they do commence to
run they furnish excellent fishing.
Chesapeake Beach has attracted
the usual quota of fishermen this
week. with varying reports of sue
cess Conditions have changed. how
ever, the big fish keeping out in the
deep water, and are taking the bait
before midnight and during the early
hours of the morning. 1t is apparent
that the large hardheads will not
likely come into the shadows inside
any more this season, notwithstand-
ing the fact that an occasional few
will be caught eff the pier. To OFFSET
this discrepancy, the pier fishers are
getting some nice spots and punches.
They take the bait generously and
waste no time at n1bbilng, IKE otners
of the finny tribe.
Speaking OF rockfsh. one incident
on the pier this week is worthy OF
chronicling, illustrating, as 1t Will
the erratic ways of fish and the ele-
ment of uncertainty in the sport. a
visitor from Washington. who would
not give his name. sat on. the pier
about all day long. with no more sue
cess than few spots He had reach
ed stage of indifference in the art
ernoon He was sitting quietly on
the end of the pier, when. all of q
sudden, he got strike that later
made his neighbors sit up and take
notice. He hauled in a rocknsh tnal
weighed fully five pounds. Rather
than stay around any longer ana pc
forced to explain how he got 1t. he
wound up his line and went ashore
"a number Of, schools OF porpoises
PLAYED along the BEACH waters TINS
week. and some Of the e ,WtseaGras 4se gre ;
charged the poor ashing on tne pier
to the sea kittens. l...i.ss &: -.i =
tFIounders have mot appeared In any
great numbers yet, and it is. a subject
ct comment from those who are par
ticularly fond of the !soiehsh,
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The tragic death OF Miss -Doro thy
McLatchie, high school swimming
cuInbed after being bitten by a bar
>racu11a {tieer of the seal while ba th-
ifiE off the Florida coast, recalls TO
mind the many bathers who have
been attacked in past years IN the
Attain {. Those attacked at Atlantic
CITY, long Long Island sound and
in thu waters of the. lower Potomac,
suffered the loss of an arm or leg,
and were said to- have been bitten by.
sharks. which infested waters much
farther north than is their usual GUS
tom Perhaps the victims were at
tackled by barracuda. ~ 81 ~
But the barracuda is far more
dreaded than the shark by the natives
of the West Indies and by those who
are familiar wish this savage fighter.
when fully developed 1t reaches a
length of eight feet and is very
swift in action and strikes its prey
without hesitation. Its teeth are big,
and have on each side a sharp. cut
ting edge. which, with the powerful
leverage of its mighty Jaws, make IT
a formidable foe.
The barracuda, like all savage
things kept in captivity, becomes
very docile when properly cared for,
and 1T is said that the superintendent
of the aquarium located at Miami,
when cleaning one of the tanks con-
tanning the tiger of the sea-" actu-
ally spetted the fish much as child
that the fishs learned to take food
. The M barracnds Is q wholesome Ash
at all times. IL properly kept and pre-.
pared although IA some sections II