The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-20
basket of ish at Benedict the early
part of the week.

basket OF n8h at benedict the early
part of the week.
No doubt you have often heard
1.-THE expression. Easy as shooting
fish," Well. they are doing 1t In
the shallow waters of Little River,
behind Analostan Island. and the
easiness Is proven by the big kill
linSs being made with rifles and
i very plentiful. single boats return
ing with catches OF thirty or forty
fish weighing from 1--WE to twenty
i've pounds each.
In the tidal Basin. right under
the noses of the. Potomac Park
| guards, there are hundreds Of vio-
lations of the game-fish laws al
most every day. Men and boys,
blacks and whites. are to be seen
i any apparent fear of the park
police. One boy hauled. in thirty
five croppies Tuesday Afternoon
and went home with his plumber in
plain sight Of two or three minions
OF the law. who either didn't know
II was unlawful or else they didn't
care.
If you cS9templAte fishing In the
Potomac. when the bass season
opens, better get a license. The
State of Maryland requires license
and a special county permit, which
costs IS. Additional license is nee
essary In every county. bordering
the big river from .the mouth of
Monocassy on up to the Pennsyl-
vania State line. These county
licenses appear to the writer to be
sort Of "a gouge, but 1t is law,
with an odds-on bet that you will
be pinched II you are a nonresi-
dent and look like you have money.
Howard Nipel seems to like nine
pound nsh. Mention was made. last
week of his taking a fish of this
weight near the Chain Bridge. Just
week later he hooked and landed
another of the same weight to an
ounce at Great Falls.
Jacob Krone caught a nice basket
OF ffsh from the pier at Chesapeak,
Beach Sunday night and in his hur.
- ~ ~0hSn tue Train dpanQOneQ
! reel and line; for tie return of the
same he would be grateful.
Eugene Heard and Lew Perror
are diligently watching for the ap.
pesrance of the big rock fish at the
Chain Bridge. The pair had sue
cess with smaller ones on two OF
three occasions, but the biggest one
they have taken weighed two ano
one-half pounds.
Lee Baumgarten, the stamp man
ufacturer. accompanied by Ike
Goodman. Of Sacks and Company,
and Jake Kahn. the jeweIer. have
returned from a fishing trip am
made perhaps the largest catch and
a greater variety than that of any
of our local anglers this season,
\They fshed- of the Eastern Shore
at Wachapreague and caught their
| first day out $50 trout. hard heads
and other fishes were returned to
1.-The water. The remarkable catch
of a trout weighing fifteen pounds
was made by Mr.. .Baumgarten, In
which he showed much skill In
landing. Squids were about the
only bait used. All are true sports
men and bass fishermen impatiently
waiting for the season to open.
The FIRST fatality of the season
among Washington anglers &C.
CURED in the Patuxent River at
| Benedict, Nd, last Sunday. Mich
olas Carstsns, said 10 have beeR an
expert swimmer, went overheard
after a lost oar. The swift-run-
ming tide carried the boat away
and the unfortunate man was
drowned before friends nearby
could reach him.
The good results of the enforce
ment of the Maryland law against
dredging crabs is evident at all the
saltwater fishing grounds. These
splendid shellfish are quite plenti-
full now and their temperance is
attributed solely to the fact that
the dredgers are not operating
along the spawning and winter
quarters of the succulent crab.
Harry Pymont and Robert, Sus-
san made. a catch of 102 hardheads
from the drawbridge at South River
last Saturday night. Most of the
fish were large ones. weighing in
the aggregate more than 200
pounds.
Emil Haar has purchased from
Charles G. Simons the cupboard
motorboat Osprey and will locate
the new craft at Aqua Creek for
the, season.
Billy Rowland caught three big
pike in the South River near An
napolis Tuesday afternoon.
Hugo Fritz has built for himself
a small launch. equipped with 4:
Caille cupboard motor and will senc
the little craft to Aquira Creek, hi
favorite fishing grounds.
The Potomac Anglers Club will
show two pictures. salmon fishins
in Alaska and salvaging fish from
the overfiows of the Mississippi, al
the Sylvan Theater. south of tn,
Monument grounds. next Thursda,
night. The reels are government
productions and are well worth
seeing. Along with the picture.
will be good music and an interest.
ing lecture.