Evening star., 1922-10-08

Reports from anglers fishing the
waters of the Potomac from George
town to Great Falls declare the bass
are giving the sportmen plenty of ex-
element Catches ranging from five
to fourteen bass have been reported and
one report has it that catch OF thirty
was made by one fisherman. A few small
bass have been caught in the vicinity
of the Three Sisters. and catches of
big mouth bass have been made
bass are biting, and. as one riverman
said. The proof of the pudding is in
the eating"
CHESAPEAKE BEACH
In spite of the warm spell there
have been some very good catches of
both trout and rockfish. The best
fishing continues to be in the early
evening or early morning. This fact
Is due to the GOODNESS that always
gathers on the Chesapeake at these
hours whether the day has been alb
normally warm or not. Some of the
rockfish have been of very good size,
several having been caught off the
oyster bar toward Plum Point that
weighed about ten pounds.
The taylor fishing also shows i'm
provement, those being taken on the
bloodworm being of good size and
as gamey as usual. They have been
in evidence off the long pier and
come and go as usual in schools that
require prompt work by the hsher-
men If they wish to land many. They
do not stay long. but just now while
the water continues unusually. warm
for this time Of the year they move
rapidly to the feeding grounds and
depart as quickls. A few founders
have been caught, but the scarcity OF
this delightfully."- edible fish still con
Of he
season.
This years contest for the silver
loving cup presented by the Busine So
caught during the season ending on
Labor day proved exciting. Up to
the very last week no one. it seems,
had landed any very pretentious nsn:
but it remained for the prize to fall
to a very young man. who won under
rather amusing circumstances. The
winner was Charles Gasch, about
fourteen years old. He lives at Blad-
ensburg with his parents and Is as
great an enthusiast over fishing as
quite often. 1t seems that he visited
the beach with his father during
the first week of August and went
out in the boat that carried his daa
and others. At first some OF the
men argued against having the lad
So
turb the fishing. However, they were
assured that the boy was very much
on the job Of fishing. and he amazed
every one, not excepting his dad, by
catching what proved to be the
water season. and which eventually
won him the prize. The most amaz-
ing feature Of the feat was that he
had only an improvised line. The
fish was q trout and 1t weighed 5h
pounds.
ANNAPOLIS
Fishermen in this locality are
eagerly awaiting the breaking up OF
the schools of rock. which appears to
be unusually plentiful and composed
of fine large fish. They believe it will
yet be possible to have some weeks
of fine trolling.
For some reason, by no means un-
derstood. no fish in local waters. ex-
are swimming in schools. 1t is not
until these schools are broken up
that they can be caught In substantial
number on hook and line. particular
ly by the trolling method.
those who believe that the Severn
river should be open to some seining.
instead of entirely closed at all times
for that purpose. Would-be setners
insist that the schools would be
broken sooner anu DSII0I uSHtuE
by hook and line brought about II q
reasonable amount Of seining was
permitted.
Harry F. Leternau of Annapolis
caught q trout twenty-nine inches in
length and weighing eight pounds
while fishing on Tolleys' reef. This
appears to be the record fish Of this
variety this season.
According to the best dope" OBJ
tainable. e. Bartlett Hayward of
Baltimore. who has country place
on the Severn. Is high man as to
rock, landing an eighteen-pounder.
Pike have begun to bite. SO that
with the promise Of plentiful rock
in q few days, and the usual supply
Of trout and hardheads, with some
taylor, good fishing is expected until
the weather gets cold.
Zane Grey, in the September issue
Of the Ixaak Walton Monthly, makes
4 afro1Hs aupaal tn &o-thn-gportRoeu Of