The Washington herald., 1922-08-26
WIND MIEFUE
NIIHSPORT Of DC.
ROD AND LINE CLAN
Salt Water FishermenI
Lack Success in Rough
Weather.
STREAM IS CLOUDY
Big Catches Reported Of Big
Mouth Bass in Potomac
River.
STREAM IS CLOUDY
By DICK PEED.

The high winds Of the past week
interfered with the fishing in
Chesapeake Bay and the wide
stretches Of the lower portions Of
the rivers. Not only discomfort
and lack of success resulted, but
there was danger and plenty of
seasickness for those who ventured
out In the small boats used as
fishing craft.
The FISH are plentiful and you
will catch all you want IL condi-
tions are right. but watch The
Herald forecast of the air condi-
tions and govern yourself accord
ingly. In the fresh water every
thing is o. X. The Shenandoah 10
partly cloudy. Small-mouth bass
are striking both live and lure bait,
while good catches of the big
mouth kind are plentiful In the
Potomac and the creks and coves
from Washington to the real salt
water.
Secretary Kennedy, OF the Poto-
mac Anglers Club. has received
word that the brown trout planted
by the club in Cameron Run this
spring are doing well. some of
them being large enough to take a
hook.
Representative John p. Fitzger-
aid is angling along the Jersey
Coast.
Mrs. Ollie Holloway. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Armstrong and two
boys. David and Dick. and r. A.
Martin started this morning in the
motorboat What Ho, for an extend
ed cruise down the Potomac. They
expect to visit the numerous fish
ing grounds on the lower Potomac
before returning and also spend
several days at Camp Martins"
below Colonial Reach.
Howard A. Van Tassel. Of the Be-
Iasco Theater staff. has resumed his
duties after a ten-day vacation at
Rock Point. where he INDUCED In
the excellent fishing now found at
the resort.
A letter from Edgar r. Lyon. who
is at Aquice Creek. tells OF big
catches OF plymouth bass being
made there during the last ten days.
william Mooney. chief clerk of
the Post once Department. and An
drew De Maine caught ten rockfsh
of Maryland Point a few days ago.
the largest one Weighing sixteen
pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Lowe and
two children, Robert and Roberta,
Miss Martha Quisenberry and Gil
bert n. Fury returned from a pleas
ant outing at the bungalow OF
Charles b. Abbott on the Severn
River. Fishing was excellent. bu,
no exceptionally Large fish was
taken.
Rev. Charles r. Steck. pastor of
Epiphany Lutheran Church. Mrs.
Steck and daughter. Jeanette. Mr..
and Mrs. Percy Sherwood, OF this
city. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Steck, of Bluefelds. W. Va, are
spending a two-week vacation in
the wilds of Pennsylvania near
York. The men are anglers and ex-
pect to catch plenty of bass along
the picturesque SusQuehanns.
A correspondent asks: Are lum-
inous baits suitable for bass: what
is the best kind: how to treat and
use themT" Yes. luminous baits
will catch bass. The writer is not
qualified to name the best makes.
and il he was a luminous bait ora
Gle. would not be inclined to o. K.
one and knock another and maybe
better one. All these night lures
that we have used or seen must be
exposed to bright sunlight for sew
eral hours before using and then
kept tightly inclosed until you are
ready to cast. Keep the bait NOV
ing. the same as you would an or
dinary kidney spoon A good one
exposed to the sun for three hours
should show well in water for an
hour or more.
Eugene Heard has been hshing
Chesapeake Bay at the Beach and
Annapolis all season with light
tackle and on half a dozen occa-
sions has had his outfit torn to