The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05

to Mr.. Chaplin, of velvet Kind"
fame. Provided with vast assert
ment of fish food, including blood
worms, soft crab and small silver
ninnows, this popular angler land
ed a fine string of the sharp filmed
fellows, many going over hall
pound.
Fishing conditions during the
week have greatly improved, in
fact it is the first time this spring
that the angler has had any de-
gree OF consistency as far as the
weather and water were con-
cerned.
The water, UP to the present
week, has either been in a cloudy
or muddy condition, which does. not
listen well for the average angler.
High winds, ofttimes taking on
great velocity, have made 1t almost
an impossible task to hold, anchor
or else has driven the thermometer
down around the low figures.
But with. real spring weather.
clear water and only a. light zephyr
now and again wonderful perch
fishing is looked for during the re-
mainder of their migratory run.
There has been some talk of
an early rum of rock fish; pos
sibly so, but L doubt it very
much. The opinion Of all anglers
familiar with the striper is that
the first small numbers usually
arrive in local waters along about
locust blossom time, that is to
say, the middle of the month.
OF course, occasionally straggIer
will be picked up, which is very
encouraging, / will admit, but don't
be misled into believing that they
| have arrived in schools until the
fragrance of the locust bloom has
| reached your nostrils.
When they do put in their ap-
pearance no better spots can be
found locally than opposite the
| steel plant for the pan size ones
and between F1etchers and Chain
bridge for the monsters.
Salt water fishing got its first
real start last Sunday. The ini-
! tial run of hardheads at Chesa-
| peake Beach made themselves
known where several good sized
catches were reported.
For the angler not accustomed to
| spring fishing for hardheads at
| Chesapeake Beach, / would suggest
that he try the shallow water. In
past years, the biggest fish have
been taken near the merry go-round
in water not more than three to
four feet deep.
/ oh af niO nd
all.night fishing parties are quite
popular during the early hardhead
season. Soft crab, shrimp and
bloodworms are excellent bats.
The Chesapeake Beach Railway
| Company viii cater specially to
fishing enthusiasts from now un-
til late in the fall.
A large party will leave for the
Beach on the $40 train this even
ing and spend the entire night fish
ing. Some of the fishermen will
return to the city on train leaving
| the Beach at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning, while others will remain
until the 5 o'clock train in the
evening. Those unable to catch
tonight's train will leave the Dis
trict Line on the 10 O'Clock train
| tomorrow morning.
The fishing fleet will open its
season tonight and persons desir-
| Gus of trying their luck far out in
the bay will find ample facilities.
Fishing parties who visited
Rock Point and Benedict report
/
rived as yet, but according to the
their coming is looked for on
most any change OF tide.
Fish Commissioner Henry O'Mal-
ley announces that 10000 Goldfish,
pollock and paddock will be cap
tured on Nantucket shoals, marked
with metal tags and turned loose.
A reward of 25 cents will be of.
fered to persons returning the tag
| ged fish to the Fishery Bureau.
This experiment has been under
taken to learn more about the
migration and growth of these fish,
which are of certain commercial
| Importance" OMalley said.
Little is known of the migra-
ton of fish. By the tagging proc
eSs it will be possible to tell how
far and how rapidly the fish have
Travelled. This is matter of
scientific interest and of inn
pOrtance to fishermen whose Oper-
atiOns depend on these migra-
tiOns."
The following letter from Will
III. Dig, president of the IZaak
Walton League of America, comes
as a heavy blow upon all fol-
lowers of the great outdoor man
and writer, Emerson HOugh.
Chicago, May 8, 1928.
/ Dear Brother WaltoniaIi:
Emerson Hough, a great Ameri-
can, has reached the end of the
trail and has gone to his Fathers.
He was national director OF
this league and in my Judgment we
have lost the chief asset of the
league. No man loved outdoor
America more than did Emerson
Hough and no man could write
about it as he could, Within a
week of death he personally
told me that he thought the Izaak
Walton League of America offered
the last chance to save the rem.
nants of the outdoor America OF
our ancestors, and Within three
days of his death he presente the