The Washington times., 1923-07-07

with the present unfavorable
conditions facing local fishermen
It is easy to understand why the
slogan "Off to Salt Water" should
be adopted by anglers out after
results. Hardheads are plentiful
and Norfolk spots have put in
their appearance. Trout, while be-
ing boated only occasionally, are
of large size, ranging from two
to five pounds.
The Morton Street Fishing Club
are at it again. Last Saturday
its members jOurneyed to North
Chesapeake Beach and made their
seasons biggest catch.
Every man in the outfit weighed
in at the end of the day upwards
to fifty pounds OF fish. lncluolng
hardheads and trout. Charles h.
Stewart carried off first honors as
we'll as the prize. He landed seven
big trout and almost the century
mark in pounds of hardheads.
William H. Walters ran the VIC
tor a close second, in fact it was
not until after the fish had been
weighed, that the winner could be
determined.
The members are loud in the
praise Of Oscar Marshall, who
keeps the boat and crab house at
North Beach, saying che Is a
friend of every fisherman"
r.. G. HenIxIeman, manager OF
the Schmidt-Rice Baking Com
many. gave an outing last Sun
day to a number of his statesmen
and drivers. The object of the
trip being of a piscatOrial nature.
After a bad start occasioned by
the failure of an alleged motor car
to climb Pennsylvania avenue hill,
the party arrived at Herring Bay
about daybreak, minus the owner Of
the sick perambulator, who refused
to leave his pet" by the roadside
unattended.
According to all members of the
party, that is to say, those who
made a respectable showing, Her
ring Bay is the finest place in the
whole world to catch fish.
Under the guidance of Capt.
George E. Mason, who proved to
be an expert on locating fish, the
party boated zoe. hardheads (un-
John j. Braund, Otto KaIIen-
bach and III. S. Burley had un-
usual luck while on q fishing
trip down at Point Lookout. They
hooked and boated a forty pound
sea turtle on a Cuttyhunk line
and a number nineteen three-ply
snood bass hook.
The turtle gave little fight under
water, but when he was pulled to
the surface he offered a real bat
tie After wearing the big fellow
out, by sudden dashes through the
water, he was brought within
reaching distance, where he was
lifted into the boat by his front
flippers.
The anglers also caught over
one hundred hardheads and six
trout. Cleve Brown, of st. Jer-
ONES Creek, captained the party
and carried them far out into
Chesapeake Bay.
fishing at Shady Side, Md, last
Saturday, landed over fifty hard
heads and a bag of crabs in less
than two hours.
According to Mr.. Conner, who
has fished all the popular resorts
this summer, it was the best string
of big fish that he has seen this
season.
The trio were piloted to the Sc
lect fishing grounds by Capt. G. W.
Proctor, Of Shady Side, from whose
boat they were fishing.
r. F. Green, of 233 Pennsyl-
Vania avenue, landed a big carp
in the back waters of Chesapeake
Beach, known as the canal, last
week. The fish weighed twelve
pounds, seven ounces.
Question-Please oblige me with
a good carp bait. as I am going to
try my hand at the slow moving
fish during my vacation.
IWANTTOKNOW.
Answer-There are several good
bats to use for the taking OF the
old carp, but the best ones. accord
ing to those who have tried them
out, are the following, in season.
Dough balls in the early part of the
summer from May on up until the
month of August. These are made
by mixing a stiff batch Of dough
flour and water with some cotton
batten mixed through the batter
and a few drops of sugar added
then boil the whole mess until it
is Of a stiff consistency and spread
out to cool in a flat pan. cut into
squares some two inches square
and roll into balls for the hook.
Then around August. sweet-corn
time comes in and that is one of
the best bats that a man ever
placed on a hook-green sweet corn.
Procure some two or three fine. |
mature ears of the corn and shave
it from the cob with a sharp knife, |
deep down. Place some three or
four large grains on the hook and
cast into a carp pool with heavy
sinker. Fish all carp bats on the
bottom, as they are bottom feeders.
Another good bait for carp is the'l
crayfish and the fresh water mus
sci. The crayfish is fine, fished on
bottom, with pincers off Fish the
bait on mud bottom for carp. Break
the fresh water mussel open and