Evening star., 1923-10-21

A good many plymouth bass have
been landed during the past week
from the sea wall. the tidal basin and
the Washington channel. The best
catches were made with tadpoles.
green scale finish, club creeks. wig
wagS and copper spinnerS, three and
half size, with yellow buck. Live
bait has proved attractive, but not so
much as the artificial lures Plenty of
nice yellow perch have also been
caught The Virginia creeks have
been furnishing excellent sport for
many anglers. but here also the
artificial baig seems to be the best bet.
Anglers Fe. all kinds of fish might
bemoau theiT luck during the past
summer telling hard-luck stories of
what II.Is ut haIe heen. but for pure
hard luck the following story from
Paris gets. the prize. The report
states:
One OF the worlds most remark
able fishing records has just been es-
tablisheu In Paris.
The -..caSion was the annual fish
ing contest between France and Bel
giuu. Th- spot chosen for the con-
test was the Seine, between the Con-
corde ana Alma bridges. Eighty
fishermen competed. The contest last
ed six hours. The combined weight
of the fsh caught was one pound.
There were three of them"
The scIlow perch, which is reported
TO be so numerous in the Potomac
around Washington, is one of the best
known fresh-water fishes. being
abu. dant throughout the northern
ana eastern states, especially in lakes
and pui.'ss The market catch by nets
in the gfent lakes sometimes exceeds
towns along the lakes take great
numbers and find sport in doing so.
The ear, h by anglers in smaller lakes
and ponds everywhere is very large.
The yellow perch comes az near to
being everyhody's fish as any other,
anti but little art is necessary In TAX
ing It. II Is ready to sample all the
hairs 0f the fisherman. and even re-
spond% TO bats let down through the
ice u. winter
recen. article on fresh water fish In
the National Geographic Magazine
says that rs n good fish. there Is none
of better favor among the nommonel
kinds &c Is. easily identified by It's
broan cross bands of black, as nc
other t.ative fresh water fish wears
tie same combination of black anG
gold
Like other fishes of extended range
IL has severaI names, viz. yellow
p6fch. -Ifnged perch, raccoon perch
red perch or striped perch, accord
ing 40 Iocality. It's length may be a.
Tuuch as fourteen inches and Its
weight about three pounds, but sucl
sizes are unuSal.
Mr.. Townsend says that yellow
perch i ave been kept eleven years II
captiv,ty on no other food than fist
purchased In the markets, although
it's natural life foods include prac
tically all the smaller forms Of fresh
water life.
The yellow perch runs In school:
and grequents moderate depths, It Is {
dIfflSue ash to dress because ths
scales cling SO tightly to the fish.
Tia. element OF uncertainty sustain
ed by the ilnaiterable passion for tllt
game has been the stimulus for fishins
at Chesapeake Beach. The results hav,
not been altogether disappointing
Then have been some good individual
catch. Si trout and rockfish. r'ht
roehfisn are not large, yet have
weig hso ywo Ind three pounds. Th'
trout ere .sf good medium size. L
nag been sIns.ln that sometimes tht
fish hsvs saken the bait in the late
afternoons around sunset time, ant
then aga.L t..e very early morning
II 49, rot been cool enough fol
big sOek hshIng. These fellows usual
ly 0me along toward late October
and November and force the angier'
to clevAa maneuvering to land them
The ashtng done now 10 mostly %