Evening star., 1923-08-26


! able for the success of the angler.
! Report that a forty-pound devilfish
of the diamond shaped. bat-like
species was caught one day TINS
! week off Log Inn. on the Chesapeake
| bay by Baltimore man, after a
struggle of more than half hour
suggests to the old-timers that 1t Is
none other than our old pestiferous
! habitat of the Chesapeake bay, the
skate or stingaree. 1t Is not a DIT
! surprising that 1t was so large and
! that It required some time for land
/ ing For the past month or two the
skates have been so numerous at
Chesapeake Beach as to render 1t al
most Impossible to fish with success.
Both day and night fishing on the
pier has been almost nullffied on ac-
count of the presence of the skates.
1t is safe to say that the term devil
fish Is a very polite name to give
them. What many of the anglers
here called them after losing their
fine lines, hooks and all. is imprint
able. When it comes to deviling the
fishermen, the skate succeeds about
100 per cent.
Notwithstanding the weather con-
ditions were ideal during the past
week for the sport at Chesapeake
Beach, no good catches were reported.
but the usual contingent, however, was
on hand.
Much interest is being taken in the
annual fishing contests at the Beach
during September. They Will. as
usual. mark the close of the regular
season. but 'ther Will be some mighty
good fishing later in the fall.
Here are some Ashing tips given by
| the Sportsman's Digest:
A pair of pincers Of small size
should be included in every bass.
muskie, pike and gray trout fish,
erman's outfit for the purpose of
removing the hooks of artificial
baits. They are the best dis
gorger that can be found. good
pair can be obtained at any five
and ten store. They are also handy
for bending sinkers on. straight
| ening hooks and holding hooks
| while they are filed. A small file
is also a good addition and takes
up but a very little space.
A noise on the bottom OF a
boat will do more than anything
| else to scarce away a school OF
! bass. perch or trout. Talking in
the boat is not of any consider
1 alton. but a sharp blow on the bot
| tom or a careless kick of the sides
| of boat will serve to disturb fish
| that are feeding about the vicinity
] of the boat.
| No sinkers are needed for wood
en- surface plugs and minnows.
They are more attractive worked
with a darting. diving motion on
| the surface.
Live minnows can be placed in
/ a two-gallon bucket with a strip
Of clean muslin tied over top of
container and a faucet turned on
to allow drop. of water at a
/ time falling into pail and kept
i for an indefinite length of time.
j Cold spring water poured on min
4 nows suddenly chillS and kills
those taken from a creek or brook
that has flowed through sunny
meadows and eddied in wide pools.
A minnow seine, a garden hoe
Jand three men or man and two
boys is the secret of catching he'll
GRANTEES for bass fishing. Find
shallow river rifle and plant the
seine in the current where II Is
any place from four to eight
inches deep. One at each "hrail"
to hold it well sianted against
the current and the third party
| to stir the gravel and heavy boul-
ders well with the hoe above the
seine for distance of eight feet
SO that the silt will be washed
into the seine. Every few minutes
lift the sein and the helgramiteS
will be found clinging there.
They harbor under the gravel and
u boulders and drift down on the
current when, disiodked. -