Evening star., 1923-07-22

Salt water fishermen. after several
months of angling for hardheads.
perch and spot, have now turned
their attention to trout. These fish
are fast appearing and plenty of
them should be landed at any time.
Benedict, Md. Rock Point. Md.
Deep Cove on the Chesapeake bay
and other salt water fishing places
continue to furnish excellent sport
Philip q. Affleck. accompanied by
Drs. Warren Price, James Price and
J. Il. Beller. visited Deep Cove last
Thursday and in one hour caught
sixty-eight trout, hardhead and spot
On several occasions two fish were
landed on Il line.
Rock Point. where the angler sell
dom returns empty handed, continues
TO entertain its quota of fishermen.
Spot. weighing we'll over Il pound
King William perch and trout are
being caught in good numbers.
a party OF fishermen who visited
the Point recently told Of large
catches in the following manner:
our success was due largely to the
fact that we did not stay in any one
place more than half an hour AS
soon as our anchor was on the bot
tom and the boat had swung around
with the tide, we had our lines in
the water and almost before they
reached the bottom we commenced
70 catch fish. After landing twelve
of fourteen hardheada spots or
perch, mostly hardheads. our strikes
commenced to grow fewer and fur
lher apart. Then we pulled anchor
ana motored to another place with
the same results. We started fishing
Just below the buoy off the point and
hshed all the way. out to the light
mousse and a mile beyond. The
tarthHr out We went the bigger the
hSh and our last stand was made
away out. Just opposite the buoy
marking the channel Of the Potomac,
where we fished until 8 O'Clock at
night Some of the hardheads were
so large that they bent a deep sea
hsh1ng rod in landing them. The cap
tain Of our boat said he believed in
chanElng positions often; and. of
with him. We had SO many fish we
had to give great many of them
L. r. Perron and Sidney Atlas
piloted a party of fishermen to
Blackistone's Island Thursday and
succeeded In landing about 200 fish.
perron landed a forty pound skate.
While the catch. was large, the
majority Of the fish We're small and
included hardheads. spot, perch and
trout
Fishing ing the day has not
been very good at Chesapeake Beach
but after sundown the anglers have
been, landing good strings Of spot,
hardheads and trout. The best re-
suits. have come between the early
evening hours and midnight. The
southeast winds and choppy water
have brought in some very good fish
But with the diminution of the big
hardheads, it is noted that the best
results, usually are gained in the
smooth waters. 1t is strange how
the salt water fishing shifts with the
changing seasonal conditions While
the catches are not as large as in
the early season, they are satisfying
as 70 number and size The anglers
who take the night boats con tinue
20 exhibit good catches. The fish do
not seem to care for the hot water
of the shadows.
The spots are getting SO big now
that they are being keenly sought
When an angler hops into a boat
and rows himself out into the bay
just Il gunshot distance from the shore
and pulls in twenty-one big hard
heads in a few hours he is going
some. This is just what Reed Bot
tomley did at the beach the other
, evening.