The Washington times., 1923-07-21

expose your fish to the sun. A
gunny sack or bag tied TO the
side of the boat and put overheard
makes an excellent and inexpensive
receptacle.
After the return to shore from
your days sport on the water, re-
move the entrails from the fish and
sprinkle with coarse or table salt.
If this simple method is followed
ice will not be necessary to pre-
serve your catch.
Tides for tomorrow at the salt
water resorts are as follows:
High Tide. Low Tide
Chesapeake Beach 1O:41 am. 4:04 pm.
Annapolis $500. 11:21 am. 5:54 pm.
Solomons Island 1853 am. 2:55 pm.
Benedict 5000. 9:58 am. 400 pm.
Rock Point $50. 1856 am. 1886 pm.
The upper Potomac above tide
water Is very low, but i'm q fish
able condition. The river has
cleared nicely during the week
and the muck that covered q
vast amount of the tideIess water
has almost entirely disappeared
from the rivers surface.
A record for the season was
established last Sunday when John
Hurley, one of Washington's best
known anglers. hooked and landed
a four and one-half pound small
mouthed gamester. The scene of
the battle was at Weverton, Nd,
and the big fellow was lured from
his lair by a pesky mad tom.
The creeks Of the lower Potomac
are in fine condition, but the large
mr. oil v%av.eN - to-
the many different hued artificial
entirely. Don't be alarmed. broth
young yet, to expect the fighters
to strike with any regularity.
The small number of bass that
have been taken, so far this season,
have been of the younger set. the
older members Of the scrapping
tribe being inclined to laziness dur
ing the hot summer months.
A party of four Washington
bassers spent last Sunday at
Aqua Creek, but the best they
could do was fifteen fish. The
bass were all of the small Vari-
ETY. and their freedom was given
them as soon as they were
caught, which all goes to show
that there still remains some
fraternity.
Harry Kendrick, Irving Kend-
rick, Paul Burch, Alfred Wilker-
son and Harry Miller boated
eighty pounds of hardheads at
Shady Side, Md, Sunday. The
fish we're taken on white bait,
namely crabs and shrimp.
Deep Cove, Md, comes to the
front. Doctors Irving Buck, Pot.
ter, and Brasheers boated over 125
hardheads, spot and trout last
Thursday morning in short space
of time. The professionals were
delighted with their catch and con-
template an early return to the
delightful resort.
Doctors Warren Price, Jim Price,
Hawley, J. r. Beller, and Philip G.
Affleck also visited Deep Cove last
week and in less than two hours
time caught sixty-eight hardheads
and spot. On three occasions they
two at a time.
Deep Cove is thirty miles from
the District line on the Annapolis
and Shady Side road. Meals and
accommodations can be had: also
mOtOrbOat hire at SIPS per per-
son.
Reverend Compiler, J. e. Snyder
and J. NJ. Conner paid Shady
Side visit recently to try their
luck at the piscatorial game. Un-
der the guidance of Capt. G. w.
Proctor the party landed a big
string of hardheads and a gunny
sack full of crabs.
Black bass in the vicinity of Lake
Wales. Florida, have become Elk.
ceedingly voracious, according to
Milton Henery, farmer, living near
there, who says that while blowing
some time ago he heard the cries
of a bird and considerable splash.
ing Of water in a lake that consti-
attention revealed that a black
bass had leaped from the water
and grabbed a blackbird sitting on
a reed bent just over the lakes
surface. The bird had been dragged
into the water and was struck ut
by the fish several times before
Henery Waded to it's rescue. The
bird later died and the farmer ex-
hibited it to his friends to substan.
tate his story.
Experimenting stations will be
established at ElExins and in the
Barbour coal regions in West
Virginia, to try to purify the pol
luted waters i'm these localities.
According to the State game and
fish commission, game fish are
being wiped out in large numbers
by pollution from tanneries and
coal mines.
Clayey mari will be used as a
agency and if proved sue
,essful; all plants throughout the
State will be compelled to adopt
his method.
His Limit Is Five.
Chief Bender's. limit on the mound
or Baltimore is said to be five in
lings which makes him eligible for
he Washington Griffmen.