The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26


Perch fishermen will find the
incoming tides far more produc-
tive than those Of the outgoing.
The tides for the coming week are
as follows:
H. T. L. T.
Sunday ....... 1:56p.m. 7.65 am.
Monday ..... ass pm, sos am:
Tuesday ...... S:4S pm. 1000 am.
Wednesday -. 4:S1 pm. 11:05 am.
THURSDAY ba9 pm. 1l:01 am.
Friday ........ 5:54 am. 1888 pm.
Saturday ..... 6:33 am. 1926 PIN.
Saltwater fishing had a little
boost during the week. There was
a report coming from down Rock
Point way that rock fish (pan size)
were running and that quite a few
had been taken via the hook and
line route.
The belated hardheads are be-
ginning to show in nearby waters.
NetInen In the vicinity Of Chesa-
peake Beach had their first luck
Of the season this week when q
large quantity Of the late Corners
were taken in the mash work.
Noah Hazard has promised to
be ut the Beach with his boat to-
night and tomorrow to accom-
mOdate those DESTROYS Of giving
the hardheads try.
The king Of kings or the noblest
Roman of them all, Mr.. Bass. is
going to have more protection dur
ing the coming season from both
our sister States, Maryland and
Virginia. The same old fish laws.
that mean no laws at all, remain
the same in the District.
The new law enacted by Mary
/ land at its last assembly reads az
follows: Senate Bill No. Sc: Pro.
vides for protection Of fresh-water
| fish in all waters Of this State
above tide water and provides they
I may only be taken by hook ami
line at any time: also provides for
closed season on trout between
the first day of July and the first
day Of April; also for a closed sea
son on bass between the first day
Of December and first day Of July.
Previous to this enactment thu
| closed season on bass in the upper
Potomac was from April is t.
| JuAs 1.
Virginia's first uniform laws
can for the stopping Of MI net
fishing for game fish in the
State - wen a. in the Potomac.
This law goes into effect June
10, and reads ~ follows:
Section s2O5. To protect certain
fish In the bays, creeks, inlets and
streams tributary to the Potomac
river. It shall be unlawful to cap.
ture or kill any species of fish
known as black bass, green bass
club, Graphic, calico or strawberry
bass, by means Of any haul seine
drag net, pouch net, or any othey
device hauled from and landed on
the shore, or hauled from any other
place or contrivance and landed on
the shore or elsewhere, in any OF
the bays. creeks, inlets and streams
tributary to the Potomac river, in
the State of Virginia, in tidewater
or above tidewater, or to kill any
OF said species of fish by means OF
explosives, drugs or poisons, at any
time in any of the aforesaid waters
In the old law there was a pro
viso that allowed seine fishing il
certain counties during the white,
months and read as follows:
Provided. however, that in the
counties OF King George and Stat
ford II shall be lawful between De
cember first and March first tt
catch said fish (bass and crappie)
with seine. net, pound or any othe,
device, and to sell and market the
same outside Of the State of Vir
ginia.
That the crOw-shoOting crusade
now being conducted throughout
the country by q powder com.
pany Is the greatest reactiOnary
step In game conservation since
the migratory bird treaty act put
a stop to spring shooting, is the
official opinion Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
as expressed to Congressman John
Jacob Rogers Of Massachusetts in
letter made public on last
Thursday.
Ever since the powder concer.
in question made the first an
announcement of its anti-crow cam
paign and offered prizes to hunter
bagging the largest number .
crows a battle royal has beer
waged over the merits and dc
merits of the crow. Farmers
sportsmen, bird.lovers, and am
munition manufacturers have beeI
exceedingly active in either de
nouncing the crow as pest or de
Tending the bird as q benefacto
of mankind. The United State
Department of Agriculture has nov
come forward with a statement o
It's view Of the matter, as determin
ed by exhaustive investigation an,
experiment.
Control measures directed agains
the crow are sometimes justifiablc
according to the department. speak
ing through the Bureau of Biologi
cal Survey. II Is emphaticall,
stated. however. that there Is I
vast dissimflarity between actuall,