The Washington times., 1924-06-07

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delay in arriving on schedule time
dition of the water, but the Potion
very little current to annoy the
most any desired spot below Chair
The upper river in the neighbol
best fishing grounds so far durin
and even larger have been taken
the famous landmark in goodly
caught above Chain Bridge. Thi
caring to combat the swift water,
. rowboat, at the present writing,
Encouraging reports have. come
from anglers fishing below the rail-
road bridge. Paul Barstow and Ed
Davis tried the grounds last Sun
day and were rewarded with nice
catch of pan-sized, fish.
honey Hurdle, fishing in the
vicinity of RED Buoy" also cap
tured his share Sunday. Some Of
his fish weighed !. around four
pounds.
Gene Hurd leads the field for big.
ness so far. Last Monday, fishing
in the ''Parlor," he landed three
fish, the largest running five
pounds. The fish were taken on
herring g1lls.
The Viegner Brothers. pisca-
tOriIy known as Sam and Abe,
have been on the river several
mornings during the week, but
their best efforts have been
something around three pounds.
Thursday afternoon / was in
conversation with r. f. Orme. of
222 Bates street northwest, and he
told of his success with the stripers
during the day. Evidence of his
catch was on his stringer for he
exhibited ten fish that ranged from
three-Quarters to three pounds. The
fish were taken in the "Parlor,' on
bloodworms, in less than four
hours fishing.
Since the opening of the Districts
game fish season any quantity of
crappie have been caught. Small
minnows are the desired bait and
may be procured at Reynolds boat
house, foot of Thirty fourth street,
and Turbey Brothers, just above
Arlington Beach, at the south end
of the Highway bridge.
Large numbers Of the gamey
brethren have been taken from
Graphic eddy, above Chain bridge
on the District side of the Potomac
and at Hams Point, extreme end
Of the Speedway.
F. X. Stonestreet, OF Rock
Point, writes that harGIheads are
plentiful and fishermen are hav-
Ing their best sport Of the sea
son. This is indeed encouraging
news for last week fishing was
Hto,suy vAa0u - kIn~ DninNk 0rnG
lers were lucky to land single
fish.
The third annual fishing trip Of
the employees of The Washington
Times and Herald will be held to.
morrow at Rock Point. It is ex-
pected that fully 100 newspaper
men will attend this year. Valu-
able prizes are offered anglers
landing the largest fish.
Avery Marks, Jr., editor-in-chief
of The Washington Times, will
blaze the trail in the pilot car,
which is to get under way when
the big presses stop rolling on their
Sunday morning edition.
M. E. Weeks, Joe Kelly and
George Grantlam, of the Acme
Auto Top Co, landed, in round fig
at Rock Point. This is considered
the seasons best catch at the fish
ing village. =,
G. Logan Payne, publisher Of |
The Washington Times, accom-.
panied by several New York
newspaper executives, proved to
natives of Benedict that they
were 100 per cent anglers. Under
the guidance Of Captain Messing
they landed over forty choice
hardheads.
Anglers visiting Chesapeake
Beach have been rewarded with big
catches of hardheads during the
week. Herring bay anglers have
Jared better than those visiting the
Plum point district. Captains Haz.
ard and Phipps both say this is
due to better feeding grounds at
this season of the year.
Messrs. Adam Grinder, r. d.
Simonds, Mossburg and Schaffer
were at West river on Sunday and
motor boated to Kent island, across
the bay. They boated some fifty
odd hardheadS during the course
OF the day. Their largest fish
was a three.pounder.
Pike,, rock and perch fishing is
reported very good in the vicinity
OF Herald Harbor. Last Saturday
one angler landed five.pound pike
and a two.pound rock in Little
Round bay.
The finest fishing along the
coast Is now being enjoyed I'm
and around Wachapreague, va.
Several Washington parties Wis.
Tied the fishing village last week
and made big, catches Of weak.
fish or sea trout. The fish
weighed between three and ten
pounds.
H. B. Brown, Of this city, who is
spending the season at the ocean
hamlet trying to regain his health. |
says: Surf and deep sea fishing
are now at their best and anglers
Will make no mistake in selecting
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