The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

the best of the daytime angler.
freely during the night than they
heads and rock might easily be II
The biggest fish are invariably
caught at night and especially in
the three classes named above. ASK
any angler experienced in rock
fishing and he will tell you that It
10 useless to angle for big rock. in
salt water, except during the dark
hours when quiet reigns supreme.
A great degree of expertness- in
the handling of rod and reel Is
required in night fishing for one
must control the cast entirely by
the feel Of it.
The beginner will have his trou-
BILE and no doubt will have many
back lashes and lose considerable
tackle until he gets the hang of It.,
but there is some consolation in
knowing that the most expert cast
OTs were at one time novices.
Trout are beginning to make
their appearance and with q full
moon due the coming week,
night anglers should have excel.
lent sport with this muCh.sOught-
after finny tribe.
Several members Of The Wash.
ington Times force and their
friends made Their second pilgrim
age of the season to Chesapeake
Beach last Sunday to participate in
an all-night fishing trip.
Old salts viewing the raging
Chesapeake just before the party
embarked for their nights sport
declared the newspaper anglers
would have poor luck due to the
heavy wind that had been blowing
continuously since the evening be-
fore. Nevertheless the party left
the pier in the highest spirits de-
termined to find out for themselves
1ust what sort Of fishing was to
be had when the bay was at its
worst.
Captain Noah Hazard, under
whose guidance the party had ex.
plicit confidence, decided upon
Herring bay, knowing from expert
ence that it would be impossible
to hold anchor in waters Of thu
Chesapeake.
The smaller body of water was
almost placid, but fish were far
removed. Only one member of
the scale tribe, a hardhead, was
boated during the night, this fall
ing to the lure of Roscoe Leh.
man. Cy BurrisS thought for a
moment he was landing a medal
fish and would carry away the
pool, but the supposed prize win
ner turned cut to be one Of those
tangling round skin fish.
The biggest thrill of the evening
was furnished by some unknown
denizen of the deep, whose form
never reached the surface. when
he carried away a part of Percy
eutton's fishing line. According to
Percy he had the monster started
boatward when there was a sudden
terrific tug on his line and the
fish was on his way. Some said
It was a skate, while others de-
clared 1t to be a big trout. One
of the party made an unkind re-
mark and said 1t was nothing but
a clump of oysters and his hook
was cut off by the sharp shells.
On toward daybreak the captain
suggested a move out into deeper
water. the wind which had been
sweeping down on the outside OF
Herring bay having gradually abat.
cd. The transfer was productive Of
four hardheads, which were taken
In rapid succession.
Four other moves were made be.
fore pulling anchor for final and
fish were taken at each stop. It
was the belief of all on board that
II they could have carried on for
another hour some Of the fishlesS
anglers would have returned with
at least one figure beside their
cipher. AS it was only two fisher
men were "skunked." Their names
are withheld owing to he excellent
showing they made on their first
trip.
Percy Sutton carried off hOnOrs
In both the rOckfish and hard
head classes. The lucky angler
boated the DoOl fish Just before
time was called to make the first
train from the Beach on Monday
morning.
The newspaper piscators and
their friends in attendance were:
Cyril T. Burris, Albert Bamberger,
Elwood F. Cahoon, James A. Glib.
son, Walter Jones. John Hips,
Roscoe Lehman, William H. Mey.
ers, Joseph E. Shelly, Percy p.
Sutton and brother, Donald E.
Whitman, Robert Darby Wilson,
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