Evening star., 1924-09-21

for the followers of the rod and reel
However. now that the water
scarcity OF bait, both mad toms and
From now until the weather gets
too cold for the majority of local
anglers scores of fishermen will be
seen matching their skill with the
willy members of the bass family
around the Tidal Basin, along the
sea wall, in the Georgetown channel
and the Little River. The bass are
there and need only a little enticing
to take either a fly or live bait.
Fishing in the Little River last
Thursday, Norman Mock landed a
3-pound big mouth bass and several
smaller ones. He used suelt as bait
and said the cooler weather made
them very frisky.
Up-river anglers who fish in the
vicinity of Seneca will be interested
to learn that a new inn recently has
been completed. Fourteen rooms are
available and every detail for the
comfort and convenience of the angler
has been provided. Not only can
boats and bait be obtained, but a
motor boat can be hired. This place
is only about 25 miles from Washing
ton and can be reached over excel
lent roads from Washington to Darns-
town. which is just 1 mile from Seneca.
Special chicken dinners are served
for s1.50 and board by the day is So.
now that the tongers have started
work the fish will be attracted to
these beds for their food. Therefore,
when fishing at this time of the year
try to get your boat anchored over an
oyster bed.
Last Sunday reports from salt fish
ing grounds were not so good, per-
haps because of the strong northeast
winds that had been blowing for sew
eral days. This held true all along
the Chesapeake Bay and in the lower
Potomac. But as the week wore on
the reports changed and some good
catches were announced.
One of the successful parties early
in the week was led by Ollie Atlas,
who piloted Col. Pierce and r. Rome
to West River. They fished out by
No. 81 buoy and landed IS trout, the
largest weighing 4 1-3 pounds. -Four
small bluefish also were caught.
l.. Whitmire, fishing in Herring Bay
last week, landed five trout, the
largest weighing pounds. He also
caught one blueffsh weighing 2H
pounds.
Last Sunday at Rock Point it SEEM
ed that every boat for miles around
was out around No. s buoy. Perhaps
it was the appearance of so many
boats or perhaps it was the winds of
the previous day, but, be that as it
may, the trout were not active, and
only a mparatively few were
hooked. The majority of those fish
3r;r Of
perch and spot.
The hotel at Rock Point now is
serving oyster roasts, new steam
ing plant having been installed. The
first organization to take advantage
of this opportunity at the Point is
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. employees, who will visit
the Point this week $50 strong.
The road from La Plata to the point
has been oiled during the Summer,
and what was at one time the most
disagreeable part of the trip, on ac-
count of the dust, has been turned
into the most enjoyable-no dust and
a good solid, even road. But motor
lists are warned not to take advantage
of this good stretch of about % miles
to speed, because last Sunday four
motor cycle policemen were patrolling
the road from T. B. down, and ar
rests were numerous. The speed limit
is 35 miles an hour between towns.
The French Sporting Goods Co.'S
excursion last Sunday to Chesapeake
Beach brought out good size crowd.
, While there were no record breakers
landed by the anglers, all boats re-
turned with plenty of fish. The prize
winners were R. S. Akers, George
TAYLOR and Mrs A. C. Harris.
Cheasapeake Beach.
The tides were unusually high last
week. In consequence there has
been remarkably fine catches of rock
fish and trout close in, and there also
have been some very fine specimens of
King William perch caught High
winds have prevailed during the
nights also, coming from all quar-
tiers, but the strong breezes from the
southeast and southwest even stirred up
ethe founders to welcomed activity,