Evening star., 1924-05-11

in the water it is too late. An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure.
grounds speak well for the sport to
be anticipated by the angler from
now until fall. Chesapeake Bay is
reported to have more hardheads
than any time during the last twenty
five years. Chesapeake Beach is
catering to large crowds of devotees
of the rod and line. Although the
amusement resort does not open until
May so. trains are being operated
daily on a limited schedule for the
convenience of fishermen, and week
end fishing excursions, which were so
popular last summer, have been re-
sumed. At present, fishing trains
leave the District line daily at 8
am, and $40 pm, returning from
the resort at 6:S5~a-m. and 2:30 pm.
On Sundays. trains leave the Dis
trict line at 10 am. and GAS pm, re-
turning at am. and pm.
A party of Washington anglers re-
port they had excellent luck at Bene-
dict. fishing for hardheads. They
said the river seemed to be full of
these fish and they all got all they
wanted and all they could carry.
Last Sunday at Rock Point num-
Der of boats were out with fishing
parties. There was a strong north
west wind which kicked up quite a
heavy sea, with the result that only
a few hardheads were caught. But
they are in those waters and by the
end of this week should be eager for
some bloodworms or some crabs AS
in past seasons, the boatman at TINS
favorite place will charge s1.5o a
head for four or more persons. ana
any charge over this should be re-
ported either to F. x Stonestreet at
Rock Point or to this column. Better
still. refuse to pay above the rate
mentioned
Fishing in the south River Ell.
day afternoon E. L. McAleer, James
G.. Lord and Edward McAleer, local
anglers, landed twenty-four hard
heads ranging in weight from one
to two pounds. The party left the
city Friday morning and motored
down. and fished on the river Just
below the bridge. 1t was the first
party of fishermen to try their luck
this season and the natives were
much surprised to learn that they
had landed so many fish and OF such
good size. Twenty-four hearheads is
a fairly good catch at any time of
the year and especially so at the
start of the season, This catch sub.
stantiates the earlier reports that
the hardheads are running true TO
form this season.
John HI. Ray of the Center Market
last week was proudly displaying an
eighteen pound rock fish, which ne
brought home from Chesapeake
Beach. He did not say that 1t was
caught on hook and line, but
nevertheless he was just as proud of
1t as if it was his own catch. When
any of his friends came around he
Immediately opened a big ice chest
and said, "just feast your eyes on
that one" It certainly was beauty
and every one who saw 1T said so.
Charlie Biondi, also of Center Mar
ket, decided that Ray was having. too
much fun with his fish so he decided
to have "a little sport himself. When
Ray wasn't looking ne stole the f1sh
from the ice chest and put little
sme9t about five inches long in Its
place. Shortly thereafter along came
some more of Rays friends and he
asked them to step up to the chest
and see his big rockfisb.
When he opened the door he was
dumfounded. He looked all around
and so did his friends. Suddenly one
of them said, "is this your big fish, "
pointing to the smelt that had been
hung in it's place. After much kid
ding, Biondi produced the big rock.