Evening star., 1924-08-03

Friday morning a fisherman entered
one of the local sporting goods stores
and exhibited a three -and a half
pound rock that he had Tended a short
time before. He would not give his
name, but he said he was using blood
worms as bait.
The usual good reports have come
in from salt water fishing grounds.
Some good catches of hardheads still
are reported, but this variety has
commenced to Wend his way to his fall
and winter quarters, situated some
where in the Gulf stream. However,
the majority of those hooked are big
ones, one fisherman reporting that he
landed one that weighed close to
three and one-half pounds
To compensate for the falling off
In the large number of hardheads
that furnished such good sport for
the angler from the first of the fish
ing season, the trout have commenced
10 make their appearance. These fish
are reported to be at all the salt
water grounds, but not in goodly
numbers as yet. Almost every fishing
party returns with one or more trout
in its catch, and by the 18th of the
month until late in October they will
furnish excellent sport for the salt
water angler.
A party of dyed-in-the-wool ang-
lers, consisting of Dick Brown, Frank
ugherty. Emory Webb, Charlie
Wolf, John Baum, Mike Lycett and
Big Bill' Fenton, motored to Chesa-
peake Beach last Tuesday and fished
from 10 pm to am. They went out
IN motor boat and fished in Herring
Bay on Long Bar. They reported a
satisfy all appetites in the morning,
Jonn Baum is reported to have car
NED of the honors of the evening
catching the largest number of fish
and also the longest, an eel measur-
ing over three feet The rest of the
hsh landed were the well known
hardhead and trout variety, with a
Few King William perch thrown in.
DR.. J. Frank Wallis, writing in from
chesapeake Beach. says there is fine
tshtng from rowboat. He saws he
went out with Robert Ferguson re-.
Gently and caught As hardheads and
a dozen trout. The best fishing he
says, is about a mile out, midway
between the old and new pier. ana,
the best time is from $3.50 to pm.
o William Wallace Of the telephone
company, accompanied by his wife.
paid visit last week t. Pop NichoI,
son at Rock Point There he met
Howard Daniels, also of this CITY. and
went on fishing party. ALI they had
was shrimp as bait, but Pop evil
IDENTIFY knew where the fish liked this
diet. and before long they had is
hardheads weighing about one and
one-haf pounds and three good sized
trout, some large white perch and a
King William. They declared it was
the best fishing party they ever had.
Fishing I'm the outside waters at
Chesapeake Beach the past week has
been up to the average. Capt Haz-
zard, whose authority on bay fishing
has rarely been questioned, is OF the
opinion that the best returns from
the night trips can be safely expected
by his many regular patrons begin
ming along, the middle of this month.
He says that with the advent of the
harvest moon this last week and
cooler nights the trout begin greater
other fish, although the hardheads are
species in the trend of the fishing
season.
The outstanding feature of the fish
ing ventures the past week has been
the number and quality of the big
spots that have fell to the lot of
most of those in the boats and on the
pier. Just now the big Norfolk spots
are very much in evidence
A baker Of bread by night and a
breeder of fish by day are the odd
titles of Louis Beldt of st. Louis, Mo-,
whose vocation takes him to the bake
ovens at am. each day, and whose
avocation has resulted in his recogni-
ton as an authority on fish culture
and in possessing one of the finest
privately owned collections of rare
and tropical fishes in the country.
Fish fanciers and visitors from all
parts of the country file through
Beldt's home-built aquarium, in which
he has over SO varieties from foreign
tropical waters, to see his collection
and to ask his advice on fish culture.
Beldt says that most people who
begin keeping fish~as a hobby believe
that the water should be changed fire.
false. The watar IN, an .anuax1um