Evening star., 1924-07-20

IL seems IndL inc HOtOnac just De-
| low Hams Point is a favorite feeding
ground for rockfish. At this place
the channel of the river flows close
to the north shore, leaving a wide
stretch of shallow water from the
channel to the Virginia shore. Just
| off the channel there are large guam
titles of seagrass and sandy bot
| tom. There also is a muSSel bed
| which offers an attractive place for
the fish to seek food. Anywhere be-
town channel and the wharf of the
steel plant in toward the Virginia
shore is a good place. Just move
about until you get strike.
Fishing in the upriver for the small
mouth bass is reported to be very
good. At Pennyfields, Seneca and
other points along the Potomac local
and Maryland anglers are having ex-
cellent sport for these gamesters.
Both the Shenandoah and Potomac
Rivers were reported clear yesterday.
The fish caught during the past week
weighed from l to 3 pounds.
Recently this column directed at
tention to small stretch OF road in
MARYLAND in such bad condition that
fishermen do not dare-or at least do
not care-to attempt to pass over it
in their machines.
What is the use of having good
nshing grounds if they cannot be
reached by automobile? For the au-
tomobile is the greatest carrying
agent today of anglers. Maryland is
noted for its good roads covering
practically the entire State. but the
residents of Shady Side, West Shady
Side, Felicity Cove, Id1ewilde, Deep
cove, Cedarhurst, Chalk Point and
Back Bay Beach, composed largely of
summer colonists, have been provok ed
TO the limit ard have finally organ
iZed a protective association to try
to better the deplorable condition of
/ a very short piece of road
The Summer coloniSts are aroused
| because they have great difficulty in
reachlng their homes, and the ma
| tlVeS are aroused because they have
not been getting any fishing parties
to house and take out in their boats,
| thus eliminating a source of big
| revenue.
The Protective Association means
to learn how it is possible for a con-
tractor to-render a stretch of road
not more than one-half mile in
| length-impasSable, last fall, and
then abandon all work until the
spring rains made it impossible to
do any work.
| 1t is said that inquiries as to the
condition of this piece of road met
with evasfve replies from state Off
I While the Protective Association
is trying to do something for their
| respective communities, the fisher
men can not fish and the natives get
| no patrons and boarders. Nuf sed.
Edward Fuller of the Auth Provi-
sion Company reports two very sue
cessful fishing trips to Point Look
out. Two weeks ago he caught IS
| trout and Is hardheads and last Sun
day his catch was ~ trout, 10 hard
| heads and 20 spots.
Rock Point continues to draw it's
quota of anglers and all report good
| catches. Last Sunday every boat at
the point was out, and the best part
of 1t was that the fish caught were
nice, big ones. Anglers at this place
can look forward to even better sport
by the end of the month, because
with trout being caught at Point
Lookout, only a comparatively short
distance from Rock Point, especially
so for fish to travel, they should be
up at the point by August 1.
The colony at Tall Timbers reports
good catches. Grabs also are un-
usually numerous there this season,
as is evidenced by the professional
crabbers from st. Georges Island,
who are daily to be seen with their
long crab lines just off The Timbers-
The presidential yacht Mayhower,
with the President and his party
laboard, treated the Timberites last
lSunday to the spectacle of receiving