Evening star., 1924-11-09

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To all appearances the day was
going to be ideal for the angler. but
Capt Trott, who piloted the party
when some one asked him If he did
not think it was going to be a great
day for the sport, replied. I'm afraid
that we are going to have rough
weather. At the time he made this
remark there was only slight
breeze from the southwest and not
a cloud in the sky.
Capt. Trott set course for Thomas
Point Light, all the time watching
the water to see if any of the rock
fish were breaking, or trying to To-
cate the sea gulls dipping into the
water, which is a sure sign that the
fish are about. A little distance the
other side Of the light he saw,
through his glasses. flock of these
gulls and Immediately changed his
course in that direction.
Apparently a Good Place.
When the boat got within 100
yards of the gulls all. lines were cast
into the water and allowed to run
out about $50 feet, and soon the
strikes commenced, but after several
of the small pan rock were landed the
captain decided that itNwaS school
of small fish only, and told every
body to reel in.
Now this "reeling in" is SOME task
| when you take into consideration
the fact that the boat is running
slowly and that you have four or
five 5-ounce sinkers, a wire leader
several feet long and artificial bait
known as the Huntington drone
When the lines were in the boat,
after q consultation with the captain
| who from time to time was keeping
| his weather eye open, not especially
| liking the strong puffs of wind that
caused the water to roll in long
swells, his boat was headed across
the bay to Bloody Point Light. On
the way across the captain told of
the big fish, weighing anywhere from
10 to Is pounds that had been caught
there during Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of that week. Naturally all
, were keyed up to a high pitch of ex-
citement in anticipation of strike
from one of the big fellows
Upon reaching the fishing grounds
just south of the lighthouse. the
motor was cut down and all hands
soon had their lines in the water
again. The fishing now was in very
deep water, ranging from 40 feet to
places where the depth was said to
be about 80 feet. For four hours the
four lines swept the bay, occasionally
touching bottom, as the boat passed
| over the banks of the channel, but
the fish just simply refused to strike
Capt. Trott's boat soon was Joined by
! others who seemed to follow his lead.
but there were no lucky fishermen that
day and no big fish were caught.
After the party had been fishing off
Bloody Point Light for several hours,
the wind changed to the southeast
and again kicked up a choppy sea,
but as the captain did not seem to
be worried, the rest of the party paid
little or no attention to it, except to
be very careful in changing their po-
sitions and walking about the boat,
because at times the craft was on
anything but an even keel
There is an old saying, IF at first
you don't succeed, try, try again."
Well, no party of anglers ever tried
|, harder to get strike than the party
of four who> went out last Sunday
morning, so eager and so confident of
landing one or more of the big ones
that bet was made on the biggest
| fish caught.
Prove Their Perseverance,.
| The try, try again plan was used
after another long motor ride up the
bay until the boat was stopped or
slowed down right opposite the wire
less towers at the Naval Academy,
and this time even the captain said
he felt sure some one would get a
strike. But again all efforts were in
vain.i Suddenly the captain ordered
all lines to be "reeled in," but this
| time he did not wait for this to be
| accomplished, and gave his motor all
the gas she would take almost as
soon as he gave his order, and in 10
minutes the cause for his hasty ac-
tion was evident. Without any warm
ing the wind, with a velocity of at
least 35 miles an hour, struck the
bay. and anybody familiar with the
waters of Chesapeake well knows it
is very uncomfortable and sometimes
not safe.
When the boat reached the vicinity
of Annapolis harbor the captain look
ed like a man who had two or three
buckets of water thrown over him.
He said: Now you fellows perhaps
remember what said when We start
ed out this morning about having a