The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-24

we'll deserves the name Of fighter.
Il The rock reaches enormous size.
The Bureau of Fisheries have a
record Of $4,000 pounds. being land
ed in one haul on May 6, 1896.
Among them were about 600 fish
that averaged sixty pounds each,
and several that weighed los. The
roS of one fish weighed forty-four
pounds.
Doctor Henshall saw one weighed
In Baltimore which tipped the
beams at more than 100 pounds.
One taken at Cutyhunk weighed
1O4 pounds, and Doctor Goode re-
cords an example caught at Or
leans which weighed 112 pounds
and which must have been six
feet long. The largest striped
bass. on record weighed 125 pounds
and was taken at Edenton, N. G.
* It was only last week that one
Of our local fish dealersl'1ad on
display the largest rOckfish ever
seen in this city. The fish
, weighed seventy-five pounds.
When big one is hooked, look
out, for a scrap to the finish can
be expected, for he never gives up
until every ounce of strength has
been spent.
:, It is only the experienced or
boys Of the old school that are sue
cessful in landing the monster
ones and they attribute all their
good work to the motto, Don't
get excited"
Such famous local anglers as
Messrs. Joe Fletcher, Charles
Fletcher, Wheeler, Perron, Ruddi-
man. Hurley, Mac Sparrough,
Craig. Bennett, Mrs. Halsey lady
OF the Lake., and others whose
names I cannot just recall, can be
seen most any morning, at the
break Of day during the height of
the season anxiously awaiting. a
strike from one Of the big
&C. On ono occasion Charles
Fletcher and Sid Held departed,
made . catch of nine rock, the
smallest weighing eleven pounds
and the largest twenty.nfne
pounds. A. III. Sahdala, now
living In New York, one morn.
Ing landed seven fish, the small
est weighing eleven pounds and
the largest Twenty-Five pounds.
The best fishing grounds are to
% found from the steel plant to
the Little Falls. The vast major-
~ Of the big fellows are taken In
the broken waters Of the upper
river, near the Chain bridge.
Famous fishing spots that have
q grip on the regulars" are Mid.
die Rock Two Stays, Swish Eddy,
Big Eddy. Turkey Foot, Sunken
ROCK Tim White, Hidden Rock.
The snaall-size rock at tfmes
travel In big schools ana can be
eaen Tipping" out Of water late
IN the evening.
An observer described some az
the breeding habits Of the fish.
60 the effect that when q female
was In spawning condition, the
males gathered about her. In
great numbers. 50, d, ~
A. Angle 1emale which might
y4,gh from 5 to 50 pounds would
have around her 20. so, or so small
male fish, all Of which weighed
less than . pounds each, and they
seemed to be the only males pres.
emit. The water was stated to be
discolored with blood from the fish
Inning" one another while con.
tending for the female.
The rate OF growth IL very rapiJ,
Young fish an inch long found in
the. Delaware river In the second
week Of June, about the middle Of
October were observed to have
grown to the length of Az inches.
Young fish to 9 inches in length.
which are taken in quantities IN
the Potomac in the spring, are sun.
posed to be the young OF the pre-
viouD year.
Tho striped bass has: been kent
m q small pond OF fresh water
ana led upon crabs and oysters.
increasing In about II months
rom T. inches to 20 inches IN
length. It Is stated that in a
Rhode Island pond q bass weigh.
lng, ~ to l pound in June, increas-
ga to a weight Of 6 pounds in the
following October.
a sturgeon, ten feet long and
weighing 325 pounds, was caught
OH ocean View, Va, this week.
Fishermen have known that : a
huge: fish was ON q rampage in
thei.bay for the past week as
dozens Of pound nets had been
destroyed by it. The fish. the
biggest Of its kind reported here
In several years, brought its can
tors nearly 500.
Doctor Lon Thompson and Mr..
Landon Turner returned from
Wachapreague, Vas last Monday
afteEsa most successful fishing trip
that Slasted five, days. ! Their best
days luck was 200 sea trout that
ran from four and one.half to ten
ana three-quarter pounds.
DR.. Thompson, who by the. way.
y an expert surf caster, had a
chance to try his hand at the big
fellows while on the trip. The
doctor beached two black drums
that weighed thirty,eight and TWEEN.
ty.two pounds each and channel
bass that registered twenty.seven
pounds. These three fish were
landed on a nlne-thread surf line.
Channel bass stay in and around
Ne waters Of Wachapreague until