Evening star., 1925-07-26


- The writer spent last Friday at Sol
onions Island and is inclined to back
80 the Islanders. First of all the road
= for the 71-mile trip is just as good as
any motorist would want to travel
q over. The way to reach Solomons is
by way of Marlboro to Mount Zion,
then to the right and proceed to
- Prince Frederick. All the motorist
- has to do is to be sure to make the
- turn on the Annapolis pike at Mount
Zion and the rest is easy.
Upon reaching Solomons Island you
= are greeted with a broad eXpanse of
water, which is the PatuXent River.
y 1t has a shelving beach. but drops
very sharply into a depth of 80 feet.
= All along the water front are attrac-
- tive cottages. whose owners~are ready
and willing to cater to the wants Of
all parties, whether they want to fish
or just sit on the front porch.
n Perhaps we were fortunate in select
- ing Abell's Inn as our stopping place
and in choosing Bernice Bowen as our
- boatman. T. F. Abel is the proprie-
tor of the inn, which is a very pretty
place back little off the main road
and away from the noise of a busy
little village. His place is as clean
- and neat as a pin. He also has a fine
= motor boat to take parties to the fish
ing grounds and his charges are rea-
= sonable.
Bernice Bowen, well known TO many
of the local angling fraternity, has
= TWO boats, one accommodating par
ties of six or eight and another a
: boat, a sort of a combination sailing
.. yacht and motor boat for big parties.
Bowen took US out, not on the Pa
= tuxent River where many boats were
to be seen with fishing parties aboard,
hut out into Chesapeake Bay. His first
stop was over an oyster bar, where
last Sunday G. w. Zimmerman landed
-two big drumfish. Meeting with only
fair success at this place, he pulled
: anchor. The second stop was a place
where the hardheads, spot and some
trout were found. Hardly, had our
dimes touched bottom when we com
menced to get strikes and land big
- hardheads. Altogether we caught
over 100 fish which included one big
= trout and five smaller ones. And the
best part of it was that we did not
have to wait any time for our strikes
They came fast and furious. To get
some idea of our success and the ra-
= pidity of the strikes, we landed all our
fish with only one dozen peelers, pur-
: chased right on the island for $500 a
> dozen.
- These thrifty fishermen go out and
= get the crabs and if they fail to locate
= tHenl lneN Senu WOrU TO CTlSEelu IndI
they are coming across the bay for
: their supply. If there is one thing
that the angler likes it is to be able
= 10 locate bait at his fishing grounds
y and not to have to take it with hlm.
Not only do these men get peelers
= for their patrons, but each weel: end
they have a supply of bloodworms.
Rock Point, always a little behind
the other salt water places reporting
- the arrival of the hardheads and other
salt water denizens. has come for
ward with leaps and bounds the past
y week and l might say almost, if not
quite equals Solomons Island.
Last week catches of 100 or more
. fish seemed to be the rule rather than
the exception. Capt. Frank Johnson
last Wednesday took out Col. c. C.
Carter and son from West Point, ".
- Y, and they landed so fish in two
- hours Capt. Charlie Hall last Mon
Z day had S. NJ Greenidge Fl. S. Scales,
- NJ. r. Fisher and A. w. Foster as his
party and they caught 10 trout, 100
- hardheads and 120 spot. On Wednes-
:. day a party consisting of J. A. Gar
Der and four men from Pennsylvania
=. caught IT'S hardheads, spot and trout.
According to these reports, no one
!. viii make a mistake in selecting Rock