Evening star., 1925-08-09

from this waterway
n:ty have been few and far between,
mall variety
slack line is all he needs to free him
self from the hook. Don't take the
fish out of the water unless it is nee
| essary. BY grasping the leader near
the fish's mouth and gently shaking
it some of them may be gotten off.
If it is necessary to take the fish from
the water to free it, wet both of the
hands before grasping it. Then, as
gently as possible, extract the hook
and let the little fellow go.
Observe this rule yourself. Tel.
others about it. Cooperation will save
many small fish that will grow up
and give some one some real sport
and perhaps will be fortunate enough
to escape the anglers hook and be
one of the big fellows referred to that
you will never forget when landed.
Guests at several fashionable hotels
at Brewster, Mass, were greeted with
an unusual sight one day last week,
when they awoke to find rs black
fish, a species of whale. weighing
from a quarter ton to 8 tons, dying
on the beach. The head of the black
fish contains oil which, when refined.
is used to lubricate delicate ma
chinery.
Varying success marked the reports
of the fishermen this week at Che "a
peake Beach. The best information
came from a number of those who
went out in the boats for the night
fishing, in that the trout were very
much in evidence.
One party of about six or seven went
out in boat and motored in the di-
rection of Plum Point. in the closing
of an ebb tide, reaching deep water
off a bar just about the turn of the
tide No sooner had all gotten ready
/ for the conquest and dropped their
lines overheard than all began to land
| trout, and they were fine ones, at that.
One of the fishermen, a frequent
visitor to the Beach, says that it was
real sport to pull them in and that it
was a reminder of old times. You
can safely say" he remarked, the
trout are running and they are run
ming true to form
Another bit of good news to the
crabbers is that crabs of good size
are headed up the bay from the Nor
folk waters. and that in a very short
time 1t is expected that they will be
more plentiful along Chesapeake Beach.
So far this season there have been
very few caught, WnlCn mas leo 10 all
kind of Surmises as to the real cause
| of the smaliness of the catches. The
report would seem to be very well au-
thenticated by the announcement of
the increase in the catches in Nor
folk waters and also by the reduction
in prices in the markets.
The appearance of the cute little
butterfish that traverse the waters
l.slr he S.i6 Of he Inr MIC of
Chesapeake Beach is always the pre-
cursor of good fishing for the larger
| fish. Many will recall the antics of
the butterfish when they attack and
consume the detestibe sea nettle or
| jelly fish. Just now and for the past
month or more the nettles have been
very annoying to swimmers and
! bathers along the classic shores of
| the Chesapeake. 1t is gratifying to
all to know that there is something
| in the water that finds the nettle
| edible and is ever ready to attack it
| IL given a fair chance.
J A report from Ocean City, Nd.
states that the fishing is fine at that
resort, and that the king fish, one of
the choicest on the market, is plen-
tiful Charles II. Cecil of 3425 Six
| teenth street landed large drum
| fish. Catches of 80 or 40 king fish
| in couple of hours are common
| All Cecil's efforts are confined to SURF
fishing.