Evening star., 1925-10-11

partment OF Commerce whereby the
bureau would assist the league In
draining the lake and restocking 1,
with more desirable species of fsh
Under this agreement the lake would
be protected and fishing prohibited
Some time during October Of each
year the lake would be drained and
the young fish removed and distrib-
uted to other waters In the city
reservoir system.
Norfolk has taken the lead as q
municipality, and due to the fact thai
the waters in the southeastern part oi
the State OF Virginia are so well suit
ed to the production Of bass. 1t is very
probable that half million young
| fish would be produced in Lake Tavlol
each year after two years work.
The screening of the Tidal Basin viii
! in many respects eclipse the Norfoll
plan. since about twice the water ares
Is involved. AS a natural spawning
ground for bass, crappie and sunfish
the basin is ideal and cannot be sur
passed. Since the bass nests will b.
protected from the ravages Of tn,
carp, it is believed that the result.
from this natural fish hatchery will
be very gratifying to the local anglers
Anglers Have Good Sport.
Despite a bad day for anglers las
Sunday, the Potomac Anglers Asso
citation managed to have fairly goot
sport before the high wind made tn,
bay an uncomfortable place for thos.
who are inclined to get seasick. Will,
no real big fish were landed, the ma
jority Of those on the outing man
aged to bring home enough for their
own personal consumption and to give
few awav to friends
The Evening Stars prize Of SIC
was awarded to, Mrs. r. D. Barstnw
for the largest trout caught by any
of the fair members Of the excursion
Her fish weighed / pound and z
ounces.
| The Washington Times prize O,
$40 for the largest trout caught by
any male member of the outing wa.
won by J. B. Thompson, whose fish
weighed pounds and 4 ounces. Ht
also was awarded q complete sal
| water outfit donated by the Nationa
Military and Sport Shop.
The second prize for women, 6
Wolverine reel. donated by The Vim
, was captured by Mrs. Dickerson, hei
fish weighing ! pound.
The second prize for men for tn,
second largest trout was won by
w. B. Bailey, who landed one weigh
ing 2 pounds and ounces. He was
given a Mohawk reel donated by the
Sport Mart.
The prize for the third larges,
trout consisted of silk line donated
by Garrens was won by E. C. Bars
tow with a fish weighing pounds
and ounces.
Mrs. Dickerson also was awarded
the prize for the largest taylor
caught and was awarded a rod do
| mated by Jerry's Sport Shop.
The rockfish were not running yer,
large and Joe Hunter took first prize
for the first in this class with one
Weighing IL ounces. His prize con
sisted of SIS worth of fishing tackle
donated by Walford.
The next largest rockf1sh was land
ed by William H. Barstow and hi
was awarded steel rod donated By
the Atlas Sporting Goods Store.
The first prize for the larges,
hardhead, refrigerator basket, do
| mated by the w. F. ROBBERS Co., was
won by S. Barnett with q 14-ounce
| fish.
A prize Of a bait bucket, donated
by French, was awarded to H. Fer
ris with catch Of one weighing /:
ounces.
In the founder class q bounce fist
carried of the prize and was won by
N. NJ. Elliott and entitled him to 8
membership in the Potomac Anglers
Association for one year