Evening star., 1925-07-19

Another report says that plenty of
pan rock are being caught in the Po-
Iomac off Fort Hunt, located on the
Virginia side of the river just above
Mount Vernon. And still another re-
port says that a lot of these fish are
being caught off the Steel Plant.
Atlas Brothers have just received
from the printers their 1925 book for
the "outdoorsman." This book con-
tains much valuable information for
the angler, and map showing the
many fishing places on Chesapeake
Bay, the PatuXent and Potomac
Rivers. 1t also gives the names OF
boatmen at the various f1shing
grounds and the distance by automo-
bile, together with the proper bats
to use. They may be obtained at the
Atlas store.
The book also gives the rules gov
erning the fishing contest and the
prizes offered by this we'll known
sporting goods house. The contest
closes December ! and the prizes are:
Small mouth bass. Shakespeare level
winding reel: large mouth, Richard
son steel rod: striped bass or rock
nSh, 0eep sea reel, anu IOI SetIl water
trout, deep sea rod.
The fish must be caught with rod,
reel and line, or hand line, with arti-
ficial bait, spoon spinners or flies, in
their respective season, weighed in at
the store with satisfactory proof OF
the catch, not later than As hours
after being caught. The heaviest fish
TO count, and no two prizes are to be
awarded to the same person. Fish
linnS t1..lIl *
or snagged cannot be entered,
1t is very gratifying to see printed
in the New York ald-Tribune the
following,-vhi shows that-the move
ment against the pollution of water
is fast gaining momentum:
THE majority of practical anglers.
SO far as known, have Joined heartily
in the crusade against pollution of
waters, as it has been demonstrated
that the poisonous substance poured
into rivers and lakes resulted in kill
ing many fish, in addition to the other
damage done by such practice. 1t Is
surprising therefore, to flnd an occa-
sional fisher who will proclaim that
the cry of pollution is pure bunk.
There should be unity of action on
the part of anglers to aid in prevent
ing pollution of fishing waters, and
the few fishers believing that there Is
no foundation for the statements made
by scientists and investigators as to
the pernicious practice and It's bad re
suits should make a careful study of
the subject before rushing into print
as skeptics and scoffers.
This week is the time when the
trout are expected to make their ap-
pearance at the saltwater fishing
grounds, but. as predicted, following
the catching of so many Norfolk spot,
the trout already have arrived. The
trout or weakfish, so called because
of their tender mouth. usually put in
their appearance between July Is and
20 and leave when the cold weather
sets in.
But this season they arrived ahead
of schedule, and already some good
catches have been reported. Last
Sunday, fishing at Piney Point, a
party caught about $50 of these game
fish. True, none of them were big
ones, but they ranged from l to 2
pounds. Other reports have come in
that good catches have been made in
Chesapeake Bay.
Ollie Atlas reports that onJuly he
escorted a party to Galesville, located
on the Bay and. under the guidance
of Capt GrinSr, the boatnan at that