The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-23

&iYgt0 some creek or c0Ves where
Ikhe grasses are thickest. he will
| NJ found hi home always ready e
/ I've battle. The winter months
always IDEAL for the scrapper
In seleorn fished for during the
Tic Inner period for his value az q
i sur fish III below par the meat
LooeAa fong and coarse.
0eiHe are caught throughout the
months and make b fine
tWeiye the table their flesh being
I - loI Zee irons 50 many trouble
some bones history &c our cells was
Ine NE yusse and nobody q
Ianypody nnsn 1893. when Doc.
i know teaEe Up nanish zoologfst
tor & - nInl0t, zee ea9 research.
aTs the GELS
A.getaE SeLlia ater when
i they r6~eh ma email
across the Ali 9slll
area 81 fhe nSe no.
miles south Fst. 81 5isLy es,avss,s
i IisIl cl1annf af u s,n.,g ..esS
and from aee tllk - 1880
begin s. journey I'D the - ss1Fss#
waters Of Europe Waafch ,iisI,
them three years 70 aeeon
4 III z
To the same breeding gr VI,
comes d variety Of American 81
whose young make their way
1.-THE inland waters Of the unitak
States and Canada. The adiilf
cells having spawned. never leave
1.-The sea.
Doctor schmidt found that the
further he sailed sou Invest from
England the smaller the young cells
became. They were also increas-
ing1y numerous. He found the
lspawning beds about 1000 feet be-
low the surface.
| The eggs are laid Ia spring and
early summer the larvae. as they
grow during the first summer,
4 slowly move up toward the surface.
Al year later they are in nid-At-
lantic and the summer after that
they are off the coasts Of Europe
For ten months f0Icwing this
third summer the larvae, now
grown to The elvers. take no food
at all. They live on their int
and pe-sistently make their way
up the river. All this time they
I are undergoing . physical change
which adapts them Tor fresh
water life.
This process Ii q wonderful IN
stance Of life forces which irnpel
the eel. fish which we regard as
a sluggard, to an extraordinary
expenditure Of energy for the re-
production Of its kind.
But perhaps the most remarkable
feature of the cells life history is
he certain instinct which starts
the European eel toward the con;
sinent of his inheritance and which
impe1s the American eel no less
unerringly In the direction of his.
Doctor Schmidt has sometimes
scooped up larvae Of the two
species in the same net.
Should that impulse be disobeyed
the young eel would perish. If the
European larvae turned toward this
coast, with more than lnree years
of organic development still before
It, it would reach the river mouths
before that development was COM
plete.
The majority Of local fisher
men never wet their lines until
the report reaches them that
the white perch have Starfed to
run and that Is generally the last
week I'm March. From hen on
until the middle Of May the river
is dotted with bOats rom the
Aqueduct to the Chain bridge.
Many fine catches are made and
It is nothing unusual to see fish.
ing parties with large numbers OF
i t. 4eIa f1Ae,k
swims in the Potomac that is more
eagerly sought for the table in the
I spring than this early arrival.
The most ferocious fish for his
size, the yellow perch, has many
admirers among the fishing frater
j nifty, and they are of the opinion
that this finny tribe should os
classed with the game fish and
afforded the same protection. This
| sharp filmed fish Is at his best
during the summer and fall and is
considered on par with the bass
as a food value.
The crappie. although not attain.
ing large proper ions. will, give the
angler a pluckv fight when hooked
and deserves the class distinction
given him that of game fish He
may be fished ten months out of
| during he spawning season. April
and May. Like the meat of all
| game fish there Is a twang that
1rst suits the palate.
TIE plymouth bass is always
ready to rive the angler a fight
to q finish ard i'm return should
receive fair play.
Peturn him to the wafer If he
does not measure Up to the stand
ard, nine inches. and stay away
from his haun-s during April and
May or you may have to do Tor
! # explaining TO the court. Hrs
hunting grounds are from the
little Falls down to where the
no+omac turns SAL.
MrFets are carcht In the earlv
wiring. this being the on'v time
- the year that the round-mouth
'erlrw takes the hook. He makes
very. tasty dish for the Lenten
| .eo son
Now for the king of kings. the
H~hting snall-mouth black bass.
Lnnwn wherever the En"l'sh Ian
~uage is snoken for his ganeness
YOU will find him at his best in
tNe broken waters of the uDner
1ntomac. that is 70 saw. from Lite
= alls upf to the heafs waters.sya IT,
You have outwitt ed hiIns with YOUR
lure and have had j success ~