Evening star., 1925-08-16

Last week these captains reported
great luck, and one day, despite ad-
verse weather conditions, wind and
rain, still were able to locate the fish
"a trout, all weighing 2 pounds or
over; hardheads, % perch and l
rockfish weighing pounds. All
these fish were caught in one and
onehalf hours time. Those in the
party were Bill Fenton, Mike Lycette,
Ed Rome and Joseph Wesley.
Last Sunday Ben Manifolds party
caught rs perch, So trout, 81 hard
heads. Is rock and 200 perch. and
party which landed SO perch. 62 trout,
81 hardheads, 23 spots and rs rock
fish
d. Randall, captain of another boat,
located at Herring Bay, had out a
party that returned with 100 perch.
rs trout. 80 hardheads, 25 spot and
20 rock
Bernice Bowen, we'll known captain
at Solomons Island, reports that on
August he had as his party DIR. L.
NJ. Hyson, DR.. w. E. Philes, John w.
Fenton. jr, and William keenan,
They brought home with them 1876
perch, "a trout, IA hafdheads and 3
spot.
Others, however, report that they
had no luck last Sunday. The writer
had the same experience fishing at
Rock Point. With party of four he
spent the early morning hours on the
Wicomico and then out in the Po-
tomac with no returns for his efforts,
and finally gave up In disgust.
Just TO show you can never tell
when they will start to bite, later in
the day, about o'clock In the eve
ming, he happened to be at Stone
streets when a party of three men
and two women returned with string
Of IS or 80 nice ones, including rock.
hardheads, King William and white
perch.
Stonestreet reports that the rock
fish are there. but that the boatman
must know where to locate them. He
says that three captains who live
across the Wicomico in ST. Marys
County just slew rockfish last Sunday
Any one desiring to obtain their
services for a days outing should get
In communication with F. X. Stone
street. Rock Point. Md, the day be-
fore their contemplated outing, and he
VIII have boatmen come across the
river to take them out
A reader writes in to know the sea-
sons for fishing with hook and lire,
conditions as to size and varieties in
the District, Virginia and MARYLAND,
and also If a fish license is required
and, II so, where same can be obtained
and at what price.
For his information and those who
did not get these data earlier in the
season the following Is again printed:
The fishing season in the Dis
trict of Columbia for small and
big mouth bass and crappie opens
May 80 and closes the first day of
April, following. No license is re-
quired to fish in District waters
The Virginia fishing laws per-
NIT angling for game fish, namely,
black bass, large or small mouth,
on the 18th day of June and the
season closes on the first" day of
January. The members of the
trout family can be caught from
April 1 to July /. The law states
it shall be unlawful for any person
TO retain any black bass of less
than 8 inches in length, or any
brook trout or mountain trout or
rainbow trout OF less than 5
inches in length. The measure
ments of fish shall be from the
end of nose to center form of tail.
A license must be obtained to
fish in Virginia waters in any
stream where the tide does not ebb
and flow. These licenses cost $3.50
and can be obtained in Washing.
ton from the Atlas Sporting Goods
store or the National Military and