The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-24


of the opinion that they performed
double purpose, for the crabs
were favored to a queens taste.
oysters, such as only come from
the waters of the Chesapeake, were
there by the bushels, awaiting their
turn to be either roasted, steamed
or eaten raw. Everyone was pro-
vided with a knife and it was not
long before shells began to pile
nigh, in fact, some Of the shuckers
were obliged to wade out OF their
1mpties.
And now for the crab soup. The
hostess may have served up better
soup at previous occasions, but the
writer doubts it very much. d. "A.
Ferris, big of statue, soon Tell INTO
the soup habit and between boWIs
was heard to exclaiTn, the more
you eat, the better it tastes and
the more you want.
Ferris was not alone in his
statement, for indeed some OF the
other pistcatOrial artists had TO
be literally pulled away from the
festive board to make up flsn-
ing party that was scheduled 70
leave at 2 o'clock to catch the
turn in the tide.
captain Noah Hazard personally
conducted the, anglers on their flsn.
ing trip and carried them out OF
West river down to within eyeshot
Of Herring bay, considered the best
feeding grounds between Plum point
and Annapolis. The party, Whlch
found fishing much to their liking,
included H. A. Ferris, Percy sui
ton, George Brandt, Walter Jones:
Mat Yerger, H. I. Medic, roo
Sloan, John s. Cole and the writer.
Ferris was the first angler TO
land a worthwhile fish Wnen Ine
boat settled at it's fishing point,
although he was beaten to the
barrier by almost every piscator
aboard with either spots or King
William perch, which, by the way
are about to say farewell to near
bv waters until next season. his
initial offense was hardhead OF
one and a half pounds weight anu
Il looked for while as though ne
would carry off. both honor ana
money with his timely offering. But
II onIy proved to be an incentive
tn the other pool fishermen Tor
no less than three of his com
netitors cast out and landed 1lsn
above the two-pound mark.
When the afternoons catch was
taken aboard and the party started
shoreward it was found. after the
balancing scales were pressed 1n1o
use, that Percy Sutton was the
blue ribbon winner with trout
going three pounds. Ferris tlleo q
protest, claiming that the scales
were all wrong and that II was
have
bananas. Captain Noah acted as
,,rnnire and threw out the protest,
dacia ring that the thinner he sliced
the evidence it was nothing put
bologna.
IN our way into West river
we encountered two other 1lShlns
crafts loaded with Wind-beaten
anglers We gave them the old
familiar ship ahOy and was not
at All surprised to find that their
days catch was out OF the or
binary.
The first boat contained ONE
Atlas, his wife and party OF
friends. They were unusualiy SUI
cessful, some of their fish measur-
ing upward to two feet. captain
Robert E. Lee, of Shadysloe' was
in charge of the craft and SAID
if was the best days fishing. seen
this fall.
Max Sparrough, George Mossburg,
r Cl1rley and Adams Grinder We're
of the second boat ana
unon inquiry we found that the
quartet had taken during the DAY
a. big basket of large-sized trout
and hardheads. Trolling was tried
at brief intervals, but the anglers
that few fish, except pan
sized rock, were surface feeding.
A rousing vote of thanks was
given the Hazard family before de-
narture that would rival some or
our best college cheering sections:
The head of the family blushed
like his young daughters and was
heard to say among the roar Oh
departing automobiles to come again
when the ducks fly low !
r. d. BarstOw and his son,
Paul. were occupants of the. long
pier at Chesapeake Beach over
Saturday night. Hardheads were
running i'm spring-time fashion
and the two anglers departed
early Sunday morning with fifty /
pounds of fish food.
Bluefish or tailors have departed
for the season and lit won't be
long now" before Norfolk spots
and King William perch will fol.
low in their wake. Trout will
next make their departure closely
by the ever-boarinS hard
heads. Monster rockfish have yet
10 show. Their coming is usually
about November>A and their leaving
period is noted along about the
after portion of the eleventh cal
andar month.
The upper Potomac is in a
muddy condition, which means that
little or no fishing can be expected
during the coming week in the
,ideless waters.
The creeks of the lower river are
n excellent shape for both live
and artificial bait fishermen. Dur
ng the week some of the best
catches made this fall were reg
stored in Gunston Cove and Aqua
,reek.
A quartet of anglers, cOmpris-
ing f. ID. SimOnds, Samuel IL.
Vigner. Charles Bruce Aeekey
and Ray LOWman, were among
those present at GunstOn Cove Oh
last Sunday and before the day
was brought to a close they had
bOated over twenty-five keepable