The Washington times., 1925-07-25

tunity to combat with the giants or
the briny deep, be content with the
fresh.water fish that abound in our
local waters and the saltwater
finny brethren that are within easy
striking distance OF our Capital City.
The fact remains that true sports.
nanship consists of achieving COM
plete happiness and content in what
ever form of clean recreation condi-
ton or environment may afford
rather than to specialize in some
one particular branch of sport.
AS you loolN backward you will
find that some Of your most pleasant
recollections are days spent with
small game fish, when your efforts
yielded only lean creel.
Fishing at all points along the
Chesapeake and extreme lower
Potomac continues on the mp and
M. The resorts iKr the neighbOr-
hood Of Rock Point and Colonial
Beach have as yet to get under
full angling power, although
fishing may be termed fair. Bene.
dict. on the Patuxent, since the
departure Of the big hardheads,
may be termed as i'm q fishing
slump, but, of course, improve
lnent can be looked for at this
popular resort on most any change
of tide.
Ed Miller, willie" Mckay. "Bil-
Iie'' Maddox and Frank Sullivan
made their best catch Of the season
on last Sunday Aside from the
hardheads and rock they boated over
twenty-five keepable trout. Several
of the gamey trout registered over
two pounds. The quartet are vaca-
tfoning on the Cliffs" at the
southern extreme Of Chesapeake
Beach.
Jim Gibson, of the Potomac
Anglers, writes from down Norfolk
way that fishing is now at its best
and especially in the Norfolk spot
line. On one trip out he had the
Following perfect score: Eighty-four
spots, three hardheads. one hogfish,
one perch and two toads. The fish
were all taken within a period OF
two hours.
Captain Frank Herbert has always
had the reputation of knowing just
where the fish were feeding in the
vicinity OF Balckistone's island, but
it was not until last Sunday that
he was declared to be wizard.
When the other fishing boats were
at loss as to just where to find
the finny families Captain Herbert
and his companions were having
the finest kind Of luck. According
to Norman Hess. e. j. Neuland, jr.,
e. ]. Neuland, ST., and Charles l..
Holbrook, who formed the fortunate
party, over q bushel of hardheads
and trout were taken.
No better description OF the.
smaII-mOuthed black bass and how
he should be sought has ever
come to this column than the one
given under the pen of "Nim."
The Game and Fish Conserve
ZIONIST. Virginia's official organ
was the first to bring out Minis"
life study of the gamesters.
After thirty-five years study of
the habits of the small-mouth black
bass, during which time I have
over forty days a year
angling for them, and, after taking,
salmon in Scotland and Canada,
trout in England and the West.
tarpon. etc.. in the South. have
the following conclusions:
/. That inch for inch and ounce
for ounce the small-mouth is the
earnest fish that swiIns, If in run
ming water.
2. That, by nature. the small
mouth is a night feeder, whenever
he has moonlight enough. This is
accounted for by the fact that their
natural food mud kittens. he'll
GRANTEES, etc., move only at night
DR. in muddy water. AS a small
mouth only feeds for a compare
lively short time each twenty-four
hours, better catches are made
when they have no moonlight to
feed by. BY the same deduction
hey take more freely late in tho
evening when the moon is on the
Increase and early in the morning
when the moon is on the decrease.
8. That while plugs are fine
for large.mouth bass, they are
not nearly as deadly for the small
mouth as fly-spOons. spoons, spin
ners or artificial flies.
4. That gold or copper coAored
ures are much more deadly than
silver. white or luminous.
s. That while coachman. griggly
zing, professor, silver doctor, grey
lackle. brown hackle, ETC., are
good flies for small.mouth bass
here is nothing so deadly (the
whole season. as the Lord Balti- |
more and. when the hatch of these
lies is on they are as attractive |
o the bass as the Mayfly Green
Orake) is to trout when ''May-fly |
,eason" is on. AS the fly that |
to the Lord Baltimore
loes not get out in quantity until |
ust before shutdown. that is. of
curse, the best time to use them
md, If properly used at that time.
when the hatch is on there is moth
ng so deadly.
6. That the exception of the
time when the Lord Baltimore
hatch is on. and, then only just
before shutdown. a submerged fly
or spoon is many times as effec-
tive as q dry or surface fly or q
surface spoon or spinner.
Z. That while under certain
weather. conditions small-mouth bass
he AA