Evening star., 1926-12-27

Mother Nature was lavish when
she bestowed the section of the coun-
try lying between Chesapeake Bay
and the Shenandoah River with so
many streams and put so many diff
ferent kinds of fish in them for the
anglers.
In Chesapeake Bay and the Poto-
mac River the angler today can fish
for a great variety. there being no
less than 81 denizens of the deep, any
one of which is apt to grab his bait
or lure. depending upon the section he
chooses for his outing.
The following list compiled by
Glen c. Leach of the Bureau of Fish.
cries, is herewith given so that the
angler may become familiar with
them In subsequent articles the
habits of these fish will be printed.
White catfish or Potomac cat.
Yellow catfish.
Common bullhead or horned pOut.
Common club.
Tailor herring or hickory shad.
Common eastern pickerel or jack.
Common eel.
Mullet, striped mullet.
Spanish mackerel.
Common bluefish.
Crappie.
Sunfish, fiier or round sunfish.
Rock bass, red eye, google eye.
Bream. red breasted.
Bream, long cared sunfish.
Bream, blue gill.
Small mouth black bass.
Large mouth black bass.
Yellow perch, ringed perch.
Striped bass, r0ckfish.
White perch.
Black sea bass, blackfish.
Common soup, pOrgy.
Common sheepshead.
Common weakfish, sea trout.
Spotted weakfish, spotted sea trout.
Spot, roach, chub, masOOka.
CrOalSer, hardhead.
Carolina whiting, kingfish.
Sea drum, black dftIm.
Butterfish, starfish.
Cavalla, yellow tail.
TautOg.
Grunt. pigfish, hogflsh.
Founder.
Carp.
Shad.
A great many of the above named
| fish swim up the Potomac in the
Spring to lay their spawn, and others
stay in our own waters all during
the year. Among our early visitors
the famous Potomac shad, herring,
white perch and striped bass or rock.
fish. All these fish come into fresh
water to lay their spawn. Lower
down the Potomac where the water
becomes brackish, all the other mem
| bers of the finny tribes can be caught.
During the early part of the Spring
season the first run Of Ash eagerly
looked for by anglers are the familiar
hardheads, followed by spot. sea
trout, bluefish and even hogf1sh have
been caught up the Potomac around
Rock Point.
| Channel Bass Largest.
| These fish run in size from one-half
pound to as high as 25 pounds and
/ over. Perhaps the largest caught
! with any regularity is the sea drum
! or channel bass. These big fellows
are mostly to be found in the bay,
| but some very large ones are caught
! in the lower Potomac. The second
| largest fish caught in our waters
| Chesapeake Bay and Potomac-are
I the striped bass or rockfish. These
/ fish are very game and each season
many of them weighing from 10 to
! 20 pounds and over are caught and
landed with rod and reel by the deep.
/ sea anglers. Next in size are the
i weakfish or sea trout, very few of
which are caught weighing over or
/ 8 pounds. The small and large mouth
| bass to be found In fresh water in
| the Potomac and its tributaries and
| in other streams run much smaller
| few being caught over pounds, but
| pound for pound they are the gamest
| fish that swims.
| A New York writer referring to the
| striped bass or rockfish hits the nail
=, on the head when he said:
| "As a fastidious feeder the striped
bass Is excelled by only one other
fish, the brook trout. 1t is probably
due to the unfamiliarity with the
habits Of the striped bass that has
caused many ardent anglers to return
empty handed. In all probability the
fish were merely not feeding upon the
1 particular bait the anglers were
/ using.
In Glass by Itself.
For an ornery single.purpose
cuss," the writer continues, 1.-The
| striped bass is In a class by itself
| among the saltwater finnies. If he
is feeding on sand cells. try to get him
to take anything else. If he is hun
cry, like the brook trout, he can be
lured with almost any kind of bait.
but II he Is tidbiting. which he gen,
eCally IT, yoU win have % cater ia