Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08


majority of the big carp and catfish.
Boswelrs attempt already has borne
fruit, but he says that on account of
the newness Of his net the FISH are
able to see it before they strike, and
a sudden turn and swish of their
tails enables them to get away. Capt
Boswell said that as soon as the net
takes on a deeper hue the fish are
bound to strike 1t and get caught.
For the last two nights he has
placed his nets in the southwest cove
of the Basin. Tonight he intends to
transfer his operations to the other
side Of the water and put his 600-foot
net about 25 yards off the seawall
running opposite the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing.
Capt. Boswell hauls his net between
and Z o'clock every morning. and
Glen G. Leach of the Bureau of
Fisheries has assigned one of his
men to see that everything goes along
according to Hoyle.'
The Potomac around Washington
again is clear and ready for the
angler, but the majority seem to pre-
fer trying their luck in salt water,
decision In this matter has been
right. There is no doubt about bass
being in the waters of the Potomac
around Washington, but the hot
weather has caused them to cease
biting.
AS a matter of fact, the season for
the small and large mouth bass angler
is September and October. During
these months the temperature of the
water begins to cool, and it is then
that the bass get active.
Tl,,N To-
water angler is having his innings
and the batting averages of all of
them are very high. 1t makes little
difference in which direction the salt
water angler goes--to Chesapeake
Bay, the Patuxent or lower Potomac
rivers-the results are the same. They
bring home the fish.
This condition prevails from the
tip end Of the Southern Maryland
Peninsula. where the Potomac and
Chesapeake meet at Point Lookout.
This section always has been valu-
able fishing ground. From this point
| UP the bay almost to Baltimore and
up the Potomac River for many miles.
both on the Maryland and Virginia
| ides, first hardheadS and then rock.
| fish. perch, King William perch. spot
and trout are caught. Toward the
| end OF the fishing season and again
when the water changes It's tempera-
ture, the rockf1sh, which is a striped
bass and therefore a game fish, fur.
| nishes excellent sport. These fish
can be caught all Summer long. but
the real rock fishing Is toward the end
of the season, and when one of the
big fellers" Is hooked 1t Is the near
est thing to fishing off the Florida or
California coasts for the tarpon or
& - - In
fishing, but trolling Is the method
employed by most all those who have
had experience with these fighters.
Il. FarsOn Of 3412 Thirty.fifth
street. Mount Rainier. Md. sent in
| report of his recent fishing triu
| at Piney Point. With Norman
Pruitt. also of Mount Rainier, he
caught 10 hardheads averaging 3h
pounds nine rock, averaging 8 pounds
40 large spots and trout of about
pounds each. All these fish were
landed In four hours, peeler and hard
! crabs being the bait used. The
following day they crossed over to
Ragged Point Light and caught over
200 pounds of hardheads, spot and
trout, and then ran into a school of
rock. They started to troll and got
q rock of about to 4 pounds each
and then struck the big fellows and
lost four hnes and tackle. IAN their
hshing on the second day was done in 6
hours. II have not seen so many
big hardheads for long time and
everybody that goes out comes back
with excellent catches" Farson said.
Some really remarkable catches are
being made at Rock Point, Md.
Last Thursday one party fishing of
Cobb Island landed 73 big hardheads.
The rock are furnishing good sport and
everybody said II Is the best fishing
season at the Point In years.
While there II o marked variance
In the size Of the catches at Chesa-
peak Beach the past week, the general