Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

he was surely miSquoteQ IN regard !
Anyhow, once a fisherman alwa
ways runs true to form, and it ma,
from his Summer vacation will wan
of Columbia, and, if he does. there
Tidal Basin, almost within stones
And If the President desires to fish
in the Basin, those Of us who are in
terested in this project do not want
to hear, or perhaps see the President
of the United States pulling from the
water anything but a game fish.
No one wants to see his rod being
bert with anything but q big bass or
perhaps some other game fish known
to be In the waters of the Basin.
Surely no one wants to see him
pull from the water a big carp, SO
another attempt is going to be mace
in the very near future to rid this
body of water of these undesirable
fish.
Instead of the big 1,500-foot sein
used the last. time without success,
owing to the many stakes and otner
obstacles encountered on the bottom
of the Basin, this time much
smaller net with a 515-inch mesh
will be used to catch the big carp.
This net is commonly known as
gill net, but the mesh will be so large
that it will not entangle any OF the
bass unless great big fellow tried 70
pef through it. and even then the man
who will be in charge or the WORK
assures this column that It Will De
released without harm. The work
will again be done under the watch
full eve of the Bureau OF F1sherles'
which will have its men on hand 10
supervise the operations.
Although the last SEEMING opera.
tions in the Basin were not success
f,lt this fact has not deferred the
Bureau of Fisheries from planting
fish there whenever they could be
procured. Only recently 1SO adult
bass were placed in the Basin and the
bureau will continue to plant them
whenever they can be located at then
different sections.
Discussing the situation at the
TT,idel Basin. Glen C. Leach. cher OF
the division of fish culture at the
Bureau of Fisheries, said last Week
that he was very DESTROYS or gelllne
all the carp possible out OF ITS waters
He said that the small carp wouic
( furnish halt for the bass, but that the
big fellers'' constitute nuisance
and that everything possible should pe
done 70 get them out.
The work this time will be undei
the direction of Frank Boswell, Wnc
assured this column that the carp are
hts particular prey ana that not
bass viii be harmed.
Reports were received last week by
state Conservation Commissioner
Swepson Earle that purse-netters
act5ye in chesapeake Bay are de
nIefing the supply of good fish
P,Irse.netters have taken as much as
Ave tons of rockfish In one catch. ac
cording to these reports. Contlnua,,
fion of such wholesale fishing VII
practically exterminate fsh IN TINS
bay, it was said.
Legislative action is to be sought
at the next session of the General
Assembly of Maryland in order 70
make purse netting Illegal. The sea-
food committee recently appointed Dy
Governor Richie is making q STUDY
of some method to protect the nsn
supply of the bay. \
Several bass anglers last week Wis,
tied the cove just below Blue Plains
and right across the Potomac from
Alexandria, where reports stated that
the bass Were very active. One OF
the most exasperating things is to
zee the bass breaking water all around
you and not get strike Yet this Is
exactly what took place when these
anglers paid their visit. They re.
port that it is natural ground for
the big mouth bass, but that the bass
were not in the right mood on the
afternoon of their visit. They said
on their next visit perhaps things
would be different, and that they
would bring home the bacon, be,
cause they knew the fish were there,
Last Monday Mr.. and Mrs: elar.