Evening star., 1926-09-13

| SOllldn lUStlCutlOU.
The head of the sea nettles, shaped
| like an umbrella, which expands and
contracts just like one, cannot sting.
but it's long tentacles are filled with
| thousands of small lasheS or darts,
each containing poison which pierces
the skin.
According to DR.. Bartsch of the
| Smithsonian Institution the sea
nettles found in our rivers and bays
are not dangerous. only causing a
very uncomfortable burning of the
| flesh. which lasts from l to "a
hours, but the nettles found in the
| Atlantic Ocean (midocean possibly,
| because those near shore are borne
| in with the tideS) are said to be very
dangerous, owing to the large amount
of poison they carry.
There are a great many remedies
suggested for the sting of a sea
nettle, such as pouring fresh water
on the affected surface and also the
use of listerine, different kinds of
lotions. household ammonia, vinegar
and whatnot, but the scientists at
the Smithsonian Institution say there
is nothing known to them to coun-
teract the sting of these pests.
The best thing to do when swim
ming ana THESE ItStS tiic hilpH IL W
be around is to be on the constant
watch for them.
Muddy water and strong northeast
winds have put crimp in hshlng,
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both are muddy. The Shenandoah
will clear much quicker than the
Potomac, owing to it's swift running
water, but until these rivers clear
up considerably the bass anglers will
have to wait.
The next best thing to angling for
the big and small mouth bass is the
salt water fishing. But again the
heavy rains and strong winds nave
caused salt water denizens to stop
biting temporarily. Not only did the
fish cease to be active. but the cap
tains of many of the bay boats were
leary about taking oft parties, tell
ing them they were bound to get
drenched and with little or no reward
for their efforts.
In spite of unfavOrable conditions,
there were a few parties VINO re-
turned with fairly. good catches. "A
party of four, consisting of AL IentZ,
Jim Clark, Henry Lloyd and j. +;
Hantzman. all dyed-inthe-wool an
glers. motored down to Shady SIDE
recently and returned with AZ trout.
This party, under the guidance or
Capt. Lee. left Shady Side about
O'Clock in the afternoon and an
chored on the bar at what is known
as "Niggerhead," about 80 yards in
side of the buoy. AS soon as the
boat had swung into position with
the tide all hands had their lines In
the water, but it was not until after
an hour Of Watchful waiting that
they commenced to get strikes. Then
things commenced to hum and all
were successful in landing trout, big
hardheads, Norfolk spots and a few
taylors. The champion of the party
was Al LentZ, who not only caught
the largest trout, but also caught the
most fish.
Another lucky party, from Kensing-
ton, Md, consisting of Gus Kline,
Wade Hughes, Ralph Hughes, Dan
Clark and NJ. Dugen, mot0red down
to Herring Bay, and with Capt. Ran
dell in charge of operations went out
and caught a nice string of bluefiSh
or taylorS, spots and hardheads.
The only fish that did not seem to
mind the weather, whether the wind
came from the north, east, south,
west or intermediate points, were the
big Norfolk spots at Rock Point.
Lancaster Bar, running several
hundred yards right off the hotel at
the Point, continues to furnish some
thrills for those who troll for the
rockfsh, but this place was seined
little over a week ago, and, if re-
ports are true, 10 barrels of beautiful
rock were landed and shipped immedi-
ately to Washington. AS a matter
of fact, the Washington boat was held
up for this shipment to permit the
fish to be packed in ice. 1t is need
less to say that the men who hauled
the seine, were handsomely rewarded
for their catch.
There arg few trout being caught
in both the Wicomico and Potomac
Rivers, but these fish are backward
In making their appearance in any
numbers this season. The boatmen
m the Point expect the usual good