Evening star., 1927-11-06
. ASS. large and small mouth. evil
IDENTIFY tired from n long spell
of muddy water and more or
less sluggish after Il longer pc


of muddy water and more or
- less sluggish after longer pc
riod of warm water, have COM
menced to take bait and the different
lures offered them and are being
caught in good numbers. both up ana
down the Potomac River.
During the past week good many
of the small mouth bass have been
landed along the grass and rocks on
the Virginia shore of the river at
Hens and Chickens. a place famlIiar
to all local bass anglers. The large
mouth Samesters are being caught III
the Little River, off Analostan Island
and the many coves and creeks down
the river, both on the Maryland and
Virginia sides.
Yellow perch are also furnishing ex'
cellent sport for anglers. These
gamey little fish are being landed off
the seawall from the Highway Bridge
down to IIains Point. Detectives King
and Livingston of the District head
quarters force landed nice bunch of
these fish last week off the wharf at
the steel plant. Other local anglers
report they have caught some nice
large mouth bass off the old pier at
River View.
River front men who supply local
anglers with smelt and other live bait
again report a scarcity of Smelt, TINS
time the low water in the river being
given as the cause. One of these men
said that last Friday the water in the
river was the lowest of the year. the
only water of any depth being In the
channel. Other parts of the river were
E,,x fyrS r1ncaC
tirely bare.
Following the report last week of
illegal fishing with nets for the bass
in the lower Potomac on both sides
of the river comes another report that
men operating senes in Gunston
Cove for yellow perch, pike and any
thing they can catch outside of the
prohibited bass have been seen to kill
great many bass landed in their nets
and throw them back i'm the water be-
cause they have no market for them.
OF course, this is only a report, but if
it is true. certainly the Virginia au-
thorities should send game warden
down there to catch and punish these
violatOrS.
The work Of seining the Dalecarlia
Reservoir will be done Tuesday or
Wednesday of this week. The Bureau
of Fisheries is having sein especially
prepared to make deep haul in the
80 feet of water said to be in the res
ervoir. This work has been going on
for the last three or four days, and
the net will be ready the first OF the
week. 1t is reported by anglers who
have secured a special permit to fish
in the reservoir that it contains a
great many large fish-bass, large and
small mouth: catfish, carp and many
large yellow perch. One angler in
formed the writer last week that he
had seen bass in that place that he
knew weighed Z or pounds, but ow-
ing to the abundance of live bait in the
reservoir these fish would not strike
This angler said that on one OCCASION
when using big plug, big bass ap-
parently came up and scratched his
back with the three sets of hooks and
then went his merry way. 1t is ex-
pected that y rich haul will be the re-
ward in this work and that the Tidal
Basin will have hundreds of additional
bass for the anglers next Spring and
Fall.
Saltwater anglers are packing away
their- fishing tackle in disgust, after
many disappointing trips to the Ches-
apeake Bay this Fall in quest of rock
fish. taylors and trout. The game
fish of the Bay are conspicuous by
their absence. If these fish, so nu-
merous last season during October
and November. are in the Bay i'm any
large numbers they evidently are
afraid to make their presence known
fearing to be caught in the meshes Of
the purse netters. There Is no deny
ing the fact that these men certainly
have put a crimp in Bay fishing. The
is talked about from Solomons Island
up the Bay to Annapolis; as a mat
ter of fact. it is the chief topic of
conversation whenever ga party Of
anglers get together.
There is one consolation, however
In the report just received from Solo
mons Island concerning the large
number of rock that has been caught
there during the last few days. it
seems that these game fish have Just
made their appearance in large num-
bers and those trolling for them have
been rewarded with catches Of 40 and
so of these beauties ranging from
to Is pounds.
One party consisting of Harry l..
Black. William +. NitchwitZ and w.
III. Beavers returned to the city late
Friday afternoon with a catch of 40
large rock and after disposing of their
fish, refueled their car and returned
Immediately TO the fishing grounds a