Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

n time this Summer. The
river has taken on real
green color and could not be in bet
ter condition for the anglers.
Around Georgetown and from the
Aqueduct Bridge to the Chain Bridge
a good many bass have been landed.
During the Summer months it was al
most impossible to procure any smelt,
but now that there is good supply
of this attractive bait to be had the
catches of bass are more numerous.
This is especially true of the river
from the Little to the Big Falls, where
several bass weighing 312 pounds
have been caught, but the majority
of them weigh around a pound to
pound and half. AS the water gets
cooler fish strike better, and several
good fights took place last week be-
tween the denizens of the deep and
the angler.
September and October are the real
bass fishing months, and November,
too. is also good month to seek the
large and small mouth gamesters. but
the November weather is a little too
cold for the average angler.
1t is to be hoped that as the tenn
perature of the water lowers with the
cool September nights the bass will
cease to kill the minnows offered and
strike in their usual fashion. Dur.
ing the last two months the bass in
the upper Potomac and also in the
Shenandoah River have formed a
hablt OF taking the minnow and kill
ing It on the first run, then releas-
ing it.
One angler, fishing in the Potomac
iaSt sunday above the Little Falls said
n Ipn cYt CIT.
noWs that were taken by the bass and
then released. He said one strike car
r1ed his line 25 or 80 yards before it.
was released and when he wound in
all he had was a dead smelt with the
scales scraped off by the bass.
During the past week, however. re-
ports reaching this column state that
The bass have commenced to take the
bait as though hungry for it and in
many instances were hooked on the
first run, so vicious was the strike.
In salt water the month of August
provided many thrill for the anglers,
but none to compare with those that
will follow in September and October.
During August catches of $50 or 200
fish were the rule, but the greater
number of these fish were hardheads
and spots, with now and then a rock
or trout and towards the end of the
month blue fish or taylor.
Chesapeake Bay now has a good as
sortment of fish to appease the most
eXacting angler. Reports state that
while rock, trout and blue fish have
not commenced to school, as they will
a little later on, good catches of these
fish have already been landed The
majority of fishing up to the present
time has been of the still variety
that is, anchoring the boat and wait
inf for the fish to come to the bait.
A little later when the fish commence
to travel in schools the trollers will
have their inning, and then the real
sport begins. 1t is then that the sea
gulls tell the angler where the schools
of fish are breaking, chasing smaller
fish to the surface to be devoured by
the gulls. AT times the water seems to
be fairly alive with fish. and lucky. in
deed, is the angler who gets into
school of trout, rock or blue fish when
they rise to the surface.
The appearance of blue fish in the
bay attracts attention to Chesapeake
Beach, and it only requires the report
to be circulated that the blues are
running to insure a lot of packing of
tackle and quick runs to the beach, |
either by motor or by train, for the |
real gamey sport of catching these |
fighting fish. The taylors arrived at |
the beach the first of last week and |
they were of good size and up to the |
standard for the first arrivals.
Several parties on the long pier last
week were fortunate and agreeably |
surprised to land number of fine
blues. Capt. Hazard ventures the pre-
1iction that the best fishing of the
year is yet to come. All the indica
ions point to some fine striped bass
md trout fishing as the Fall comes
along.
In the meantime the taylor fishing
S going to provide some exciting fun,
for they are liberal takers of the
shrimp and come along in schools
swimming within short distance of
he top of the water. 1t does not take
much time below the water and old
timers recall the crowds that used to
rim the rail on the pier with long
poles and snatch them out of the
water as fast as they came along side.
The weather the past week or two