Evening star., 1927-04-24

sV 1@ HE anglers of the City of
\ Washington will be treated to
= a fishing contest this year.
{. Il sponsored by the prominent
:, sporting goods houses. Not
only will they present prizes to the
I. winners of the largest fish of the
i've different species at the end OF
!. the contest, but they will also give
Z q monthly prize to the largest fish
weighed in at each store.
4. This contest starts May l and ends
i November 80. The rules of the con-
a. test are few, but will be strictly en-
y forced and in such a manner that
!. will leave no doubt that the winner
has really earned his prize.
In the first place only fish caught
with hook and line are eligible. The
kind of tackle used in capturing a
s-prize does not matter. Any fish
p innded in net, other than landing
net to prevent losing it when 1t has
nbeen reeled or pulled in with hand
= line, cannot be entered in the con-
attest.
y A man bringing back rockfish,
.sfrout or bass, cannot take his fish
Ito more than one store for prize.
MIn other words, one fish cannot take
more than one prize, except that an
sfanglers monthly prize fish may also
Garry off the honors in its class at
Athe end of the season.
This contest will furnish AZ season
ssprizes during the year, comprising
ssall sorts of fishing tackle, rods and
.sreels, lines, bait buckets, creels, port
cable phonograph and camp stove.
i The prizes will be awarded for the
sfollowing fish: Large and small
smouth bass, rockfish or striped bass,
sea trout and catfish.
q The following eight sporting goods
sstores have made this contest possi-
! BILE; NEEDLES Sport Goods Co, Atlas.
rWaIfords s, George A. Emmons, Sport
Mart. H. w. Garren. Havenner's
= Sport Store and Shapiro Sport
= Store. The first four mentioned will
stake care of the Northwest section
sof the city, the Garren store the
: Northeast. Havenner's store. just
sacross the Anacostia Bridge, the
: Southeast, and Shappiros, the
Georgetown section of the city.
: The prizes offered for the season
: are as follows:
NEEDLES Sport Goods Co, large
!. mouth bass, silk-wound casting rod
enlall-mouth bass, casting reel; rock
Z fish, Kingfsher split bamboo salt
swater rod; trout, Kingfisher German
silver free spool reel: catfish, King
fisher Greenheart rod
George A Emmons offers for the
largest small-mouth bass, a fishing rod;
small mouth bass, fishing reel; rock
fish, rod or reel; trout, rod or reel,
and catfish, one line.
Walford's contribution to the con-
test is a reel for the largest small
mouth bass; large mouth bass, rod:
strout, fishing creel; rockfish, deep
sea rod; catfish, tackle box.
Sport Mart offers for the largest
snall-mouth bass Heddon No. 4
4split bamboo casting rod; small
mouth, Meisselbach Tripart talIe-down
areel; rockfish, Climax tackle box, all
metal; trout Pflueger Pontiac surf
casting reel. $50 yards; catfish. 100
yards Ashaway Joseph Jefferson
tarred linen line, 24pound test.
Shapiro Sport Store in Georgetown
offers for small.mouth bass a bait
bucket: for large-mouth bass, a King
fisher line; trout, steel rod; rockfish,
q reel, and catfish, a line
Havener's Sport Goods Store in
sAnacostia gives the following: Small
mouth bass, steel rod; large-mouth
FISH bait bucket, and catfish. line
The III. A. Garren Sports Store, that
will look after the interest OF the
northeast anglers, offers for small
mouth bass. a steel rod; large-mouth
bass, a casting reel: roclitish, salt
water reel: trout, salt water rod
and catfish, 100 yards of line. The
proprietor of this store also offers a
Grand seasons prize of a portable
monograph for the largest fish of any
species weighed in at his store.
The Atlas Sporting Goods Store
offers five prizes. as follows Small
mouth bass, Shakes~oare level wind
ing reel: large -mont' bass. R'chardsor
steel rod; striped bass, deep,sea reel
trout, deepsea rod, and catfish, I0(
yards of line.
The contest is open to an, younl
end old men and women, but re
member, your fish must be caugh
with rod, reel and line, or with hanC
line.