Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
/ ROD AND STREAM
By Perry Miller

Bass ranging in weight from a
pound and a half to more than five
pounds were landed last Monday in
the Tidal Basin: crappies, large and
small and sunfish were available to
make the day more enjoyable for the
many anglers who took advantage of
Memorial day to match their Skill
with the willy deniZens of the deep.
And every conceivable kind of bat
bucket was used by hte 2,000-odd an
glers at the Basin during the day.
There was the regulation bait bucket,
expensive and inexpensive; tin cans,
small tin cake boxes, all kinds Of bot
ties, and, as a last resort, when every
thing else had been exhausted, ice
cream boxes were rushed to the aid of
the despairing anglers, who had about
given up their idea of fishing because
they could not get anything in which
to put their live bait.
The first of the crowd put in it's APP
pearance about 4:30 o'clock Monday
morning. From then until late in the
evening the anglers came and went
many carrying away with them good
catches and others. as always is the
case, when fishing, disappointed at
not getting strike.
Smelt for Bait Scarce.
All during the past week the Tidal
Basin has had its quota of fishermen
Bull and pike minnows, the only kind
tobtainable at this time of the year.
are kept at the boathouse for fisher
men. Smelt, very attractive lure
for bass, seem to be so scarce that
no one can get hold of any of them
Those in charge of the bait at the
Basin have tried in every way to OBJ
tain them for anglers, but without
success.
The only drawback to fishing in
the basin since the opening has been
the condition of the water The
heavy rains caused the Potomac TO
become muddy and despite the fact
that the flood gates have been kept
closed. a certain amount of this
muddy water has leaked in and dis
colored the waters. Today, however,
the water is in much better condi =
ton for the anglers and some good
catches are looked for.
The Potomac River which has been
badly discolored following the recent
rains, has commenced to clear aud
those anglers fishing in the vicinity of
Georgetown and the Chain Bridge
have been rewarded with catches oi
pan rock. Very few catches of perch
have been reported, but good-siZe
bass were taken from the river dur
ing the past week.
The new Maryland fish law requir
ing a nonresident to obtain a license
before fishing above tide water was
we'll taken by the ma jority of local
anglers. The real bass fisherman
realized that something had to he
done to prevent the wholesal e
slaughter" of these game fish in tho
Potomac River. In past years, es-
pecially around Great Falls, anglers
have completely disregarded the Law
in regard to size of the bass landed
and many thousand of these fish
which should have been returned t.
the water, were carried off, and, il
some cases, proudly displayed. IN
some instances this violation may
have been due to ignorance. hut the
new law is expected to prevent, in
a large measure. future violations.
District anglers are much con
cerned over the age limit in the new
MARYLAND law. Anglers under The
age of is will be the only fishermen
exempt. This seems to be the Joke
in the new law, because many fisher
men under IS years of age are jus
as expert as their older followers o
Izaak Walton.
r.. Lee lie Compile, State game war
den, in announcing the new law
which went into effect last Wednes
day, declared it will be rigidly en
forced.
There is one place in Marylan
where the license will not be in effect
and that is in the waters of Dee
Creek Lake. Garrett County. where
special license will be required whe
the lake is opened to the public July
The Deep Greek Lake licenses rang
from $125 for residents of Carrot
County 10 $2.15 for residents and 5
for non-residents of the State.
The licenses will be accompanied b
q small button an inch and a quartz
in diameter bearing the coat of arm
Of Maryland, the year and class {