Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

TIME poor old Potomac is suffer
ing with another attack or
muditis. following the heavy
rains, but has commenced TO
show signs of bei' on the
herd. 1t is almost impossible to de-
tcribe the color of the water duflng
The past week. but a comparatively
lew of the finny tribe were landed.
a great many small-mouth pass
have hem caught in the river this
tide of Great Falls during the period
sr'r,ear water, some OF them weighing
threa mounds. With the return OF
TEAR water. which is expected about
i',a middle OF the week providing we
1--we no more heavy rains, these
r2mesters should be hungry.
A feature Of fishing in the upriver
tetween the Little and Great rams
his Summer has been the large num-
Ter of swapping turtles landed with
lool. and line, Residents OF cottages
riorc the river have had many feasts
18th this turtle. some frying the meat
fnd others making delicious soup WIN
t'1em. Recently turtle weighing ~
The neighborhood OF Is or ~ pouhos
was caught just of sycamore Isldnu'
s'bsre gre two kinds in the upriver,
he sliding and the snapper. Inc shsP
ner is the edible one. the other. so Tar
"a Is known by the writer, is not good
to cat.
A reader OF this coiunra sends in
Tie following question:
.'If 2 person should depart from tle
Virginia shore of the Potomac above
f;raot Falls ami fish in the river
(which is controlled by Maryind) ana
return to the Virginia shore with hsh'
is III necessary for him to hav both
, Virginia, and Maryland license or only
the Maryland?'
Judge William s. Snow Of Alexsn-
Sria answered this question by SAYING
shat there would be no proS1cutlons
by Virginia in case the angler WIN
the Maryland License fshed from
boat, but that he could not fish from
,he shore without a Virginia license
oven if he had a Maryland one. Inc
Attorney General OF Virginia ruieo
that a N;rSinian did not need 10 nave
MARYLAND license 10 fish In the wa
Ter of the Potomac above tideWatef
rnd took up the matter with the Mary
land authorities. the result OF Wnlch
has not been made known.
ANYHOW. according to Judge Snow
q fisherman with a Maryland License
can catch his fish in the Potomac ana
carry them through Virginia without
Virginia license. But the anger
must not fish from the Virginia shore.
He must 80 out on the Potomac III
boat IL he has no Virginia incense.
Senator Joe Robinson Of Arkansas,
the Democratic floor leader OF the
Senate. with Ben and Arch Oden, Wis
ited Solomons Island last Monday and
Tuesday and returned with eaten
said to be almost the record Tor the
wear of $50 fish. Senator RoD-nsoh
has been going on fishing trips Tor
the last two or three years and ne al
wavs returns with large catches.
From al reports Senator Robinson
Is a real fisherman in every sense 81
the word. He is the kind that is ready
10 60 anywhere on fishing TRIP,
either in salt water Or fresh water.
Senator Robinson selected Solo
mons last Monday and with his w"
angling pals fished for lttle whlie
Monday evening. When the senator
goes to SolononS. he always asks Tor
Capt Bernice Bowen 10 take nm out.
The Senator and his companions q q
not have much time To fish Monday
evening. but on Tue day they landed
$50, hardheads. trout and spots. Sen
ator Robinson landed the lirScst spot
he said he had ever seen, Weighing l
mound . ounces Zen Oden landed the
largest trout, weighing 3 pounds. and
Arch Oden the largest hardhead'
weighing little over 3 pounds
BILL Fenton. who spends his sum
mers at cottage IN North Beach
Md, was q member of a small party
that slipped out 10 fayorte place on
Herring By few hours ahead of the
storm last Wednesday afternoon and
brought to shore about 10 fish. Bill
reports that the string embraced A
Few Of all kinds, excepting the rock
or striped bass. The trout we're oi
good size, but the King William perch
made up the most attractive feature
OF the catch.
Capt. Noah Hazard has been bring
ing in some wonderful catches VIII
his fishing parties to the outside va
ters at night. One party he took ou
TO Red Top recently was made up o
y. S. Gicker, jr.; Z. F. Gicker, Claud
= Gicker and Joseph Clark, Samue
Boswell and Jack Potts. all of WASH
rzngton. The party had some hRs fisi