Evening star., 1928-09-24
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller

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Court sessions held in autos. witt
travelling judges, are the latest innova-
ton Iii Maryland judicial adn1inistra
ton.
These courts have been put into us
by the State conservation department
to try persons accused of violating tn
crab laws, according to Conservation
Commissioner Earle. A justice of the
peace accompanies the conservation
deputies when they go out to inspect
grabbing boats.
| If any crabbers are arrested they are
taken directly to this justice, thereby
saving the trouble of q court appear
ance. Earle said.
Earle said "The department has had
considerable trouble in carrying out the
crab law during the past month, owing
to the great number of shores and
places which are visited by pleasure
crabberS. While we have posted all
these reports at grabbing points, We
still found violators, and in order to
expedite the work and at the same time
save the crabbers, who are arrested, the
trouble of being carried to a Justice of
the peace, it was arranged to take a
justice in the car with the deputies"
What a grand thing it would be il
these same justices of the peace had the
authority to try purse netters in the same
manner. This column is not familiar
with the laws governing the purse nets.
but surely they must be violating the
law in some respect. 1t Is known, how
ever, that the purse METERS are not al
lowed to operate within a certain dis
~ f0d fS
lawful to empty seines and nets upon
the beach so as to leave the smaller
fish perish. These travelling justices"
surely have authority to enforce the
laws already enacted regulating purse
meters, and as the purse net boats have
certain places only to land their hauls.
1t would be much easier to catch them
and impose fine then 1t would be to
locate crabbers violating the law.
Next Sunday the Potomac Anglers
Association will hold its annual fishing
excursion to Chesapeake Beach. and on
the following Sunday, october 7, the
Atlas Sporting Goods Co. will be host
on its annual excursion to the samS
place. Attractive prizes will be offered
to lucky anglers on both of these out
ings. Women are especially invited to
attend both these outings.
1t is rather late for anglers to visit
ocean City. Md. for their fishing. but
a letter from William C. Fowler says:
1T may interest your column to know
that the surf fishing at Ocean City now
is at its best. have Just returned from
weeks fishing with my brother Ro-
land Fowler at this resort and we had
excellent fishing every day Large trout
are plentiful. We caught fish ranging
from 2 to 6 pounds in large numbers,
and another party fishing below us on
the beach landed one big trout weigh
ing 81. pounds. King fish. hardheads
and other smaller fish can be taken in
good numbers. Our party was fortunate
in that We landed the first two chan
mel bass caught at Ocean City this sea-
son. The one caught weighted 2312
pounds and the one taken by my
brother weighed 189. pounds. The last
morning before we left we fisi1ed for a
short while and landed about fifteen
nice trout. the largest weighing about
5 pounds. which gave us a nice mess to
bring back to our friends" Fowler says
the boardwalk hotels are practically
all closed for the season. but that good
accommodations can be obtained In the
town by anglers. who want to try their
luck at that place.