Evening star., 1928-05-21

TIME 1928 season is on In full
swing at the many salt water
fishing places. Chesapeake Bay.
from Annapolis To Eolomons Is
land. the patuxent River, which.
of course. includes Benedict, where
some good catches were made duTins
the past week, and In the lower P0-
tomac, Rock Point, Colonial Beach.
Piney Point and the many other points
all report that the hardheads are BIT
ing and that, as usual, the first run
Of these fish are large.
Therefore, those who have not al
ready done so can now get out thtlr
fishing tackle. look everything over TO
see that nothing win happen To pre-
vent your landing big nah. Don't
lose your fish on account oi weak
line.
During the month Of May all anglers
who can spare the time try to make a
visit to Wachapreagne. Va, because
they know the fish are there, big trout,
cr0kers, kingnsh, hogfish. channel bahs
and mary other kinds Word re-
cpiyed from this place says that since
the blow OF two weeks ago when a reg
,llar norfheagter caused a temporary
iulI In fishing for three or four daYs.
fishing has returned 10 nOrmhlcy and
that many fine catches are being made
Among the Washlngtonians visiting
Wachapreagae during the past week
we're Capt. M. III Parsons of the Once
of public Buildings and Parks, In
speetor Henry @ Pratt, M r. Mangnm.
Prank gaur and Howard Brooks; Judge
William A Snow and party Of Alexan-
drla. va. p. r. Blogg and 7. Denmead.
Phillip gchatfer and party, Frank kid.
well and party, G. ID. German and
party. II. r Offterdinger and party. A.
r, n. Harm and party and w. w. Stew"
art,
Kirk Dean, local fisherman, caught
20O-pound roe sturgeon IN his herring
net near FORT F0Ote last Wednesday all"
ernoOn Surgeons are very rare IN
Potomac waters Local flshermen say
the last caught near here was buck
sturgeon in 1924, which brought 500 at
auction. while the last roe sturgeon cap
uIred was over 10 years ago, Deana'
catch measured feet IN length.
Dr Samuel !. CoekeriiIe and Cleve II
gtsIifer visited the Potomac last Tues
day IN quest of The herring, fishing just
below Little Falls They were Oh the
grounds at O'Clock in the morning
and fishfd until | O'Clock IN the after,
noon They landed hig different species
of tish, as follows, 300 herring, mul.
let's, averaging z pounds each, Two cat
FISH, weighing and pounds, one carp
tipping the scales at III pounds one
pike and two bass.
The two bass were 40 bndly torn by
the snageinQ hooks that they were al
most dead when taken from the water,
80 could not be returned, ~ they would
only have died. and a council of war
vas held and these two anglers decided
That the best thing 10 do WAS 10 keep
them
Last Winter Deteetive II n, Brodie nf
the headquarters force paid a visit 10
his brother, y Erndie, IN Florence,
q The visit followed AN invitation Ia
gD Bgath and have some fine hunting
Hr9dia vent suW and conquered. re-
turning With his bag limit isfodie then
invited his brother 10 visit him This
Spring ~ ~ on q fishing trip and lie
Tip was made last ThufRday at lsenne
diet They we're out three hours and
landed about 40 nice hardheads and
some channel eats
The annual advent 0f The hardhtad
fikhing from the long pier Al Chesa =
peake Beach began last week with some
small catrhss at tlrel. but the returns