Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

The November bass anglers will
find the Potomac and Shenandoah
Rivers both clear and the fish taking
both live and artificial bait. In the
lower Potomac a great many large bass
have been landed in the bays, coves and
creeks on both sides of the river. The
anglers making the biggest catches
assert they have better success with
artificial lures than with live bait
Other anglers have been picking up
some nice bass in the Washington
Channel, trolling from the sea wall. The
best catches made in the Washington
Channel have been late in the evenings,
from about dusk until well into the
night. Here, too, the bass seem to pre-
fer the artificial lures to live bait and a
No. 5 kidney spoon with piece Of
pork rind attached has been used sue
cessfully.
In salt water the best reports come
from Solomons Island, where rock from
2 to pounds are being landed trolling,
together with some good size trout. No
good reports have reached this column
from the Herring Bay district, Chesa-
pe2ke Beach and Plum Point. The fish
in this part of the bay seem to be on
the eastern side. A great many rock
were seen breaking by passengers cross
ing the bay last Sunday, but when a
school of fish was sighted there were
SO many boats out after them that they
only sue oeded in scattering them. But
even on the eastern side of the bay
all thu fish caught were small ones
the larger rock either being on the
bottom or having migrated to lower
points in the bay.
A great many rock are being caught
off pniat pofiaV1no and TnAor D0iot
Another report says that rock arS
furnishing excellent sport off Tall Tim
bers and in the vicinity of Piney Poin;
on the lower Potomac.
On recent fishing trip to Solomons
Ralph Graham and Capt. Frank Taylo.
| U. S. A., fishing off Point Patience anc
Cedar Point, landed some nice rock
weighing from 2 to pounds. Fishing
off Cedar Point, they caught 20 trout
the majority of which were landed still
fishing"
Now that the 1928 fishing season i:
practically over, the efforts of this
column along with the many Wash
ington anglers, will be directed to obtair
better fishing in Chesapeake Bay next
year. To do this it is necessary to have
some legislation passed by the Mary.
! land Assembly JnlS WINTER.
The first step in this direction viii
be to call meeting of local anglers tC
discuss the best way to obtain the de.
sired result. At this meeting. which
will be held in the Board of Trade
rooms, Star Building, at a date to be
announced later. this column will havs
present Swepson Earle, conservation
commissioner of Maryland; Commits
sioner Henry O'Malley and Glen C
/ Leach of the United States Bureau OF
Fisheries and other prominent loca
anglers.
There is no doubt that the purs,
meters, themselves, have killed thu
goose that laid the golden eggs" be-
cause. not only are the anglers dis
guSted with the results during the sea
son Of 1928. but MARYLAND natives nov
are rising w against the activities O
the purse METERS A great man,
anglers who have bought homes on tn
bay. principally to enjoy the fishin|
offered them In past years. are said t
be considering giving them up.
William Coleman, writing to tlli
column says: For several years hav
been reading your Rod and Stream
column. l have carefully noted you
splendid arguments for the preservation
Of our game fish in Virginia and Mary
land waters. 1t seems to be that law
should be passed and made effectiv
Immediately to stop the confounde
curse of purse netting in Chesapcak
Bay
Il enjoy fishing very much. neve
wish to be claSSed as one who willfull
and knowingly keeps breaking the un
: written law on conservation of ou
game fish. Fl. Z. Clay in a recent lette
says the hook and line fishing wa
: rotten this Summer 1t was worse tina
that / went fishing three times thi
Summer and never caught fish. TIL
best fish we're grabbed by the purs
. METERS and I'll venture to say that
! the 400-odd tons OF rockfSh had no
been taken by, purse meters from tn