Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

| ton To IS non-residents OF the State
The total IN money taken in for the
licenses up to June 30 was $ll 379 so
One of the largest catches OF hard
heads and spots ever reported was
landed last week of. Ocean View, Va
Four anglers made this remarkable
catch. If larger catch ever has been
made in a days fishing. no report of II
has reached this column.
A writer asks could you kindly give
me line on one or two likely fishing
spots not more than 30 miles from
Washington, and how 10 get there.
have not been long in Washington and
am not too familiar with the country
or streams, l have no license, If that
is necessary"
For his information and any others
not knowing the fishing laws and places
TO try for their favorite kind of fish
this column gives the following Both
in Maryland and Virginia license is
necessary to fish in any stream above
tidewater, including the Potomac River.
over which Maryland has Jurisdiction
and a Maryland license must be OBJ
tanned. The Virginia license costs a
resident of the District OF Columbia
$3.50, and in Maryland the cost Is SIS
Several Of the nearest places for the
salt water anglers are Chesapeake
Beach. distance Of ~ miles from
Washington, Herring Bay, about "a
miles distance, and Solomons Island, II
miles away. These places and many in
termediate fishing grounds are reached
by taking the Marlboro pike to Mari
boro and thence to Mount Zion. Turn
right at Mount Zion and follow the road
until you come to the sign marking the
particular place you want To turn off
TO the bay Solomons Island is located
at the end OF the Mount Zion road At
this place the anglers have the choice
Of fishing IN the PatuXent River or in
the bay
Benedict. Md, located ii miles from
Washington, is reached by taking the
Southern Maryland road TO Waldorf,
turning left there To Huehesville, and
then east TO Benedict
The fresh water angler has his choice
of the many Maryland and Virginia
creeks and coves for the big mouth bass.
where no license is required The small
mouth bass angler has the Potomac
from Little Falls all the way 10 Har-
pers Ferry, where a Maryland license is
required, and the Shenandoah River,
where Virginia license is necessary
The saltwater angler will find that
hloodwormS, peelers and shrimp are the
best bats tn use. and the fresh water
anglers for the big mouth bass usually
prefer smelt minnows or artificial lures,
For the small-mouth bass mad toms
smelt small frogs. crawfish and he'll
GRANTEES are all good bats Of course,
the artificial lures are used extensively
by some anglers for the small mouth
bass. In fly fishing the most popular
are the gaudy patterns--reds and yell
lows predomnating. although a bic
busy brown fly Is often the most at
tractive for these FISH.
The anglers visiting bay points and
not being successful in catching FISH
had better turn their attention To crab
bling Grabs are more plentiful this year
than for some seasons past. And one OF
the best signs OF the return OF the crab
Is the unusually large number Of small
crabs 10 be seen swimming about In
the bay. This shows that the female
crabs were not taken in such large num-
bers last year by commercial erabhefs
as In former years