Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
ROD AND STREAM
-By Perry Miller

TIME past week played havoc with
the ambitions OF the anglers who
prefer 10 east for large and
4 small mouth bass The Potomac
/ and Shenandoah Rivers are
/ both very muddy and very high,
/ and there is no telling Just when
( either of these streams will be IN a
/ condition to receive fishermen, With
/ more rain promised by the Weather Bu
/ reau there Is DANCER of the Potomac
overlooking It's banks ConServatlVely
/ it will be- some time IN September before
/ the river is anything like normal
Salt water fishing also was affected
/ by the recent heavy rains thousands
Of dollars damage was done 10 boats
on the bay and many privately owned
/ piers were carried away by the nigh
| water The boats of Noah Hazard
veteran boatman At the beach, suffered
much damage but all damage has been
I repaired and nc again is ready 10 serve
/ his patrons
! Two did time fishermen who know all
/ about FISH told the writer last week
! that they were convinced there are as
many FISH in the bay this year as IN
| past years. but that for some reason
or other they we're not biting. One
OF them advanced the theory that there
/ is more natural food in the bay this
| year than in past seasons. The othel
| says that the purse meters have thrown
scare into the schools Of fish and
/ they do not break water as often as
/ usual
/ One OF these fishermen also said that
| he thought the main reason more fish
were not caught was due 10 the TACT
/ that the ma jOrity ct boats went out III
/ the bay and anchored He said the
I only Way to catch FISH was either
/ drifting or trolling
/ Ollie Atlas and several friends motor
| ed down the bay recently and using the
drifting method succeeded in landing
| 81 spots IA hardheadS, ! taylor and |
| trout. On another occasion Ollie went
/ over 20 Bloody Point and ran into
/ school of trout and landed between ~
| and IS. this time using the trolling
| method
I According to recent report Of the
| Bureau Of Fisheries the hrackiSh waters
| Of Chesapeake Bay produce per square
mile more than three times as much
FISH as Georges Bank the famous ocean
fishing grounds off the New England
coast
Chesapeake Ray and It's tributaries
contain about . TOO square miles and
| produce about III tons OF tSh per square
mile, whereas Georges Bank. with an
area of about 1000 square miles pro-
| duces only 3 tons tn the Square mile
/ More than $4,000 900 pounds OF ed.
ihle fish are annually taken from Ches.
| apeake Bay and in addition up To 300
| 900, 900 pounds OF menhaden. The value
OF the former Is more than $4,000 900
-, while the products of the menhaden In
| duStry chiefly foodstuffs amount to
! anoth... $4,000 600, About 10000 per-
sons tTrn their livelihood In some &C,
! tivitY connected with the bay fishing
! More than 200 distinct species Of
| FISH have, been recorded as inhahit-
| ing the waters OF the Chesapeake
! After The first OF November practically
al Of these disappear. leaving only
/ few species, such as The rock. white
! perch and the common eel Just where
/ these tish migrate, The Bureau Of Fish
/ cries experts do not profess to know"
/ Surf fishing ~ Ocean City, Md h
| furnishing excellent sport kingfish and
| trout providing the many thrills Last
! week John Goodman, Albfrt Eccard
Harry Siekman and irwin Pridge0n
local anglers, had great time in the