Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller

brought in a great many to feed IN the
shallow waters inShore.
The appearance of trout of the
Beach has aroused the fisherman TO
keen sense of that sport which usually
attains its apex in the early Fall season.
A number of very good looking trout
have been taken both of the pier and
from the boats This is a strange year
and one must be prepared for all kinds
of reports of fish catches.
The best report from the beach last
week comes from MesSrs. James Harper.
Michael Mccarthy and BENJAMIN
Reynolds. who rowed out about q mile
in front Of the crab house on the board
walk and anchored over a nice hard
bottom. This party pulled in the hard
heads over the sides of the boat until
they had so or so.
Sol0mons Island continues to offer
the most encouragement to saltwater
anglers. Reports reaching this column
state that some small trout have been
landed, along with large numbers OF
hardheads along with large numbers of
Trolling of Point Patience, rock rang
ing from pounds to 10 or IL have been
landed.
Despite anything said to the contrary,
fishing in the upper bay on Chesapeake
Beach and Herring Bay has improved
considerably during the past week. One
party caught 125 fish. consisting of
hardheads, spots and big white perch,
one day last weeE.
John E. Thompson and c. E. Hoge
visited Herring Bay one day last week
and had wonderful days sport catch
ing hardheadS. spot and white perch.
Their total catch was 125 fish and
Thompson said nine OF the hardheads
landed were the largest he ever had
seen He said he had the time OF his
life when he landed two of these large
hardheads at one time.
Their boatman did not anchor his
boat, but allowed ii to drift with the
tide. At one place they ran into
school of big white perch and landed
between rs and so of them. many of
these fish also being caught two at
time. These two anglers started fishing
at 8 am. and fished until IL am. and
were back in Washington at pm.
Thompson said for the first time In
his experience shrimp was the only
bait the fish would take. He had sup
ply of crabs, but for some reason or
other on that particular day the fish
did not care for crabs and that prac-
ticaliy all the fish were landed with
shrimp, Twenty large spot were landed
by these anglers.
This column has been informed tina;
every Sunday hundreds of under sized
bass are being taken from Gunston
Cove. This is matter for the attention
Of the Virginia authorities. 1t may be
that these anglers do not know any
better and again it may be otherwise
But no matter which It Is they should
first be warned that they are violating
the law and II they still persist should
be prosecuted.
Anglers contemplating a visit 20 the
New Jersey coast will be glad 70 learn
that large schools OF bluefiSh have been
visiting the waters from Barnegat
down as far as Beach Haven. One
party. while trolling, landed SO OF these
fish. ranging in weight from three 10
seven pounds.
A school OF large black whales, very
unusual along the Jersey coast, was
sighted by members OF the Anglers
Club of AbSecon recently. The black
whale Is an inhabitant Of the Caribbean
Sea. along the coast OF the West Indies
and only within the last few years has
migrated To other waters.