Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

"a day as far as anglers are
wv concerned. Thousands of
local fishermen are trying
their luck with both fresh
and salt water fish at the many and
widely separated fishing grounds. Just
what their results will be is doubtful.
Last Wednesday a report reached us
that the taylors were seen breaking all
over Herring Bay. Acting on this re-
port, a party of anglers visited this dis
trict on Thursday and brought back
practically nothing. just few small
trout and some hardhead and spot.
Friday afternoon / was told by an
angler friend that rockfish had been
seen breaking all over the river
between Sherwood and Epping For
ests and that he was going back
and troll for them. Maybe he will
get some strikes and maybe not.
for you can never tell where they will
be the next day. One day the fish will
be biting in the Bay of Chesapeake
Beach and Herring Bay and the next
day anglers will not get strike, and
so it goes. This column can only give
the information received as the most
likely places to match skill with the
tricks of the denizens of the deep.
There is scarcity of fish at the fish
wharves and in the fish markets. The
meters, despite the wonderful weather
of the last month. seem unable to get
them into their nets. Just why this
should be is not apparent. unless the
heavy catch of the last couple OF years
has had its effect. Even the purse net
tiers are said to be having their diff
culties this year. Last season these
men caught far more fish than they
could handle or the ice houses could
pack. Many thousands OF fine trout
taylorS and rockf1Sh were thrown away
to be used as fertilizer. One local flsh
merchant told me last Friday that
he didn't have any crab flakes even.
He said he had crab meat. but that
the flakes were scarce. Grabs are plen-
tiful in the Bay and its tributaries.
Perhaps the crabbers have stopped work
for a little while to raise the price.
Who knows?
While the rod and reel anglers and
the commercial fishermen are having
their troubles trying to catch fish, con-
servationists are at work to devise
means for better catches in the future
and to bring about notifications of ex-
listing laws and creation Of new laws
and regulations in Maryland. New Jer-
sey, Virginia West Virginia, New York,
Ohio and Pennsylvania.
AT d IiceGItlS Oh tIlG
gerstown and Frederick Chapters of the
Isaak Walton League of America, held
in Frederick last Wednesday, to form
State council of the league and to APP
point two delegates to an inter-State
meeting to be held at Waynesburg,
Pa. September 9 and TO- Talbot Den
mead of Baltimore, assistant Federal
conservation director connected with
the Bureau of Biological Survey in this
city, was elected president of the Ma
ryland council. Denmead is considered
the second highest American authority
on conservation of fish and game.
Roger @. Cook of Hagerstown was
named vice president, and Samuel z.
Brown, Frederick, secretary-treasurer.
Delegates to the Frederick meeting
included Harry A. Jackson, head OF the
Baltimore Chapter: William F. Chew,
Pikesville. Md: Fred Tresselt and P. M.
Little of the Thurmont Chapter: SAM
uel e. Brown. jr., and Otto P. Boettger
of the Frederick Chapter and G. F.
Strole of the Hagerstown Chapter.
Strole was commissioned to attend
the September convention Of Pennsyl-
vania Issak Waltons ct Wayneshurg,