Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-29

There Is one certain thing-that is
that very few schools of fish have been
seen in the Bay Once in awhile an
angler will report that he encountered
big school of fish in the Bay but these
reports are few and far between.
The fish caught in the Bay are landed
in the early morning and late after
moons or evenings. A trip out on the
Bay will convince that few anglers brave
the hot rays of the sun during the day.
One or two boats may be seen, but the
majority of anglers who really want to
catch some good fish will select the
early morning hours or late evening.
Quite few prefer night fishing and
usually return with something to show
for their efforts.
George Adams Howard A. w. Gill
liams and Norman Draper paid visit
to the Herring Bay district fishing
grounds last Wednesday and succeeded
in landing Is fish including one trout,
two Taylors, some croakers and spot.
They returned with the same old report,
very little doing.
Phillip G. Aff1eck. we'll known Wash
ington druggist, writes in that with
Capt. Green of Walter Reed Hospital,
who is Summering at Deep Cove, and
DIR. John r. Beller they caught 48
hardheads and trout fishing early one
morning recently. DR.. Affleck says that
all the fish were caught in water about
% feet deep.
A. H. Mears at Wachapreague. Va, re-
ports that the trout and channel bass
are furnishing excellent sport at that
place. He says that while the trout
are not as large as the run in the first
part of the fishing season, one. three
and four Founders are being caught and
that channel bass are very numerous.
Reports from the lower Potomac have
been very meager. No word has been
received from Rock Point, Colonial
Beach, Piney Point and intermediate
places. Still further down the Potomac
some good size rockfish have been
caught, principally around Tall Timbers.
According to a ruling last week by
Justice Nichols of Harpers Ferry, nom
resident fishermen who fish in the Po-
tomac River from the West Virginia
side, must have West Virginia non-resi-
dent licenses even though they carry
Maryland permits. Maryland claims the
river and even West Virginia fishermen
are required to possess Maryland
licenses to fish the stream, but possession
of a Maryland license does not permit
the use OF west virginia banks, ac-
cordihg to the ruling.
Three fishermen from Pennsylvania
were recently brought before Justice
Nichols by Game Supervisor Charles E.
Beard of Martinsburg, W. Va. They
explained that Pennsylvania prohibits
fishing on Sunday while the sport is
permitted both in West Virginia and
Maryland, which explained their pres
ence. They both agreed to take out
nonresident licenses at SIS each and
there was no prosecution.
A fact well worth recording was
brought by Peter C. Chambliss, editor
of Fisherman's Luck in Baltimore Sun.
He says, 1T is necessary to catch fish,
many fish and big fish-to enjoy what is
known as successful fishing trip"
The anglers who like to cast for
trout and the large and small mouth
bass are restrained by law from taking
more than certain number of these
species. The average bass angler is sat-
isfied IL he gets two or three fish and
the same thing holds true with other
fresh water game fish. I know one
local angler who very seldom takes
home a bass, yet he is fishing all the
time. loves the thrill of telling one of
these gamesters on the other end Of