Evening star., 1929-06-30

to another ana the penalty lor llSnng
without license is $40. 1t Is also
unlawful to take any species OF fish
above tide water. except by means Of
rod. hook and line at any time, and
any bass taken must be 8 inches in
length The Maryland bass season
closes November 80.
In Virginia the bass season opens on
the same date as IN Maryland, but
does not close until March is. The
legal size of bass to be taken in Vir-
giYlia waters is 10 inches, measurements
from nose to tip Of tail, and the bag
limit is Is in any one dav's hshing.
| A nonresident Virginia fishing license
costs $3.50.
Local anglers may obtain either Mary
| land or Virginia fishing licenses from
the Atlas Sporting Goods Store.
| History is repeating itself again in
regard to fishing conditions in the Po-
tonlae at the start of the bass season.
The heavy rains recently have muddled
the waters of the river so badly that
1t will be 10 days or weeks before
it clears Today the water Is badly
discolored. so bad that not even cat
fish are being caught. 1t Will be re-
membered by local anglers that the
Potomac River was clear only three
times during the last fishing season,
Any time a heavy rain passes over
Frederick County and muddies the
Monocacy River the Potomac Is bouno
to suffer. The Monacacy River is the
chief enemy OF the Potomac. In SO lar
as mud Is concerned.
Good, bad and indifferent reports
! have reached US in regard to salt
water fishing. One party returning
from Solomons Island reports a eaten
of l2 hardheads and another party
said they caught nothing.
From the Herring Bay district sew
eral good catches of rock have been
reported. One angler fishing there
| said his party of four landed so rock
| and IA hardheads. Last Thursday four
! boats were out trolling for these game
sters. One boat brought back 65 rock
and another boat only succeeded III
| landing 10. All the rock being caught
| at this time are of the pan size, run
! ming from one to two pounds. These
| smaller rock will not take any KIND
| of artificial bait without a bloodworm
on the hook Anglers trolling fo- these
| fish report they have tried all kinds OF
artificial bait and have obtained the
| best results with June Bug spinner or
/ a double Kidney Spoon.
Only once in while are the fiSh
| breaking water and consequently there
are no seagulls to be seen. A little
! later on. when the gulls make their
! appearance, it will be much easier to
| locate the fish, But again, just when
| the best fishing starts the anglers will
be interfered with by the purse net
| ters, who start their operations, under
the Maryland law, on July Is.
Local anglers at last are going to have
] an opportunity TO show their skill in the
art of bait and fly casting. The MINI
| rods of America, national fraternity
of sportsmen, plan to have series OF
contests to be held each Sunday morn
ing from the float at the Tidal Basin.
| These contests will lead up to cham
! pionship event for the District of Co
| lumbia.
We will receive all entries for the
! contests. The judges of the contests
will be selected from the entries and all
| fees collected are to be used for prizes.
/ Further details of these contests win be
published just as soon as the Nimrods
of America map out their plan Of pro-
cedure.
The world famous Abbey & Imbrie
grand prize rod and reel is on exhibit
| ton in Washington for the next three
| weeks. This elegant rod and reel was
| first made for the Centennial Exposition
in Philadelphia in 1876, where it was
a special feature of the Abbey g. Imbrie
! exhibit.
1t also has been shown at the Chi
| cago World Fair in 1893. in the United
| States Fish Commissions exhibit at the
| Paris Exposition of 1900. at the Pam
American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901,
| the Charleston Exposition in 1902 and
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in
| st. Louis i'll 1904 it was awarded the
grand prize--the highest award for
fishing tackle-over all other exhibitors,
domestic and foreign.
The rod is of hand-split bamboo with
solid gold mountings, ornamented with
genuine topaz in the butt end and in
the ferrule plugs. 1t Is also highly deco
rated with intricate carvings. The reel
Is of solid gold, ornamented with en-
cravings.
This IS, 1000 historic rod and reel is on
display in Goldenberg's sporting goods
department for limited time.
Three fishermen who had taken 1S0
brook trout illegally in Pennsylvania,
early In April, were assessed $40 for
each fish taken and $25 for fishing
without licenses, the total fines for each
fisherman amounting to $625. The fish
taken varied in size from to 12 inches.
This should discourage others in that
locality from violating the law.
Last Sunday fishing at Great Falls,
on the Maryland side of the river, be-
tween so and so anglers. men, women
and children, were violating the law,
not only i'll the fish caught. but by the
mere act of fishing in the Potomac un-
der the Maryland law before July /.
Bass, perch and catfish were being
landed by these anglers. and 1t was re-
ported to us that the fish too small to
be carried away, were thrown on the
shore to die.
In our opinion, there are too many
violators of the fish laws OF Maryland
and Virginia who are not apprehended.
Just few examples of the enforcement
of the law VIII have its effect upon
kothsrS and put a stop to evil practices.