Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

~ OF MaryIano ana , WesC Nirgil
fishermen holding State
license will be permitted to Ash from
West Virginia banks in the Potomac
River without having a MARYLAND
license as heretofore. This privilege
is part OF an agreement for point patrol
TO the river. to be paid by wardens in
the two States, at times using the
Maryland motor boats and the expense
to be shared by West Virginia.
The game warden's instructions to his
deputies issued last week. read:
1T was agreed that person holding
a West Virginia license had the right
TO fish in the Potomac River so long as
that person stayed on the territory OF
West Virginia, even though the river
itself to the low-water mark is the
property of the State of Maryland.
las you know, in the past it has been
possible for large number OF persons
to evade the law of both States BY
fishing from the banks and going into
Maryland territory upon the approach
of West Virginia game warden and
vice versa. BY the game wardens OF
both States making some trips together
along the river, person fishing would
necessarily have to have a license from
one State or the other. This agreement
would not give Maryland wardens au-
thority to arrest any person in West
Virginia nor would 1t give West Vir-
ginia wardens the right to arrest any
person in Marylad; but 1t would neces-
State a person fishing holding license
from the State in which he was actually
located while fishing.
Our Interpretation Of the new ruling
is that West Virginian is allowed to
fish from his own shore in the Potomac
River without having Maryland
license, but If he goes out on the river
in a boat, he must have his own State
license and also a Maryland license.
The conference was attended by E:
Lee LIE Compile. State game warden OF
Maryland: H. B. Cornwell. chief game
mer, secretary of State Game Depart
ment of Maryland, and Richard S.
Browning, deputy warden Of Allegany
County.
The three counties of West Virginia
in which the ruling is OF particular in
terest, are Morgan. Berkeley and Je1er-
son. The Maryland counties involved
are Washington and Allegany.
The Potomac yesterday had cleared
and was in good condition for the small
bass anglers, This Is the first time
since the start of the bass fishing sea-
son that the river had been sufficiently
clear to assure the anglers OF at least
a fair chance.
Announcement has been made by
Willoughby Walling, chairman OF the
executive board of the IZaak Walton
League Of America, of the appointment
Of M. K Reckord as general manager OF
the league, the position left vacant py
the recent death of Fred H. Doellner.
Reckord is a native of Baltimore and a
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versity of Maryland. The local fishing
fraternity will be glad to learn that q
near neighbor has been selected 70 Ill
this important position.
Reckord comes direct to the league
from the national staff of the American
Red Cross, after nine years of service
with that organization. He Is a lover
of the outdoors, interested in outdoor
sports, a devotee OF aeronautlcs. winch
he acquired in connection with disaster
relief work with the Red Gross, ana
strong believer in the principles OF the
IZaak Walton League.
The executive board of the league be-
lieves that under Reckords leadership
the organization will put on even great
er'speed in the production OF conserVa-
ton projects.
r. P. Moore, fishing at Calvert Beach,
Md, recently caught 40 hardneaoS ana
trout ranging from IL to 80 inches IN
length. He also caught IS crabs, one
of them measuring close to 20 inches.
This crab is thought to be one OF the
largest ever caught in Chesapeake Bay.
AS far as can be aScertained there
has been little, If any, improvement In
fishing in Chesapeake Bay. Despite the
hot weather the bay was rough during
the early afternoons and evenings anu
this condition may be responsible LOT
the small number OF catches reported;
However, around Solomons Island and
Point Lookout several good catcnes
were made. It seems that the nsh Ior
some reason or other have not come up
In the bay in any great numbers. II
may be they can't get up owing TO the
many nets and perhaps they know that
the purse METERS are waiting for them
In the waters OF Herring Bay distrlct
Recently three purse net boats were
LAYING of Fair Haven Wharf. They EVIL
IDENTIFY were driven in by the rough
water.
w. w. Bride, District corporation
counsel, was recent visitor to Point
Lookout on a fishing trip. His party
made a catch of 1877 one morning and
some of them were big ones, mostly
hardseads, trout and bluefish.
Joseph Sullivan and Ed. Jones
motored down to Solmons Island one
morning recently and returned with
IS iardheads and / trout. They re-
port that the fish were biting strong.
Jones landed the only trout caught.
They carried some bloodwornls, but used
only the peeler crabs purchased from
sens boat for their outing.
As stated several weeks ago, the blues