The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Lower River
THICK WITH
F|NSTERS
BY GINO SINH

uOH%O
By GINo SINH
L. B. Huntington, of Annapolis
inventor of the Drone bait. so 1op'
ular among the fishing fraternity
says:
"As the weather grows cooler
the fish will appear in larger
quantities than they have in
many seasons. Chesapeake
Bay Is simply checked fun Of
fish anxious to impale them
selves on hooks"
And it seems that the fish over
heard Huntington make this state
ment, for during the past 10 days
some of the biggest catches Of the
year have been reported. Almost
everyone who went out returned
with more fish than they thought
Of getting.
Down on the lower Potomac
around Point Lookout and Piney
Point, they have been slaughter
ing them. Anglers really get a
chance to pick and choose in those
sections.
Francesca .Bastiani, leading
Italian fisherman of the city, re
turned with a 125-pound haul from
Point Lookout. He had four
blues weighing IS pounds alto
getler, and shared a five-toot
shark that had snapped at a blue
fish as he was bringing it in.
Ole Jack Hurley went over
TO his beloved Tilghman Is
Land with Ralph Moore, Doc
Bob Best, and two chaps
from Cumberland and re.
turned with nine blues, IL
trout, 2S extra large spots.
They were forced in by rough
waters. The biggest blue was
four pounds.
Hurley had his usual unusual
adventure. when a rat trled 70
gnaw through his lunch box our'
ing the night. When he investl
gated with a flash-light. the rat
ilnnped on his pillow and scam
nered away. Next time he In
tends to bring something extra
for the rodents, he stated.
Charles Schneider. Ole Jonn Is
son.ir-law, and William Il. stone
went to Tilghman's just after
Hurley's party had left, ,ano5
coMoht nearly a half barrel OF
fish in a three-day trip. Plenty
of good size trout, blues ano
spots, we'll interspersed WIZ
hardheads. A northeast Wlno
on Monday and Tuesday n1ade
the fishing a little less frult1u
on those days, but they were SAT
isfied. - r:+oL
A party including Lee Pltcn
1vn. Leroy Willett, John A. PIKE
Franklin Long, M. 1. Knapp ano nc
r, J. Jorolemon, visited DR.: H. !
7 Barber at st. Georges Island
near Piney Point. and returned
with III blues. The catch weighed
las pounds.
"The fish are so plentiful
around the POtOmac'S mouth
that hundreds of Sea-gullS are
feeding on them" members OF
this party reported.
p Thomas and Thomas Diegel
returned from a trolling trip to
point Lookout with more than
100 big blues. Ed Towers dlo
Considerable trolling at Tall Tim
bers and some still fishing. and
came in with a good-sized load OF
blues and rock.
Lefty Mcintyre, Patsy Spaldlng
and Handsome Fitzgerald got
plenty of spots. blues and hard
heads at Rock Point.
Lefty Jewett, Jimmy w. Hale
and Dave Conn rowed around the
Patuxent Sunday and caught 81
big beautieS-trout and olueflsn
weighing between three ano
and four pounds.
zone got away that must
have weighed 20 pounds" con-
fessed Hale. .~.
SIT must've been a big rock
fish" explained Vic Gau2Ia,
his partner in trade, quickly.
Mitchell Collins, Ben Kahlel
and Ed Stevens found Rock
Points combination and came
back with fish box full Of
huskies. They brought back
everything they hooked and, &C
cording to friends. North Capitol
Street residents in their vicinity
had plenty of fish for several
days.
River Springs came in for its
share of interest. A party con
sisting of William A.. Pates, Mar
tina and Ann Blakiston. c. Chip
man, e. W. Petherbridge. A. j
Pates, H. F.. Bailey, under the
guidance of Captain Mitchell
caught SO hardheads, trout, blues
and spots in an hour.
Ernie Anderson took his EN-
ployes to Plum Point and had
plenty of fun and excellent
catches. Moose MoSco, Joe Swee.
ney, Frank .Noyes, Dave Keppel
and Patsy Donovan went to Her.
ring Bay, and everybody caught
fish except Sweeney,
Pop Stanton caught IA bluefish
off the pier at Seaside. which is
something out of the ordinary.
Leading Hitters