Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER.

made sudden dive and, nine times
out of ten, come up with the prey in
their mouths Our correspondent says
that the only thing to save hundreds
of these small bass Is cloudy or muddy
water so the birds can't see them. The
eternal struggle of fishes to exist re-
minds one of the recent war, they are
attacked from beneath the surface, on
the surface and from the air.
THE cool weather of the past week
= or ten days is BEGINNING to have its
effect on fishing. From the lower
Potomac in fresh water come reports
Of many good catches Of plymouth
bass.
But before I tell you about bass in
the lower Potomac want to tell you Of
q small-mouth bass landed by Master
8. p. Stone, IT,, 1901 Broad Branch
road, Chevy Chase, Md. This young
ster, aged 8, was fishing with his ia
Their at Stubberfield Falls, Md. last Sat-
urday. Using smelt as bait. young Stone
got q beauty strike and, without any
assistance from his dad, landed q bass
which tipped the scales at Az pounds.
This fish was weighed by Ollie Atlas,
who termed it remarkable catch. We
agree with him and personally think
1t would be great If this young man
carried OF the prize in the fresh water
contest this month. Gee, bet he would
be q proud lad to be fishing with q
brand new outfit, rod, reel and line,
won by his own efforts. We hope he
gets it. he certainly Is in the lead thus
Tar. Congratulations, sonny, and more
power to you.
Nov. getting back to these big
mouth bass IN the lower Potomac,
reports are that the big majority Of
them are caught on low tide, and while
some are being landed with live bait, the
majority are being caught on artificial
lures
One good report comes from Quantico
Greek where one of the Marines sta
TONED there Is having wonderful sport.
This particular angler always brings
home the bacon" He is said to never
make cast Of more than Is or 20
feet, some times not that far, but, from
reports, he must be O darn good angler
because he Is keeping himself and some
| Of his friends supplied with bass.
There Is one thing that the angler
must not overlook when fishing In the
creeks and coves In Virginia, that Is,
his license. A license Is required to fish
In Virginia fresh tide water this year
and the law Is being strictly enforced.
CORKING good reports reach US also
~ from the Maryland side. MANY
anglers are making good catches OF
bass, white and yellow perch and pan
rock The best report comes from the
vicinity Of Piscataway Greek. BY the
way, no license Is required on the Mary
land side Of the Potomac. Rod and
Stream hopes that Maryland viii pass
such Q law at the next session Of the
legislature, II not for the whole river,
AZ least Tor the creeks and coves, the
And here's q dispatch from Cumber-
land that I just have to announce before
I get into salt water. George =. Jordan
deputy register OF wills, caught one OF
the largest bass Of the season In the
South Branch of the Potomac. It
measured 20 inches In length, was G
inches broad and weighed AZ pounds
It attracted much attention when
placed on display.
A CCORDING to reports received from
IA salt water territory the anglers
are continuing to have good sport
The cool spell has improved things for
the anglers both in the lower Potomac
of st. Georges Island, Point Lookout
and Piney Point. From the Eastern
Shore around Tilghmans and Sharps
Islands the anglers have landed many
fish.
George M. knight, in his report from
Leonardtown, says: The cool weather
has not in the least affected the fish
| in the lower Potomac River and anglers
fishing in the mouth of Breton Bay and
st. Clements Bay, around Piney Point
and ST. Georges Islands have made
some splendid catches. Blues and trout
are running very large and a few rock
are being caught. The largest reported
was trout weighing nearly seven
pounds, caught by Thomas A. Mckay
who went out with John H. T. Briscoe
and A. r. King. all Of Leonardtown
These anglers fshed of Herring Greek
Monday they caught string Of IA blues
and trout, using hard crabs as bait
While fishing OF Black Walnut last
Monday Paul Bush Of Medleys Neck
landed q large string of hardheads
showing that these hard-boring spe-
Giles have not left for their ocean
haunts.
Knight says all this week Capt. Troti
and his son Owen have been taking out
ing some pretty fair catches Of blues
trout and a small quantity OF rock
trolling around st. Georges Island and
Piney Point.
r OCAL anglers are continuing to have
IL good sport on the Chesapeake Bay
of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
In the vicinity Of Tilghmans Island.
John e. Thompson, who has made
record catches there this season, wa
over there Wednesday with 3. b. Hun
and @. p. Leishear. Capt. George, thetl
boatman, quickly found the spot wher'
numerous big catches had been nadt
and members Of the fishing party soor