Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER

would seize large rat II the latter at
tempted to swim across the pool.
Brother Martaugh has read this re-
port, approves IL, unoffic;ally--and
promises to lend his support at the next
meeting of your executive committee to
my request for special commission to
visit the scene of this alleged incident,
attempt to secure a repetition, with APP
propriate motion pictureS-to be ar
ranged for by Brother Steve Early, as
incontestable evidence.
If 1 may suggest to an official OF
your wide experience, 1t would seem
that the final report should be widely
circulated to all members, the National
Museum, the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun
Club, the Internal Revenue Department
and the millions of f1shermen-eYen
non-members Of the glorious A. T. t. A.
made celebrated by your distinguished
administration.
with respect and esteem, my dear
Mr. President and the further respect
full suggestion that 1 may be placed
upon the committee to visit Southern
Delaware and that Brother Cliff Berry
man be added TO our rolls Il guarantee
his dues, am,
''Fraternally yours,
THOMAS GRANT.
Member Washington
CnapJer a. Il. i. a.
OUR little urchin friend up in Della
~ ware is not the only one who uses
mice to land big bass. Only
week or two ago a local angler came
into the ONCE and said he was going
to catch some mice and try TO land
some of the big bass he knew were
in the Potomac between Cabin Johns
Run and Great Falls. And If my
memory serves me l have heard before
of the balloon stunt.
A ND here's report from our Balti-
"A more correspondent which must
confess l do not altogether under
stand, as 1 know many of both kinds
Of fsh mentioned in his report have
been caught "over there" for the last
several years, but here it is:
For the first time in years blue
fish and trout have made their APP
pearance in the waters of the Miles and
Choptank Rivers, 1t was reported yes
terday by E. Lee lie Compile, Mary
land State game warden.
Reports have been received at the
game department that sportsmen have
been making record catches of these
more or less game fish in the waters
from which but few bluef1sh and trout
have been lured by fishermen for such
long time that few residents of the
Eastern Shore sections bordering these
bodies OF water can remember when
there really was good fishing.
"Mr LIE Compile declared that during
the last week ne has personally been
informed that fishermen were taking
anywhere from 80 to so of these FISH
a day and that one angler had reported
a catch of more than 80.
"One of the peculiarities accompany
ing this sudden appearance in the
Choptank River Is that the bluefish will
not bite during the daytime and must
be caught at night. The members of
the finny tribe in the Miles River are
not so given to night life, but will bite
at any time, the game warden said.
Fishing conditions have been good
along the Tilghmans Island section
during the past month, but 1t was not
until last week that these two rivers
received their visitation.
Mr.. lie Compile is at loss to explain
the reason for the sudden appearance
OF the fish in these two rivers despite
various tales which fishermen have been
telling OF small schools of sharks driv-
ing the smaller fish into the tributaries
| Of the Chesapeake Bay"