Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

r Asst Wednesday when we received
such q glowing report from Capt.
George M. Bowen at Solomons
Island concerning the big fish
caught OF Point Patience trolling, trout
running from 4 TO Q pounds, taylora
weighing from Az to 4 pounds and
rockf1sh tipping the scales at 51z pounds
and over, with many Of the larger ones
being lost, q lone washington angler
q. w. Zimmerman motored down to
st. Jerome's Greek, got In q motor boat
and directed his pilot to take him &c
cedar Point Cove. This cove Is between
Cedar Point and No Point, near Cedar
Point. He flshed late in the afternoon
and landed Al trout. IS Of which ran
from 4 to 6 pounds, and the others from
2 to 8 pounds. Besides these f1Sh Zim-
norman landed one small drum weigh
ing 14h pounds and lot Of big hard
heads and other fish. Zimmerman used
both soft and hard crabs Is bait, but his
best fisn were landed on cut spot ano
cut hardheads.
Rod and stream got in touch with
Bowen again Friday TO ind out II the
rockfish were still being caught OF
Point Patience along with other big
f1sh, trout and blues. Bowen Informed
us that the rock were not breaking now
as they had been last Wednesday, but
that those trolling deep were landing
some and. others still fishing" in the
mouth of the Patlixent and on Cedar
Point Light, were catching some beauti-
full fish.
Bowen also informed Rod and Stream
that Capt. Buck Richardson, one Of
Chesapeake Bays purse METERS, had
landed during the past week 8 or
tons Of blues between Cedar Point and
Barren Island. Now that hurts and
causes all anglers to bristle up and
think Of the time when We win all ap-
pear ct Annapolis, the early part Of
next year when the Legislature meets
to protest against this kind Of slaughter
of game fish In the bay.
A MOTHER report, this time from
"A Herring Bay, says that the fisf
have commenced to bite In that
territory. This angler says he was FISH
ing down there q week ago last Friday
and landed some good size flsh, the
largest being Q 6-pound trout. This
angler who has nshed all over the
country, IN Mobile Bay, on the Florida
Coast and elsewhere, says he expects
ring Bay this week. We hope 50. This
place Is easily reached over good roads
and no time is lost in getting out on
the fishing grounds.
Since the completion Of the new road
the other side of the Patuxent River
bridge down To Solomons Island, anglers
visiting Herring Bay need not 60 70
Mount Zion, but can take the new road
down to Bristol and cut straight across
country over 4 new gravel ground TO
within 100 yards Of the road leading
This report was more or less verified
when one Of our readers called up %
say he had been very successful nsh1ne
In Herring Bay last week. He informed
us that with two companions he went
Just q little outside the black buoy
marking the channel and landed some
good trout, taylors. and spot.
AN Army oficer called last night al
"A our home and asked II q rockfish
he had landed over on the Eastern
Shore was eligible to enter In Rod and
Streams contest. When told 1t GER
tainly was he said he had q beauty,
and that 1t weighed IS pounds. This
fish is apt to carry on honors for salt
water this month. Again we call at
tention to the fact that larger fish are
now being caught. Be sure to enter
your largest fash in this the last month
Of Rod and Streams contest.
CEoRGE KNIGHT, at Ieonardtown,
" telephoned us that tie trout, blues
and rockfish are stan furnishing
anglers good sport on Brettons ana
st. Clements SBays, across the river at
Tall Timbers, and at other well known
fishing grounds In the lower Potomac.
He reports q good catch Of trout and
taylorS by o party Of washing onians
consisting of e. o. Teed, d. S. Miller,
j. e. Eckloff, e. N. Riley, r. L. North,
A. b, Trintz and NJ j. Thompson.
This party selected Tall Timbers TO do
their fishing last Sunday, and their
largest, q trout, weighed 5 pounds.
THE biggest forest fires, taking heavy
l. toll Of timber, farm buildings and
wild life, have occurred In October
over O period Of many years, according
to tabulation Of the American Game
Protective Association. Because of the
recent drought the forest, brush and
meadow fires of this Fall are liable to
be the most disastrous on record unless
unusual precautions are taken through
out the country, foresters declare.
So far this year 1901 fires have de-
Stroyed 1920 acres OF national forests
east of the Rocky Mountains, as COM
pared to 466 fires burning 12,4l5 acres
during the entire year Of 1929.
The above figures, given out by Or.
w. Bell Of Nthe United States Bureau
of Biological Survey, cover only ma
tional forests. There were approx
mately 100000 fires reported thus far
this year.
Reports from all over the country
show that wild-life species have suf-
fered considerably. Add to this the
increased hardships Wild life has had
to face as Q result Of the shortage Of
food and water caused by the drought
and an accurate picture Of conditions
as they exist Is shown, conservation
officials declare.
To improve conditions for all Wild
life species every one can help by
assistance to game commits
sioners and wardens, by watching
closely for fires and reporting them
Immediately, BY helping to put out
fires once they are discovered and