Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-05

of the trout season and the close
mouth bass in tidewater. During
June and July, the spawning sea-
placed this protection around the
; closed to commercial fishermen
ID and reel anglers are allowed to
nth bass on July /, the same as
and Virginia.
+ Carpenter informed this column that
many dead fish were seen after the first
day lying on the bottom, having been
caught by the anglers and returned to
the water on account of their size. Don
suggests that the Pennsylvania law
| land streams. In that State an angler Is
required to keep all the trout he catches
whether they are large or small, if he
| thinks they are injured and will die,
until he has his bag limit for the day.
| In Maryland all fish under inches
must be returned to the water.
! The banks of Fishing Creek, Hunting
! Creek and Cacotin Greek were lined on
both sides with anglers and every man
is reported to have bagged his limit Of
! 10 fish.
| With the opening of the trout sea-
son in Maryland, letters were sent to
deputy game wardens all over the State
by E. Lee LIE Compile, State game warden,
admoniShing them to watch the streams
cid has license. Special watchfulness
! will be required Sundays, for the fisher
mems ranks probably will be greatest
then, lie Compile pointed out.
THE Maryland Conservation Commits
L sion states that the brook trout
clan grows larger yearly. Swepson
! however, And every year we're putting
more fish in the brooks. Let the fish
erman increase. We're ready for them
with our new breeding stations and in
creased stocking facilities"
According to the Maryland author
tiles, about $4,000 mature trout may be
caught this year.
DY the end of this month another
- kind Of trout will claim the atten-
ton of thousands of anglers, and the
place to catch the big ones will be
Wachapreague, Va. Usually around
May /, at this place, trout as large as
IL pounds are caught. A great many
will remember the trip to this wonder
full fishing ground last May under the
auspices of the Atlas Sports Goods Co.,
when 90 anglers landed 1900 trout,
weighing over 212 tons.
This year the start will be made from
the Atlas store at am. After crossing
the bay the first stop will be at Sails
bury. where hot lunch will be served.
Wachapreague should be reached about
4 o'clock. The party will fish Monday
and Tuesday and the return trip will be
made Wednesday. The cost of the OUT
ing. including everything. even the
boats, will be $50 a head. Ollie Is
ready to receive reservations, and the
order will be first come first served.
Next Thursday the regular monthly
meeting of the Washington, D. c.,
chapter of the l. w. L. A. will be held
at the Releigh Hotel. Some matters Of
importance will come up and all men,
bers are urgently requested to attend.
On April 10, in the Raleigh Hotel
ball room, the local chapter will pre-
sent Branch Riley in an illustrated lee
ture on the great Northwest. Riley has
consented to give this lecture to the
members of the local chapter and their
friends The chapter extends an invt-
tation to all lovers of the outdoors to
: attend.
Next Tuesday. Paul G. Redington.
chief of the United States Bureau of
Biological Survey. will go on the air
over station WRC, his subject being.
wild Life Administration and on
Auril %, Senator Frederic G. Walcott
: of Connecticut, will take as his subject,
: wild Life Legislation" Both speakers
are in a series of talks sponsored by the
American Game Protective Association.