Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15


Under the Maryland law it is unlaw-
full to set outline or trotline using more
than IS hooks on any one line for the
water fish except bass.
It is unlawful to place or allow to go
into any of the waters of Maryland any
material which Is destructive to fish
life.
It Is unlawful to obStruct any stream
above where the tide GIBBS and flows.
All owners of dams on any Of the
waters of the above State are required
to place and maintain at least one fish
ladder, so as to permit the fish free
access up and down the stream.
1t is penitentiary offense to use
dynamite in any of the waters Of that
State for the purpose Of killing fish.
Fishing licenses in Maryland cost !:
of State, $3.50; dip-net licenses (reSi-
dent of State only, $2.25.
Clerks fee Is included in the above.
No license is required by an owner
fishing in stream from his shore, nor
does it apply to the owners family,
tenants and their families and employees
fishing from his property. License ex-
pires on the 31st day of D scember next
following date Of issue; and license is
void unless signed in ink by hcensee
The button received with the license
must be worn in plain view at all times
while fishing. The law makes 1t a mis-
demeanor, subject to a fine Of $40, to
make any change, loan or transfer a
license and renders same void.
THERE being no provision in the
l. Maryland law for duplicate licenses
none will be issued in case the original
is lost or destroyed. Therefore, anglers
are warned to take good care of their
licenses unless they wish to pay the full
price for a new one.
For the convenience Of local sports
men the Atlas Sports Goods Co. will
distribute Maryland and Virginia licenses
again this year and already has sup
ply of Maryland ones on hand and ex-
poets the Virginia books in short time
NEXT Wednesday evening the Wash
IN ington, D. c., Chapter Of the Izaak
Walton League will hold its monthly
meeting at the Raleigh Hotel at 8
o'clock. This meeting will be devoted
entirely to the matter of pollution of
waters in the District of Columbia. The
chairmen of the pollution committees
of the Washington Board Of Trade and
the Washington Chamber Of Commerce
have been invited. The president OF
the local chapter has called on the
Health Department for q report on the
condition Of the waters of the District
namely, the Georgetown Channel, the
Eastern Branch and Rock Greek. The
committee on pollution Of the local
chapter, composed Of six doctors, feels
that the first step in restocking the
Potomac Is to have it's waters In Q
proper condition to receive the fish
What's the use, they ask, Of planting
thousands Of fish If they are to be al
lowed to die In polluted water? The
question Of pollution Is o very important
one, affecting not only fish life, but the
health and lives of all our citizens, and
is condition which should be remedied
at once.
A DISPATCH from Baltimore tells of
IA flock Of sea sulls that went on a
spree last week when prohibition agents
poured 1900 gallons Of corn whisky into
the harbor OF old Fort McF1enry, part
OF which IS used for the storage Of
seized liquors until destroyed.
Practically every sea gull around the
harbor was roosting about The fort and
all got tipSy. The broadwinged topers
were in such high spirits that they
circled, nose-dived and did tail spins
above the fort without as much as the
slightest regard for the watchful eyes
Of the entire Prohibition Enforcement
Bureau.
7 ARGE schools Of rock and white
- perch have made their appearance
in the upper waters Of Chesapeake Bay
for the first time this year and the
fishermen are making large catches
daily. Up until last week fishing had
been practically at q standstill among
both the deep water and pound net
fishermen but drift net fishermen In