The Washington times., 1931-08-08
ANGLER GOES
/. FISHING BY
PLANE
BY GINO SINH
Shades Of Izaak Walton!


taking to airplaneS so that they
can get to the fishing grounds
quicker, snare their share and
speed back to town!
Mort Steiner, who fiddles away
his time between fishing trips by
lettering big sign boards, tells of
. chap who flew to Steiner'S favo-
rite fishing grounds, off the Vir.
ginia coast.
Mort couldn't get the fellows
name, but he flew down to Lyn-
haven last week for q days fishing
and flew right back and he had
plenty.
Steiner also reported that since
his discovery of the superlative
fishing around Gloucester and
York Spit Light was published a
month or so ago, it has become a
Mecca for Washington anglers.
He stated rather reproachfully
that he noticed automobiles
heavily loaded down with fish,
most Of which would never be
used. He and Oscar Fetterman
brought back plenty Of all species,
trout, blues, hardheadS. founders,
King william perch, and nice,
juicy Norfolk spots. All big and
delicious.
Find New Race
They've discovered a slightly
AAffAps ON10NA <Nra fich fh0n
York Spit Light, at Lynhaven,
farther down the coast. Sharks
and other deep-Sea monsters can
be caught there.
Their bOatman, . chap who
knew nothing about the finer
points Of fishing, watched them
affix . drOne to their line, and
then offered to bet them that
they wouldn't catch anything
with that ''tin thing" He soon
changed his mind.
Fishing reports from nearby
points are spotty. Variable
winds, besides, according to JACK
Hurley. hoary headed fishing
sage. the moon Is out Of whack.
Hurley, with Charles M. Schnei-
der, Chaplin B. Bauman and Wal
ter Leaman returned from T1lgh-
man Island with only so finSters
after three days fishing. A
small catch for these seasoned
anglers.
However, a huge skate which
struck old Jacks line provided
plenty of excitement. After
fighting the hideous monster for
a time and getting his hands
badly bruised, Hurley, admitted
he was licked, and turned him
over to his boatman to bring In.
The ugly brute succeeded In
breaking the line after being
brought to the boatside:
Sammy Del Vecchio, his father,
and Mac Lewis caught so many
off Morris Point, that they
couldn't count 'ern, mostly spots.
one spot weighed 612 pounds.
The biggest the three had ever
seen.
Wally Powell. Dutch Thiel,
Benny Bowles, Benny Madden
and Handsome" Jack Canty
staged it to Bloody Point and
caught Just a few. Handsome"
lack. however, scored a 1O-strike
when he bailed out Is toad-fish,
besides trying to drown Dutch"
Thiel, Powell and Sam Scogna
are bound for Piney Point for a
weeks stay.
Feed NeighbOrhOOd
Buck Grier took his two boys,
Buck, jr., and Bill. to Cobb Island
and they caught a bushel and
q half Of hardheads and trout,
and three blue fish. Bucks
neighborhood ate fish for several
days.
Vic. Gauzza, jr. and his
mother, with Christine and
Burnette Burgess, recent ar.
rivals from Oklahoma, went ON
q, grabbing expedition to POpes
Greek, and caught four dozen
big blue, deep sea crabs.
Spots were biting fine, young
Vic stated, but he was kept too
busy with the crab net to dc
them justice. Another party
grabbed at Popes Greek and got
plenty. All big ones.
Mort King returned with 49,
hardheads, trout and spots from
Rock Point. He gave Vic Gauzzs
10 husky looking spots thai
were very toothsome, Vic said
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lustine, Mis-
i. r. Lewis and A. T. Levi:
caught 227 fish and 3 baby
sharks at Ocean View, Va.
George Brinkerhoff and
friend came back from Solomon
Island with IS big hardhead'
and trout. Leo Callaghan dubbee
them the finest fish he had eve
seen or eaten.
william Nicholson caught 81
hardheads, trout and spot
around Point Lookout and Jen
nings Brown returned from Pine
Ponit with more than 100, mos
of them big spots Other report
around Southern Maryland stat
that they are running swell AM
an are good size. Paully Byrne
st. John coach, is bound TO
Sharps Island Light. The uppe