Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17

letter 1 received from some Of our
angling friends in the Government
Printing Office. Following a visit
to Solomons Island and a subsequent
report in The Star of our success fish,
ing on Cedar Point Light a week ago
last Wednesday morning, a party from
Uncle Sans big printing establishment
motored down there last Sunday. They
report they fished from am. until
trout, weighing three pounds. They
said they talked about their lack of
luck to some of the local fishermen
when they returned; showed them the
article appearing in The Star anent
the fine luck my party had had. and
that the fishermen certainly got a
great laugh out OF it, saying they never
had heard Of the catches reported and
did not believe them.
Whether the native fishermen heard
of the catches reported in The Star
makes no difference. Our party of four
got rs good big trout the largest weigh
ing five pounds, and five big hardheads.
The very next morning another party
landed As trout, another party II, and
so on. These accounts can be verified
by ]. w. Jones of Hyattsville, William
Hard, local newspaper man; Leonard
Nicholson, George Miller of The Star,
Judge Evans. member of Congress from
Montana, and DR.. M. Darcy Magee,
president of the local chapter of the
l. w. L. A. 1 can not vouch for the
reports received from others but
certainly can and do stand back of
statement published concerning my own
experiences. And 1 might add that
some Of them have been awful-a
wonderful outing, but no fishing. And
that's that.
THE report this morning from
i Harpers Ferry is not so good for
the bass anglers. Both rivers are
muddy. the Shenandoah and the Poto-
mac. Around Washington the less said
the better; it's just question of watch
full waiting for the river to clear
The reports this week from across
the bay state that the hardheads are
just running wild and that some good
size trout are being landed
Capt. Dan P. Ball at Neavitt Md
writes in that plenty Of hardheads are
! being caught. along with few trout
and that some trollers have been sue
cessful in landing some bluefish. He
said that a party fishing last Wednes-
day caught black drum weighing Sc
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Choptank.
One of the best reports from the
other side of the bay comes from w. E
Wilson. who. with Harry Bladen, fish,
i ing off Tilghman Island Wednesday
night, landed 352 hardheads and 4
trout. They had as their guide Capt
Jenkins.
Ollie Atlas and his party selected
Capt. Roy Ward of Herring Bay for
friv, 20 49, T..
afternoon. Fishing from $50 pm. to
about O'Clock. they landed 122 hard
heads and trout.
Donald A. Hallman and Bob Schroe-
der. with Capt. Ben Manifold of Her
ring Bay as their guide, went across the
bay Wednesday afternoon late and in
about one hours fishing landed 80 big
| hardheads and trout.
One angler reports that there were
about Is boats fishing of Sharps Island
last wednesday night and that they al
caught large quantities of FISH, mostly
hardheads.
CAPT. GEORGE BOWEN at Solo.
~ mons Island this morning said tina;
fishing down his way had let up 8
little, owing principally to the many
afternoon storms. He said that Capt
Clyde Dove and a party from Altoons
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catch Of seven trout and six big hard.
heads. and that Capt. Eddy Bowen, with
DR.. Howard w. Yeager and party from
Hagerstown. returned this morning with
10 trout and IL hardheads
H. S. Hodges and wife. with Graham
E. Wilson and his wife and Miss Alma
! Street. report a successful fishing triI
one-half mile north of Cedar Poin
Light, of Solomons With Capt. Mar.
tin as their guide, they landed II larg,
trout and hardhead. fishing from 4:3(
pm. to $3.50, using peeler crabs as bait
The fishing trip which Capt. Noat
Hazard of Chesapeake Beach ran t,
! the Eastern Shore last Sunday carried
/ the largest number of fishermen of thu
year, two large motor boats being re.
quired to accommodate :.S:e crowd
Every one on board caught a large
number Of big hardheads. Among those
making the trip we're J. D. Moorehead
| @. E williams. Carl H. Rea, Billy
Waum. John Cooley. Lester Remser
@. w. Townston. C. SIN tn Allan Porter
F J. George. C. l.. Bowman, w. b