Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

IT. HE big trout which have beer
furnishing such excellent sport
during the past week on the
west side of the Bay from Plum
Point to Solomons, around Point Look
out and In the mouth Of the Potomac,
also have reached Benedict, located on
the Patuxent River. This information
reaches US from w. C. Scheible, who re-
ports that catches of trout from 10 to
20 per boat are being landed. He also
says hardheadS weighing around q
pound and half are furnishing splen-
Gid sport. Motor boats can be obtained
at Benedict, Md, at a price of IS for
four hours and rowbats at 81 per day.
Guy Rome Of No. IL precinct, accom-
panied by Bernard Sheppard and
Roney Butts, fishing off Sharps Island
hardheads and "a trout. The largest
trout weighed Ga pounds and 10 OF
them weighed around 4 pounds each.
All the fish were landed in 216 hours.
These anglers used peeler crabs a. bait
and went across the Bay with Capt.
J. w. Manifold Of Herring Bay.
Harold Phillips and M. J. McDer-
mott both local newspaper men, fishing
landed about IS fish. Thirty of these
were trout. They fished In the early
morning hours from $3.50 to 7:30 o'clock
and succeeded in catching only five
haTdheads. After breakfast they visited
Cedar Point Light, fished from 1890
am. to $3.50 pm. and landed their big
trout.
COMMERCIAL fishermen as we'll IS
~ the amateur, along with the bath
erS in salt water, are having their
troubles with sea nettles. Hauling OF
seines practically has been discontinued
in various parts Of the Bay and its
tributaries because Of the great influx Of
nettles. One haul by commercial fisher
men contained nearly 712 tons Of nettles.
ering of the fish which were mixed with
the solid mass Of nettles in the seine.
Nettles are more numerous this year
than ever before. The Bureau Of Fish
cries believes climatic conditions may
be responsible. According to members
of the division the only way Of perman-
emily destroying them would be for q
stiff inShore breeze to blow them high
and dry ashore.
In a wey anglers may be. indebted to
the sea nettles for the good fishing
this year. Practical abandonment OF
operations by the METERS means more
fish for the anglers. Anywhow, more
trout are being landed this year by rod
and reel fishermen than ever before in
the memory of living anglers.
MARYLAND game wardens are keep
IV1 ing an eye on the engineering
project above Great Falls, where
large gas pipes are being laid on the
bottom of the Potomac from the Viz
GINA to the Maryland side. A report
that large discharges Of dynamite were
being used in the river has been directed
to the attention of both the Maryland
and Virginia fishing authorities.
Virginia reports that no dynamiting
has been carried on In any OF her
streams; that the operations are In the
Potomac, over which she has no juris-
diction. Maryland says that this Is an
engineering project and that the
dynamiting Is necessary to remove large
rocks on the bottom Of the river. They
said they have asked the engineers
working on this project to use no more
dynamite than necessary.
Rod and Stream would like to see the
engineers surround the places where
dynamite is 70 be dScnargeo Win net.
It seems a shame to kill any Of the
game, small-mouth bass, regardless OF
whether it Is done within the law. A
net or seine placed about 100 feet from
the place of explosion undoubtedly
would save q number Of these nsh. i
this suggestion Is actAd upon, 1t would
be well to have the3net put IN place
the day before the dynAmiting 10 to be
done. Fish have o lot Of curiosity Ike