Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

JAMES D. JARMAN Of Ocean City,
Md, writes: Listening to your
~ broadcasting the other night, we
heard you giving reports Of dif-
/ ferent fishermen and different places,
the catches, and where they were biting.
Fish have started to bite very good
at Ocean City the last week and this
week.
MAYOR McCabe and his wife caught
8 drum (some call them channel oass)
last week There were IL drum caught
| last Sunday and IA caught on Monday.
Jean Monk, rs New York avenue
northwest, caught / drum and IL blue
fish June 49,, and he caught 4 drum
| and l kingfiSh today in about four
hours fishing. The drum weighed as
follows: IS pounds, SO pounds, 80
| pounds and As pounds.
DIR. Bsrman went out last night and
in about an hour caught IL kingflsh
right in front of our hotel.
1.-THE writer would like very much to
receive your weekly program and Will be
glad to keep you supplied with infor-
nation about how the fish are biting at
Ocean City"
A. H. G. Mears writes:
THE channel bass are striking at
this time; several parties have landed
from l to Z. Trout are also striking
good on the ocean, most boats landing
from so to 10. Blues running large
to 5 pounds, but catches at present
are very irregular. The writer, however,
landed Is last Saturday and 6 yester-
day. Our boat Just arrived with 2
channel bass and $50 large porgies.
Long-expected reports have COM
menced to reach us from the Herring
Bav fishing grounds. Fish have been
caught out in the bay, of course, but
last week big hardheads were caught
in Herring Bay itself. AS a matter OF
fact, one woman, Mrs. Roy Matthews,
using only rowboat and just fishing
little distance from shore, landed sew
eral hardheads of about 4-pounds EACH
Another report comes from Capt. r.
E. Lee of Shady Side. Recently he took
out Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Gibson of 161
U street northwest. They landed 26
| hard heads and one trout, the trout
weighing 81 pounds. They flshed on
! the buoy in the mouth OF West RIVER.
The warm weather last week was
just the thing needed to start the f1sh
biting in their true style. Reports stated
that fish we're biting at Ocean City,
Wachapreague, on the Eastern Shore,
other places along the bay and in the
Patuxent and 2otomac Rivers. This
week the anglers can go in any direc-
| ton, and If the wind does not blow too
hard may expect to be rewarded with
good sized catches.
Joseph Pacyna and Lou Kolodin,
Washington anglers, returned Friday
night from a trip to Wachapreague
J where they f1shed Wednesday, Thurs
| day and Friday morning. These anglers
selected Capt. Buck Parker as their
guide and fished both in the bay and in
| the ocean. Their catch consisted of As
sea bass, the largest weighing 21a
pounds; 2 blues, one 5 and the other /
pound; 106 porgies and Q channel bass.
The channel bass weighed IS and IS
pounds. The anglers report they did not
get even a strike from trout and they
| did not see any caught. When asked
about the bluef1sh law in those waters
thew said that Capt. Parker informed
them it was not being enforced.
n Cd AND STREAMS radio speaker
N. last Thursday, James w. Jones,
Government tax expert, said: II am
| interested in the conservation of our
wild life, forests and scenery, abolish
ment of pollution in our streams, lakes
and salt waters. Therefore, I am a
member Of the Washington Chapter of
| the Izaak Walton League Of America,
| the outstanding organization in pushing
| legislation along these lines" Mr.. Jones
| when not figuring how much money we
| owe the Government, is figuring on Sc
! Letting the best fishing place.
He spoke on Fish and Where to
Catch Them" and said Washington is
| probably as well favored in respect to
| the variety of its fishing as any other
city In the country. He said within a
comparatively few miles of our city are
! found brook and other fresh water