Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-31
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

with excellent sport catching bass, crap
pie, catfish and carp. Bass in the East
ern Branch are being caught from the
sea wall and in the warm water flow
ing from the power plant at the bridge
at Benning. Anglers using artificial
bait are making their catches on the
low tide, while those using live bait
are getting better results on the flood
tide
Good reports also reach us from the
creeks and coVeS below Washington.
PiScataway Creek, on the Maryland
side, is drawing its quota of anglers,
with good results, and Gunston Cove
on the Virginia side, Is furnishing ex
cellent sport. Last week two local
anglers visiting Gunston Cove returned
with catch Of % bass.
Fishing nearer to Washington on the
Virginia side of the river. right oppo-
site the pier of the old steel plant, To-
cal anglers are making good catches of
big yellow perch, some bass, rockflsh
OF the pan size and catfish.
G. M. Capper at the east end OF the
Chain Bridge informs us that few bass
have been caught there this week. He
said practically no fish have been
landed since last Friday. He also in
forms us that a school of big yellow
ing two visits daily to the waters of the
canal near his place for food have
ceased their visits and have not shown
up for almost a week. He said that
more rain to freshen up the water may
cause the fish again to become active.
IN salt water, where the wind has
i clean sweep and makes conditions
uncomfortable, only the dyed-in-
the-wool anglers still are venturing
forth. The salt water deniZenS of the
deep are adhering strictly to their
Summer-long habit of striking only
early in the morning or just after
shutdown.
Capt George Bowen at Solomons
Island says that Fall trout as he calls
them, are being landed in the Patuxent
River. Last Tuesday morning Nelson
and Leon Lusby returned with a catch
of Is of these trout for total weight
of 100 pounds. State Senator Webster
again Is landing some nice rockf1Sh
trolling of Point Patience. He is using
a small eel and spinner to attract
them. The rock he landed ranged
from to 10 pounds. Capt. Bowen
says rocllfish are being caught of
Point Patience on the flood tide. When
asked concerning bait, he said that
there are no more peelers, but that
anglers are using hard crabs and small
butterfish, these small fish being 3lz
to 4 inches in length, with good results.
Only an occs sional blue is being
caught. The Bay and Patuxent are
full of ducks.
GEORGE KNIGHT, at Leonardtown,
~ says that trolling in the lower
Potomac continues very good in places,
and large-SiZe trout and rock are being
caught, the rock averaging from to
Is pounds. Blackstones Island Is COM
ing in for its share of good fishing also
Tall TimberS and as far downstream as
Point Lookout Manv of the ro"kfish
are commencing to school for the Win
ter and these are running pretty large.
Tuesday of this week James Wills of
Charles County and Capt. Noble Rice
of ST. Georges Island. trolling between
St Georges Island and Point Lookout.
landed 81 rock averaging from to 10
pounds and one large trout.
Capt. Thomas Trott, trolling Tues
day of this week off Blackstones
Island. landed 40 trout averaging from
to pounds and one trout weighing
9 pounds. Last Monday Capt Trott
landed some rockfish running around
IA pounds of the same place.
Rod and Stream did not receive a
report this week from the Eastern
Shore around Sharps and Tiigmsps
Islands, but last week the largest fish
landed over there was a Gockf1sh weigh
ing ID pounds.