Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-12
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

II yHAT is the matter with fish,
~ ing? This is the question
wv being asked by anglers Wit.i
the exception of a few iso-
lated cases, fishing parties
are not returning with the customary
catches. Many theories are advanced
for this condition, but the main reason,
in our opinion, is the fact that the
water still is too cold Every angler
knows water should be at least 68 de-
grees to start the fish seeking food.
The hardheads, trout and blues make
their home in the Gulf Stream. a warm
body of water. When they leave this
warm home and go into cold water the
sudden change affects their appetite.
We have had only enough warm days
to change the surface temperature but
not enough to affect the temperature
at a distance OF from 20 to 80 feet
below the surface.
There are plenty of fish in the bay
and its tributaries-more than for some
years past. This fact is proved by the
large catches in the nets of the CON-
mercial fishermen, and also proves that
the fish still are in cold water: other
wise they would not be caught in the
nets in such large number
In the Potomac around Chain Bridge
local anglers still are catching many
pan rock. with an occasional big
fellow" In the Lower Potomac large
white perch and pan rock are being
Potomac is in splendid shape for the
| anglers, being reported clear all the
way to Harpers Ferry. with the Shenan-
doah River slightly cloudy. OF course
there is no bass fishing in the Potomac
until July l uncer the Maryland law,
and Maryland has jurisdiction over the
Potomac to the Virginia shore. But
bass fishing starts in Virginia next
Wednesday. June Is.
A LBERT FLETCHER. game warden
IA for the northern district of Vir-
ginia has issued a ruling that will
be good news to local anglers. The
pond created by the building Of the new
Mount Vernon Highway, Just a short
distance below the railroad bridge cross
ing the Potomac, has been opened to
anglers without Virginia license. I'm
der this ruling the pond is said to be
on Federal territory. and is subject to
the law governing the catching of bass
in the District of Columbia Our bass
season opened on May 80 and fishing
in this pond opened on that date An
angler can fish from the side of the
new roadway or can fish from boat in
this pond. but cannot fish from the
opposite shore across the pond, which
is Virginia soil, unless he has license
Judge William S. Snow Of Alexandria,
a member of the Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries of Virginia. veri-
fled this report yesterday Go to it
boys and get yourself some bass!
CAPT. NOAH HAZARD. at Seaside
~ Park. reports that on trips recently
to Sharp's Island he made fairly
good catches of harGheads. Capt. Haz-
ard. by way of encouragement to the
anglers says he has his wheelbarrows
ready to bring ashore the large catches
he expects his parties to land this year
from across the bay. He also remarked
that he never had seen so many crabs
as there are this year IF you want to
see sight" he says. lust walk out on
the pier at the Beach and look into the
water. Thousands of crabs are visible"
He has his two boats. one new. ready
for day and night trips to the Eastern
Shore of the Bay.
Capt E. T Garvin. at Tilghmans
Island, asserts hardheads are commence
ing to bite in good numbers. and also
that blues weighing pounds are being
landed in small nun bers every day, and
that big trout some weighing 7 pounds,
also are being caught