Evening star., 1932-11-05
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

attract any fish. If the fish were
around, they would not strike Person.
ally, I think the blues have left and
that the trout to be caught now are few
and far between.
To be perfectly frank with the ang-
lers, l think it waste of time and
money to fish in the Bay any more this
season. OF course. there may be times
when some lucky angler will run into a
small school OF rockfish and be rewarded
with fair catch. But to me it is like
trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Chesapeake Bay Is a large body of water,
and perhaps if you run into some rock
1t will be time to return home And
incidentally-and don't forget it-when
the sun sinks in the West il gets cold
and l don't mean maybe Just two
weeks ago I counted more than 100
boats fishing across the Bay; yesterday
I counted but seven.
In the Lower Potomac. around Tall
Timbers and Blackstone Island, our
reports indicate anglers still may have
some good sport. George Knight, at
Leonardtown, informs us that good
catches Of rockfish and trout were made
up to last Sunday Since that time, he
said, high winds and rains have dis
turbed the fish and caused them to stop
biting. He said that the catches were
small, but that the fish landed were of
good size, the rock weighing 10 to IL
pounds and the trout running from 4
to pounds. He said that the blues
have left, just an occasional one being
lanced here and there. Last year rock
fish were caught in the Lower Potomac
until the first part of December
This year anglers have had plenty of
sport landing blues, both on our side of
the Bay and across on the Eastern
Shore. AS matter of fact blues have
been so numerous this season that we
think they have driven away the trout.
Some big trout we're landed in the Bay
and its tributaries, out they certainly
were not as numerous as last year.
So. boys and girls. men and women.
those who do not care to face the cold
Gays of November, be sure In putting
away your paraphernalia for the Winter
to see that the old reel is well oiled
and that the rod is placed in room,
closet or corner that is not too hot, thus
preventing warping. Thus you will be
prepared for next season, when, we
think, fishing conditions will be even
better than they were this year.
Bearing out my contention that fish
ing is almost at an end for this season,
I am quoting from a letter received
from James C. Mckenzie of the Hydro
graphic Office, Navy Department:
Being a regular reader of your COL
umn and very much interested in your
reports, thought you would like to hear
from fisherman who went fishing and
got only two small fish
Il keep my boat 34-foot auxiliary
sloop at Herring Bay. and have been
fishing out of that place every week.
The fishing this season has been the
best ever. I have made some good
catches at Bloody Point until the past
two weeks. Last Saturday I still fished
and trolled along the shore between
Chesapeake Beach and Shady Side, and
caught only one blue. Sunday I decided
to make final stab at it, SO with Bill
Gallagher, Reds Spangler and Walter
Hass I sailed into school OF blues in
Herring Bay at 5 am. After trolling
for an hour, with no results, we decided
to still fish, but with no better results.
Three other parties had the same ex-
perience. We then headed for Solo,
mons Island, and struck several schools
Of blues off Plum Point and Cove Point.
The fish were on the surface, and I
never saw so many gulls in my life in
one spot I only landed one fish. Solo
mons Island fishermen reported to us
that they we're having poor luck, too,
but that they expected good catches
trolling off Cedar Point.
II finally have come to the conclusion
that the best fishing now is in the
Lower Potomac for rockfish, and there
fore will make that my next stamping
grounds. Please continue the good work
in your column"
And so that's that.