Evening star., 1932-12-18

\dE POtOmdc HlFer Is IN prime
condition for the bass anglers.
In District waters and below,
either on the Maryland or Vir-
ginia side, anglers are permitted to
catch bass all Winter. the season in
Virginia closing March Is, and in
Maryland April /, 1888.
Dyed in -the-wool bass anglers still
are catching good many along the
sea wall and in the Washington Chan
mel Rod and Stream reserved no re-
ports from the lower Potomac around
Piscataway Creek and Gunston Cove
last week. but did get fine report of
bass landed in the Little River This
river flows back of Roosevelt, formerly
Analostan, Island.
Last Tuesday. NJ c. Mcknight in
formed us he and E. P. Dehler, visit
ing some Of their favorite holes in this
stream recently. and. fishing four days,
landed so bass and many crappie. NC
Knight told that with but few excep-
tions most of the bass averaged over
a pound and a half. Quite a few
weighed between two and three pounds.
This splendid catch was made with live
bait. smelt and pike minnows.
Telling OF his catch, Mcknight said
he fished in the deep holes, around
fallen trees. and had eight feet Of line
between his float and his hooks. He
said the bass are hungry and that the
Little River is full of them, but that
you have to fish deep to get your
strikes. He also said it was useless to
use any artificial lures.
William Nshwitz and Harry Black,
turning from fishing to hunting, last
Sunday boated across Chesapeake Bay
from Solomons Island to Hoopers Is
land. There they procured thorough
ly capable guide and despite unfavor-
ably weather conditions against them,
each got his bag limit of ducks on
Monday and Tuesday.
r. LEE LECOMPTE. Maryland State
IL. game warden. asks us to print the
following law on the killing OF
muskrats in Maryland:
Section SO Of article 90, public code
OF general laws of Maryland, provides
as follows:
1T is unlawful for any person to hunt
muskrat within the State of Maryland,
or have the meat or pelts in possession
18th day of March and the 1st day
OF January following in each and every
year, both dates inclusive, whether
same are trapped. caught or killed with
in the State of Maryland or any other
State, territory or country; provided,
however, that this shall not prohibit the
possession Of skins of such animals for
business purposed when dried and
cured"
Lecompte said this law is very neces-
sary for the protection Of the muskrat
in his State and positively prohibits
possession or sale of the meat during
the closed period. namely, March Is to
December 81.
A NGLERS Of the District of Colum-
IA bia and Maryland are working to
get black bass bill enacted into
law at the session of the General As
sembly Of Maryland, which meets jan
uary 1. The District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Delaware prohibit the sale of black bass
at all times wherever taken. Maryland
does not. At the last session Of the
Maryland Legislature a black bass bill
The bill to be presented this session
reads:
1T shall be unlawful to catch any
species of black bass belonging to the
genus Micropterus, including the large
mouth black bass (Micropterus sal
omides) and the small-mouth black bass
(Micropterus dolomieu) in any Of the
tidal or non-tidal waters Of this State.
in any manner whatsoever except that
during the months Of July. August. Sep
tember, October and November the
above mentioned fish may be caught
by angling with rod, hook and line. held
by the hand. Whenever any Of the said
fish may be caught in nets. sienes or
other devices legally engaged in other
fishing, the owner of those engaged In
fishing such nets, shall Immediately re-
turn such fish to the water uninjured
and failure to do so shall be deemed
prima facie evidence that the owner or
others so engaged in fishing said nets
are doing so in violation Of this section
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation to sell or Offer
to sell, purchase or offer to purchase
at any time. or to have in possession
except as hereinafter provided, any
black bass mentioned in this act
whether said fish be caught in the tidal
or non tidal waters Of this State or the
waters Of any other State. district. ter
ritory or country and brought into this