The Washington times., 1932-08-05
ANGLERS SET
FOR GREAT
WEEKEND
Bv GINO SINH

If you run across group of
friends in animated conversation
and with arms out-stretched
don't be alarmed.
They are only describing the
fish they are going to catch over
the weekend and the fish that
you are going to catch is, always,
at least, as big as the one that got
away.
If the last weekend and the
past few days are a criterion. 1t is
fish, fish. fish everywhere, in
river, bay and creek, and you
can't blame anglers for letting
their imagination get the best of
them.
Not only have record catches
been made, but fish of record size
have figured in those catches.
Hardheads still predominant,
but the trout, blues and spots arc
appearing in ever increasing num-
ber. That monarch of The perch
family, the King Wilii4m tooth.
some and dainty, is also nibbling
at the worms.
Conditions Perfect
Old salts. Snuffing the air,
scanning the waters, and squint-
ing at the moon are of the Opin
ion that the coming ekend
may turn out to be one of the
grandest and most glorious of the
season.
Sharps Island has been the
northern bay mecca. o. c. Pope,
Wilson Hit G. Castell, Al Pey-
ton, Bill Allen and Doc Link
bagged los there Saturday. mostly
hardheads, some weighing four
pounds. Hjalmar Erickson, Irving
Slider and Buck Manley got so
at the bell bouy near Sharps
last Saturday Their prize catch
was a 3l2-pound catfish. Erick
son returned to these grounds
Tuesday accompanied by his wife
and son. Girard, and Mrs. Clough
and caught 40 big beauties.
Harry Singer and Ed Held
hauled away 80 hardheads and
20 trout from Sharps Island
waters. Jim Mahoney haunted
the same region Sunday and had
a splendid catch. In fact he
went back for more on Thursday
Herring Bay Delivers
Herring Bay appears in form
Joe ItalianO, Earl Griggs, Bill and
Ellsworth McOosker, AL Coulter
and Sam Smiroldo snatched 125
big hardheadS and 3 large spots
there Sunday a. m. Harry Her .
witz, Judge Norris and Bill Bur
nam also we're satisfied with Her /
ring Bay. landing 35 huge hard .
heads there Saturday. One of .
them 20 inches long.
SolomonS is going full blast
1sidor Shah and Chuck Calendar
celebrated Shah's birthday Satur
day by pulling in 80 big babies,
none under 1l2 pounds, in four
hours. They caught them drifting
Harry Cohen and Oscar Dodek
caught 100 hardheadS and many
spots and perch at Solomons Sun
day. Lally Hillman, shared 200 in
the same waters on the same |
date. Harry Fine, Joe Buscher,
Ben Kay and the Schaffer broth. .
ers caught $50 hardheads off
Cedar Point Light Sunday. Fine
landed two trout, one 4 pounds
and one 6 with one cast, the only
trout caught.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Whippo
found GaleSVille Ok. They re-
turned with 40 big hardheads.
trout and several blues. The
blues were big, Whippo claims,
but the trout we're bigger.
Plenty At Bloody Point
Lee Pitchlynn and a party of
friends hooked plenty at Bloody
Point Light They were real fish.
not minnoWs. Pitchlynn states.
Addy Adrian got two strings, six
feet long, of hardheads and
perch at Plum Point. Arthur
Carlton picked up two dozen
giant crabs in the same location.
Rock Point also stood out. Mr..
and Mrs Harry Hubert, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Bell and Sam
Marks Waylaid $50 small hard
heads, three 12-inch trout and
one blue, besides perch and spots
there Sunday. Colonel Snyder.
Captain McCaughtery and Capt.
Tommy Stein bailed out 26 hard
heads and 20 trout, many in the