Evening star., 1932-07-15
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ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

800 pounds aboard. The trout are run
ming from 21a to pounds.
"Kingfish are biting good. Catches
from ocean City's fishing pier are re-
ported good. One fisherman hooked l6
for his days sport. Drum or channel
bass not biting at present, but expert
enced fishermen say this Is only tempo
rary condition.
In Chesapeake Bay the trout, hard
heads and blues are being caught in
deep water.
A boat captain operating In the mouth
Of the York River writes that he is max
ing many good catches Of blues, the
largest to date being l65, the average
weight being around 2l2 pounds. These
fish are being caught trolling off the
York Split Lighthouse.
4 T Ridge, Md, located miles this
IA side of Scotland Beach on the bay,
the hardheads, trout and blues are
being landed by all fishing parties Capt.
c. F. Willoughby, at Ridge, informs lis
that fish are really down there now and
increasing in numbers caught every day.
Last Saturday party Of local anglers
visiting Ridge and fishing that after
noon ard early Sunday morning landed
all the fish they could bring home. Big
hardheads and trout are biting with
great regularity. 1 saw one Of the largest
trout landed I have ever seen taken
from the water. I have caught trout
weighing 1ois and IL pounds at Wach-
apreague, Va. but this trout landed at
Ridge appeared twice the size Of any
trout I ever caught. 1t must have
weighed between IL and IA pounds.
James H. Phillips and Guy Amman.
local anglers, fishing off Scotland Beach
Tuesday, landed go hardj>ead and "a
trout, the largest trout Weighing 81
pounds. These anglers. tolling, also
.anded II blues. Boat capt ms seem II
think that the best fishing is on the
ebb tide. All fishermen, however, saw
that with the full moon this month fish
ing should be at its best.
GEORGE BOWEN at Solomons called
~ up and said: The fish are here
We really have something to offer
now"
E. w. Spicer and Ed. Clarkson. local
anglers, fishing Tuesday night and Wed
nesday morning at Solomons Island
with Capt. Eddy Bowen as their guide
landed LOT hardheads and eight trout.
Joe Lore OF SolomonS called up to
inform US of fishing conditions off the
Island. He said that Preston Lore had
party Of Washingtonians out Wednes-
day and they landed 1873 pounds of
hardheads and trout
Capt. Gourley Elliott at Broomes Is
land reports that the hardheads are be-
ing landed in large numbers in the
PatuXent River and also that a few
trout are being caught.
Capt. Noah Hazard of Chesapeake
Beach. states that fishing over on the
Eastern shore. especially of Sharps
Island Light, Is great.
George T. Harrison Of Tilghmans Is
land informs us that fishing conditions
over his way are good. He said that
che party landed 235 hardheads and
some trout.
Vincent Mcguire. who, keeps us in
formed about fishing conditions in the
mouth Of the Big Choptank River. said
that all boats making out from Neavitt
are returning with catches of from so
to 10 hardheads and from to 10
trout.
George knight at Leonardtown, saws
that fishing in the lower Potomac is
again extra good and that the rockfish
have been furnishing anglers with
plenty of thrills.