The Washington times., 1932-09-23
ANGLERS BAG
SEA BASSAT
SOLOMONS
ANGLERS BEST BET;
SOlOmOn's Island
SECOND BEST BET
Herring Bay
BY GINO SINH

BY GNU SINH
The bay, the lower Potomac
and. the Patuxent are still hum
ming with life and activity as
anglers. continue their pursuit OF
the finsters with midsummer
fervor.
The blues and trout are hold
ing the stage almost single
handed, but trollers are picking
up rockfish in fair numbers.
The sea bass is putting in ap-
pearance, running to fairly good
size.
All the favorite bay fishing
grounds are rewarding their de-
voteeS literally, with Solomon's
Island holding a slight edge and
Herring Bay next in rank. Fish
ing around the many mid-chan-
mel islands is particularly salts
factory. Trout are more numer-
Gus than blues in the lower
Potomac around the Breton Bay
regions, and rockfish are also
inclined to go for tempting offer
1ngs with increasing frequency
In these waters.
Catch 'Em Off Wharf
WaIly Powell and Bill Fleischell
loitered on the wharf at Solo
mons Island for a couple of
hours Sunday and landed Is
blues and sea bass. j. c. Harris,
Ed Young and Harry Leurs picked
up 70 trout and blues at the
same place tw~ days ago.
Cy Cauffman and his two sons,
william and John, Pop Stanton
and his son, Reid. and Tom Cauff-
man did well at Broome's Island
carting in 20 trout over two
pounds each, three blues, so
small hardheadS and Is King
Williams, Reid landed several
S12-pound trout.
Captain Bolayher and Sam
Anglen trapped 80 large trout and
blues at Herring Bay, Monday,
and Fred WaSer, Henry Parke and
Cody L. Henry brought in so trout
and is blues at the same place on
Tuesday. Fred Sherman, Thomas
A. Lake, Norman Francis and
Melvin L. Crisp also were tickled
over Herring Bays generosity.
They bagged about $50, evenly
divided between trout and blue
fish, many running up to three
and one-half pounds.
r: L. Waybright, W., H. Bolen,
C. o. Patterson, Robert D. Beeton,
u U Gtr4VrohnNo n,
mond, Lewis Durham, r. B..
Whitaker, N. E. Hubel and Nor
gan and Eek Waybright slipped
across the bay from Shady Side
and yanked in over 1875, including
48 blues, one weighing five and
one-half pounds, and a five-pound
founder.
Ashley Lyles, Walter j. Richard
son, sr. and jr., and Harold j..
Thiele, in a couple of hours Of
fishing with Capt. Noah Hazard
off Seaside Saturday, reeled in As
sizable trout, half dozen hard
heads, and only one bluefish.
Mac MCGEE boated 20 husky
blues and a few small hardheads
at Dare'S Beach.
Warren Barrett and Arthur
Lankford picked up 80 big white
perch and eight bluefish, all
weighing better than four pounds,
at North Point.
Chum for Big Blues
George e. Anderson, Owen Bar
ron, Charles Bittner, H. N. Jones,
L. H. Coward and Lee Pttchlyn,
shipping with Capt. Robert E.
Lee, Waylaid 1874 Gall over four
pounds, member of the party
States) at Kent Island Tuesday.
They "chummed" for them. Bit
ner hooked three-inch hardhead
to win the prize for the smallest
fish caught.
H. H. Hubert, J. N. Klein, sr.
and jr.; Leroy Willett, G. M.
Feigley, c. E. Hearst, Irving
Bratcher, Harry Seikmann, of the
Treasurer's office, also had good
luck at Kent Island, landing so
last Saturday.
Eddie Keith, Frank Cosimano,
Phil Catalano, Sergt. Richard
Cox, Bud Roller and Mike Spinell
bagged around 100 trout and
blues at Plum Point Sunday
afternoon.