Evening star., 1932-06-26
ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER

mac and elsewhere due to heavy rain
fall during the Winter and Spring, and
the inactivity Of many Of the industrial
plants located thereon, is much i'm
proved. This should also enhance the
prospects for bass fishing In this great
river
THE Conservation Department of
Maryland believes that every encourage
ment should be given to fishery
organizations, like the IZaak Walton
League and similar organizations, to
establish suitable ponds where black
bass may be reared. The Conserva-
ton Department of Maryland also ap-
preciates what the United States
Bureau Of Fisheries is doing along this
line and acknowledge the unfailing CO.
operation which this branch of the
Federal Government has extended to
Maryland"
Commissioner Earle also paid a glow
ing tribute to Gov. Albert c. Ritchie by
saying that Maryland conservationists,
in their fight to save the waning natural
resources of their State, had the un-
deniable advantage during the past 10
years Of a Governor whose sympathetic
interest and practical aid have made
possible the passage OF progressive laws
and the inauguration of conservation
projects of the utmost Importance.
TTHE following letter to Rod and
l. Stream from Clarence E. Boswell
is of particular interest to local
anglers. Under date of June 81 he says:
ION several visits to the Tidal Basin
I observed that numerous black bass
rockfish and crappies were being bagged
that were far below the size limit set
bv law. I have also heard of catches
of seven or eight bass a day, all Of
which were between four and eight
inches long.
rs there not some way Of calling
the Bureau of Fisheries attention to
this matter and have them maintain
a more strict surveillance of this Situa-
ton? To me it seems that the Tidal
Basin is slowly becoming what he
Bureau of Fisheries has tried to make
it. and if the present situation is al
lowed to continue, there will be no
chance for the fishermen, who loves
the fighting qualities of the black bass,
to enjoy the sport.
"If a notice cannot be written in
your column to remedy the present
conditions, please advise me If there
is any way Of notifying the proper
authorities who will see that the law
is properly enforced and this slaughter
of small game fish ceased"
The Tidal Basin is under the juris-
diction of the once of Public Build
ings and Parks. When Rod and
Stream, cooperating with the Bureau
of Fisheries, planted 5000 adult bass
in this body of water about six years
ago Commissioner OMalley of the
Bureau asked the Office of Public Build
ings and Parks to have the following
regulations governing fishing adopted:
Bag limit, 5 bass, 5 crappie and 5
Dream in any one day. and the size
limit 10 inches for bass. 6 inches for
crappie and inches for Dream.
Capt. d. o. Hickey, newly appointed
superintendent of Park Police when
advised of Mr.. Boswells letter said he
would Immediately instruct his force
to see that the existing laws were
strictly enforced in the Basin. He told
the writer that he was sorry to learn
of the violations In the Tidal Basin;
that he was an angler himself, and
that he knew how the anglers felt
about such matters and he would ste
that such violations were immediately
brought to an end. Capt. Hickey is a
very busy man these days learning all
about his new duties, but he grasped
the situation at once and delivered his
ultimatum in no uncertain tones.
Rod and Stream thanks Mr.. Boswell
for his letter and is especially glad to
learn that the Tidal Basin, at last, is
becoming a bass pond for the large
mouth bass and crappie We ask all
anglers who see any violations of the
fish law to follow his e.ample an notify
us Immediately.
THERE seems to be no doubt about