The Washington times., 1932-09-09
ROCKS
ALSOF|GURE
IN HAULS
BY GINO SINH
ANGLERS BEST BET:
Ridge, Md.
SECOND BEST BET:
Herring Bay


The kings of all game fish, the
SlAshing, splashing bluefish. have
arrived and taken full command
OF the eastern shore of the Bay
and the lower Patuxent.
They are taking all kind OF
lures, both alive and artificial,
with traditional zest and gusto.
Despite the presence Of the
p0gnacious taylorS, anglers are
dragging in a wide variety. which
includes trout, hardheads, spots
and perch. all of good size.
The trollers who like to plumb
the depths are bringing up excel
lent specimens of rockfish. The
blues, of course, are also willing
victims of the trollerS.
The most glowing reports ema-
nate from Ridge, with Herring
Bay, 'Shadyside and Broomes
Island not far behind.
Among the standout Ridge re-
ports is catch of rs big blues
and trout by Corp. James Fowler,
Henry T. Young and Bernard
Berken Sunday. and another of
80 blues. scaling between two and
five pounds, shared by Charles
Chandler Monday. Chandler had
only the boatman, Captain Fos-
ter, with him.
Catch EN- at BrOOmes
Henry and Billy Young and
Jack Foster yanked in IS hard
heads, trout and blues at
Broomes Monday, and Maurice,
Julius and Benjamin Eanet, Ed
Workman and Ben Miller bagged
rs blues. IS trout and many large
spots, perch and hardheads at
Broonfes on the same day. They
caught all their blues in two
hours, and did not get a Strike
from one Of them until they had
been out for seven hours.
Darling" Joe Bolin, Bob Lowry,
Doc Patterson and Bobby Will
Hams waylaid around so blues at
Broomes Sunday, and also a few
spots, hardheads and trout and
one black bass. Bull Montana"
Bolin caught the biggest toadfish
any member of the party had
ever seen.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Heming-
way and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Ballou caught more than so
blues. trout and hardheads at
Solomons Monday. g.. 3.
st. Francis Xavier'S peerless
fish -chaSerS, Fred Gt was that
long, Brahler, Joe Mccarthy,
Richard Simpson and Mrs. NC
Carthy and Mrs. Simpson, sneaked
up on the trout and blues at
Blackstone Island and .nabbed
IS of, them before they knew
what had happened. Mrs. Nc
Carthy hooked the prize blue, q
four-pounder.
Shady Side o. X.
Joseph Olmert. r. L. River
comb and John Smith landed IS
large trout and blues at Shady
Side, Monday and Rick Ricassi,
Judge Bigmas and son, Jack, Joe
Myers, AL Hardaway. DR.. Abra-
ham Schneider and Vic GauSza,
ir., gathered up SIS hardheads
and trout at the same spot
Saturday. Young Gauzza brought
in q five-pound hardhead.
The Hunters clan, Walter,
James W.. w. M, with o. J..
Martin and Roscoe .Strawell gar
nered a huge mass of pan size
and upward blues, intermixed
with hardheads and spots at Idle
vile.
fsidor and DR.. Sam Shah are
again heading for Point Lookout
this weekend. The past week
end they picked up IS bluetlsh
there. the smallest weighing 2l2
pounds. Quite a few 5-pounders
figured in the catch.
Jim Mahoney and Kenneth
Hawkins caught only Is blues at
Niger Head, off Herring Bay,
but all were big.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Cohen, Mr..
and Mrs. Hy Margolis, Leo
Rinaldi, Herbert William and
Harry Cohen, Harry Harris and
Nick Loft gathered up a wide
variety of fish at Colonial Beach,
but none of any great size. They
had small blues, trout, hard
heads. spots and perch, and a
Sew rockfish.