Evening star., 1933-05-07
y Cd AND STREAM has received
y q communication from Charles


~ communication from Charles
r. Sterne of 1880 X street
northwest, which hits at one
Of the illegal practices engaged in by
so-called anglers fishing in the swift
waters Of the Potomac above Chain
Bridge. He wrote. in part, as follows:
"One Of the most unsportsmanlike
acts ever to come to my attention is
the duly authenticated account of a
recent fishing" excursion in the upper
Potomac, one against which every true
enthusiast will rebel
1T seems that the angler in question
journeyed up to Chain Bridge Monday
oetensibly for the purpose Of snagging
herring, but evidently these plentiful
little bony fellows could not satiate his
desire for q kill; so instead of lining up
on the rocks bounding the channel he
proceeded up toward the headwaters in
search of something more alluring to
him. He located quiet, shallow little
hole just of an eddy of the river, prac-
tically surrounded by rocks, likely
spawning ground. Here he found the
mama bass depositing her spawn and
admitted snagging 80 small-mouth bass,
and, I am told, boasted of the fine
and friends the next morning. 1t is
evident that all rules Of fair play are
unknown to this fellow.
In this day and age small l-mouth
bass fishing at its best is nothing to
brag about, in so far as the likelihood Of
respectful catch is concerned, and it
is q well known fact that only through
propagation at hatcheries is there any
fishing at all for these gamesters. My
friends and I have journeyed between
80 and 100 miles more than once and
felt compensated If we caught 3 or
Of these fish within the legal size
Therefore, 1t seems doubly disgraceful
to snuff out probably thousands of these
attempts to protect the young by closing
the season and limits the method of
catching to hook and line"
ID POP" GIRLING, we'll known To-
u. cal angler, sends in letter about
fishing for hardheads at Benedict ::
For the benefit of those who think
it Is a little too early for hardhead fish
ing, this writer can assure them that
there are plenty of them in the Patux-
ent River in the vicinity of Benedict
and Holland Point, directly across the
river.
Although did not catch any, saw
several persons land them on the pier
to right and left of me- Just of the
sand bar q short distance below the
pier young man fishing from a row.
boat landed II and another 6. They
%ho% Reh;
near them were successful in landing
quite a number.
The hardheads caught were large
ones. Shrimp appeared to be the ia
vorite morsel although some fell for
the bloodworm lure. Several white
perch also were landed.
"YeS, Brother likes, nature again
smiles serenely. The dogwood and red
bud trees are in bloom and the hard
heads are here. Get the old tackle out
and 60 after them When one of those
big hardheads smack your bait, you'll
forget all about the slash in salary, the
loss of job and other disturbing ills that
beset u.s.
D Cd AND STREAM was instrumental
n in launching party off to Oregon
Inlet week ago last Friday. Upon
their return the following letter was
received:
You may be interested to hear Of our
trip to Oregon Inlet, also to receive
f1rst-hand information regarding that
fishing ground.
six Of us, Henry Heine, AL Lee. Nor
man Smith. Ed Neil, Eugene Pugh and
myself, left here by motor car at 1890
Friday The route we took was through
Richmond to Petersburg on U. S. Route
No. /; then State Route No. SO to Suf-
folk: then U. S. Route No. So to the
outskirts of Portsmouth, where we