Evening star., 1933-05-07
Rod and Stream

turned right into county road at Bow
ers Hill. This county road goes through
Deep Greek and comes into State Route
No. 27 at Great Bridge; then south on
Route ~ (Which becomes Route No.
"a after crossing into North Carolina)
and finally becomes Route No. 344,
leading into Manteo.
THE mileage from the Munsey
Building was 305 miles. and We arrived
there at 9:05 o'clock that evening,
stopping one-half hour for dinner.
THE fishing was not so good, as
there had been an east wind there for
several days. and the channel bass,
total catch was about so blue fish, run
ming ~ to pounds, and channel
bass weighing 1924 pounds.
Capt. Horace A. Dough could not
take us out as he was previously en-
gagged so three of us went In one boat
and Glenn Dough, Horace's brother
and three others in another boat. The
boats are an open type, about 30 feet
over ALL with small cabin forward; no
facilities on board and not very well
arranged for trolling, as they carry the
gasoline tank on the stern cross-seat.
The boats are powered with model IT.
Ford engines.
I'VE had breakfast Saturday morning
at o'clock. got started for the fishing
grounds about tbs (the usual delays Of
then a run of hour and so minutes, so
that it was after O'Clock before we
started fishing. It was too rough to go
outside through the breakers in the
morning, so we fished the Inlet with
out catching anything After lunch
we got through the breakers and trolled
for about three hours, the two boats
catching four blue fish. After we came
inside, in the late afternoon, we ran
across school of blue fish and man
aged to catch about rs for each boat
Sunday morning, due to misun-
derstanding of the boatman. we did
after o'clock before We reached the
fishing grounds. It still was too rough
to 60 outside and, besides, the engines
in both boats were not acting properly
and 1t was dangerous to take chance.
We fished all morning catching four
blues between the two boats. On our
way in, well inside of the Inlet, Pugh
decided to try trolling (although the
captain of the boat said there was no
chance of catching anything). Within
three minutes he had hooked the one
channel bass caught on the trip, which
weighed 3934 pounds.
"The charge for the boats is SIS per
day, which, with only three men to a
boat, makes it rather expensive. Gen.
orally speaking, the accommodations,
boats and treatment accorded the fish,
ermen do not compare, in any way,
with Wachapreague, so, in our opinion,
the trip is too long and too expensive
for the ordinary fisherman, especially
for the results obtained"
(Signed) G. w. BUCHHOLZ.
D CASTELL, Vincent Thompkins
N. and Bill Briggs made up another
party to visit Oregon Inlet. These
anglers returned to town last Monday
morning They got one channel bass
that weighed 81 pounds. and 10 small
blues. Castell said the water was very
rough and conditions not good, but
that another party out at the same
time, and which included Joe Turner,
got 13 channel bass weighing between
IS and so pounds All fish, he said, are
being caught in the afternoon after 2
o'clock
DR.. M. D. Arcy Magee, president of
the local chapter of the Izaak Walton
tional body, recently returned from
Chicago, where he attended the an
nual convention of the organization.
DR.. Magee, as one Of Rod and
Streams radio speakers last week, said
that conservation is in the atmosphere.
"It predominates in the deliberations
of Congress. with our stalwart Chief
Executive at the helm. who conspicu-
ously is in accord with the national
groups who have maintained that the
safety and security of our Governments
return to prosperity lies in the main
tanning of our national resources" he
pointed out.
Fair proposals of thinking minds
attuned to the dire necessity of res
toration and recovery sense the serious
side of creating public works, adapta-
bile to our unemployed and with the
Closest scrutiny Of security needy re-
forms for the health and happiness
of our people. Imbued with the respon
sibility of the hour $50 determined
delegates representing 48 States met in
Chicago at the twelfth call Of the
Izaak Walton League of America to
consider proposals and pool their opin-
ions to support the administration in
matters most vital at this time.
Outstanding in the personnel Of
those functioning at this convention
were judges, lawyers, scientists and doc
tors, matching their problems with
farmers and those who love the great
outdoors. Paramount In their delibera-
tions was the thought to support The
public works program Of President
Roosevelt, with specific emphasis placed
upon clean waterways and installation
in cities of sewage disposal plants as
q means of employment
"A resolution condemning the pollu-
ton now existing at the Nations Capt.
tai In Rock Creek and the Potomac
River was unanimously adopted, and
each chapter was requested to commu-
nicate with representatives n Congress
| for immediate RELIEF"