Evening star., 1933-09-03

landed IS rock, weighing from 4 to 8
pounds, and on Wednesday Is blues,
ranging from to 8 pounds, were land
ed, and also rock, weighing from 8
to 6 pounds All these fish were landed
in the waters of the river of Tall
Timbers.
~APT. NOAH HAZARD reported a
nice catch Of trout and blues last
~ Thursday morning. These fish
were landed just below Niger Head
buoy or No. 81 buoy. Capt. Hazard
said they were beautiful fish, some OF
the trout running as large as and Z
pounds and a number Of the blues tip
ping the scales at and pounds.
Capt. Hazard informed us that he
will operate his boats today and tomor-
row in the following manner: His first
boat will leave at pm, returning at
1890 pm. At pm. another boat will
go out, returning at S am, and the
third and last boat will leave at 1890
pm, returning the next morning at 8
o'clock The cost Of these trips will be
81 head.
THE Army War College went afish-
ing last week. A party composed
Of Mai Gen. George S. Sim
Capt. Kendall J. Fielder, commander OF
the Army Band; Capt. J. T. Lake, COM
missary officer; Lieuts. Charles K.
Galley and N. NJ Brinson, staff aides.
and Clifford Lanham, superintendent OF
trees of the District Of Columbia; Pete
Kakenes, Bert Piers and Lou Kolodin
motored to Broomes Island and en-
gagged the services Of Capt. Warren
Denton and fshed from 5 am. until
10 am.
Using peelers. soft crabs and
shrimp for bait, these anglers
landed 40 trout, all small, run
ming from y to IL pounds, and
several hundred hardhead, spot
and perch.
Capt. J. T. Scrivener at River Springs
said the Potomac there has been discol-
ored since the storm and that he does
not look for any real fishing until the
waters clear. He said that some good
spotted or salmon trout had been
landed before the water became cloudy.
)APT. ED GARvIN has described
I the damage done by the recent
storm at Tilghman Island. He
said that 25 or 80 boats were totally
destroyed and wreckage strewn In every
I direction.
The long pier leading to the
packing houses there iDds totally
destroyed and the packing houses
badly damaged.
He said that the majority Of the boat
men have recovered from the effects Of
the storm and that plenty Of boats now
are in service. He also said he has
been catching any number Of good sized
fish, some of the blues running from
to 8 pounds and trout weighing as
much as and pounds. These large
fish, he said, had been landed mostly
on "Gooses."
A. H. @. Mears at Wachapreague
says that catches of fish down his way
since the storm had been landed on
the inside, or in the bay. He said these
catches consisted Of perch, hogfsh,
croakers and few trout. If the weather
continues good, he said. fishing should
be excellent on the ocean today and
tomorrow.
THE Fall fishing season now Is at
hand. Now is the time when the
larger fish will be hooked. In
my opinion there Is no doubt about the
fish being in the bay and its tribu-
taries. Last Wednesday afternoon we
motored down to Galesville and went
out to Niger Head Buoy with some
friends. We had received reports that
the blues were breaking water at this
place and also all along our side of the
bay.
Wednesday afternoon these fish were
on their good behavior, not one of them
was to be seen on the surface. We