Evening star., 1933-04-02
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER.

pieces of game, which will assure an
adequate supply in the covers for their
benefit the next hunting season.
I'VE would appreciate the co-opera-
ton of not only the sportsmen, but
the general public, in assisting us in
the enforcement Of this law. The dep
uty game wardens have been instructed
to strictly enforce this law"
1t is unlawful to allow ones dog to
run at large on property. owned by
others between March and September
/ and pursue game or destroy the eggs
or nests, under penalty Of not less than.
S25 nor more than 500 and costs for
each and every offense and IS addi-
tional for each game bird or game ami
NAL caught or killed Illegally.
Hundreds of local anglers took ad
vantage of the opening Of the brook
and rainbow trout season in Maryland
yesterday. We learn that many slept
in their automobiles Friday night to
be on hand bright and early Saturday
morning. The early bird catches the
fish, but we do not know just how many
trout were landed. We will tell you
all about 1t this week. Maryland has
planted in her trout streams some
40 900 adult trout, so scme OF our local
anglers certainly returned with part OF
their bag limit which Is 10 trout.
An army of denizens Of the deep are
encamped in their watery homes In the
Potomac just below Washington, as
close as Occoquan Bay. These fishes,
the shad. the herring and white perch,
are likely to strike out for the swift
waters of the Potomac around Chain
Bridge ON any high tide. According
to oficials of the Bureau of Fisheries.
the only reason the white perch have
not arrived in the waters around WASH
ington is due to the recent muddy
water. The river now is almost clear
and there is no known reason why the
annual Spring influx Of the flnny tribes
| should not be on this week. Watch
| The Star for announcement OF their
arrival.
The bass season is now closed in all
nearby States, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia and the District OF Co
lumbia. In tidewater in Maryland the
season closed last Friday. There Is no
excuse for any angler keeping large
or small mouth bass If one Is hooked
while fishing for the white perch or
snaeging herring or shad. White perch
are caught using garden worms blood
worms, shrimp, crabs and 'minnows
Anglers seeking herring and Shad will
have to use three-pronged snagging
/ hook, as these fish will not take bait
Many hundreds of herring will be snag-
ged, but, of course. the shad landed l.ill
be few and far between. All anglers
are warned not to attempt to use dip
net in the Potomac River. The Harbor
Precinct will have men watching for
this violation at Chain Bridge.
Word from Charles Barry of Norfolk,
Va. is to the effect that red drum or
channel bass have made their appear
ance in such large numbers at Oregon
Inlet, n c., that commercial fisher
men have had to remove their nets
from the water Barry was in Wash
ington paying his old chum, Postmaster
William Mooney, a visit. Barry also in
formed us that one commercial fisher
man operating in the waters of the bay
off Norfolk last week, netted 80 barrels
of gray sea trout. Barry said he was
going to Oregon Inlet Tuesday and
would drop Rod and Stream line on
the latest news at this wonderful fish,
ing place