Evening star., 1933-05-21

to be caught by hook and line, permit
me to relate my experience.
Commissioner William E. Humphreys
and Miles J. Furnas Of the Federal
Trade Commission, Daniel Forbes. a
we'll known Washington attorney. all
expert anglers and the writer motored
to Deals Island via Annapolis and
Metapeake Ferry on May II. We were
fortunate in having Capt. Homer Ring
gold in charge Of the party. Dropped
anchor at O'Clock; never moved the
boat until our return to port, which
was reached at $40 pm, and we had
233 fish, weighing over 300 pounds,
hardheads and few small trout.
"At o'clock next morning we started
again and returned for lunch at l
o'clock with a good load of fish-not
counted. After lunch and a smoke
again boarded cur boat. dropped anchor
about o'clock. Moved once for short
distance. Returned at $50 with the
most ard largest fish we had yet land
ed. These fish were full grown, Perry,
most of them weighing over pounds
each.
The full catch was estimated as
weighing over 600 pounds, which Is a
very conservative estimate. Miles Fur
mas says they weighed over 800 pounds
but as he did not show his fisherman's S
license, emitting him to exaggeration,
I cannot accept his figures as ac-
curate."
TOM GALE received a communica-
tion from Capt. Horace Pruitt at
Crisf1eld, Md. stating that blue
fish and hardheads have started to run
in that vicinity Blues from to S
pounds are being caught trolling, Capt
Pruttt said, and large trout are being
taken over the sunken battleship Texas.
Tom Stein at Rock Point, Md, re-
ports that many hardheads are being
landed in the waters of the Wicomico
River and also in the Potomac This
statement was backed up by Mortimer
King, who tells us that one party land
ed over 100 down there last Sunday.
A promising new fishing place has
beer discovered by Billy Nishwitz and
Harry Black, local anglers. Nishwitz
who owns a beautiful cruiser-type
motor boat, which he keeps at Solomons
Island. autoed down there Thursday
with his friend, Harry Black. They
boarded the boat and anchored out in
the river. Early Friday morning they
went across the bay to Hoopers Island,
secured the services of Capt. Luther as
guide and, safe from rough water if a
storm arose, tried their luck 1t was
plenty good According to Nishwitz,
they couldn't help catching fish. They
returned with 60 of the largest hard
head they ever had landed and said the
waters behind Hoopers Island are filled
| with blue, the natives averring they
never have seen so many before. With
In mile and half from the fishing
grounds there Is q wonderful old South
ern home, where meals are furnished
for SO cents and true Southern hos
pitalty shown all visitors.
There Is only one drawback to this
place, which is its inaccessibility Un-
less one owns his own boat he will
have to go to Solomons Island to OBJ
| tain enc. Capt. George Bowen al Solo
mons Island informs me he will take
anglers to the fishing grounds behind
Hoopers Island for $l2. Capt. Bowen
also says he is going to talk to the
boatmen at the island and see what
kind of reduction will be made this
season in the price Of boats. The boats
fishing in the Patuxent last week end
returned with catches Of from 10 to Is
hardhead and, with good weather in
sight, he expects plenty Of fishing, as
the nets are catching many blues and
trout along with hardhead.
n Cd AND STREAM is doing every
X thing in its power to get the
boatmen to reduce their prices
this season. 1t has already received
assurances of reductions in prices at
points In the lower Potomac River and