Evening star., 1933-04-10


L \ the Potomac River around
Chain Bridge early last week.
For several days the water was clear
and some good perch fishing was pro-
vided While no large catches were
reported, those landed were Of good
size, running from one-half to three
quarters of a pound.
For the last three weeks anglers have
been landing large number OF mullets
in the swift waters of the Potomac
They are good eating. I saw a man
with a string of about IL or perhaps
IA of these fish, all good size. I asked
him what kind of bait he used and he
replied that they were not caught on
hook and line, but were netted. The
use of dip nets in the Potomac is a
violation of the laws of the District
of Columbia and also on the Virginia
side of the river, yet / learned that sew
eral anglers using the Virginia side
are employing this method regularly.
This year the harbor precinct will
again be watching for these violators
on the District side of the river and
will have the aid of the park police
Capt. Carroll of the park police told
Rod and Stream that he would instruct
all his men to watch out for violations
TROUT fishing in Maryland is re-
i ported to be only fair, at least in
Fishing Greek. This stream is the near
est one to Washington and is visited
by many local anglers. Several leading
trout anglers, members of the local
chapter of the Izaak Walton League
report they landed their bag limit in
this stream on the opening of the sea-
son, but that they kept only three or
four of them. One of the fish kept
measured IA inches.
The best trout streams in Maryland
are to be found at greater distances
from Washington, and the stream more
heavily stocked is Bear Greek, in Gar
rett County, where over 1000 adult
trout were planted. Virginia and West
Virginia open their seasons ON trout on
the 18th of this month. Both of
these States have planted more trout
in their streams than Maryland and
the anglers can expect better fishing.
CLEN c. LEACH of the Bureau OF
" Fisheries informs us that only a
few shad are being caught in the
river off Fort Humphreys, but that an
unusual large number Of perch are be-
ing taken in the nets. He said that the
Herring can be expected to reach the
swift waters of the Potomac around
Chain Bridge at any time. The Bu-
reaus hatchery at Fort Washington has
on hand ITS ,000, 900 baby yellow perch
These fish are to be placed in Virginia
streams tributary to the Potomac. and
the Commission of Game and Inland
Fisheries of. Virginia will assist In the
planting.
Capt. Noah Hazard at Galesville, Md.
told me, on visit to West River re-
Gently. that he is catching a large num-
ber of herring and some shad, but that
no hardheads had been landed. The
hardheads, however, are in the lower
will be off Chesapeake Beach and other
ington anglers.
William Mooney. city postmaster. said
Friday that he has just received letter
from Charles Barry from Oregon Inlet.
Barry informed him that last Thursday
he landed 20 channel bass, and that
not one of them weighed less than 40
pounds. Barry also said that the fish
would not take anything but q feath-
cred squid bait.
Cecil Taylor, local angler and mem
Der of the Washington. D. G. Chapter
OF the I. w. L., received letter from
Horace A. Dough at Manteo, N. c., last
Wednesday informing him that "the
channel bass are running strong here
now. Only a few times have I ever
seen as many In one day as saw yes
terday."