The Washington times., 1934-07-19
GROUP LACKS
EQUIPMENT,
LANDS NINE
BY GINO SINH
bluefiSh are here!

The scrappiest, snappiest OF all
the game fish found in Chesa-
peake Bay have arrived.
The report is authentic and au-
thoritative, backed by several mag
nificent specimens of the pugna-
cious denizens of the deep.
Here's the proof.
John F. Mcdonald, "Bub" Nc
Grath, John McCabe, pat" Quinn,
Arnold Kern and Roger Horton,
out of Kenwood Beach, Sunday at
4 p. m, ran smack into NAM
moth school of bluefish which,
they claimed, covered the water
for 10 acres.
Because they had not equipped
themselves for trolling, not expect
ing to run into blues, they only
managed to land nine with make
shift trolling tackle, the largest
weighing five pounds.
Many more were hooked but
managed to shake themselves
loose from the inadequate barbs
before they could be brought to
the boat-side. The school disap-
peared after an hour and the
party turned it's attention to the
less-exciting hardheads, bo a I'll ng
$50 of them, averaging around
three pounds. Captain Everett
Phillips was the boatman.
Reserve Boats
Due to this unexpected run Of
blues, fishermen are advised to
reserve boats for next Sunday, for
there will be a grand rush for
them. Anglers are further warned
to take bait with them from the
city, especially shrimp, for no bait
is available at beaches.
Lou Perron, E. Woods, De
Lacey. H. Steiner and Roberts,
shipping with Captain Woods,
landed around 800 hardheads at
the Gooses Saturday. This is the
biggest catch reported from the
Bay this year. Its veracity is
vouchsafed by all members of the
party. De Lacey, incidentally,
nabbed Six-pound trout.
The Gooses was also wonder
fully generous to Marty" Som.
merfield, Bill Kirby, Owen Brad.
shaw, Watson Hill, Fred Nebel,
John Deffibaugh, "Pete" Peterson
and Joe Dinkin, who yanked in
329 fish 1926 hardheads and three
trout) in 32 hours on shrimp,
peelers, bloodworms and almost
anything else.
eve were catching them 50
fast" Dinkin explains, "that we
didn't even take time to peel
the shrimp"
Dinkin says that when they
reached the Gooses they counted
% boats, but none catching any
thing.
Failed to Register
They, too, failed to get results
after Is minutes of trying, when
they spied boat way off to one
side, on which all hands we're hard
at work dragging in fish. They
pulled over alongside it and then
the fun began! Double-headers
were a matter of course. They
boated the main bulk of their
catch inside of two hours. James
H. wles, Ralph Hemingway,
Burt Crier, Frank and Roger
Lathrem picked up wide variety
at Higgins Point, near Blackstone
Island, Sunday, bagging 225 fish,
which included Is trout and the
rest hardheads and large perch.
They fished with Captain Black
stone and found soft crabs the
most enticing bait.
Catch 3O-pOund Drum
Photographic evidence has been
submitted to subStantiate catch
of a 30-pound drum and $50
pounds of other fish off Point Pa
tience by Benjamin Parran, jr.,
o. M. Kile and Horace j. Donnelly
Sunday afternoon.
Jimmie Zimmerman, "Hammie"
Simmons and Leonard Martin
found Glymont, near Indian Head,
satisfactory, picking up a rockfish
nearly 10 inches long, Is cat
fish and a mess Of large perch
Sunday.
Accommodation to take care Of
large fishing parties have been
made by Walter M. Bauman, at
Clearwater Beach, in the Patux-
ent. Nice catches of hardheads
have been made there.