Evening star., 1934-08-17
81 ROD AND STREAM
lsSSkA[y-- by PERRY MILLERzNx&

about, some OF them ''big fellers,"
and the time is about ripe for them
to strike.
FHE best reports this week reach
us from Southwest Middles
Anglers going to these grounds
are reaping q harvest in blues, catches
from 100 to 800 being made. The
fish are reported breaking water all
day, many of them weighing from 8
| to pounds, and one landed last
Tuesday tipped the scales at exactly
9 pounds. Dr. Alfred Bou tells us
that he has never seen anything like
| grounds for a number of years.
Anglers desiring some real blue FISH
! ing will be rewarded amply for their
| trip.
Capt. L. L. Midget at Wanchese, N.
c. (Oregon Inlet), informs us that
% drum were landed last Friday,
% Saturday and 80 pulled in
Sunday. He said no blues have been
caught recently. Conditions, he said,
seem very favorable for this week
end.
Capt. Harry Woodburn at Solomons
Island informs us that he landed four
rockfish trolling of Point Patience
last Thursday ranging from to 10
pounds, and on Friday caught seven
more weighing from to IL pounds.
''I caught all of these fish using a No.
Hunting Drone. While still fishing
Is not so good, the rock have been
hitting right WELL" this captain
| tells us.
Motoring to st. Jeromes Greek,
Point Lookout neighborhood, early
Tuesday four Washington anglers
spent a pleasant several hours on the
bay and returned with some fine
specimens of blusf1sh and trout.
Members of the party were Sergt
George c. Deyoe and Pvt. william
McEwen, police special investigations
| squad; Detective Lee CNix) Murray
and Lou Kolodin. local business man.
Capt Charles Mckay took the quartet
to the deep water of st. Jeromes
Creek and soon had the anglers
hauling in big blues. Their catch in
cluded 54 blues and 8 big trout, for q
total weight of 200 pounds.
And the sportsmen came back with
the same old story of the biggest fish
| getting away. There's no joke about
McEwen having lost the biggest fish,
a trout, for his three companions told
the same story Of how he lost 1t. The
fish simply dropped back into the
water of its own weight after McEwen
had lifted it above the surface.
FAMEs D. JARMAN at Ocean City
Il reports that blue fishing is not so
" good, due. principally to bad
weather. He said kingfish are biting
fairly well. Our friend J. T. Wilkin-
son is reported to be supplying his
own menu with kingflsh at his hotel.
A. H. G. Mears at Wachapreague,
Va, reports that channel bass Will
not be landed down his way before
September, but that croakers, kings,
sea bass and founders are furnishing
good sport.
Midshipman K. c. cCasey') Lowell
of Kansas visited Oliver owen Kuhn
at his Summer home, Hampton, on
the lower Potomac. this week. Com
ing from the Midwest, Lowell had
never caught anything but some
small sunfish and perch. Borrowing
Kuhn's rod and reel, the future ad-
miral rowed of shore and landed SO
rockfish on his first outing. He was
so pleased with his catch that the
following day he made another try
and succeeded in hauling 19 rockfish
into his boat, and another Waltonian
has been added to the growing list OF
anglers. While none of his catch was
a big fish, they ranged from l to 2
pounds, and when these gamesters
struck his bait and started to run,
his facial expressions Of surprise, and
almost alarm, would have been great
stuff" for a moving picture camera.