Evening star., 1934-07-15
ROD AND STREAM
By PERRY MILLERNsS=

gers. Thirty-flve double-headers were
landed by this party.
Another group fishing on the
Gooses landed l40 hardhead Tues
day evening, ranging from li2 to 4
pounds This party consisted of Mr..
and Mrs. S c. Roehr, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Drevo, Archie Burgess and Bill Maui
ger. They went out with Capt. Mar
shall in his boat Kingish and f1shed
for three hours. Mauger landed the
big trout.
OLIFF LANHAM, Leo Murray, Cy
u Perkins, George Deyoe and Lou
Kolodin also selected d the
Gooses as their fishing grounds Tues
day night and landed 1853 hardhead
and some good-slze sea trout.
And don't let any one tell you
that fish are not biting of Solomons
Island, both in the mouth of the Pa
tuxent River and out in the bay. Last
Wednesday afternoon Radio" Joe
kaufman piloted party of seven
enthusiastic anglers to this place
They selected one of Capt. Harry
Woodburns boats and headed across
the bay to Hoopers Island. Drifting
with the tide, these anglers landed
1876 fish-25 trout. / blue, founder,
? perch and ISL hardhead. During
a lull in the fishing Marc Goldnamer
yelled: Faint heart never won fair
croaker," and almost instantly the
fish commenced to bite again. Those
IN this party were Melvin Behrend,
Russell Shelk. Oscar l. Dodek. Al
Sigmund. Marc S Goldnamer, Will
liam w. Wheeler. Davis A. Bear and
Radio" Joe Kaufman.
E. C. Martin and a party OF 10,
with Capt. Dick Woodburn as guide
fishing wednesday at Hoopers Island
and Barren Island. landed SO hard
head. l6 trout and ! blue.
I also picked last Wednesday after
noon for my weekly fishing trip. l
had with me Wilbur Leech. DR.. Al
fred Bou and John Duffy. We went
out with Capt. Preston Woodburn and
as usual our boat was well provisioned
with soft crabs for the inner-man,
sandwiches. coffee and iced beer. We
headed across the bay toward Hoopers
Island and later moved down the bay
of Barren Island. where we landed
the majority of our fish. which In
cluded IS hsrdheads and eight sea
trout, Capt. Preston Woodourn GER
tainly knows how to prepare soft
/ crabs anu also how 10 use q landing
net. had a sea trout alongside
our boat and juSt as the net was
being lowered under him the FISH got
away. With one swift downward
movement Capt Preston got the net
under the fish and ne was caught
for the second time, much to my sur
prise Ii was the first time ! ever
saw a trout caught that broke away
from the hook. but Mr. Fish was soon
placed with many Of his brothers in
a big galvanized containel.
~APT. HARRY WOODBURY. told
me Friday morning over the
phone that the bay was very
rough Thursday night and few boats
went out He said. however, that Capt.
Nat Dare went across the bay despite
the rough water and returned with
q good big catch of fish. He also
informs US that a number of sea
trout are being landed in the river
from Drum Point Light to Cedar
Point and that all hardhesd being
landed in the river are small
Capt. Dick Lore Of Solomons Island.
who has a number Of big. fine boats,
tells us that trout are commencing
TO strike down of the island He said
he had a party out from Baltimore
and they landed SO hardheads aver
aging ga pounds and "a trout that
weighed around 2 pounds each. He
said that the best time 10 leave Solo
mons Island for a fishing trip now is
from noon to pm.