Evening star., 1935-06-11
ESPITE the extremely muddy
condition of the Potomac
following the recent rains,

ESPIIE tne extremely muQoy
condition of the Potomac
following the recent rains,
many anglers were out Sum-
day. fishing from the District and
Virginia shores. above and below
Chain Bridge. 1t will be week or
longer before the river clears SUM-
GENTLY to enable the fish to locate
the choice bits of diet offered.
Rockf1sh, some of them really worth
landing, few bass and q lot of cat
fish were being caught before the
muddy water came downstream.
Good and bad reports reached us
from Solomons Island over the week
end. One party consisting Of W. e.
Wasche, j. E. Richardson, Fred zin-
man, Bill Traxler, Charles Gordon and
M. D. winestein. fishing for six hours
Saturday, landed only hardhead and
81 toads, and on Sunday morning,
whipping the water for five hours,
caught / hardhead, 13 toads and /
eel. These anglers had as their guide
Capt. Benny Greenfield, who carried
them to all the well known places, buf
the fish Just would not bite.
At Solomons Sunday morning, how
ever, party made up of Jack Robson,
Robert A. Isaacs, Herbert Ruff, A. j.
Kaskeaki, Clyde Halliday, Downing
Brown and Donald Hambright, with
Capt. Dick Woodburn as guide, landed
80 pan-size hardhead and sea turtle,
fishing from $40 to $3.50 o'clock. The
turtle tipped the scales at l02 pounds
and was hooked in the I'm. This sea
monster was given to the Zoo by Mrs.
Herbert Ruff of 1928 @ street north
east.
Isaacs visited us yesterday and said
that Capt. Woodburn, in an effort to
locate larger fish,. fished everywhere
from Drum Point Light to Little Cove
Point, Cedar Point and out in deeper
water in the Chesapeake Bay Channel.
CAPT. HARRY WOODBURY. tells us
~ that the past week end was just
another poor time for fishing. He said
he did not hear of any large catches,
or large fish, and that the majority
landed at his wharf were of the
smaller size, which confirmed the re-
ports of returning anglers.
Oscar E. Richter and DR.. Ernest F.
Sappington returned from q trip to
Ocean City, Md, with glowing reports
of the blues now being caught on that
resort. They started early Saturday
morning with Capt. S. G. Carpenter
and succeeded in landing rs blues,
averaging "a to 4 pounds, with Az
FOUNDER the largest.
Richter said he used a Japanese
feather when they reached the fishing
grounds, known as Jack Spot, but did
not get strike. Then on advice Of
the captain, Richter used a white rub
ber hose on his hook and Immediately
started to catch fish. He was loud in
his praise of Capt. Carpenter and the
manner in which he handled his boat
He said this captains telephone is
Ocean City 148, and his price, $40
a day.
I Asst Summer we were surprised to
- learn that sailfish had been cap
tured in the waters Of Chesapeake Bay
between Annapolis and Baltimore.
This, fish, that had been wounded,
was floating on the surface and was
roped by several anglers. Yesterday
we. again were surprised when Col.
William T. Chantland reported that
while fishing Saturday on Southwest
Middles he saw a marlin jumping out
Of the water.
He said the bay at this place was
full Of porpoise, some Of the largest
he ever had seen, so, needless to say,
he did not get strike from blue.
He was watching the antics Of the
porpoise when he spied the marlin.
Col. Chantland Is an angler of wide
experience, having fished for many