Evening star., 1935-06-23


keen disappointment Of many
u anglers who have been land
ing good sized rockflsh above Chain
Bridge. The largest rockfish landed
last week weighed exactly 10 pounds
and was caught by Ed Craig. Last
Thursday George Fletcher hooked
eight of these babies ranging In weight
from Al to pounds.
At salt water fishing grounds the
anglers are having the time Of their
lives. Hardheads are being caught
everywhere and the blues, those fierce
fighters, are reported to be breaking
water in every direction on Southwest
Middles and some good catches are
reported, the fish weighing from az
to pounds. with an occasional big
sea trout included.
CAPT. C. r. WILLOUGHBY at st.
Jerome's Greek said that plenty
Of hardheads are being landed close TO
Point -No-Point Light, also some sea
trout, but that the trout are small
weighing IL and pounds. He said
that his son, Capt. Clark WillOughby.
had several Washingtonians recently
on Southwest Mlddles and that they
landed IA blues averaging pounds.
He also reports that Frank Daniel,
principal of the Mckinley High
School, with q party Of four, at South
west Middles, landed eight blues. the
largest weighing z pounds. These
anglers had as their guide Capt Frank
Somers.
DR.. ]. M. Paine gives us q glowing
account of fishing on Southwest Mid
dies. His party landed 81 blues
weighing and 4 pounds and one g.
pound sea trout. In the party were
c. s. Putnam, Larry Moore and C..
Marcy. Capt. Ernest Forrest was
their guide.
Southwest Middles was covered with
breaking blues last Thursday" said
Roland N. King, manager of the
Blackstone Hotel. They were every
where as far as the eye could see and
stayed up for an hour and a half.
finally being driven down by q school
of porpoise. We landed ~ of these
fish weighing from 21a to pounds" :"
When the blues sank these anglers
anchored their boats and still hshed,
landing 70 hardheads, all the big
channel ones, some weighing 4 pounds
With King were Horace Donnelly, jr,
Lyman L. Long and C. J. Kraemer.
Their guide was Capt. Clark VIII
loughby.
"I have seen many schools of blues
in my fishing experience, but never
anything like the sight that greeted
my eyes on Southwest Middles last
Thursday" said J. T. Scrivener. 1T
was just as though some one had
thrown a stick of dynamite in the
water. However, they beat o haSty
retreat when q school Of porpoise
made their appearance. These grounds
were very rough in the forenoon. but
quieted down in the afternoon. I
fiShed only one hour and landed eight
blues, weighing 4 and Al pounds, .
this angler said. With Scrivener were
Charles and Paul Hotel, Kenny
Grimm and Melvin Deal They had
as their boat captain Brady Mckay.
THREE members Of the legal profes-
sion, Dave Hart, Mike Shea and
Jim Costello, fished at Southwest
Middles last Wednesday and Thurs
day. THE place was covered with
breaking blues, but for some unknown
reason they were not taking the
lures" Hart told US. I'VE did, how
ever, land six nice blues and great
number of hardhead. We are plan
ming another trip this week." he said.
The blues have been seen on South
west Middles for the last several
weeks, but they have not been at
tacking lures in their usual manner.
We attribute this to the fact that
these fish are spawning. Now that
their Spring mission practically Is
over they are commencing to seek
food and will attack anything that
crosses their path. And again we say
Southwest Middles is the best fishing
grounds in the bay.
AS Is usually the case ut this time
Of the fishing season hardhead are
furnishing wonderful sport for anglers