Evening star., 1935-08-11

than nSh1ng. but we doubt IT.
If any one takes exception to
this statement, Just let him try to
obtain boat any Saturday or Sunday
at one of the many fishing places
either in the Bay or its tributaries
without engaging it in advance.
Thousands of local anglers are en-
joying their sport these days and
catching more and larger fish than
ever before. Since the abolition Of
the purse net in Maryland waters a
few years ago, there has been a de-
cided increase in the fish popula-
ton, and at present real game fishing
in salt water for the blues and sea
trout is just starting. 1t will con-
tinue until cold weather drives them
back TO their Winter homes in the
ocean.
During the last ten days the blue
fish. millions Of them. have advanced
up the Bay and now are being caught
at nearby places, such as Herring Bay,
Niger Head Buoy and of the mouth
of West River. OF course, lower down
in the Bay these fish are more plenti-
full and running in size from to 7
pounds. Large schools Of these fish
now are entering the PatuXent and
Potomac Rivers. Friday afternoon
thousands Of them were seen :naking
their way up the Patuxent of Solo,
mons Island. And there are more
sea trout in our waters this season
than for many years.
These two species Of fish are caught
Still fishing" and trolling with the
large majority Of blues landed by the
latter method. However, there is no
better method of landing them than
cumming, and it is indeed unfortun-
ate that more boatmen do not have
alewiveS for this purpose. When
cumming, no lead is required, and
when a blue or sea trout >trikeS your
bait, the fun starts and often ends
with the fish the winner.
THIS morning the bass anglers will
find the Potomac slightly muddy
around Harpers Ferry and the Shen-
andoah a little cloudy. The Shenan.
| doah is reported muddy at Riverton
! Va, and there will be no good fishing
in this vicinity for three or four days
At Great Falls the river is clear anc
slightly below normal. At this place
the anglers are not required to have
a Virginia license. They are on pri-
vate property, and are guests of the
| owners of this popular place. How
| ever, fishing from. the Maryland side
Of the river at Great Falls, Maryland
license is required.
| In the Potomac. below Washington
| anglers will find Gunston Cove per-
! fectly clear, according to Capt. Aubrey
! Sheppard, and the bass striking. He
said one boat last week had % bass
another five, and that the largest bas'
/ landed was a four-pounder. The ma
jority of the fish are being caught
| on artificial lures.
Across on the Maryland side of the
river, where the bass season opened or
August l, Sergt Richardson at For
Washington informs us that Piscat.
away Creek is clear and some bas!
being caught. At this place no license
is required under the Maryland law
Both Of these boat captains hav'
plenty of boats for anglers and liv,
bait.
FOLLOWING the recent heavy wind
across Chesapeake Bay. the an
glers should have great sport today
Usually after blow the blues are raw
| enous.
Down at Solomons Island, Capt
George Bowen informs us, he is Willing
to place a small bet of to / tha
good catches will be the rule today
and Capt. Harry Woodburn called Il
say that the blues were breaking IL
the Patuxent, directly in front of hi
/ place. He also said that some angler
using rowboats were making siZabl
catches in the river. having a lot o
fun at small expense.
Southwest middles Is drawing an
glers from many sections of the coun
try at this time, and they are beini
rewarded with good catches of blues
running from 10 pounds. chum
ming and trolling. Visitors to theS
grounds also are hooking an occasiona
black bonito or cabio. many sea trou
and hardhead.
We haze received a lot of request
for information about fishing off tn
mouth of the Rappahannock River TO
black bonito. There are two captain
there we know and both are good men
Capt. Richard Self can be reached b,
phoning the post Office at Westland
Va, and Capt. Lee Farper can b.
located at White Stone Beach Hotel
Sea trout, kings, sea bass ant
founders are being landed 100 to 20
to a boat according to word from A
H. G.. Mears at Wachapreague, Va
You also may catch 50-pound chan
mel bass or shark measuring 9 or i
feet. Sharks weighing from 300 t
500 poun occasionally are bein
caught, Mears tells us.
There are plenty Of small blue
being caught off Ocean City, but onl
small ones. This column would neve
send an angler to Ocean City at thi
time to fish for blues unless they ar
satisfied to land them weighing les
than two pounds. According to JAIME
D. Jarman at this popular resort
catches Of 500 of these small blues ar
nothing unusual at this time, and h
said that Capt. Crawford Savage tolt
hi..l one of h. fishing parties coult
have made it 1000 if they wanted
them. About the middle Of Septembel
will be the best time to fish off Ocear
City, when the blues commence II
drop back down the coast. Most O.
the fishing last week at this place wa.
confined to sea bass, porgies and few
sea trout. The Townsend boys. Pau
and Jack. seem to be the only angler'
having any success landing marlin.