Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-17
81 ROD AND STREAM
esSkg- BY PERRY MluERANsS=A

A NGLERS have had good fish,
n ing all during the Summer
~ with the exception Of the bass
n fans. who have been handi-
capped by muddy water. At the start
Of the season many fine catches of
hardhead were reported. and these
fish uniformly were larger than for
many years. They were caught on all
fishing grounds in the Bay and its
tributaries. AS the season advanced
blue fish commenced to make their
appearance. and, today. the blues,
known as animated chopping ma
chimes and tigers of our waters. are
furnishing wonderful sport.
Bluefish are wandering all over the
Bay, but are not on the same grounds
every day. You may find them one day
and the next day you would be lead
to think there was not fish about.
In the upper part Of the Bay the angler
lead to get down to the bottom.
where a majority Of the blues
are landed trolling. This, in our
opinion. robs the sport OF its
thrills. Trolling is good method to
use when the blues are on the sur
face. but at this time Of the year
cumming is preferable.
WHEN cumming no weight is used,
not even q swivel Is attached to
the end of your line. Use channel
bass hook or one just little smaller,
place 1t on a wire leader not more than
II inches long, fasten it to your line.
and be sure it is well fastened. After
your boat captain has started his
chum, place good sized piece of cut
alewife on your hook and allow the
tide to take it from the boat. The
oil from the alewives forms a slick on
the surface and the blues follow this
slick and take your bait.
There is only one place we know
where the blues always are present
and that place is Southwest Middles.
1t is growing more popular every year,
and today it is almost impossible to
obtain boat unless engaged well in
advance. September and october are
the best months for these gamesters
and they now are being caught weigh
ing from four to nine pounds and in
numbers as high as 102. a catch re-
ported last week. The big blues eW-
IDENTIFY have driven away all small
blues, because none weighing under
four pounds Is being caught on these
grounds.
There is one difficulty about fishing
at Southwest Middles, and that is get
ting alewives for chum and bait. The
boatmen at st. Jeromes Creek are I'M
able to get alewiveS, and anglers have
to carry along their chum. They have
had to travel to Galesville or some
other place to obtain their alewives,
often without success.
CAPT. HARRY WOODBURY., at
Solomons Island, has come to the
rescue of the anglers and now tells
us that he will have plenty Of ale
wives. He has bought new net
which cost him $50, and as long as
these little fish are In the bay he will
have them on hand. Capt. Woodburn
also tells us that he will send ale
wives across the Patuxent to Milestone
Landing by ferry, which means that
the anglers will have to travel only
about 2 miles of the road to st. Je-
romes Greek. He said just phone him
at Solomons 221 en- hour or so In
advance. The ferry leaves Solomons
at 1880, 9 and II am, and l, and
pm, and requires 20 minutes to
cross the river. It stays at the Mill
stone Landing one hour, so II you are
little late there will be no trouble
in getting your chum.
Capt. Harry woodbum tells us that
Capt. Dick WOODBURY. has discovered
new blue fishing ground at James
Point Buoy, below the Gooses on the
eastern side Of the bay. Friday after
noon this captain motored to these
grounds, saw some boats trolling and
started to chum. In short time he
landed IA blues weighing and 5
pounds. We will try out these grounds
next week and let you know the re-
suit.
On Friday the 18th Jack Killeen,
Squirrel Charles ]. Mckinney and s.
Mcnamara fished on Southwest Md
dies with Capt. Raub Drury as their
guide. They angled from 10 am. until
S pm. and caught AZ blues weighing
from 4 to 8 pounds. Charles hooked
q big fish and fought him for 20
minutes, when Mr.. Fish made sud-
den dart and carried away all Of his
line and went his merry way. These
anglers counted 48 boats.
A group led by J. M. Rogers visited
these grounds last Thursday with
Capt. Claude Mckay as their guide.
They trolled for one hour and did not |
get a strike. When their captain |
started cumming the fish came to
them fast and furious. They landed
81, running from to 8k pounds. and
S brand-new 45-pound test lines were
broken by the big blues in their mad
scramble 10 escape.
We are unable TO mention oil the
good catches Of blues made on South