Evening star., 1936-12-08
BY GEORGE HUBER.
( WATERFOWL hunters are
~ beginning to wonder what
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been bearing down on this section Of
the country ere this. It seems that
ducks and geese are indisposed to
move out of the country in the Upper
Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Penn
sylvania until forced to do 50 by .
freeze, and the freeze has been long
in coming. Until then shooting on the
or less at a standstill while the birds
keep to the larger bodies Of water.
Dave Herman and Wes johnson,
local duck experts, toted their fowling
pieces over the Eastern Shore last
week to take q crack at any unpro-
tected species coming within range,
and contrived to fill their bag Thurs
day and Friday, but found the weather
on Saturday to be so bad that even
the most enthusiastic hunters stayed
indoors. Their shooting was done from
the blinds Of one of the numerous
rod and gun clubs on the Honga River.
The scoring for the two days
was Herman, 8 blackheads, 3
baldpates and 4 pintails; john
son, 10 blackheads, Z baldpates,
2 pintails and mallard.
Blackheads, Herman said, were the
most numerous, but were flying high
and fast, and II you don't get them
the first few shots in the morning
you won't get another all day. They
Just will not stay around to be shot.
THE biggest fish caught in Mary
land waters this season turned
out to be . 45-pound channel
bass, which fell to the lot Of George
r. Vickers, Sd, of Baltimore. Ocean
City was the scene Of his catch. For
his efforts, Vickers will receive the
Baltimore Sun Trophy, which is to
become the permanent prize Of any
angler winning it three times. So far
no one has held it more than once.
Since 1880 the biggest fish
has been either . channel bass
(red drum or black drum.
Previous 70 that striped bass
and trout have held the spot
light.
~ Vk4a1A1Cl beao0 o4lu
black drum hit Q new low when it
comes to eating fish. The meat IL tough.
stringy and unsavoFy. We seem to
be In the minority, however, and they
are classed rs . food hsh, and some
anglers take delight In passing around
among their neighbors and friends
and giving away drum steaks when
ever they return from . particularly
successful trip.
The day Of the big striped bass IN
Maryland Is over, thanks to . wise
law which prohibits taking them over
Is pounds. The effects of this law
was very noticeable this Summer In
the bay. where rockfish supplied .
major portion of the sport. It was
one of the wisest conservation laws
ever passed and enforced, and Ill We
want now is to have Maryland make
the sale Of black bass Illegal Ill over
the State.
A STEP was taken by the Remington
"A Arms GO. this year which W
predict will be followed by all manu-
facturers next season. And as We o.
ways say In such cases, the wonder
of it Is that some one hadn't thought
Of It before. All 20 and 20 gauge
Kleanbore shells have the gauge NUM-
Der shown on the paper body, thus
doing away with the danger OF having
one Of those smaller size shells slipped
into q 12-gauge gun.
| This win be q particular
benefit where hunter usee
several guns ef different gauges,
or in parties whore shells ars.
borrowed and leaned hack and
forth.
Twenty and 2s gauge shells can
pass through respectively the cham
bers and lodge IN the barrels of "a
or 20 gauge guns with disastrous Ss-
silts. A l6.Gauee shell aloo en- b