The Washington times., 1938-07-15
DOu6le-header Rock

Will (Charley) Garrison gave
the party another thrill when
he brought to boat a brace of
-; Stripers, with his Spreader,
| going four and five pounds each.
, A terrific strike came the way
. Of Milt Gordon and his metal
; line headed with a white feather,
| but it turned out to be a grand
dad hardhead instead of gal
! liant striper. So disguised was
Milt that he and Alex. CWilD
! Gusdorf shook hands they'd
! never again take lowly croaker
when in pursuit of the more
\ brilliant rock. AS the moon
i threw its brilliant beams upon
j the Potomac, Alex. shouted,
"rock," but when 1t came into
view why there was Mr.. Hard
| head looming up like Christ
mas tree ornament. Alex.
tried to shake him off, but Milt
was in at the finish. 1t will be
: some time before the twin hard
{! head anglers will be allowed in
| the higher brackets of the rock
! fish class.
I After the trolling outfits were
. put aside we went to the Rock
Piles to try our luck drifting
whole soft-shell crabs over the
feeding grounds. Not a rock
touch was to be had in three
. hours try, but the hardheads
ate us up. Charley Barthlemew,
who is a consistent Rock Pile
Sngler, experienced the same dis
astrous results last week.
In summing up rockfish con-
ditions off Tall Timbers, with
Capt. Dick Rogers, who is an
authority on the life-movements
of lower Potomac rock, we be-
lieve that before the present
| moon is spent. the gallant
stripers will be willing and ready
! to take hook, in vast numbers,
/ both trolling and still fishing.
Every fisherman in the East
! has his eyes set on Rock Hall,
| Md, where the annual CheSa-
peake Bay Fishing Fair Grand
J Contest will be held on August
9th and 28th. Thirty trophies
are to be presented to the cham
pionS in the different classes.
Nearly 102 prizes are ready for
distribution. One of the most
interesting events will be the
''fiSh-calling contest" which will
be open to both men and women
! from everywhere.
! In celebrating the Grand Con-
test, the people of Rock Hall are
staging an old-fashioned fish fry
on the shores of the Chesapeake.
| Monday we talked to Comdr.
D. A. Frost. who has fiShed
the Seven Seas and then some,
and he told in a most enthusi-
astic way the taking of his first
marlin. Capt. Harold Merrill,
under whose guidance the fish
was located, is to be honored
with a marlin flag from the
commander. Comdr Walter R..
Jones was the angling partner
Of Frost.
THE fighting marlin made
six spectacular leaps" said
Commander Frost, and then
sounded 800 yards in a most
maddening rush. After twenty,
six minutes of intense fighting
I brought him to boat and dis,
covered the fish had fouled the
line to cause a half-hitch around
his tail" The marlin weighed
4 85 pounds.
! Scientific competition or the
last word in angling art will be
1 in order Sunday, $50 a. m, at
the Reflecting Pool. The event
will be the National Casting
Clubs first meeting of the sea-
son with brother casters from
Baltimore. All classes of fly and
bait casting events are included
in the tournament, with valu-
able trophies at stake. The pub
I lis is especially invited to see
some OF the finest casters in the
East work under real pressure.