The Washington times., 1938-08-05

~ along Thigh
mans Island, and then north
ward to Rock Hall. The wander
busters for a day hit practically
all the small fishing ports and
inquired Of each and every hip
booted native as to fishing. Con-
sequently, the family Of Peoples
returned with q wealth Of fine
angling information.
The first leg Of their expedi-
ton carried them to Roman
coke, where a ferry-boat attend
ant, with fiery geSticulations.
said that huge schools Of rock
came in during the evening to
feed and frolic around the pier.
/ The attendant said that the fish
/ were so thick around the pilings
that, If one was a mind to, they
/ could be taken with q landing
/ net-belieye it or not. Every
! hamlet along Tilghman's Island
was visited and the fiSher-folk
told Of big catches Of rock being
taken in late of the afternoon
trolling. The water followers
/ around Easton had little to say
about angling, but they surely
were whooping it up in great
fashion for the coming regattaS.
! The clan of Peoples then
moved to the Rock Hall sector
and found that rock fishing in
and around the mouth Of the
( Chester River was going over in
| fair style. The method Of attack
, used by the angling fraternity
in the big water, where the
Chester dumps into the CheSa-
peake, was blind trolling with
white feathers. Up into the river
proper, grass shrimp cumming
is carried on to take the striperS
on the surface. Live grass shrimp
was selling for So the gallon.
The consensus Of opinion
among the Peoples is that rock
fishing, at this writing, in the
location Of Tilghman's is just
about edges up on the Rock Hall
location. Late afternoon is the
. favored time to expect Surfac-
ing rock, and this applies to all
actions Of the Eastern Shore.
Ed also informed us that hard
heading was great in the direc-
ton of Tilghman'S.
Capt. Robert e. Lee writes
from his casa at Shadyside, Md,
that fishing for rock has picked
lIp considerably since the long,
rainy spell and that big Norfolk
SPOT and hardheads are most
plentiful, but recommends eve
ming fishing for the latter. Cap
tain Lee does practically all OF
+ his rock fishing over on the
Eastern Shore, where he brings
the stripers to the top, chum-
ming with live grass shrimp, but
this arm of the pastime is only
employed on an outgoing tide.
Captain Lee is an old hand at
the cumming game and has
had marvellous results. taking
many big fish.
: Milton Gordon informs US
that small schools Of snapper
= blues have put in between West
;, and South Rivers. The first
I showing Of the pound fish oc-
! CURED last Saturday morning,
when q dozen of the distin-
guiEhed fighters were taken on
trolling feathers.
! Ocean City, Md, rolls merrily
along with its marlin-crazed
| population and visitors almost
talking the language Of the fish.
its the greatest marlin season
any port In the world has ever
enjoyed, and If the run con-
tinueS on in its present form,
then the shattered ranks Of the
angling fraternity. who have not
as yet tried the game fish out
will be a sorry lot, indeed. It
seems that every angler we've
contacted, with time for the
marlin sport, has either been
or is going to the Gulf Stream
off Ocean City.
Following is a recent listing
Of Washington anglers, with
their captains and craft, who
have been successful in the
pursuit of marlin:
Harry Byrd Il marlin), Capt.
A. j. Lombard. Jim Dandie;
Alvin Kay, Joe Boucher, David
Wright, Harry Smith g mar.
lins), Capt. Marvin Williams,
Bessie B.; Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt
Harry, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Rudd, c. H. Abrard Il marlin),
Capt. B. L. Raymond, Lev-Low:
Frank Perrlik, Donnie Monti.
cello, j. Otis Watson Il marlin,
13 dolphin, Capt. Lee Savage,
Sea Gull.
Harry lehman, Harry Cros-
ser, Leon Martel Il marlin, re-
leased, Capt. Marrill, Alfredo;
Harry Richardson, Karl LooS,
Dick Loos g marlfns), Capt. H.
C. MatteSon, Mousie II; B.
Moore, r. Hazard, w. Cronin g
marlin), Capt. Talbot Bunting.
Will Farrar, Ed Tate, Robert
Volland, Charles Rupert,
Arthur JesSup, Oscar Walters,
Alfred Ranno, Martyr and Joe
Thomas went out with Capt.
Everett Phillips from Kenwood
Beach Wednesday evening about
2 p. m. They reported a catch
Of about 200, mostly hardheads,
but o few good sized trout and
several small blues were landed.
They were out about 8 hours.