The Washington times., 1938-08-18

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trout fishermen will travel
miles and beat brush through
the mountains to get to a favor
able spot, the salt water boys
will 60 to any amount of trouble
and expense to get into position
for a tussel with their favorite
gamesters, but this bass crowd
goes down on the speedway,
takes one look at the river,
throws up their hands and goes
home with mud in their eyes.
One ardent Waltonian friend
Of mine didn't let the mud
around here blind him. He stu
died his maps several weeks ago
and decided that the mud
should not get back into some
Of the coves down the river.
They are shallow and covered
with reed beds and lily pods
and although the tides often
cloud the channels up a bit, they
seldom, if ever, affect the water
in the extreme points of the
coves. Even in the channels this
cloudineSs settles out pronto
because they are so shallow.
With this in mind he left Wash
ington during a rain storm and
when he crossed Father Potomac
1t looked for all the world like
an old Virginia dirt road after a
cloudburst, but he found his
cove clear and took his limit
with dry flys in three hours
fishing.
The writer had a similar ex-
perience a week ago but not
catching the tides to best ad-
vantage was only able to take
three large mouths in the after
noon. The water had clouded
up after the tide and couldn't
get a rise with my fly rod. How
ever, I took a shimmy wiggler
topped with a june bug spinner
and boated my three in that
manner.
At present the river above
Harpers Ferry and around
Shepherdstown is in pretty good
shape and I'd be willing to
wager that some fine small
mouths are taken by the boys
who head in that direction this
weekend.
It's never too much trouble to
the surf caster to drive for two
or three hours to have swing
or two at the sea bass and
stripped bass in salt water, so
to you fresh water anglers here's
another tip that might be news
to you. Over on the Eastern
Shore around Salisbury there are
a number of clear little fresh
water lakes Astounding in small
mouths and the Pocomoke, Nam
ticoke, Choptank, and Wicomico
Rivers clear rapidly on the
brackish tides and should yield
some fine large mouths if tempt
ed with their favorite fly,
ABB ROE.
Solomon's island again came
into the limelight with many
good catches during the past
week. Thursday an even dozen
employees from the Bureau Of
Standards Travelled to the north
end Of Barren Island. Fishing
with Capt. Preston Lore, 200
large croakers were boated. One
trout and two kingfiSh were
also added to the string.
On the same day, but fishing
the morning tides, we found Lou
Steiner. of VOLTS Sport Shop.
and Vincent Langley. Aboard
one of the latter's boats they
anchored off Point Patience to
try their luck. Reward: 232
Norfolk spot, running from u
to A-lb. size.
From Capt. r. E. Lee, Of
Shadyside, Md, comes word that
rock are running strong, with
q few small blues among them.
He recommends early morning
and late evening for best results
at trolling. and says fishing is
at a standstill as far as hard
heads are concerned. Spot in
large quantities, as well as small
trout, are being taken in the
Still-fishing manner.
Commodore T. E. Jones, oper.
ating out of Chesapeake Beach
as the Eastern Shore Fishing
Fleet, verifies the above state,
ments. Seven boats, fishing on
1.-The Diamonds" off Sharp
Island light the past weekend
reported only fair ShoWings Of
hardheadS, with trout and rock
in small numbers. Spot seem
to be the big thing at present
running larger than ever
says Commodore Jones.
Flash:-Rock fish are defin
itely schooling in the shadows
off Chesapeake Beach, from
Herring Bay to Plum Point
Large schools are sighted every
evening, but the Stripers JUS
won't take to hook by the troll
ing method. Perhaps a littll
cumming with grass shrimp
would change the story.