The Washington times., 1938-07-20

their personal self, and, in the
future, after the thrill of bring
ing the gameSterS to boat has
occurred, the fish will be given
their freedom. It's the sporty
thing to do.
Boat captains are working
hand in hand with conservation
SportSmen, and are unanimous,
to the last man, in releasing all
marlin caught, except, of course,
those taken by anglers for
trophy purposes. 1t seems that
many fish are killed just for
the purpose of show, to be laid
to waste. This is the one thing
the captains are fighting against
-Wanton waste. It's poor sports
manship all around to kill for
the sake of being a braggart.
The first signs of marlin
craftsmanship came last Thurs
day. when a party fishing with
Capt. Crawford Savage released
two fighting gamesterS after
they had been conquered. The
ends of the martins bills, or
swords, were cut off as evidence
that the fish were taken. Just
what effect this will have on
the fish no one can tell, but to
us it doesn't seem quite fair that
a fish giving his all should be
penalized to such extent.
Every so often, during the
course of battle, the big fish are
injured to such an extent that
If given their liberty they would
become easy prey to sharks
that infest the waters. These
fish will be brought ashore.
Marlin steaks have made their
way to the table of a few res
taurantS at Ocean City, and we
are told by some who have par
taken of the meat that it COM
pares favorably with that of the
swordfish, while others claim
that it is far removed from
palatable fish food. Every man
for his own taste.
The initial showing of tuna
also put in at Ocean City last
week, when a 60-pounder was
boated by M. R. Boyer. The fish
battled for 80 minutes before
being gated to safety by Capt.
Sidney Bunting, of the "Miown. "
Jim Jarman, of the Breakers
Hotel, informs us that several
tuna have been sighted. but, to
his knowledge, this is the first
fish to be taken from a sport
boat.
Jarman also writes that sew
eral big tarpon, around 100
pounds, have been taken in the
pound nets, and that it would
not be at all surprising if some
angler would hook into one of
the Silver Kings before many
days are past.
Ocean City, it seems, is run
ming neck and neck with the
Semi-tropical waters regarding
the different varieties of fish.
First, the white marlin put in,
and during the course of their
capture a monster mako shark
600 poundS) is taken. Then
comes the first tuna of the sea-
son, with several tarpon being
caught in the fish nets. Now
it's dolphin starting to run, with
Capt. Talbut Bunting, of the
Cecil B., taking the first catch
OF the year. What's next? Well,
we'll have to wait and see, for
we understand that Senator
John G. Townsend's two husky
sons, Paul and Jack, are going
in quest of larger and more
sporty fish, far off Maryland's S
coast.
The two brothers of the famous
Townsend clan, of Delaware,
have purchased a new, fast
craft, Jacpau III, and are going
far out into the Gulf Stream
in search for blue marlin, broad,
bill, giant tuna and tarpon. This
column will report their eXploita'
tionS.
The blues are in at Messick,
Va, but don't get the least bit
excited-they're only of snapper
size, seldom reaching the two
pound mark.
We are told that Captain
Mortimer will operate from the
Chesapeake Beach pier this
summer. For a while, it was
rumored that Capt. Noah Hazard
would return, but he told us
definitely some time back that
he was permanently located al
Galesville, West River, where he
has a fine fleet of fishing hOats