The Washington times., 1938-05-17

1.
voA wI.o. sion. All sorts
O " and kinds Of
encouraging fishing G flashes
popped throughout the light OF
day. ,
Eddie Bowen. that stalwart
son of George Mortimer, tele-
phoned that the fish were in at
Solomons and that three boats
Of Bowen fleet had returned WIN
marvellous catches, considering
the earliness of the season. Each
boat had for its showing up
wards to 80 hardheads, a sprlnk.
ling Of trout and a sample OF
bluefish, known to the sea-
worthless as Snappers.
Eddie explained that the trio
of crafts only went around the
corner from Solomons to Town
Point, on the Patuxent, to make
the seasons best showing. Solo,
mons yearly fishing spree usu-
ally takes its first wobbly step
about June l. This mld-May
coming of the croaker clan and
forerunnerS of trout and blue
snappers certainly proves that
the scientific fishing world is
something to look up to, Tor 1t
announced in February that
migratory fish were 200 miles IN
advance over other years.
Solomons attracts good per-
centage of saltwater anglers
from washington and Baltimore
to it's alluring grounds. Even up
into Pennsylvania it has steady
following. We are told that next
Sunday a big furniture manu-
featuring concern, from Pitts
burg, is going to give a fishing
outing to 100 employees down
at the Maryland resort. This,
in itself, certainly sings
worthy note of praise for the
popular island of Solomons.
And while we're in this location.
where the Patuxent meets the
Chesapeake. let's whisper a bit
of gossip-the Eddie BowenS are
daily expecting a blessed event.
Here's the meat Of letter re-
ceived on black Friday, from
Capt. Bryan Travis, the best-in-
formed man about Cape Charles,
Md.
There hasn't, as yet, been
any real fishing news here at
Cape Charles. Channel bass,
blues and trout are running. My
boat had a party of five men
last week end and they only
brought in ten channel bass, a
few blues and trout. When we
get a real catch 1 will send word
Immediately"
Well. Bryan, if you ask us, we
think this is a little beyond real
news, for in any anglers Ian
guage 10 channel bass is heap
of thrills and a massive hunk OF
fish. But on second thought,
we guess, Bryan is right, for
Cape Charles holds to our knowl-
edge, two worlds records. In
1896 the biggest catch of chan
mel bass and ocean bonito, ever
made, were recorded at the IA
nous Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
point. So anglers, hold a taut
line for the big strike that is to
come from the waters Of Cape
Charles.
We received another fine let
ter from Stanley M. burlington,
chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, Chincoteague, Va,
on dark Friday, the thirteenth,
in which he says that he ex-
pected channel bass or red drum
to be right and ready for catch
ing by the coming week.
Trout or weakfiSh are now run
ming in fine fashion at Chinco-
league. The fish are not of the
large variety. that will come as
the season takes on, but hold
more around the pound and two
pound mark. Cecil w. Taylor
and Edward F. Keg motored
down to the island and under
the watchful eye of Capt. C..
Mumford took At trout, 2 kings
and 3 founders.
The following reliable and ef-
ficient guides, such as Chinco-
league boasts, have had remark
able catches since the season
has been under way: S. Bloxom,
w. r. Jeffries and Eugene JeS-
ter. F. E. AlthouSe and party,
of Philadelphia, stayed at the
island for six days to take 371
trout, 6 founders and % kings.
Those in authority at Chinco-
league keep their house in order
and every boat landing into port
after a days sport reports the
, kind and number of fish taken.
Here's the statistics from May
2 to Z, of visiting fishermen,
taken when the season first ran
up its starting flag: 1872 trout,
120 kings, 19 founders and
bluefish. It's our slogan, so We'll
pass it on to Chincoteague, I'VE