Evening star., 1938-05-20
BY GEORGE E. HUBER.

James Jarmon, our Ocean City.
Md, spy, is back in operation with the
opening of the fishing season over
there, and in his first weeks activities
has uncovered some real interesting
dope for Washington anglers. Here
are some extracts from his dispatches:
Channel bass are at Fox Hill Levels,
bottom fishing has started with sea
bass and porgies in the catches, a rare
catch OF Boston mackerel has been
made. and best of all, the first blue
fish haul has been landed.
All this has been done within the
past few days, and is plenty good,
considering how things were messed
up by the wind. Weakfish and king
fish are being caught with the channel
bass by the surf casters at the Levels.
The blues mentioned were landed by q
party of Philadelphia fishermen out
with Capt. Bill Scott on the Bonnie
Sprae.
Karl Klein of Alexandria and
F. H. Robinson of Washington.
fishing with Skipper Crawford
Savage on the Hilda II. were the
boys who brought in the mack.
erel.
Capt. Savage located the school
several days before he took his party
out, and tried Is different types of
lures before he found the right COM
bina<on to make them strike The
lure that turned the trick was white
silk rag tied over bullet-shaped head,
and when the rod tip was wriggled a
little the fish went after it like
hungry dogs after a bone.
Benedict Fleet Is Enlarged.
One of the spots where hardhead
should be biting this week end is Bene-
dict on the Patuxent, which, being an
upriver port. will recover more quickly
than some Of the others from an over
dose Of wind, rain and generally sour
angling conditions. The fishing fleet
there has been enlarged this season
by the addition of the Bluefish, a
roomy cabin cruiser which for the
past several years has been working
out of Solomons under Capt. Lore.
Skipper P. c. Henderson is the new
owner.
Rates at Benedict are IS for
five persons for hours, with
the captains furnishing hand
lines, but you bring your own
bait.
Capt. George Mortimer Bowen of
Solomons also is expecting fair catches
Of hardhead and few trout this
week end if given a break in the
weather. Wednesday party, includ-
ing Ollie Atlas and 1t. Thomas and
Sergt. McCutcheon of No. / Precinct,
went out for an hour or so in spite OF
the rain and took in is croakers and
/ trout.
Yesterday the sun was shining there,
and Charles H. Dougherty Of the Chevy
Chase Country Club went out with
Capt. Bill Edwards Of the Bowen fleet
and captured 38 hardhead and trout
in three hours by himself. Another of
the Bowen shippers, Capt. Crockett,
had party of three, which landed 46
hardhead and 3 trout.
A score of Al and was turned in by
Capt. Rodda Langley. The fish all
we're caught out on the lump near
Drum Point.
Rare Channel Bass Catch.
A sight anglers dream about but
seldom see was witnessed by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Biondi on a trip down
to Cape Hatteras. He originally in
tended fishing Oregon Inlet, but find-
ing nothing there continued on south
to the Capes. where he ran into
school Of 10000 channel bass. So
thick were they that they drove the
schools Of bunkers up on the beach.
from which they were hauled away in
buShel baskets.
Children there went out into
the surf and gated the channel