Evening star., 1941-07-25
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Striper Schools Rising at Piney Point
Trout Catches at SoIomons Good

The lower Potomac, Piney Point
in particular, hasn't produced so
far this season the kind of fishing
anglers have come to expect. There
have been hardheads, it is true,
everywhere in the river and Chesa-
peake Bay. At the Point. however.
good fishing means striper fishing
and until this week there only were
four days of it-back in early June.
Now the schools are rising regularly
and taking trolled lures in fine fash
ion. They should continue to do so
through the remainder of the sum-
mer and fall.
The best fishing method is float
lining on the rock piles with soft
crabs. 1t is the big fellows that fall
for these bats, but with no soft
crabs on the market Cthe few dozen
obtained this week sold for SO per
DOZEN there is going to be little of
it done
In the trolling at Tall Timbers
there always are few hardheads to
take the lures. particularly on the
turns, when the weighted lines get
right down to the shell bottom. This
year they are thicker than ever. 1t
appears possible to make a good
catch at most any time. And if you
don't think a hardhead can become
game fish, just try trolling for him
sometime.
Norfolk spot have been in the
mouth of the Patuxtent in small
numbers for several weeks. Now
they have just about taken possess
sion of the shell beds and hard bot
tom. They're running large, too.
The bait if you have forgotten, Is
bloodworms. and it is advisable to
get them here in Washington. They
will bite on shore shrimp, but not
so well.
Trout are schooling also at this
point, but the Solomons Island
boats have been taking the largest
catches on the bottom. Grabs are
the best bait for this species. too,
and the shortage is as acute at
Solomons as at other places even
though it has been a most depend
able source of supply in the past.
Trout will take bloodworms and a
spot will make a bait that is rea-
sonably acceptable at times.
Trout Schooling in Bay.
The small rock at Cedar Point
are being caught by cumming
with shore shrimp and by trolling.
There seems to be no trouble in
getting the shrimp. 1t should be
arranged for in advance, however.
Trout are schooling in the deep
waters Of the channel from the
Mhdles to Kent Island. They are
encountered less frequently above
and the Point Lookout area still
seems to have the best fishing.
Bright spoons, feathers and June
bug spinners with bloodworms are
the best lures.
Bottom fishing has been good and
poor on the Gooses and the Hill.
but that usually is the way with
bay fishing when August arrives.
From now on it will be necessary
to find the fish in a biting mood.
The one thing of which you may be
sure is they will feed sometime in
every "a hours.
Yesterday the Potomac was clear,
as were many Of its tributary
streams. Others were milky, but
fshable with minnows. We believe
bass fishermen will be able to enjoy
their sport this week end for the
first time since early in the season.
Hatteras is reached by way of a
ferry from Englehart, N. c., on the
mainland or by station wagon
from the ferry at Oregon Inlet.
It leaves for Hatteras at 8 am. and
returns at pm. 1t never is advis-
able to drive the 40-odd miles OF
beach in a good car.
There is but one boat adequate to
take fishing parties offshore in COM
fort. The Albatr skippered by