Evening star., 1941-08-29
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Labor Day Ignored as Prelude to Winter
Strpers Extremely Active in Boy

Labor Day usually brings the last
of the large weekend crowds at
Chesapeake fishing ports. Why, we
never could understand, because the
best fishing OF the whole season is
found in September and early Oc-
tober. The fall season is cooler
there are fewer but larger fish and
the weather is stable.
This season, with many thousands
OF fishermen new to the bay area,
it appears as though the three day
week end will not herald the COM
ing Of winter. They have found a
new kind of fishing. They like It
and are going to indulge just as long
as 1t is possible. With the old regu-
lars they will keep the party skip
pers running in midseason form un-
til the fish leave the Chesapeake.
During the last two weeks, it is
true, many fishermen have expert
enced hard going and small catches.
There are. however, just as many
more that have come home with
exceptional catches. The difference
has been due to whether they Sc
lected night fishing or continued
with the more comfortable daylight
hours.
Night fishing is preferred, 2 to I,
by Washington anglers, while those
from other sections care little for it
Folk here have learned the dark
hours are the better feeding periods
for bay fishes. With plenty OF light
1t can be accomplished in comfort
so for those who have no preference
try the evening fishing.
Stripers Active In Bay.
Stripers are schooling and surfac-
ing from one end of the bay to the
other just before dark and In the
early morning.
1t Is true most OF the schools are
the small fish of the 1889 and 194C
broods, but there are larger fish at
most of the recognized grounds
Rock Hall at the mouth Of the Ches.
ter, below Matapeake on Kent
Island and at Tall Timbers.
AL IOl
large stripers. there are only small
flsh. That is true of the Choptank
Cedar Point and the mouth of the
Potomac, where the schools cover ar
area extending from st. Marys Il
Smith Point on the Virginia shore O
the Potomac and up the bay to Poin
No Point.
Many anglers are finding then
lots of fun with light tackle, but
those who want their stripers larg
should stick to the known grounds
and they will find the traffic heavy
The Annapolis boats are fishing
the Chester River and the KEN
| Island shore. This is true also Of
! Shadyside boats. One of Capt. Bot
Lees shippers, Capt. Charles An.
dreWs, has been exceptionally lucky
with the evening fishing at Mata.
peake. with catches running to q
and 80 stripers weighing up to the
limit of Is pounds.
While waiting for the evenins
fishing he has been fishing the
Hollow just above Bloody Point
for spot. and catching them, too, or
the mud, spot so large even old
timers cannot remember a compa.
rable run.
Herring Bay Fleet Spreads.
Herring Bay boats do not con.
gregate at the northwest buoy as i,
their usual habit. Now they ar,
spread out. from Parkers Shoal tc
Poplar Island and from No. Is blacl
can off Holland Point to No. u of
Cedarhurst. One day they find tn.
fish close in, the next of in deer
water. The best catches have beer
made in 80 feet east of the Poplal
Island bell buoy-hardhead thai
average better than pounds. Tn,
spot are on the mud, too, but not ir
deep water. The most productive
place appears to be just on the QUITE
edge of Holland Point Bar,
Fishing on the GooSes and Dia
mond Shoals has been off. 1t Nigh
be because of the great number OF
rays in these waters, but trou
should be feeding there any day nov
the large fellows that come up tt
fatten for their Southern hegira.
SolomonS continues with the bet
ter-than-average fishing it has hac
throughout the summer. Small
strlpers at Cedar Point (there seem
to be no end to this SCHOOL, ant
har0heaG, SPOT and trout in tn,
channel.
Big trout are going to be caugh