Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-03
Chesapeake, Potomac
And Other Waters
TEEN With Prey
Maryland Trout Season
Will Open on April IS;
Boss Are Plentiful
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Dy WALL Eft NICN1LLONks
Washington's army Of anglers, al
Though their fishing time may be
curtailed this year, are just about
the luckiest gents anywhere along
the Atlantic Seaboard. Get this
picture Of Eastern fishing for 1912:
Ofshore fishing, between Cape
Hatteras and Maine, If not elimin-
ated altogether, is sure to be cur
tailed. Those sneaking submarines,
poking torpedoes into the vitals OF
ships blowing the sea lanes of
our Eastern coasts, will bring that
about. So in the main only inland
fishing will be left, and many people
won't be willing to spend those pre-
cious tires on long fishing trips.
That adds up to the fact that In
Chesapeake Bay, literally at the
front door of the Capital, we have a
fishing hole IT'S miles long, stocked
with everything piscatorial any salt
water angler could want, barring
the big ocean species, such as marlin,
sailfish and tuna.
1t also adds up to the further
fact that the Potomac River, run
ming right through the city, is as
good black bass stream as can. be
found in the East; that trout fishing
in nearby Maryland is not too bad,
and that the Potomac watershed
in all it's varied forms, gives the
angler the widest possible choice Of
fresh and salt water sport.
Trout Season Approaches.
The trout season opens April IS
and runs until July IS. The bass
season, in fresh water, opens July l
and ends November 80. In tide
water, which mesns the Potomac
River below Little Falls, and the
streams which enter it from the
Maryland and Virginia sides, the
bass season (big MOUTH won't open
until August.
But it won't be long now, perhaps
a matter of month, before the ubi-
quitous and willing croacker (hard-
head to yoU will begin taking bait
in Chesapeake Bay.
Last year the Potomac River up
stream had its finest and longest
season in many years. From mid
June until the close Of the bass
season November 80, the river was
low and clear. The small-mouth bass
angler was in his paradise. and some
big fish were caught. One small
mouth, caught above Harper's Ferry,
tipped the Fairbanks at more than
pounds. That is big small mouth.
Others caught during the unusual
season ran between and pounds.
Lots Of Good Bass Water.
Good small-mouth spots either for
bait fishermen or fly and plug casters
were in the river below Great Falls
down to Little Falls, the dam above
Great Falls, Seneca, Whites Ferry
and that fine stretch of bass water
running from Point of Rocks up to
and beyond Harper's Ferry. All
that water is good bass water, cut
up by rifles, deep holes and clear,
deep runs. And the bass are there.
It's up to you to fined their habits
and lure 'em out Of their holes.
So the local angler, be he a bass
fisherman or a hardhead man, Is
lucky. His boy friend in the jersey
New York area may have to cut out
saltwater fishing, or travel many
miles for good bass fishing, yet near
Washington. Chesapeake Bay is
crammed with rockfiSh and hard
head, and the Potomac River and
its tributaries have some of the best
bass fishing in the East.
And let's hope your tires hold out.
In any case the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad runs trains right along the
river up to Martinsburg, w. Va.