Evening star., 1952-11-14

pair Ol WlIlSo
with the place and date taken and
forward them to the department
at Solomons Island.
Maryland's Game and Inland
Fish Commission has issued new
bass and pickerel regulations eff
fective January l. They have
moved the opening day for these
two species in non-tidal water
back to June /. Also, for the pro-
lection of spawning bass in the
Potomac they have closed the river
for fishing for any species in Al
legany. Frederick, Garrett. Mont
gomery and Washington Counties
from May to May 81. inclusive
Designated as permanent trout
streams are Laurel Run in Al
legany County, Piney Run in Gar
rett County from the breast OF the
Frostburg water impoundment to
the streams juncture with Red
Run, the north and south
branches of the Casselman River
in the same county from their
sources to their juncture and the
Casselman River from the juno
ture to a point IS yards beyond
the breast of Stanton's Dam.
r. G.. (Pick) Picard is just back
from a trip to Hatteras where
in spite of spells of heavy weather
he found some excellent channel
bass fishing, the catches running
from 35 up to SIS pounds. PICK
reports a tremendous run OF rock
fish in the sound off Roanoke Is
land which is apparently unprec-
edented for that area. Catches
Iof 100 to 200 fish ranging from
2 to S pounds are being brought
in daily and the natives say
they've never seen anything like it
Charlie Clark is just back from
Fort Haven, Fla. where he flShed
daily with P. Calvert Cissell OF
Washington for black bass in the
inland canal. Batting with live
minnows, they averaged 10 bass
daily ranging from two to six
pounds.
Gil McInturf of Strasburg
Junction. Va, tells us that live
Ibaiters are still making worth
while catches of smallmouth bass
in the North and South Forks OF
the Shenandoah River. We crossed
both in midweek, and the water
while low, was in excellent shape
Most of the dead leaves are OH
the trees, and both streams looked
inviting.
Latest reports from States far
ither north on the Atlantic fyWay
indicate good to excellent duck
hunting. Black ducks. pintalls
and mallards. as is usual early in
the season, were most prominent
in game bags. Wood ducks seem
fairly plentiful in the mid-Atlantic
States and from Lake Mattamus-
'keet. N. c., large early flight
of Canada geese has been re-
ported.
Msryland's upland game season
opens tomorrow, when rabbits
quail, pheasants and grouse, along
with doves become legal game
Ir spite of recent rainfall we urge
our readers to be extremely care
full when they go afield. not only
in gun usage, but with camp fires
cigarettes. cigars and pipes. Al
though Maryland has not beer
severely damaged by forest ane
brush fires, Virginia and Wes'
Virginia have suffered tremen'
dously. Conservation officials estl'
mate that before the final blaze il
out, fire will have destroyed more
than 6OG 600 acres of West Vir'
ginia forest. Don't let this hap
pen in Maryland and Virginia
where the hunting season will b'
observed as usual.
| Wild waterfowl will become
legal game on Monday in Mary
land and States farther south
Although the quantity OF duck
coming down the Atlantic 1ywa.
is most satisfactory, and geese ar
plentiful along the Eastern Shor
Insurance Companies Recommend
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