Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-11

catching some OF the largest
spots and jumbo perch ever seen
in the area. This is near the
lower curve of Herring Bay.
The bluefish continue to sur
face late each day IN the Sharps
Island area. and they. too, seem
to be increasing in size. MIR. and
Mrs. Bob Tolson Of Silver Spring.
with Don and Mrs. Tolson Of
Clifton, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Mckee caught 80 beau
ties last Saturday, fishing with
Capt. jerome King on the
"Skippy." Bob says literally acres
of bluefish came to the top to
feed, and they hit anything
moving in the water. Most OF
the fish weighed between two
and two and a half pounds,
which are mighty nice catching
and eating.
For pleasure boatmen, anglers
and other interested parties. the
first edition Of a new nautical
chart, No. SIS, covering Chesa-
peake Bay-northern part OF
Tangier Sound Maryland and
Virginia, has just been published
by the Coast & Geodetic Survey.
Chart 555 is part OF. a series Of
1:4O.O O0-scale charts Of the
Chesapeake Bay area designed to
provide greater coverage and
utilization for the fishing indus
try and the small boat owner
Tangier Sound, located on the
eastern side of the bay. is 80
miles long and three to five miles
wide. Copies of the new chart
may be obtained for 81 each
from Room 1923. Department OF
Commerce Bldg, Washington,
D. c.
Mrs Lucille Purser, charming
manager Of The Carolinian at
Mays Head, N. c.. writes us that
surfcasterS who wish to try their
luck this fall will find a new
service inaugurated by the hotel.
"Jeepcastlng" under the aegis Of
an experienced guide will take
parties to the most likely look
ing cuts along the beach between
Kitty Hawk and Hatteras. N. c.,
via deep jeep junkets. This
service will continue throughout
the year and should bring pleas
ure not only to surfcasters, but
to anyone who loves to wander
along beaches. hunting for rare.
shells and studying all sorts Of
interesting waterfowl.
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The members of the United
States team which will compete
this coming falh in the Interna-
tional Tuna Matches at Wedge
port. Nova Scotia. are surely a
bunch Of fishing stalwarts. Cap
tain Bill Carpenter won the Cat
Cay tournament last year, has
been on the United States team
for the past two years. and has
done a lot Of fishing all over the
world. AL Glassell, jr., has been
on our team for three years and
holds the worlds record for black
marlin with his 1850 FOUNDER.
He, too, has fished all over. Then
there are Joe Gale. a veteran on
the team and captain last year;
AL WhiSnant, who with his vast
lore Of big game fishing will
round out his third year On the
team: Maurice Meyer, widely
known East Coast fisherman.
and Newman Harris, who fished
with our team last fall. A new
member Is Don Allison, former
president of the Catalina Tuna
Club. who has caught big fish
in both the Atlantic and Pacific.
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julius Fletcher has just called
us to advise that he has some
nice smelt available for live bait
bass enthusiasts. With the pos
sible exception of a soft-shelled
crawf1sh. bass seem to like nice
fat smelt about as well as any
live bait available. The smelt
have just started to make their
appearance in the reaches of
the Potomac near Fletcher's boat
house and already some nice
catches of black bass have been
made with them. With the new
bait buckets and other improved
means of transporting smelt.
they are now fairly easy to
handle. even when travelling long
distances. They can be fished
either lip-hooked or hooked
through the back just aft of the
dorsal fin, using sharp hooks and
taking care not to injure their
backbones.