Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24


fishing program for this week
end.
Spot are everywhere in Ches-
apeake Bay and marlin pros
poets seem better than fair in
the ocean.
Boats out of Ocean City. Md,
had their biggest day of the
season for white marlin last
Sunday with 81 boated. The
day before 40 were taken or
released and on Monday the
tally was IL.
One of the fish was a tagged
marlin caught by Robert L.
Bouchard of Falls Church. fish,
ing from the Aloha skippered
by Reade Mile. Bouchard re-
leased his catch.
Ocean City boats also are
finding small blues, with
catches up to ITS. The fish
weigh about ~ pounds. Sea
bass fishermen are making fair
catches on what is known as
the sugar wreck near the No. 2
Fenwick buoy and the wreck
of the tanker African Queen,
8 miles southeast of the resort.
Founder Fishing Good
Founder fishing continues
good in Synepuxent Bay and an
occasional trout is being
caught. Top entries for the
week in the Ocean City fishing
contest were a 101a-pound
founder caught by Roy Young
of Baltimore. fishing from the
bridge. a 2-pound trout taken
by Harry M. Binkle, jr., of
Lancaster, Pa, fishing in the
surf, and a 4-pound rock
landed by George G. Northrup
of Lyndhurst. N. j., from the
bridge.
Up at Lewes, Del, Capt. L. N.
Rodseth says there is good fish
ing for trout at night near the
Brandywine lighthouse. Up to
500 to a trip are being caught
on sinners. The fish weigh no
more than pound.
Down at Chincoteague and
Wachapreague. Va, founder
fishing continues good in the
inletS and bays and some mar
lin are being found offshore.
Otherwise boats are taking sea
bass on the wrecks of the old
Monroe and near No. 9 buoy
of Wachapreague.
CObia Run Continues
The run Of cobia off Cape
Charles. Va, continues with
smaller fish in the majority.
Speaking of cobia, boats out
OF Schedules Fishing Center at
Wynne, Md. have been having
good luck this week.
Fishing near a wreck of
Tangier Island, Johnny Glenn
entS Of Hyattsville boated a
cobia that topped so pounds
Capt. Tollie Valdevar was the
skipper.
On Wednesday, DR.. Joseph
L. Atchison of Springfield, Va,
and his father-in-law, Sylvan
D. Smelling Of Fort Lauderdale
Fla, went out with Andy
Scheible, jr.. and caught three
They had seven strikes.
Elsewhere in the Point Look
out area there are plenty Of
medium sized spot and some
trout.
Trout Biting Near SoIomons
Up the Potomac there are
small rock, some trout and
hardhead in the Piney Point
area. At Solomons more trout
as well as spot are biting in the
mouth of the Patuxent, near
Cedar and Cove Points and
Drum Point Light.
In the river spot are biting
OF Town Point across from Sol
onions and around No. 2 buoy.
A few hardhead are across the
bay in very shallow water be-
tween Punch and James Is
lands.
Although hook and line an
glers can't seem to catch any,
there are many hardhead off
Rocky Point about three miles
above Cove Point. Haul seiners
have been taking tons.
The METERS took 416 boxes
weighing 100 pounds each one
night this week, IS boxes the
next and IS the third night.
Hardhead on the Eastern
Shore have been biting much
better for boats out of Chesa-
peake Beach. Shippers have
been finding them on the night
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