Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15


Boats out of Smiths
which now has two charte
area. For example, Sheldon
Russell took out party from
Piney Point that caught 154
fish weighing from pan size to
Ga pounds.
Another good area is between
Kent Point and Rock Hall.
Boats trolling from the eastern
side of the Bay Bridge to Love
Point Bar have been picking up
from is to 20 rockfish weighing
from 4 pounds to the 15-pound
Maryland limit.
This also is deep, blind troll
ling with none Of the schools
breaking. Very early morning |
or shutdown are best.
Pan-Sized Fish Elsewhere
Elsewhere along both the
eastern and western shores of
the bay there is good trolling |
for breaking schools of pam
sized rock.
Down of the mouth of the |
Rappahannock and Cape
Charles cobia are biting freely. |
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Byron Hook |
Of Alexandria and C. D. Heath |
of Arlington fished out of IT.
~Yington, Va. with. Capt. D. w.
tWinnie) A bbott on the |
! Frances C.
&, Hook boated three .cobia |
: weighing %, so and so pounds |
: while Heath caught two. one o.
so : FOUNDER and the other
-f eaching So, The captain
! hooked one but 1t broke his
cline.
Chum for Cobia
. The anglers chummed for
: the cobia. using ground ale
|. wives, and .floated whole
~alewives on, go hooks into Che |
echum slick.
Z, Down at Cape Charles the
seobia are mostly on the Cab
-bage Patch, not far from the
. Kiptopeke ferry terminal. They
sewerage 80 to IS pounds with
about IS tops. There's also a
. fair run Of gray trout in the
channel off Cape Charles.
. Over at Wachapreague more
. tarpon have been hooked in
.Gull Marsh Channel but none
has been boated. One tarpon
carried of an anglers rod, reel
and line after breaking the rod
at the butt.
= The tuna run continues
along the coast but best news
is the arrival of good-sized
bluefish. From Chincoteague.
Va, to Indian River Inlet in
Delaware some blues are being
brought in that weigh up to
a u pounds.
!. So far the only bluefiSh' we
have heard about in CheSa-
peake Bay are off Crisfield,
Nd, where catches of up to
$50 snappers have been made.
{ A quick rundown:
: Pfney P0int-Hardhead still
biting on hard bottom back of
st. Georges Island. Anywhere
from Is to 40 being taken at
night. Perch and spot also are
plentiful of the island but the
only trout caught so far have
been very small. Grabbing has
improved.
Point LOokOut-Most boats
now are fishing of st. Georges
Island and on up to Tall Tim
bers for hardhead and rockfish. I
Some spot and large numbers
of perch are being caught just
of the mouth of Smith Greek
but better fishing for spot can
be found on the Virginia side
of the Potomac between the
Yeocomico River and Raggedy
Point. Cornf1eld Harbor is not
very productive at the moment.
Cape Charles-Five charter
boats Wednesday brought in Is
-cobia, caught mostly from the
Cabbage Patch. Outboarders
also have been catching a few
of Cape Charles. Both trout
and rockfish up to 2 pounds
can be caught in the channel.
z Crisfield-Bluefish are mixed
with schools of small rockf1shI
and taking trolled spoons and
bucktails near James Island
Light. Three anglers bait cast
ing with peeler crab from an
outboard caught so rockflsh
weighing up to 2 pounds and
one 4-pound speckled sea trout.
Z. SOlOmOns-Schools of pam
sized rockfish are ranging from
Cove Point to Flag Pond off
Long Beach but the usual run
of blueflsh has not arrived.
Some hardhead also are being
caught, with night fishing the
best. They are taking peeler
crab bloodworms from the