Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-24
FISHING
Virginia
Streams
Muddy

The latest advisory from the
Virginia Commission Of Game
and Inland Fisheries warns
that the north and south forks
of the Shenandoah River are
muddy and above normal but
that the fishing should be fair
Lake Shenandoah is reported
clear and fishing good for
bluegills. but poor for large
mouth bass. The Rapidan and
Stanton Rivers in the Shenan-
doah Park fish-for-fun area
we're flushed by recent rains
but fishing was expected to be
good this week end.
The lower Rapidan was
muddy and not expected to
clear.
The upper end Of Bugs Is
land Lake was muddy but the
lower end in good shape and
angling fair for largemouth
bass. crappie and bluegills.
The Rappahannock above
Tappahannock was still muddy
and not expected to clear but
some rockfish have been taken
around the Bowlers Wharf
Morratico area by drifting
peeler crabs. Trout and some
blues and spot have been
showing in the mouth of the
Rappahannock.
Gene Powell of Norfolk
hooked and whipped an 805-
pound tiger shark tn a t
measured 12-feet, 8-inches long
last week off Oregon Inlet,
North Carolina.
Powell was fishing from Slow
and Easy, captained by Fred
Basnight. 1t took the fisherman
an hour and a half to bring
the shark alongside, then be-
cause it was so heavy, it was
dashed to the side of the boat
and towed into port.
Several channel bass also
have been caught recently at
Oregon Inlet. One party boated
four, ranging from 81 to A
pounds. A couple from Nor
folk got three, weighing from
So to 43 pounds.
Off-shore, the blue marlin
score for Outer Banks boats
reached 100 last week. OF these,
SO were taken by charter boats
out of Cape Hatteras and the
rest by craft out Of Oregon
Inlet.
The fish range from a 129-
FOUNDER caught by s. P. Shehan
Of Chevy Chase, Md, to the
world record 810-pounder
boated by a Jersey angler.
In addition, some 20 white
and sailfish are said to
have been taken and schools
Of tuna are still off-shore.
The Maryland Game Com
mission made spot checks on
day Of the trout sea-
son and found the average
fisherman spent three hours
fishing and caught q little
more than two fish for his eff
forts.
Thirty-five per cent Of the
fish were brook trout, SO per
cent rainbows and 2 per cent
browns. The stocking schedule
prior to opening day showed 80
per cent of the fish stocked
were brookies and So per cent
rainbows. The 2 per cent catch
of brown trout represented
carry-overs from the previous
year.
In the 10 counties stocked
with trout, so per cent of the
fishermen were fishing in their
own county, 80 per cent were
from outside the county and IL
per cent were non-residents.
AS for experience, IL per cent
of the fishermen were fishing
for the first time, 81 per cent
had fished one to four times
Is per cent. four to eight times,
IL per cent. eight to 10 times,
while A per cent had fishied
more than 10 times.
Favorite months for trout
fishing were said to be April,
May and June and IA per cent
of the fishermen indicated they
would like to have one fish
for-fun stream.
Seventy-nine per cent of the
fishermen approved the present
stocking program but 53.2 per
cent said they would like to see
larger fish raised even though
smaller numbers were stocked.
-COvELL.