Evening star., 1962-07-13
Tuna, Cobio and BIuefish
I op Weeks Fishing News
By CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

Outdoor Editor
School tuna, cobia, small
blues and spot are making the
fishing news this week.
The tuna, weighing from S
pounds to occasionally $50, are
all along the nearby seacoast.
The cobia, running up to
better than 10 pounds, are be-
ing taken off Cape Charles, Va,
and Windmill Point at the
mouth of the Rappahannock.
No doubt there are fish also
near the wrecks Of the David
son, off Tangier Island, and
n hannibal, on the Middle
Grounds, but none has been
taken.
The small blues are increas-
ing in the lower Potomac and
as far up Chesapeake Bay as
Solomons. They run mostly
from 10 to IA inches but oc-
easionally a larger fish is taken.
Spot Increasing
Spot, running from medium
size up to a few jumboes, are
Increasing at Raggedy Point
and Cornfield Harbor. One
boat, Margaret T., skippered by
Charles Ridgell, also took 35 to
20 trout weighing from a pound
to 11a pounds in Confield Har-
Dor just off the Point Lookout
ietty.
Trolling for rockfish is spotty
all over the bay area except
perhaps at the Morgantown bar.
There some horses" have been
hooked that the fishermen
couldn't hold.
In fresh water, the situation
also is "spotty." The Potomac
around SWANS is said to be in
good condition while some an
glers who fished the Seneca
Breaks with lures found bass .
plentiful. This Is no place to
wade, though, If the water is
the least cloudy. Even an ex- !,
pert must be able to spot the
hazards. An amateur should
avoid it.
Upper Potomac in Shape
The Potomac from Bruns-
wick up also is said to be in
good shape and so Is the north
fork Of the Shenandoah, al
though bass fishing is poor.
The south fork is cloudy but
fishable. Catches have fallen
off at Triadelphia Lake. which
produced big bass this spring.
= Starting down the Potomac,
the first place that one finds
good rockfishing is at Morgan
town, just below the Route 301
bridge and about so miles from
Washington.
The bar carries only 2 feet
Of water at low tide, according
to the charts, and should be
avoided by big boats unless the
skipper is well acquainted with
the area. Outboards, on the
other hand, have a field day.
Rock also are being caught |
near the Nomini cliffs off
Wakefield, on the Virginia
shore, while schools of small |
rockfish and blues range from
Tall Timbers to the mouth of
the Potomac. AS for the size of |
the rock, one boat caught $50,
Of which the anglers we're able
to keep so.
One outboarder got IA hard
head early one afternoon in
Cornfield Harbor, while an
other took nine. The fish bit
until a school of skates ran
them out.
Because Of the improved bot
tom fishing, Beans Fishing
Center on Smiths Creek is
starting head boat" service at
8 am. Wednesdays in addition
TO week ends. A head boat is
one that charges so much per
Fhead" or person.
Blues Off SolomOns
Up the bay, off Solomons,
small blues and pan-sized rock
are biting off and on over the
Chinese Mud at the mouth Of
the Patuxent and in Cedar
Point Hollow. Capt. Rode
Langley had a trolling party
out this week that got 63 blues
and Is rockfish.
Perch are plentiful up the
Potomac and a few big rock |
are over the wrecks. One row.
boat angler got a 23-pounder
this week, using peeler crab as
bait. A very few hardheads and
some spot are biting in the
mouth of the river.
Trolling off Chesa axe
Beach has fallen off with a few
being taken in Harrison's Hole.