Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05
FISHING
Rock Show Up
NearChain BRIDGE

proving daily. The Potomac Is
clearing rapidly and that
brought better catches every
where.
Shad Should Pick OPP
Supervising Warden Fred
Brown. who Is leaving his post
in Fairfax and moving down
to Fredericksburg tomorrow.
reported that the Rappahan-
mock was looking better and he
predicted the hickory shad run
in his new area would pick UP
now.
He said Occoquan Greek was
becoming productive with good
catches Of ring and white
perch and some black bass. al
though there haven't been too
many Of the latter.
The lakes also are clearing,
Brown said. and nearby Vir-
ginia millponds should be
prime" in the next week or
two. He had q report from
Lake Brittle which told Of blue
gills biting well and crappie
going to town" His informant
said q 6-pound, 2 ounce bass
had been caught there.
He also had been told that
some rock have appeared at
the mouth of the Rappahan-
mock and at Raggedy Point.
Late Tides Better
Over on the Patuxent and
South River there are plenty Of
white perch and the shad are
beginning to hit q little better.
Stew Wells Of the Largo
Sport Shop says that shad
fishermen on the Patuxent,
particularly at Queen Anne's
Bridge have been doing fairly
well, with the best times In the
early morning and evening.
Wells says the best catches
have been made on the incom-
ing tides in the evening. High
tide today will be around 8
O'Clock.
He also says he has seen
some rockfish that were caught
surf casting at Sandy Point
State Park that went between
3 and 4 pounds. There were
some reports Of fish up to 10.
pounds. but Stew says he hasn't
actually seen one Of these yet.
The Sandy Point fishermen
who were casting 4-ounce sink
ers and were able to get their
lines well out and keep them
out were getting the big ones.
Those who were forced to fish
closer TO shore were getting
fish but they were smaller
some under keeper size, up to-
10 or IL inches.
Bioodworrns and frozen clans
were doing the work ct Sandy
Point.
$50
The virginia trout season
opens tomorrow Ct noon. It will
continue through December 81,
except in Shenandoah National
Park where it,cloaes on October
is.
The State Is stocking about
$50, 900 legal-size trout IN desig-
mated streams throughout viz
ginia. The season opens to-
morrow and at shutdown It L.
highly likely That only half the
trout stocked for opening day
win be left in the streams.
OF the trout stocked. the
State says 30 per cent are l.
year-0lds, which means they
actually are 10 months old. The
remaining 10 per cent are
classed as 2-year-clds, but
really are 50 months old.
80 the opening day fisher
men win be taking home fish
that win average from 9 to 10
inches long, with only q few
II or 10 inches.
Virginia estimates that It
costs 70-cents Q pound to raise
. trout to stocking size and that
each fish costs about 30 cents
70 raise. 30 10000 trout for
stocking comes to quite . figure.
However. It does better than
the national average. In sone
States the cost Is 81 or even
$3.50 Q pound.
But the trout fishermen pay
for their own sport. all of the
expenses Of stocking being
derived from fishing licenses.
In 1852 there were $4,000 Il
censes sold, only slightly behind
the peak year Of 1850 when
$4,000 were issued.