Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1931, Page 82

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An Italian lake. Sport Plshlng of from 20 to 50 pounds. The largest drum on record weighed 146 pounds, while the largest ever taken on rod and reel weighed 90 pounds. It is a bottom feeder and grubs around in search of small shellfish and other marine invertebrates on which it feeds. It is pro- vided with broad teeth and very powerful jaws which can easily crush all but the most heavily armored shellfish. The drum makes a loud drumming noise, especially during the breeding season. Soft crabs or fish makes the best bait for these fish. The cabio, or “black bonito,” is another of the game fishes of Chesapeake Bay, but is very seldom caught except in the lower portions of the bay around York Light Spit and below. The usual size of the fish in lower Chesapeake Bay is from 10 to 50 pounds. A bonito weigh- ing 84 pounds was taken by hook and line off ®ucleroe Beach, Va., in June, 1921. The cabio, or bonito, is said to rank as the largest game fish caught within Chesapeake Bay and, of course, provides exciting sport when taken by rod and reel or hand line. 'HE other fish caught in the bay, such as croakers, spot, flounders and the different members of the perch family, while not called game fish, furnish excellent sport, especially when taken on light tackle. The croaker, or hardhead, the first of the denizens of the deep to visit the waters of the bay and its tributaries in the Spring of the year, are much sought by anglers. It is one of the commonest. food fishes of the Atlantic and Gulf States. The maximum size is about 20 inches in length and 4 pounds in weight. The fish run large during the Spring, fall off dur- ing the Summer months, and large ones are caught again in September. It may possibly be that there are two runs of these fish from the waters of the Gulf Stream. The spot, or “Lafayette,” as they are some- times called, are very abundant in Chesapeake Bay, and put up a good fight when thoy reach maturity. They are more abundant one year than another. This fact caused the name “Lafayette” to be bestowed upon it because of its periodical reappearance coincident with the visit of Lafayette to this country in 1824. Its small mouth is indicative of the bottom feed- ing habits. The spot is a small fish, and those taken in the Bay usually are around 4 or 5 inches. However, some of this species W& caught during the fishing season in the bay measuring 9 or 10 inches. They take the hook readily and the larger ones put up a good fight when landed on light tackle. The flounder is another fish caught in Chesapeake Bay. The largest flounder on record caught ¥’ rocd and reel weighed 19 pounds, while 26 pounds is said to be the maximum size attained. At the age of a year the flounder in the bay attains a length of 415 to 7 inches, and at 2 years of age the length is around 10 or 11 inches. —?}rt fishing on Chesapeake Bay must, neces- saMy, ecnter about the settlements or towns 1n Chesapeake where boats, guid:s, bait, hotels and restaurants are available and in reasonable distance from good fishing grounds. The rates for rowboats and motor boats at the various fishing places vary; there is no uniform price, and it is sug- gested that all anglers inquire about prices before starting out and avoid discussions when the trip is finished. The large majority of bcatmen, however, usually charge $5 for a morning or afternoon fishing trip, $10 a day and $15 a day for trolling. Last Summer the writer upon visiting one fishing grounds with a party of friends was surprised to learn when he asked the price of the boat that it would cost $20. Naturally encugh, this was thought to be exorbitant, and the captain of the boat was told so in no uncertain terms. We wanted to fish practically all day and told the captain we thought $10 was enough; that that was the price generally asked by boat captains, and, that if he would guarantee to 1:x his price at $10 a day, and $15 for trolling, we would send him a lot of customers. For every joy there is sadness, and for every sadness there must be some joy. We had joy that morning, return- ing with 68 of the prettiest bluefish you ever saw, some four and five pounds, all landed trelling. Chesapeake Bay, a wonderful body of water comprising approximately 2,800 square miles, should be the aquatic playgrounds for the East- ern section of the United States. Besides fishing, the pleasure seexer can have a fine time land- ing the large blw: crabs to be found in the bay and its tributaries. The crab situation in the waters of Maryland and Virginia is most encouraging. Not many years ago the crabs in the bay were diminising at an alarming rate, in fact, so fast as to cause the conservation authorities of Maryland and Virginia to take action. The result of concurrent protective laws passed by these two States increased the catch of hard and soft crabs 300 per cent last year. There is now an abundant supply of crabs in the bay, and during the past season there was also a predominence of female crabs. The Maryland Department of Con- servation is convinced that the blue crab of the Chesapeake Bay is now in no danger. Accord- ing to commercial statistics, in the season 1929, 67,426,722 crabs were caught in Mary- land waters. During 1930, 83,981,241 were taken, or an increase of 25 per cent (about 17,000,000 crabs) over the previous year. The tidewater counties have been materially benefited by the increase of crabs caught. The increase in crabs has drawn many people to the waters of the Bay for the pleasure in catching them, and every one of these people spend money in local communities, either for boat hire, to buy bait, gasoline for their cars, money for their meals, etc. Sport fishing in the bay has been and is handicapped by the use of purse nets (these nets, however, have been legislated out of ex- istence, November 1 of this year, as previously stated), fyke nets, long seines, stake nets, drift nets, etc., until it'sa mystery how any fish sur- vive to reach the head waters of the bay. The Maryland Department of Conservation, under the able direction of Commissioner Swepsen Earle, has been untiring in its ef- forts to restore to something like their for- mer numbers the crabs, fish and oysters in Chesapeake Bay. In 1922, under Gov. Albert C. Ritchie's reorganization plan, the Maryland Conservation Department was created with a one-man head, and in 1924 Swepson Earle was appointed commissioner by the Governor. Commissioner Earle has made wonderful strides in conservation work, in restoring oys- ters and crabs in the waters of the bay. His department is now working hard to restore fishing conditions in salt and fresh water. The word ‘“conservation” comes from the Latin, which has furnished many of our words in common use. It means “to save, to protect, to preserve or care for, to guard or keep safe in an entire state.” Conservation really means a prevention of waste, the wise use of what God has placed on this earth for our use. To conserve our fish and game we must educate our people to the necessity of conserving, and learn and put into effect plans to prohibit waste. THE Maryland Conservation Department is working hard to assure future generations the enjoyment of the great outdoors, especially fishing and hunting. The department now has a new boat, the steamer Tech, which was recently given the State of Maryland by Mrs. Alice du Pont of Delaware. The Tech will supersede the State steamer Governor R. M. McLane, which has had a long and useful career in the service of Maryland since she was built at Philadelphia in 1884. The steamer McLane acquired considerable fame in 1888 during the battle of Chester River, when she was under command of the late Capt. T. C. B. Howard. She was engaged in a battle with more than 50 dredge boats. One of the chief causes of depletion of our streams is that of overfishing. In this the sportsmen are equally guilty with the commer- cial fishermen, and especially in Chesapeake Bay. The anglers go on the theory that there are as many fish in the ocean and bays and a lot more than have ever been caught. This theory may or may not be true, but certain localities can be entirely depleted of fish by overfishing them. If the anglers visiting the bay and its tributaries, instead of returning with catches of 100 or more fish of different species, would content themselves with just enough fish for home consumption and a few for one or two friends, how much better it would be for all concerned! I mean both for the fish and themselves! The angler trying to return home with a big catch of fish certainly has trouble on his hands. He has to secure ice for them, particu- larly if the day is hot. In all probability if his catch is 50 or over he can't find room for them in his car. Consequently, many are left behind, either to spoil or to be used by the natives on their tables. Let the motto from now on be, “What was your largest fish?” and not “How many did you catch?”. Return the smaller fish to the water and be sure to wet your hands before touching them. If this is done in a few years everybody will return home with a fair catch. Today people complain that they have had no luck; that the fish either were not around or were not biting. Here are a few of the best fishing localities and facilities on Chesapeake Bay, centering about settlements and towns. Starting from the mouth of the bay, the angler will find Ocean View, Va., located just below the mouth of the James River. Old Point Comfort, Va., is well situated for reaching a number of good fishing grounds in the lower Bay. Newport News, Va.—this city on the James River offers some angling at various points in Hampton Roads. York Spit Light, Va., is located at the mouth of the York River, and is one of the best angling spots for bluefish in the bay, but is somewhat too isolated to provide popular fishing. Point Lookout and Scotland Beach, Md.—these resorts are at the mouth of the Potomac River and the bay and offer good fishing. Solomons Island, Md., is located at the mouth of the Patuxent River, where good angling may usually be enjoyed during the fishing season. Farther up the bay on the west shore are to be found Plum Point, Chesa- peake Beach, Annapolis and the many little bays and rivers. On the Eastern Shore the anglers will find Claiborne, St. Michaels, Tilgh- mans, the Big Choptank River, Oxford, near the mouth of the Choptank; Cambridge, lo- cated on the Choptank River, Crisfield and other smaller places. Crisfield is the well known sea food center on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and offers access to the fishing grounds located in Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds. On the ocean side Ocean City, Md., Chincoteague, Va., and Wachapreague, Va., offer wonderful fishing. Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries offer the angler “plenty of good fishing grounds. Its aquatic resources, fishing, crabbing and hunt- ing are of the best to be found anywhere. Water sports of all kinds add to the fascina- tion of this region, and when the crisp air of early Autumn draws the sportsmen for wild fowl shooting, pleasant evenings are spent sitting around a large open fire, roasting oys- ters and listening to some old water guide relate his years of experience battling with the ele- ments and the big fish, and telling of the big “fellers” that were lost. Arizona Mining Lags. RIONA received a blow, financially, in 1930 which was really severe, when its mining of precious metals was cut from the 1929 figure of $155,567,133 to only about $76,000,000. The production of gold fell less than that of the other metals, but did decline, due to the sharp curtailing of copper mining activities. Silver, too, following in the line of copper activities, decreased sharply.