Evening journal., 1894-07-14
FUN WITH ROD AND REEL
Delaware's Resorts Where
Anglers Do Themselves Proud
FRIENDSHIP PRESIDENTS oAToH.

Hauled Up Bass Out OF the Brandywine
and it Weighed over -Four Pounds.
Pike Are beginning TO Bite Lively.
Spots Where There's Sport In Fishing.
The Philadelphia Ledger yesterday
contained an excellent story on Catch
ing Fish In the Brandywine," accounts
OF how the fish are biting further up the
stream appearing also In the description.
IL seems that bass fishing In the Brandy.
wine creek in and around Wilmington Is
growing better every day and reports OF
large catches are made daily The
severe rainstorm of last Friday night
gave the fishing set back for two or
three days, but now II is better than
ever The fish are Of unusual large size.
and seem more gamey than In past sea-
sons. The largest caught so far was
caught within the city limits. and it
weighed four pounds two ounces The
successful angler was William @ Lie
brandt, president Of the Friendship Fire
Company, Of Wilmington, and one of
the most enthusiastic fishermen of that
city He used shrimp bait, for the ish
In the lower part Of the Brandywine
seem TO have peculiar liking for this
kind Of bait Several men do nothing
else but catch shrimp for anglers, and
they make good living at It Mr. Lie
brandt not only caught this large one,
but he has also captured several weigh
ing over two pounds On last Thursday
he succeeded in hauling one out. after a
hard hght. IL weighed a tIihe over
! three pounds.
William SINNERS, friend Of Mr..
| Ilebrandt, caught three on the same
/ a ha tF nh mall 81
pounds All these fish were caught
under the bridge over Washington
street, In the city. Here there is a nice
rapids, and the dsh love to sport in the
swift running water Good bass fishing
IN deep water can be found at the dam
at the granite quarries, about a mile
outside the city. Several days ago = F.
B Miller caught three bass. the largest
OF which was over two pounds in weight.
| Further mp he creek, near the Bancroft
mills, Is another good place. Just this
side OF the DUPONT powder works is one
Of the best places along the creek Here
the water comes very swift from over
the dam breast, and, as there Is no fish
way, the bass seem to collect at the
place Several nice catches have been
made there this year Shrlup is generally
used, while minnows and craw fish are
| used only occasionally.
Brandywine creek is not the only good
b ss fishing grounds in the state, for the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal is
another favorite place Of Wilmington
anglers. Duriug the past week several
nice cat"hes have been made at ''the
, | Willows near Delaware City which
have been described frequently. Here
one has 10 troll for the iish, which IL an
J advantage the Brandywins has over this
: place The largest hi of bass are
caught ia the canal William II Cole,
OF Wilmington, and Harry Fisher, Of
So Georges. recently caught some bass
In the canal, aud several Of the fish
, weighed over three pounds Pike are
! also biting Ia the canal. aud Messrs Cole
3 aud Fisher caught "a goodly number Of
] these. Pike fishing at "the Willows" Is
I not as good as further inland on the
: canal About the best place Is near the
' Delaware railroad bridge, where the
train stops for fishermen. There Is a
large feeder near the bridge, and the
dah collect there in large numbers
4 yellow Neds" are also plentiful in the
canal
Governor Reynolds and Superintendent
R H. Griffin, Of the Kent county schools,
. have returned from fishing trip to Port
= / Feuu, Auty hhu uuc llLne ana chuknl
3 some good sized perch, which are biting
lively in the bay.
Sea bass are being caught In great
y numbers of the "stone piles at the Della
ware Break water and also at Rehoboth.
One day last week Levi Lynch caught an
eight pound sea bass, which is one Of the
largest ever caught there Mr.. Lynch
!, several weeks ago caught one Weighing
9 over nine pounds.
Perch fishing In the Brandywine creek
at Wilmington Is above the average fol
Z this time of the year Charles Rudolph
Is having good luck with these fish, as
% be is also enjoying fshlng for bass.
Shrimp Is considered about the best bait
for perch
Rock fish are being caught In the Bush
{, river at Chase, Md. The fish are not
: very large, but 1t is expected thai
4, within few weeks the large ones viii
arrive Perch are also running in larg,
! numbers in the Bush river
Fishing for weakfish or sea trout al
Lswes is very fat So far very few hav,
y been caught and all Of those that hav,
=, been captured are small The fish seen
30 so be fursher up the bay. for a number
Of good catches have been made arounS
that favorite fishing place, Ship JohI
| Light