Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-23
SEEMING THE CANAL
The Work Completed From Little Falls Up
to Seneca.
Bass Also Taken Out at WOodmont-
The Illegal SEEMING in Little River
to Receive Official Attention.

Despite the miserable weather of the
present week, the work Of SEEMING the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal and removing
from the pools and holes the black bass
and crappie contained therein has been dill
igently prosecuted by Capt. L. g. Haron Of
/ the fish commission and a party Of experts
under his charge. The seining commenced
early Monday morning in the canal at Lit
tie Falls, and the men have now approach
ed within a short distance Of Seneca. The
pools in the canal in the vicinity of Seneca
will be seined tomorrow, and the work at
this end of the canal will be discontinued
for the present. The party found many
deep holes in the canal which could not be
successfully seined, as well as many other
pools where the bottoms were so rocky
that the lead line of the seine could not be
held down sufficiently to prevent fish from
escaping under it.
A Fair Catch.
Notwithstanding the obstacles of wealth.
er, however, and the other conditions men,
toned, Capt. Haron and his men took out
and returned to the Potomac river Up to
yesterday afternoon about seven hundred
small-mouth black bass, about q thousand
crappie of very good size and a number of
large-mouth black bass, the latter being
caught near Little Falls All these fish
were placed Immediately upon being cap
tCred in the waters of the Potomac river.
A number of large carp were caught and
Immediately killed.
Caught at WOOdmOnt.
Mr.. James NJ. Green, the secretary of the
WCodmont Club, received report from the
club superintendent this morning, which
stated that the canal in that vicinity had
been seined under the direction of the Or
ganzation for two days, the result being
that 236 mall-mouthed black bass of fine
size were taken out and placed in the Po-
tomac. An extraordinary feature of the
work there was the capture of large
mouth black bass weighing six and half
pc unds. The presence of this species so
lar up the river, or, rather, the canal, Is
very unusual Further SEEMING was pre-
vented by tie formation of ice, and the re-
port stated that two inches of snow COW
cred the grounds at Woodmont. SEEMING
there will be continued when the weather
permits.
PrOpaRatinS Black Bass.
Dr. George w. Massamore, deputy game
warden of the state of Maryland, has writ
ten to interested parties here in Washing
ton, stating that one of the fresh water
ponds in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. has
Keen set aside for the purpose Of propa-
eating small-mouthed black bass, from
which the streams of the state Will be sup
Piled in the future. DIR. Massamore also
states that he IL arranging to have parties
seine the canal pools in the vicinity of
Williamsport, Nd, where SO many bass
were captured and placed in the river last
winter.
SEEMING in Little River.
The United States fish commission has
been informed that the persons who are in
the habit of night SEEMING in Little river.
back of Analostan river, which the bass
and crappie seek in such numbers when
cold weather comes on, are preparing to
carry on their operations again. The fish
commission will call the attention of the
District Commissioners to this matter at
once, and request that a strict patrol be
kept over the Little river waters.