Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-27
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THE BIGGEST BASS YET
Charlie Laird Takes Five-Pound- Three
Ounce Fish.
Caught With . Spoon Mt Tuscarora-
Reports Indicate Sport as Bet
ter Than Ever.
THE BIGGEST BASS YET
Charlie Laird Takes Five-Pound- Three.
Ounce Fish.

The record for catching the largest small
mouth black bass in the Potomac, which
has been held, respectively, so far this sea-
son, by Adolph Loehl of this city, with four
pounds one ounce; Oliver Moulden Of Rock
Vile, with four pounds twelve ounces and
H. C. Coburn of Washington, with five
pounds one ounce, was again broken last
Saturday evening by Charlie Laird at Tus-
carora. He landed a monster, which was
brought to this city, and when weighed by
Superintendent Fox of the sporting depart
ment at saks & Co.'S yesterday weighed
five pounds three ounces. The bass was
presented by Mr.. Laird to Postmaster-elect
Merritt.
1t is believed that under the recognized
rules of anglers Mr.. Coburn still holds the
record for the season, as he captured his
bass on a hook baited with two bull min
nows while Mr.. Laird's was caught on a
spoon equipped with three hooks, from
which a fish, when once struck. has no
chance for escape. Mr.. Laird caught six
teen others, including a three-and-a-half-
FOUNDER. The latter he put in the river to
keep over night, and when he went for it
Sunday morning only the head remained, a
swapping turtle having supped off the body
Good Strings.
On the train coming down from the fish
ing grounds along the upper Potomac yes
terday morning were seventeen fishermen,
who had strings numbering from twelve to
twenty-five each, and ranging in weight
from one pound to two and half pounds
Reports from Leesburg show equally sue
ceSsful sport, and the general opinion of
anglers is to the effect that bass were
never more plentiful nor biting more free
ly. The water is in excellent condition
from Great Falls Ut, the rain of Sunday
not extending any great distance up the
ground where it fell prevented any wash
ing of consequence, the earth quickly alb
sorbing the rain. II
The Monocacy was reported this morning
as being in just the right condition for
fishing. and the same report was received
from Goose creek and the Shenandoah.
Several well-known fishermen, who make
a study of conditions, have made state
mentS showing a somewhat peculiar condi-
ton up the river this season. They declare
that they have found the bass biting freely
on the Virginia side of the river in the
mornings and then not giving strike dur
ing the latter part of the day, while on the
Maryland side theyr do not bite at all of
mornings, but seem to be hungry in the
late afternoon. {, These gentlemen did not
fish together, but have been at different
points along the river between Great Falls
and Point of Rocks so there appears to be
a movement of the bass from one SIDE of
the stream to the other during the hours
mentioned.
Large-mouth black bass are biting freely
in the waters Immediately around Wash
ington. Last Friday Deputy Game War
den Zeller, fishing with spoon caught
twelve fine ones in a short time from the
railroad trestle spanning the eastern
branch.