Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-09-28
A Chapter on Potomac Fishing.

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+be foIIow;ng interesting article in the
U.sh;0r+on Star of recsrt date.
Most Of the Wssbipgtopiaps who
b.ra sn.nt tho .rmr,er bsrA have re-.
trrrad bor,s bnt oibars have taken
+ba;r nIooas on5 soma of the hoard
i,o borses ors fairly well filled with
cnests for the fall Bass fishermen
bore fonrd this locality an especially
fine one for snort this season. and
mapv good catches have been made.
ANGLING + i believed will continue
GOOD until tho weather becomes too
severe
MANY Of tho WASHINGTON anglers
have made Iceland" their headouar-
fare This = only short distance
from the fsb;ro grounds During re.
cent weeks, when the Potomac below
was muddy, the water in this vicinity
was clear, and there was excellent
fishing This lower river condition is
accounted for bv the muddy condition
Of Antjetam creek. which empties iu-
>, 81, po,or,oo oh6rt two miles balow
boro Tho result was that anglers
wbo had come here to trv their luck
wara able 70 remain. while those who
.tonn.1 o. no;rts down the river were
- - .;,, ,o .Lo;r srort Rsit
- tho form of "rnr cbub can always
ho ,t.oiooi boro The "rpn cbnb
=. .,.;u.I I'LL r,,,,;o ol;ra or tho
l,.1-oL,,. ., Io,, 90 tba "mad tom "
sm,lI bovs cstcb them in the creek
7, : NOT On rrnspaI thing for anglers
70 oct several fish during a dav that
will tin the scales at three or four
,,o,.Ia
I'll e.L;,c :, The vicinity wos
,..o.Lo.tor tJoo row ord canning
rort;os oIoro tbe river are having no
d;EorItv n keen;rc nm . GOOD sunpIv
offsb "Rob" Gibson and everybody
krows him is considered an authority
On 6sbing for bass and he seldom
,o;sso. on onrortrnitv 70 hook a few
KNOTS Island about three miles
hoIou tho +ou.n - considarad one Of
tbo heyt ,Iacos for canning rarties
and several spcb partjes from Wash.
;roton have snert weeks there under
canvas Besides the bass there are
roorv corn IN tbe river and some fish
orroor or;oved catching them Cant
pom1or n,Lo ;s on enthusiastic ano.
!. III, .,uu ofo b;, o.rr tbotbos
lo,. .,,. .Lo r;,or abort tho v;c;r-
;tnorho ;,Iond nrmbor Of wears
Tbo esb bo cows bo; satisfied weighs
s;vtv Wounds orJ wben nartlv ont Of
tbo ,,ator # aonaa ~ almost as bio as
q horse This fish he saws is respon-
s;bIo for tho loss Of GREAT amount Of
has. srovr and ba Intends If nossi.
bIe 70 land the intruder in the near
frtnra Incidentally he intends TO
make an effort to get all the carp out
of the river This he saw, he can
accomplish by the use of dynamite,
confnipg the use of the explosive to
a space covering about five miles Of
the river He saws he knows the
habits Of the fish and he is certain
the use Of the dynamite between the
hours of 10 and 3 o'clock will result
in the killing of at least 10000 fish
weighing from eleven to sixty pounds
each. Should he get the necessary
rermissjon 10 use the. dynamite. be
says he will invite all the country peo-
ple for miles around to be on hand
with their teams. The building of
wire network across the river will
operate to prevent the fish washing
away and he is satisfied the farmers
will get fish enough for their winters
use
ooine oi the local nSnermen' do wen
as those VINO ENJOY camping out aiong
.ne iI'Vi' nave Oee' iePa''i'e '"'''
flSn DOtg ldtelN In OTUEI LudL LueE may