Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30

gun and expect to bag game enough to
make their trip interesting.
John A. Rupert, julius Vierbuchen and
other members of the Glebe Club will be
among those who will follow the dogs
and do some field and river shooting
early in the season. William Wagner of
the Jackson Landing Club, regarded as
one of the most accurate shots in this
section. will not go to the vicinity of the
club early in the season. He has ar
ranged for a ducking trip to Havre de
Grace, Md, thinking the Susquehanna
will furnish better sport than the PatuX-
ent. Duck shooting at Havre de Grace is
permitted only on alternate days.
Maj. Richard Sylvester and George
Bready of Harpers Ferry spent day on
the river near Harpers Ferry a week ago.
Both are enthusiastic anglers and are
always willing to work hard to take a
few bass from the river. They landed
thirteen bass the last time they were out
together.
II think the law ought to limit the
number of bass to be taken from the
river by an angler in day" commented
Maj Sylvester, who is also the District
game warden. about six or eight bass
taken from the river in a day ought to
satisfy any sportsman. If it could be ar
ranged to prohibit bass fishing for one or
two years | think anglers would be sat
isfied when they found the improved con-
d:tions''
Maj Sylvester appIauds the work that
Is being done by the Maryland game
warden in Kidding the river OF fish pots
and dams. If the game warden succeeds
III getting rid of the numerous obstruc
tons along the upper river, the local game
warden says. he will be entitled to the
thanks of all the bass fishermen in this
section of the country.
Another thing in which Maj. Sylvester
is interested is saving fish from the canal.
Last year, he says, about $1,000 fish were
taken from the canal and put in the
river, about II 900 or 1900 of them being
bass. He hopes the work will be repeated
this year. There is to be a meeting Of
the Fish and Game Protective Association
next month. Some action is likely to
be taken 1T that time looking toward the
work OF saving the fish In the canal.
John w. Hurley beat out his angling
friends this week with a bass weighing
six and a half pounds. He did not have to
spen6@ his time on the upper river in
quest of small-mouth bass. but one after
noon this week he thought he would give
the plymouth fish a trial.
Going to the sand bar near the south
end of the Highway bridge, the enthusias s.
tic angler cast his line. using big smelt
for bat. He had been there but a few
minutes before along came the big bass
Inc bait was as fine as any fisherman had
ever seen and the big bass could not re-
sist 1t.
Soon The angler had the fish fast with
his hook. The splashing was almost equal
to that done By a snall-mouth bass in the
upper river. In a short while the fine fell
low was taken froIn the water. The an
gler WAS pleased and surprised. Feeling
that he could not possibly repeat his luck
and anxious to exhibit the fish, he desert
ed the river
Friends who saw him returning knew
he had had good luck long before they
heard his tale of a fish. The bass was
exhibited in a 9th street restaurant and
so anxious were friends of the sportsma n
to get it that 1t was necessary to place a
man on guard to prevent it from disap-
pearing.
Last Saturday and Sunday the angler
with a record tried his luck at Knoxville.
landing sixteen bass Saturday ten bass
were landed. the angler spending part of
the day in the rain. Sunday the weather
was colder and there was a high wind the
com bination making 1t unpleasant on the
river. Six fish Wee caught that day, al
though most Of them were small. The
largest fish caught during the two days
weighed two and half pounds.
A tip from the shooting grounds Is all
that is necessary to get the seven men,
bers Of the Wounded Knee Club started
in the direction OF Culpeper, Va, from
where a drive of ten Ar twelve miles is
necessary in order to land them where
they enjoy their annual outing. Six MEM
bers Of the police department and one