Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
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Fred and George Lewis OF the Union
News Company have established their
Yeocomico river, and the fish. are fully
aware of the presence of the campers.
Fred has charge of the camp and will
remain there until the early part of next
month. when his brother will assume the
responsibilities. There are about twenty
persons in the party. including Mrs.
Lewis. mother Of the brothers: Joseph
Flynn and family. Frederick Bowman
and family, William Wagner and family
and Thomas Peach.
During the next six weeks the party
will enjoy camp life. the men In the party
doing much Of their fishing early in the
morning and late In the afternoon. They
have already made some fine catches.
are sailing the surplus for winter use.
Besides enjoying the fishing. they go
grabbing. both soft and hard. crabs being
plentiful. and boating. motor boat, In
which trips are made to distant points.
assists in making the stay on the river
shore enjoyable.
Patrick Riordan, an enthusiastic bass
fisherman. went to Brick Mill early in
the week to try his luck. The water
was muddy and he dropped back to Har-
pers Ferry with his outfit and mad toms.
There he met his friend. Thomas Padgett
The two had their bait In the water early
in the morning. They landed nineteen
fish, several weighing two. and one-half
pounds each.
There are plenty bass in the river
this year. said Mr.. Riordan. land they
will take bait. but they don't seem to
have the staying qualities they usually
have. We had a great many strikes,
but / found that many times the bass
had only taken the bait by the tail and
had let go before we could hook them. .
Campbell Darlington has returned from
a fishing trip to Atlantic City. There
was time when only the black bass had
any charms for him, but he got bravely
ove- it and enjoys saltwater fishing as
much as he did bass fishing several years
ago. Mr.. Darlington says that weakfsh
are plentiful about Atlantic City and II
is no trouble to catch them.
NJ. A. Green and w. J. Madigan have
gone to Atlantic City to enjoy few days
fishing. They will also visit Cape May
and Asbury Park to STOW the summer
residents how the fish are caught. and
will wind up their vacation angling for
bass in the upper Potomac.
John Schroth spent two days at Malta
woman about week ago and caught
about sixty pounds Of big bass. He had
great sport and did not forget his friends
when he returned home. Five Of the fish
weighed twenty pounds.
William Burdine has arranged for a TRIP
to Mattawoman next week. He thinks
that is one OF the greatest bass streams
in the country. being able to recall that
he caught 1O5 fish there two afternoons
last season.
Henry Talbot put in an enjoyable day
at Chapwamsic the latter part Of the
week. He uses fly bait and generally
comes home with a creditable showing,
his last visit resulting in eleven fish taken
from the water. Four Of them were biz
ones.
Fritz Hohon caught a string OF bass
near Anglers Club q week ago. Sam
Steinberger says he counted twenty-three
fish on the string and they were not al
small fish.
Henry Otto spent q day up the rive,
this week and returned with forty-eigh'
bass. thirty of them weighing over one
and a half pounds each. John Lut,
landed six fish at Pennifeld's, most OF
| them weighing more than two and a hall
!, pounds each. while Joe Hunter returned
from Black rifles wit hnine fish to his