Evening star., 1909-08-28

was able to return home with string OF
ten fish to his credit
William Wagner has returned from a
trip to the Patuxent river. where he took
mis- family and spent a week at the
jackson Landing Club All the mem
hers OF his family are enthusiastic with
rod and line. and they found plenty OF
| sport on the river.
Been fshins?" asked friend of Wag-
! ner. shortly after his return.
Yes" was his response.
DO much Of it?'
Wasn't worth while" said Mr.. Wag-
| ner. The fish came 80 fast that it tool,
put rev minutes to catch what the
family could use and there was nothing
else to do with them.'
MI wagner is not a believer in the
wholesale slaughter Of the fish just be-
cause they are running well, and unless
ne can put them to good use he Is salts
| fed to take only few and spend par,
of his outing in other ways
Reports from the vicinity OF Williams
port, Md. tell Of the exceptionally good
the rains muddied the water Men about
the fishing grounds have had a harvest
this year In boating and directing sports
mon to the most productive spots for
big bass E 7. Goddard and Edward
Taylor Of Willamsport made one of the
best captures reported this season. re
| turning one day with forty-three bass tc
| their credit. The fishing was done near
Chaney lock and the largest f1sh Of the
long string weighed four pounds.
Edward Curley of Hagerstown holds the
record for the largest fish caught in that
section. having landed a small-mouth
bass weighing more than five pounds
While the fish were running anglers made
many fine catches, and the sportsman
who failed to land a dozen or more on a
W Tod 7, vi, do a
small catch.
c. G. Conn Of Elkhart, Ind, established
a new worlds record for light tackle
angling this week. bringing to gaff in
ten minutes a tuna weighing t39 pounds
Two other fish were also caught but
they were not SO heavy as the one which
enabled the angler to establish the record
TIE Ash were caught at Avalon, Cal.
Another record established at Avalon
involved the landing of a black sea bass
weighing 210 pounds 3. B. Atterbury
Of Pasadena, Cal. caught the fish The
struggle lasted two hours and twenty
minutes the monster fish having been
brought to the surface eight times before
1t was landed.
A. 8. Bennett of the Southern railway
and James Moffatt found Whites Ferry
splendid place one day last week for a
days sport. They caught nine bass, three
pound mark. The vicinity of the ferry
the anglers say. is fine place for camp
ing. Mr.. Bennett caught the largest OF
the fish and won the Shappirio prize.
Henry Talbot and Jesse Middleton
spent their usual weekend vacation al
Chappawannsic last week and had their
usual enjoyable outing Their experience
was not as disappointing as was that
OF the previous week when the high tide
made it almost impossible for them tc
land a fish or even remain on the rough
water.
The two anglers landed fourteen fish
all plymouth bass. They found the
water in splendid condition, and the fish
bit savagely, putting UP strong fights
and making the anglers earn their sue
cess in landing them. No objection to
their method was registered by the an
glers.
John W. Hurley and Harry Miller spent
part of a day this week at the tidal basin
trying to land few bass. They landed
a few-not enough to call it sport-but
were well satisfied with the result OF
question about plymouth bass taking
mad toms. They caught two bass with
the mad toms. one weighing about two
pounds and the other one and one-half
pounds.
Wednesday morning bright and early
John w. Hurley and John Lyons were
casting their lines In an effort to take a
few fish from the basin. but the fish were
not much in evidence. Two fish took fat
back bait used with a spoon and were
landed.