Evening star., 1909-07-10
UP-RIVER WATERS.

pounds, died because the water was left
| turned off for too long time.
That fish was caught by Maj. E. H.
| Neumeyer. 1t gained about a pound dur
| ing the year it was in captivity. The
other fish weighs about three pounds and
| presents beautiful sight when fed.
| Its owner snaps his finger and calls
Bud. to attract 1t to the surface. Then
a live bait is dropped in the water. The
| bait is taken by the bass and scaled, the
performance being seen through the
glass. The bass scales the bait before
swallowing it.
My idea" said the enthusiastic owner
| of the fish. lis that 1t is after the bait is
| scaled that the bass makes the second
run. first swallowing the bait"
Mr.. Hurley intends to experiment with
a rock fish as soon as he is able to land
a good size fish, and feels certain the rock
| Will live in captivity.
/ jolly party of business men took
| a day off recently and went in w. c.
| F'reemans yacht Stella to Rock Point
were James Parsons, C. w. Cooksey
Herman Burgess, John Connors, Lewis
Raul. Frank Freeman. w. A. Thomas, r.
A. Thomasson. Richard Bellew, James
| Connors. George Parsons. Frank Free
man and B. Dowell. A more enjoya bic
trip than that between the river from,
and the noted fishing, oysterng and
Grabbing section could not be imagined,
4 dltDOuSu before nome was TedCneQ capt
Freeman had the proverbial fisherman S
| luck.
| 1t happened that a party of friends
visited the Stellas crew from Colonial
Beach one afternoon and late them out
of house and home even putting the
engine in such bad humor that it re-
| fused to work without being given extra
attentions.
Hungry the next morning." echoed
a member of the crew upon his return.
| Hungry is not the word"
After many trials and tribulations the
party caught a string of fish, but not
enough for meal 1t was not until the
| Virginia shore was reached and a coop
Of chickens purchased that the hunger
| of the jolly party was appeased.
Capt. Freeman met with an accident
which caused him some inconvenience.
! His clothing had become wet, and it was
necessary to hang them on line. and
| a gust of wind carried overheard the
only pair of trousers the captain had viii h
| him.
| The weather was warm. linen duster
was worn as an emergency garment.
ing qualities of his fast steam yacnt
! Cloelia spent the Fourth of July holiday
in Nanjemoy creek on n fishing trip with
his family. The trip down the river was
rather rough, but the Cloelia did not have
| to exert itself to ride the heavy sea.
Capt. Forsberg-every owner of boat
is aptain-anchored in the mouth of
the creek and had his family in shoal
| water fishing from his small motor boat
soon after reaching the creek.
Every member of Eis family, he de-
| clares. made a record. They caught rock
and perch as fast as they could manipu-
late their lines, and only stopped be-
| cause of the monotony. Two days sport
were enjoyed on the creek, the return
trip being made Monday night.
Capt Gus has been talking about
his trip ever since his return. AS he
has substantial witnesses his fish story is
not questioned.
Nanjemoy creek is about fifty miles
down the river. 1t is regarded as one Of
the principal fishing grounds below the
city, and fishermen say it is useless to
try any other place in that section when
Nanjemoy will not yield catch.
No fisherman who has spent the night
at a club on the river wants to go fish
| ing in the morning without his cup of
coffee. He will have his coffee even if he
has to delay the game of sport.
Lloyd Brooke had sucn an experience
at the Glebe Club, on the Patuxent, re-
Gently. 1t was necessary to row three
| miles TO a country store to get pack
age of the cheap variety of what was
necessary to furnish the breakfast bev-
erage.
| When Lloyd opened his locker and
| found his coffee can empty he knew at
whose door to lay the blame.
What's the use?" he asked. Better
| row three miles than argue the question
| with the man who did the borrowing"
| He realized that such borrowing Is to
| be expected. He also thought the bor-
rover should have remembered and re-
| plenished the can, although he realized
| that whoever had made the borrow would
| make no admission at that time.
| The fish awaited his return from the
| country store to the Glebe Club When
he had had his coffee he made them
| know he was there.
| The Patuxent river about the club
| grounds has provided good sport for an
| glers during the past ten days, and sew
| eral good catches have beer reported.
| John Rupert tried his luck with William
| Madigan and Master Leo Madigan this
| week and landed long string of white
perch. A few rick have also been caught
| there.