Evening star., 1909-09-04
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

bait is in great demand. and dealers are
doing their best to have a good supply
on hand. Mad toms have been in greater
request for the coming. holidays than
heretofore. and dealers have had to send
their orders far ahead OF the time they
were wanted.
Many of the bass fishermen have ar
ranged to leave on the afternoon trains
today for points along the Potomac and
Shenandoah rivers, while others will pat
roniZe the electric cars and go to places
nearer the city. In all probability the
greater number of them will go,
Rocks. Weverton and Harpers Ferry, on
the Potomac, while the Monocacy and
Shenandoah rivers will not be neglected.
Still others have arranged for trips a
short distance down the Potomac. hoping
they will be able to catch plymouth bass.
while many saltwater fishermen will
take advantage of the trips offered by
the river steamers. the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis electric line and the
Chesapeake Beach Railroad Company.
Cars on the electric line will leave here
hourly for Annapolis, while cars for
Chesapeake Beach will leave at much
shorter intervals than usual, the schedule
arranged being about the same as the
Sunday schedules. There is splendid fish
ing at both salt water resorts. and it is
more than probable that several thousand
persons will take advantage of the con-
ditions.
John w Hurley had the laugh on Fred
Geyer and William II. Frey Wednesday
at Weverton. Hurley believes in early
morning fishing, although if delayed he
will take chances later in the day.
Wednesday was one day that he was out
early in the morning, having gone to
Weverton the night before Frey and
Geyer left here that morning on the .
o'clock train
The lone fisherman was out on the
river when his friends reached there, and,
although he was having good luck, he
was willing to go ashore and greet them.
He had ten fine gamestcrs TO his credit
at that time the heaviest weighing two
and one-half pounds. and Hurley did not
forget to tell OF the great time he had
had
While Hurley was talking windstorm
appeared, unfortunately for the other an
glers, and the river was soon covered with
whitecaps. All the afternoon the storm
ragged and the fishermen We're tossed
about in their boats, but fishing was
over, and the two anglers returned home
disgusted.
John Hurley returned with them and
was good enough to see that they did not
go hungry, although he not willing
to exhibit the fish and be robbed of the
credit of catching them Tonight he will
return to Weverton with John Lyons and
endeavor to show the latter how he
does it.
John Hardy is one of the many fisher
men who enjoy catching carp, believing
there is as much sport in landing big
carp as other fishermen have in pulling a
few bass from the river John boasts of
fishing for carp in cold weather, spend
ing many winter days about BenninG
bridge. One day this week he caught a
carp weighing ten pounds, the first one
of the season, and he landed it from his
perch on the bridge
Il prefer fishing from the bridge to go
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a Star reporter while he was doing his
best to coax carp to his hook with a
| big piece of dough 1.-TWO winters ago l
caught more than 200 carp. carrying
away dozen two successive days
| Hardy spends considerable time on the
| Benning bridge where many others try
| their luck almost every day during the
| fishing season. He doesn't even remain
away from the water when 1t is muddy.
Jesse Middleton and Henry Talbot paid
| their usual weekend visit to Chappa-
| wamsic last Sunday and had an enjoy
able time despite the fact that rain fell
for a considerable time. The anglers had
fshed during the rain many times before
| last Sunday, and they had not the slight
est idea of allowing the rain to interfere
| with their sport upon that occasion.
I'VE brayed the Storm remarked one
of the anglers when he returned, land
| while we probably did not get as many
| fish as we would under better conditions
we got enough for our friends.
| The two anglers landed twenty bass,
| several of them weighing about two and
| one-,half pounds each.
Catching big yellow perch is regarded
| by members of the club along the
Patuxent river as great sport at this
| season. The perch are plentiful and no
trouble is experienced getting live bait
| enough to tempt them.
| "All that is necessary" said George
| after a trim tn the
.'is to have the bait and catch the tide. y
] Miller spent a morning on the river
and brought home twenty-seven big perch
He caught many smaller ones but kent
| only the big fellers.''
| George Ratherdale spent a dav there
last week and landed fifty-five big fish.
| 'The result of a haul made there nv
! George Mckenzie remarked George