Evening star., 1909-09-11
had thirty-four fish. and many Of them
were large ones

were large ones.
Aqua creek. about forty miles from
the city. promises to attract many anglers
during the remainder OF the fishing sea-
son, those who have been there this sea.
SON having experienced good luck VIII
liam H. Frey and William T. Knowles
enthusiasts In the angling line, went there
last Sunday and picked fourteen bass
from the river, although conditions for
angling that day were far from being
ideal.
1T is beautiful place for days out.
Ing" said Mr.. Frey when he returned
with his companion and string Of fish.
THE only drawback Is the absence OF q
place where anglers may remain over
night or get q meal. 1t Is not possible to
get as much as cup OF coffee there nows
and there is a good opening for some per-
son who is willing to erect bungalow
am accommodate fishermen.
Acquire Creek he added. lis one OF
the most accessible places for bass fish,
ing. A morning train at 4 o'clock enables
good hour to start fishing. while there is
a return train at o'clock In the evening.
Even without any accommodations
he added, lit is an ideal place for an out
ing. Take along q frying pan and coffee
pot and the diversion aordedn by prepar-
in. shore dinner Is an enjoyable one.
C. B. Matthews. E. A. Nelson. q. w.
Wieeand. S. r. Kennedy ana Hubert L.
Bisselle formed fishing party on the
lower Potomac recently. They made their
headquarters at Piney Point, visiting st.
George Island, st. Mary river and other
places. and a large catch was daily oe-
renee. Tailors, trout and smaller dsh
were plentiful, and a number OF large
founders were unfortunate to come TO
where the five anglers cast their lines.
One day Mr.. Bisselie had a string Of
eighty-nine Ash to his credit. No trouble
~ avSlf- a2tS a
angling was so good in the immediate
vicinity of Piney Point that 1t was not
found necessary to go any great distance
in order to enjoy the sport.
Il learned something new while on the
fishing trip" remarked Mr.. Matthews to
a Star reporter. Il met q party of anglers
on the boat who were taking home sew
eral kits of fish. Instead of giving their
catches to the hotel proprietors they had
them salted and were bringing them home
for use this winter
Abner H. Ferguson and Wade HI. Rab-
bitt spent Labor day at Seneca. Md. Both
men are experts with rod and line. and
going by way of Rockville, they antici-
pated returning with a long string oe
bass, but when they reached the river
they encountered water which was little
too cloudy. they thought, for them TO
meet with much success.
Many anglers would have returned
home without wetting their lines. but
Rabbit and Ferguson made up their
minds to stick 1t out and make an ef-
fort. 1t was some little time before either
angler got strike" and then the fish
weighed only little more than one
pound. but they did not become impatient
and remained about the river all day.
Seven bass were landed.
Wade Rabbit has fished every part OF
the river In the vicinity OF Seneca and
Pennifield and thinks the best bass fish,
D@N
AS soon as the water clears he will re-
turn to Seneca and spend week there,
hoping he will be able to land few big
fish.
Adolph Loehl and Thomas Miller had q
trip to Weverton Tuesday,
reaching there just as John w. Hurky
had concluded his days visit. They found
the water very muddy and there was no
sport on the river.
1T was almost thick enough to walk
Is Adolph Loehrs estimate Of the
of the water.
made the best of 1t. We spent the day
on the river and had about ten nlDoles
and caught two bass weighing about one
pound EACH"
John w. Hurley was there before the
water had become so muddy. He caught
ten fish, none of them Weighing more
than one and one-half pounds. The three
anglers will return as soon as water COM
are IdVOTdDi0.
Local anglers are displaying an inter
est in the request received by George NJ.
Bowers. fish commissioners. from former
President Roosevelt asking that ship
ment Of black bass be sent to British
East Africa to be deposited In Lake Nat
vasha. Their interest In the matter 10
not because they expect to go to Africa
to catch any OF the Ash, although some
may follow the example OF the former
President. but because they are anxious
to have the gamester given . trial al
over the world.
G. A. Bennett and Cooper Cox have re.
turned from a trip to Whites Ferry,
where they spent three days In quest of
bass and were forced to return home on
account of the muddy water. They
brought with them about three. dozen
Ash. the largest Weighing considerably
more than two rounds.
Many Mississippi catfish are being
caught in the Potomac about the. city.
Some rock and many perch are also being
caught. Night fishermen a<. enjoying
the sport of catching rock In the swift
water near the Anacostia bridge. Alex
andria anglers have been enjoying flne
sport at Shepherds. landing many good
sized big-mouth bass. :. .s.ses.
On the Benning bridge at night there
is the usual number of fishermen, many
Of them meeting with success. Hundreds
Of catfish are taken from the branch each
night by the bridge fishermen, end oecas
sionally perch. rock or carp u landed