Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-14
ROD tNO REEL.

Two weeks more and the bass season
will be open. the law prov ding for its
opening the day preceding Memorial day
While waiting for the time when they
will be permitted to land bass. the anglers
are enjoying perch fishing in the river
and branch. Perch fishing has been better
during the past three weeks than 1t has
been for a number Of years, anglers hav-
ing found it an easy matter to fill
basket with large fish during a single
tide.
Many catfish and rockfsh have also
been caught by those who have enjoyed
perch fishing. Yellow perch are also be-
ing caught. although 1T will not be until
after the full of the moon that the big
ones are likely to get caught. A number
OF large turtles have been caught In the
Eastern branch lately.
George Lewis took advantage OF water
and weather conditions last Sunday and
enjoyed an outing on the Virginia side of
the river opposite Edes' mill. He TOOK his
mother and about twenty other relatives
and friends along and established camp
early enough to catch fish on the morning
tide, landing plenty Of fish before noon to
furnish enough for dinner.
The party had a thoroughly enjoyable
pied. strolis through the woods taken and
others spent most of their time on the
river. Dur -ng the afternoon the fisher
men were successful enough to be abe to
supply fish enough for Mondays break
fast
Detective Baur and Mrs. Baur had a
try at the perch Sunday. They spent
most of the day on the river below Chain
bridge and had great success. Shortly
af .er starting from shore they wet their
lines and landed about twenty pounds of
channel catfish. and when they had be-
come tired of the sport they drifted sew
eral hundred feet down the river to catch
perch.
1t was but a short time before the perch
were attracted by the tempting crab bait,
and the basket was soon filled.
1T was the most successful TRIP of the
kind / had had in many years., sad the
detective. THE fish were larger than
usual and much more plentiful"
snagging herring is a sport that has
very few Of them bother about catching
shad in that manner. Policeman w. II.
Buckingham, expert angler and snagger.
conceived the notion that shad
might be snagged directly beneath Little
Falls.
The herring do not get so close to the
falls" the policeman told a friend, land
I'm going to give the shad trial"
The first day he made the effort he
landed a pair Of roe shad weighing thir-
teen pounds. His experience was re-
peated the next day. although the fish
were not quite SO heavy, and the third
day he got three shad.
Maj. Richard A. OBrien was in a
mood one day this week and
he told what he had done years ago In
he line Of fishing.
But" he said, am still fond of fish
.ng.'
His experience years ago was at a time
v hen Tiber creek nad 10 be waded by
PEDESTRIANS in order :" avoid a long walk
n Tossing at Massachusetts avenue.
Il recall how l used to go there and
catch mullets in my straw hat. he
said. 'It was an easy matter 70 catch
,.einty OF the fish and there was lots OF
un enjoyed wading after Them"
That was many years ago." said John
w. Hurley. What the major caught
we're tadpoles. but they have had plenty
Of time to grow in all these years. al
hcugh I Always understood that tadpoles
Irhtd to frogs