The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-16
FISHERMEN OUT IN
MOB YESTERDAY
FOR OPENING
Probably More Than a thousand
in This Section Alone
SOME FINE CATCHES MADE
Biggest Trout Reported Was Caught
In Branch at Arlington by w. {.
rlitchcock-Weighed 2 lbs. 6 OF.

Undoubtedly the largest number of
fishermen on record dedicated the
opening of the trout season. Coming
as it did on Sunday the first day of
the season afforded an opportunity for
a much larger number to take to the
rivers and brooks than would have
otherwise been the case. More fish
ermen always try to drown worm
on the opening day than at any other
time in the season and as more of
them were at liberty the heigeria was
proportionately larger
The largest exodus from Benning
ton was to the Battenkill territory in
Arlington. Some went up on the eve
ming train Satm day. others on the
midnight aud others by automobile
and team and still others on the pa
per train in the morning.
or these the larger number fished
The Battenkll proper. The fish in
the river ran larger than those caught
in the tributaries but they were not
SO numerous The water in the river
and the brooks Is cold and the fish are
sluggish. They did not bite with
the less interest L seemed to take in
the process Of being caught.
The usual Green river party con-
s'sting of Dir. b. c Jenncy, w. H..
Bradford Grant Harbour, Emory S.
Harris. T. r. Cir gg and Dewey Jen-
ney put in a portion OF the day on the
main stream. Gregg filed a basket
in the forenoon ard the other mem
bers Of the outfit made small catches
Of good sized fish,
Tarrant Sibley and Edward Donnel-
ly had two OF the finest catches Of the
day. Donnellys l6 fish weighed four
pounds and Sibley had II Of about
the same size.
Leon J. Parker and C. Fremont
Barnes each secured nearly a dozen
good fish.
The best basket OF fish to be
brought In was caught by George G.
Bond on the Otter Creek nc Dandy.
He had two three.duarter pound fish
and some halfpounders. Harry Hur-
ley who went with him had nice
basket with one fish weighing close
TO pound.
A. p. Atwood hshed the Battenlll
and had Is nice fish in his basket at
the close of the day.
G. p. Endress and J. A. Jubb went
TO Arling IN the morning train and
fished the Bate nkill. Mr.. Endress
caught five gocd FISH and beat his rec
ord by IT,
Manager H. $. Higgins OF the Ben
nington baseball team with John p
Morrissey quit the game long enough
10 put In the day on the Battenkill
They caught a good basket, Mr.. Hig
gins landing "A by fly fishing
The biggest trout of the day was
caught In the Sunderland branch JUS
north of Arlington by William II
Hitchcock who Is connected with the
telephone office at Manchester. Tn,
fish weighed two ounds and six oun
ces. Mr.. Hitchcock also secured an
other good FISH, weight three-fourthi
OF u pound. In the same locality.
The best catch made on the Sun
derland branch was the basketful o
Arthur w. Bassett His last trout
caught late tn the afternoon welghe,
threc-fourths OF pound. Claire w
Soule filled a small basket OF medium
sized trout on the same stream an,
Andrew u. Oatman had nearly a
many. Harry J. Cole had nearly 8
fish.
One Of the best catches brought In
to town was made up Of the rs trou
caught by Fred j. Kennedy In Otte
Creek. Il weighed between five an
six pounds and al fish were take
between noon and 4 O'Clock IN the al
ternoon. lie was accompanied b
Walter Strunk who also caught
good basket
Editor Howe OF the Banner spen
Ell day on the Battenkill-net result
-four trout Ills son Edmund fshe
ut home inside the village limits an
got twice as many.
Postmaster, Collins NJ. Graves VIII
began fishing before the comet wa
due TO put In an appearance had 81
good trout and n mammoth sucke
lie had to have the assistance OF se'
eral other fishermen ON the streal
In landing the sucker
The Baitenkill territory didn't IA
nlsh all the FISH by any means. Their
was big crowd OF men and boy
on the Main stream running throup
Bennington and It's tributaries. Ere
l.. Perry returned at ? o'clock with
basket OF fab Weighing between n,
and six pounds. Henry Allard iishs
TIL II o'clock and had the limit a
lowed by law. six pounds. Georl
Allard got II good trout during n
forenoon. y. n. Estabrook caught
good trout In the vicinity OF Can
Comfort. r. A. Rwason had 80 60,
hsh. +. T. Battles. Sidney Jone
George w. Williams and George |
laurier camped over night near q
stream Saturday and returned su
day. each fisherman with a few me
ium sized FISH. Guy Livingst,