Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-24

to spend their Fourth Of July holiday. and
some are promising four-pound bass to
their friends
Somewhat like counting chickens be-
fore they are hatched," remarked one of
the anglers. but if the water is good the
fish are sure to be caught.
1t is expected that the number of Fourth
of July anglers will be SO large that To-
cal dealers in bait will find 1t difficult to
! have mad toms enough on hand for their
| patrons. But they promise to be equal
to the occasion. Some of the anglers are
taking no chances and have already en-
gagged their bait.
| 1t is highly probable that there will be
| fishing at the nearby saltwater resorts
| by the holiday season good fishing al
ready being enjoyed in the vicinity of
Norfolk. Tp-river boatmen are being en-
gagged by bass fishermen. There will be
fishermen on almost every rock between
Little Falls and Harpers Ferry July 4 if
the water is in good condition, and many
others will find their way to more dis
tant places.
Among the places to which bass fisher.
men will be attracted are Little Falls,
Sycamore Island. Seven Locks, Great
Falls, Trammel's. Pennifield's. Seneca.
Miscell Island. Edwards Ferry Goose
creek. Monocacy, Dickerson, Washing
ton Junction. Catoctin. Brunswick
Knoxville. Weverton. Sandy Hook and
Harpers Ferry. on the Potomac; num-
Der of places on the Shenandoah river
among them being Brick Mill, Riley
vile. Shannandale, Overall and Riverton
Anglers who own motor boats will be
very much in evidence on the lower Po-
tomac plymouth bass. perch, rockish
and salt water fish will claim their at
tention, while some of them will also
indulge in grabbing.
There will be still others who will be
satisfied to try their luck in the vicinity
OF the city Fish are being caught in
the river and Eastern branch many big
ror Gh nd c.s GSt, hot,
landed by anglers. White and yellow
perch are also being caught in nearby
waters.
Robert f. Volkmer is awaiting ia
vorable opportunity to show his angling
friends what he can do. but unless he
makes a good showing his friends will
not know of his efforts.
The best live bait he says, lis the
little brown madtom. and when properly
baited 1T will certainly attract bass
Bright earth worms. New York blood
worms, leeches, creepers, grasshoppers,
frogs. butterflies. spiders, blowflies, min
nows and soft crabs are also good bait
for fish that are caught in the Potomac.
When batting with worms" he says,
don't be stingy. Use a good sized bait.
Worms are best il kept a few days in
moss to scOur'
Worms are best used. he says. just
after a rain. Leeches are easily obtained
where watercress and other aquatic
plants grow, he says, and they furnish
good bait.
Rudolph Kaufman. p. c. Hawn and
two friends left this morning to spend a
week fishing on the south branch Of the
Potomac.
Dowell Shekell and Capt George Cook
cannot understand why anglers want to
go SO far away from the city to enjoy
a days sport. when they can go to the
river along Water street and make good
catches.
ITO get a long string Of fish along the
river 'front.'" said Shekell, lis the easiest
thing in the world to do
The angler may be found almost any
time with supply of fried beef in his
pocket. The meat is cut in small pieces
and used as bait for catfish.
Why said the angler. you can al
most fish from street car window, the
water is so near the street"
The two anglers usually go after cat
fish, although occasionally they land a
few rockfish. One afternoon last week
they fished from the Estella at the foot
Of 9th street. and landed forty-seven big
fish.
Last Sunday F. w Boyle. Bruce Allen,
Bernard O'Leary and Benjamin Groves
went to Chappawahsic to give the big
mouth bass a trial.
I'VE hoped we would make the bass
jump said Boyle. but we were willing
to catch any old fish that came along.
We caught them all right, but they were
not numerous enough
Boyle led the quartet with a four-pound
bass. O'Leary caugh; the only crappie
that was landed by the party, while Allen
and Groves added pike to their list.
The fishermen had more than a dozen
fish to their credit when they started
homeward. So well satisfied were they
with their outing that they are going to
pay another visit TO that popular place
soon.
August Herrler believes in repeating
efforts to win record His last trip to
Great Falls melted him one bass. several
Mississippi catfish and a couple of perch.
The bass weighed nearly three pounds.
however. and there was something salts
flying about the size of the FISH.
Herrler is now going to make another
effort at establishing a record.
The next time he says. Il expect to
catch az many Assn as did before, and
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