Evening star., 1911-08-12

, putting i'm all his time on the water.
II am going to catch plenty OF hsh, he
says. and am also going to enjoy the
country-cured ham, chickens and water
| melons and take life easy for few
| days
Detective Berman is going after big
hsh He thinks the nsh IN the river are
| AFFORD amusement and he expects to
| make big hauls at Ocean View
One of the experts with rod and Tine is
| Detective Springmann.
Jimmie carries fshins line In his
pocket every time he goes near the river.
| said one of his compan'o 'ons. HE sure
| does like to fish.
I line while waiting at Fort Washington
for a boat and he caught rockfish enough
| for his breakfast.
A. r. McGonegai. Mai. r. A. oBrien
and John w. Hurley had a two-day out
| ing at weverton tne first of the week.
! Reports from up the river were not as
good as they might have been. but the
| anglers had made the nee essary arrange
| ments for the trip. and so they went.
The refreshing rains had made the at
| mosphere pleasant and improved the ap-
pearance of the mountain scenery. and
| they had also affected the river.
Without stopping, to cat dinner al the
| hotel. the three anglers donned their fish
ing outfits and hurried to the river
| Where the water had been low the week
before they found rushing torrents. and
| where they had been able to see to the
1 bottom OF the river II was not possible
| to see three inches below the surface.
| Despite the unfavorable conditions. the
anglers tried their luck the two days they
| were there. and, while only one bass was
caught. the anglers had two bass when
| they returned ashore.
| Il know IL seems hard to believe, said
Col Hurley. but one OF the fish jumped
into the boat in which Maj. o'Brien as
| the only fisherman
Maj O'Brien admits having caught tive
sardine boxes and a branch of a tree.
! Anglers In this section are interested
in the catch Of carp near Peoria. ILL.,. q
| few days ago. the fish being one of the
first carp put In the river by the fish COM
| mission. The stamp on the fish showed
It had been put in the water twenty-five
years ago.
Local anglers have long been denounc-
| ing the stocking OF the Potomac river
| With carp. They feel that the carp great
| ly interfered with the propagation OF
/ bass I'm the upper river.
| II have seen great numbers OF carp In
the deep water of the upper river" said
| one of the older anglers to a Star re-
porter, "and the sight was a reminder Of
the sight Of so many hogs In pen"
The angler said he thought the carp had
destroyed much spawn in the river and
had probably killed millions of bass dur
ing the time they have been in the Po-
tomac.
L. Evans White. William Carroll and
Harry w. Gore were guests Of c. A. NJ.
| Wells on the Patuxent river aboard the
| latters yacht Dixie last week. Anchor
/ was hoisted and the start made from the
bridge of the Chesapeake Beach railroad
/ Friday morning. the party returning
| Sunday night
Most of the fishing was done near Long
| point. not far from the home OF Marshall
| Southron, and big catches were made.
Trout are being caught much earlier
! this season than usual, said the Dixies
| captain. land the fish are larger than
usual. The biggest trout we caught meas
| ured twenty -eight inches
The quartet caught a great many trout.
| rockfish and white perch. The rock were
/ not small, the anglers say. and the white
perch were exceptionally big
George Lewis and Henry Otto were for
| tunate enough to try their luck at bass
! fishing just before the river got muddy.
They were on their homeward trip with a
! string of twenty-four fish about the time
| that others went up and encountered the
| muddy water.
| George Lewis always was lucky on his
| fishing trips" said Capt. Billy HettinRer.
Not only does he usually catch fish, but
| IL there is any advantage to be gained
| from weather conditions he gains them.
| having made many catches just before
1 storms appeared and mudded the water"
| Upon the occasion of the recent trip to
| the upper river the anglers went to the
vicinity of Point of Rocks and Catoctin.
George Lewis caught the biggest Of the
| two dozen. the fish tipping the scales at
| two and one-quarter pounds.