Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08

ing, and 1t is not because he was afraid
his laurels would he taken from him
by some of his fraternal friends.
IL is told OF him that on trip TO the
vicinity OF Norfolk he shot bunch OF
quail. bunch that any sportsman might
he proud OF. and he also went hshing.
He had his bunch of quail and string
of trout at the hotel and in the hurry
to catch the boat the quail were left
behind.
where's the bunch of birds?" inquired
the sportsman after the boat had pulled
away from the dock.
Il didn't think YOU wanted them. no
was told. but here are the fish.
mo more fishing for me" he muttered.
During recent weeks. however. the
sportsman has seen and heard OF SO
many bass being caught that ne fees
the fishing fever returning.
Capt William r. Garner was at the
wheel of the st. Charles last saturday
afternoon. when the boat left the river
front with a jolly party Of anglers 20
enjoy an outing on the lower Potomac
and tributaries Others i'm the party
were Charles K. Sanford. Maurice Col.
Inns, III. c. Warner. Samuel MADDOX, ha'
Farrell James Dunn. Frederick Walker.
a. ii. Annandale. Lee Young, Elmer
Garner Charles Hahe, George Grubbs.
NJ J. Butler and James Butler.
The party went as far as Coloniai
Beach, stopping at Leonardtown and GO
ing up the Wicomico as far as Chaptco.
Several hundred rockfish and white
percn were caught by the anglers ana
many crab feasts were enjoyed Tney
reached home Wednesday morning.
William Schwing has gone to Capitol
| Island. Booth Bay. Maine. for an outing.
His cottage is on a high blum overlook
| ing the bay, and he has To go Only lew
| hundred feet from il IN catch plenty OF
fish He will remain until the end or
the heated term.
| Adam A. weschler and Harry 4. Heg-
| arty recently visited the upper Potomac
to try their luck at bass fishing. The
fishing was done under so many Difficult
ties which they encountered reaching the
fishing grounds that they were well sat
/ isfied with catch of FIVE bass.
Leaving the railroad train at Bruins.
wick. the anglers sought conveyance
| to take them to Weverton. where they
| anticipated great sport the following
| morning. Rain was falling. and the
driver of the team that took them from
Brunswick was not the steadiest driver
| they had encountered.
When the vehicle reached Knoxville
the anglers alighted and concluded IL
would be well for them to tramp the re-
| manning distance to Weyerton. some
thing less than a mile.
There was nothing specially enjoyable
about the tramp but the thoughts OF
few five-pounders kept the two men i'm
good humor The storm abated after
they reached Weverton and after the
water had been muddied They were
| there however, and concluded to give
the fish a trial.
Louis r Perron. Louis r. Perron. his
son, and Charles Baker had an outing
Sunday on the Potomac river this side OF
Pennifed's The water was not in good
condition and there was much grass
in the river that the fishing was greatly
interfered with.
three fishermen landed four bass ayerag-
ing two pounds each. About noon the
anglers left the river and went ashore to
escape the heat. returning in the after
noon and engaging in a snake hunt, find
ing the water conditions too bad for fish
ing 4 copperhead snake measuring about
four feet in length was killed by them.
They saw several smaller snakes of q
harmless species.
Patrick Riordan. one of the enthusiasts
among the anglers. landed four bass Sun
dav near Great Falls. There was time
when Riordan thought there was no
place like Millvile W. Va. for bass fish
ing but when some friends went To
places nearer the city and experienced
good luck he thought he would follow
them:
Il still think the Shenandoah river il Q
great place for bass" he says, but
there is good fishing at many places
along the Potomac
Late in the fall the angler viii return
to his old haunts about Harpers Ferry
and Millvflle Last year he made some
of the best catches that were recorded oy
anglers