Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15

Col John W. Hurley was a dsap
pointed fisherman this week. He had ar
ranged to spend another day at Knox
Vile before the close Of the spring sea-
son, but the rains caused high and
muddy water and put a stop to angling
in advance Of the date set by law for
fishing to close. Under the Maryland
law. it is stated. bass fishermen will
have to suspend operations until June I.
while in the District the season reopens
May %.
While endeavoring to inveigle perch
near the south end of the Highway
bridge several days ago "Col" Hurley
and W. ]. Sturbitts had a scare, but they
have recovered and are again ready to
wet their lines. When they reached the
place where they expected to try their
luck the tide was low, and in fastening
their boat to the ends of the piles Of the
old bridge they did not take into consid-
Grafton the gradual rising Of the water.
1t was their first perch trip Of the sea-
SON and they had such good luck they
paid attention to nothing but angling,
and when an observer shouted TO Col"
Hurley that his coat was almost in the
water he paid no attention. feeling that
"Sturbitts suddenly called to his COM
panion: There's something the natter;
the boats overturning.'
1t was found that the fastening was SO
deeply covered by the rise in the tide
that escape presented sundry difficulties.
Such a thing as calling out Lieut.. Deans
harbor crew was out of the question. and
the more the anglers tugged at the chain
and rope the tighter it seemed to become
wedged. but Sturbitts finally loosened
the chain riDhtaA 1lsa h0at
And he said, when he returned, THE
colonel breathed' easier.
Jesse Middleton and Henry Talbot had
an outing Sunday near Cherry Hill, Va,
where they spooned for pike.
The fishermen caught the pike, said
Bass Aman. telling Of their trip, land
the tree got the spoons
It is said that there Is a large tree in
one OF the pike ponds near Cherry Hill,
and that the fish are usually found there
in much greater numbers than In other
parts OF the pond. Fishing over and
among the branches Of the tree IS good
sport. but il generally results in the loss
of spoons and hooks.
Anglers say there are spoons and hooks
enough about the tree to stock store.
But, said one of the experts, who
cares for few spoons or hooks IL he
can catch fish,
The two anglers had good luck Sunday,
landing number of big fish.
Because OF the high and muddy water
this week fishermen have not been able
to do much along the river Some white
perch and Mississippi catfish have BEEN
caught however. while anglers in the
Eastern branch were able to carry home
some long strings OF channel catfish.
Robert Ratherdale. enc Of the most Sue
cesstul OF the branch sportsmen. caught
channel catfish Tuesday afternoon in the
vicinity OF Benning bridge.
An unidentified colored man spent the
entire day on the branch Tuesday. AMI
when he reached the boathouse at the
bridge in the afternoon he had SO many
FISH that potato sack would hardly
hold them. |
land he caught them with hook and
line." the boathouse man said. Il know" ,
There has been the usual line of fisher |
men along both sides of Benning bridge !
this week, and those who were in the |
lines Wednesday said good luck was en- |
Those who enjoy fishing for the sport |
Of it are pleased with the action Of the |
police in prosecuting a young man for |
Several years ago complaint was made
that some OF the so-called pothunterS"
we're using dynamite.
Laborers who were in q camp on the /
bank Of the Eastern branch near the
District line frequently used dynamite
n the water. il was said. and thou |
sands of FISH were killed. Police officials
Put an end to the practice. and il was
1ot until recently, when the explosive
vas used near the Aqueduct bridge, that
'uch method Was resumed.
Easter Sunday has always been looked
lpon as the day for the opening of the
perch season. and hundreds OF anglers
ire usually on the water early in the
morning. The demand for boats Easter
Sunday is usually much greater than the
supply, so that the fishermen realize