Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-29

A number of expert anglers, including
many of those who object ordinarily to
bothering with anything but bass, were
on the river Sunday willing to catch a
string of perch Q, Mississippi catfish.
Heretofore they have been willing to
take a vacation from fishing during the
closed season for bass. but reports Of big
catches of perch attracted them, and
they were willing to forego their prefer
ence for bass. They had good luck, too.
Sundays cold weather did not keep the
sportsmen from the river. At times they
suffered from the cold, and it was neces-
sary for some to go ashore and seek
comfort at campfires.
While the fishermen were on the upper
river raking in the perch with soft crab.
the most expensive bait. others were do
ing equally as well on the Eastern branch
with bait they had taken from the
ground. One small boy who fished not
far from Benning bridge, using worms,
carried home bunch Of three dozen
good sized fish. e,--.
Its all in having the right kind of
worms" the boy said to interested in
quirers. You know all worms are not
alike
e. O. Craig, the slone fisherman" was
/ the envy Of many on the upper river
Sunday. He sat alone in his skiff and
was able to get the best positions on the
deepest water, and many Of the fish he
caught showed other anglers that many
big ones were in the river beyond the
| ordinary line.
Half a dozen Mississippi catfish. not all
small ones, were landed by the lone
one, while a score or more envious
anglers watched from a short distance.
III ] could only catch one OF the big
ones" could be heard from another boat
now and then. II would be satisfied
! 1t remained for the lone fisherman
to break record. not for the size of
the fish. but for the manner in which
thing on his line. and the hauling in was
SO entirely different from his other hauls
that he was unable to guess pretty we'll
what he had caught: Once the end Of
and attached to it was a Mississippi
catfish that weighed more than q pound.
The line had formed a knot about the
tail of the fish. the hook having played
no part in the catch.
Henry Talbot Jesse Middleton and A.
w. Hart, spoon and fly fishermen. unable
| to go to their usual fishing grounds
trout. were on the river in the vicinity
of Edes mill Sunday. The trio of ex-
| perts with rod and line had an enjoy
| able outing, although they found it nee
essary to go ashore and start fire to
warm up.
The water was too deep for fly and
| spoon fishing. and those in the party
! used the regulation bait for the perch
They did not experience much luck, how
ever. arriving little too late.
| "Col" John w. Hurley. with acrate OF
soft crabs cans Of angle worms and
other bait. accompanied party Of fish,
! ermen to Edes mill Sunday morning to
show, them how to catch white perch.
| you'll have to show u.s." said James
P. Roots. who played the part o. chauf-
| feur for several OF the party. Frank
Hail. who carried the other members OF
| the sport crowd in his machine, doubted
| If the colonel could make good.
| Everybody caught fish and the colo.
ner' was happy. although he did not
break the record. the greatest number OF
| fish having been caught by those who
were not supposed to know anything
about angling.
Samuel Rothechild and Clarence Linthi.
cum were in the party. The Ave anglers
/ thought they would get an early start
| and be on the river ahead of all others
but when they reached the fishing
| grounds, shortly after daybreak. they
found that others had been there. since
the night before 49,.
Perch were plentiful enough to keep all
hands busy during the last OF the ebh
| and 1.-The nrst Of the flood tide. and when
the party of five finished for the day