Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-15

catch, the largest Of them weighing five
pounds. Eight bass were landed, the
heaviest of them weighing less than
three pounds. He also caught three
speckled perch and four yellow perch.
'The largest fish, said Mr.. Callahan,
ARE caught with fly and spoon. l used
the ordinary bait
1t is nothing unusual for anglers to
catch bass weighing seven or eight
pounds. and the pike in the lake are also
large. The morning Mr. Callahan was
at the lake he met another sportsman
who had a string of six bass averaging
about four pounds each.
| Edwin c. r. HUMPHREYS. w. G. Eek
| stein, Jacob StultZ, Louis Wilson and
Oscar Schleickert will be members of a
August. Capt Stultz of tn. harbor fire
;, company is going to take the party to
the camping grounds in his launch.
The launch will be used by the campers
going to the fishing grounds from the
camp. and those who are in the party
| expect to have an enjoyable two-week
outing. Capt. StultZ and his friends have
had outings at Matthias point for the
past few years. and they are satisfied
| that this years trip will be as enjoyable
as the others.
| Good fishing is generally found at Ma
| thias point and vicinity. and 1t is not nee
essary to go far from camp to get sup
| plies for the camp. Other campers will
| be near them.
| William Davenport of the Treasury De-
partment is arranging for his annual trip
down the Potomac on his power boat Ca
! tawba. Friends who are to accompany
him this summer are: Lieut. M. T. H.
They will camp and do most of their fish
| ing in Breton bay and in. the vicinity OF
Piney point.
Paw Paw hollow is a favorite place OF
| the quartet of anglers.
The fish are there" says Lieut.. Ohle.
| land we usually know where to find
them. Last summer we anchored near
the Black walnut in Breton bay and
landed sixty trout in about ninety min
utes"
The campers will carry tents and other
camping. paraphernalia with them. and
they will depend upon the river and the
farmers for what they eat.
Joseph Fletcher caught ten-pound
Mississippi catfish in the canal near Lock
Cove last Saturday. He was out early in
the morning to try his luck, but the one
fish was all he got. The angler went to
the canal because the water was in better
shape than the water in the river. Charles
Fletcher. his brother, bought supply OF
calf liver at 80 cents pound and went
to the canal Sunday morning. He fished
up and down the canal with his expensive
bait, and when he returned home he still
lldu IlOSl Oh Ills Ddll, Dut HO HSl-
| James Collins tried his luck in the
canal early in the week. His idea was
that he might get a few Mississippi cat
fish, knowing the water in the river was
too muddy for rockfish. He landed one
fish that weighed five pounds. Five other
fish he caught averaged one pound each.
c. S. billy and Charles Porter returned
from a two-day outing above the Great
Falls last week with thirty-eight small
mouth bass. The fish weighed from. one
to three. pounds and were caught with
mad toms.
w G. Kent fished near Catoctin last
Sunday morning. He caught four bass
in the morning, one of them weighing
considerably more than three pounds.
About noon the water got muddy and
there was no more fishing.
Ward Savage went to Berkeley Springs,
w. Va, Thursday night to try his luck at
bass fishing. If he meets with success he
win probably remain there until August