Evening star., 1911-07-29

arty made the bass understand that they
were in the vicinity Of Welverton few
days ago. They went to the popular
fishing place on a night train and were
one the water early in the morning. 1t
took them only a short while to become
aware of the fact that the river had
not been fished out and that some bass
still remained.
Weather and water conditions were all
that could be desired and the anglers
were fully satisfied with their luck They
boarded the train on the homeward trip
with string of nineteen bass to their
credit
Mr.. Weschler landed the biggest fish
of the catch, the bass weighing fully
flve pounds. His companion was not far
behind him. however, and several of the
string weighed more than three pounds
each.
Capt Billy Hettinger has been cruis-
ing on the Yeocomico river during the past
week with a party of friends. He left
the Patuxent river ten days ago in his
motor boat Wilma and went to the
Yeocomico to spend few days in Lewis
camp. incidentally he took his friends
out on fishing and grabbing trips during
his stay.
Those who were in the camp last week
were Fred Lewis, Mrs. Kate Lewis. Mrs.
J. Lewis. George Lewis, Mrs. William
Wagner and daughter. Charles DAILY. wife
and son, Miss Emma Mills Of Pittsburg.
Henry Lewis, Samuel Lewis, George
Riapi and Lloyd Brooke.
Tuesday most Of the campers went out
to the fishing grounds and landed good
supply of fish, the women scoring much
more heavily than the men Mr.. Riani
proved himself the crack crab catcher of
the party.
Residents Of Barn Point entertained the
campers at a dance one night last week.
Mrs. Kate Lewis won a cake, the prize
given for the best dancer.
George Doane, one of the crack anglers
of this city, had two-day outing at
Weverton last week. He had great sport
returning with a string Of two dozen fine
specimens Of small-mouth bass. Only a
few weeks ago he was at Weverton and
when he returned ashore he had greater
number and larger fish than the others
who were on the river that day.
All the fish he caught on his last trip
were large enough to furnish good sport.
Some Of them tipped the scales at more
than three pounds.
Several good catches Of rockfish were
recorded by Bree Smith, H. r. Colwell
and l. r. Perron on a canoeing trip be-
tween this city and Norfolk. They left
here Saturday night and reached Nor
folk four days later, having padded prac-
tically the entire distance. Stops were
made at several places long enough to
catch fish.
On the downward trip the canoeists had
an accident about 10 o'clock at night.
The three men were seated on the rear
end of a barge and when the craft was
of the mouth of Occoquan bay some of
the stores were lost. Colwell boarded the
canoe and was thrown overheard when
the frail craft careened.
Perron and Smith went overboa rd and
managed to rescue him. On the return
| trip the trio padded from Norfolk to CO.
lOnial Beach. They were given tow at
the excursion resort and brought to the
city.
Henry 7. Ofterdinger, J. ]. James and
D. ]. Pfeiffer have returned from an out
ing in the vicinity of Hollow lake. Can
ada, and are still recalling the conduct
Of the troublesome timber wolves at
night. They saw many deer in the day
time, but no shooting was done. The
trio spent ten days on eight different
lakes and caught 400 speckled, lake and
gray trout. The fish weighed from 11s to j
pounds. Four guides were employed by
the fishermen, and they slept under doa-
BILE blankets every night.
w Scott Montgomery recently returned
from Harpers Ferry with an attractive
string of fish. The largest of the small
mouth bass On the string weighed ~
pounds. Several smaller fish were also
on the string. but all of them were large
enough to have furnished the angler fine
sport.
Capt Lee Baumgarten, Edgar Kaufman
and Jeff Goodman brought home dozen
bass last Sunday a result of an out
ing they had on the river about flve
miles above Great Falls. They went up
the river Saturday night and got an
early start Sunday morning. The largest
Of the dozen fish weighed about 2A
pounds. 1t was caught by Capt. Baum
garten.
Patrick Riordan, who is familiar with
every fishing spot within many miles of
this city, tried his luck near the dam
at Great Falls Thursday. He caught
five bass. averaging two pounds each.
b. G. Wheeler of the Agricultural De-
partment made record catch of rock
fish at Chesapeake Beach this week, land
ing fifty-eight fish in two days. The fish
averaged two pounds each.
| r. A. Wickersham. J. Mayo Rector. j.
z. Donald, Thomas Bias, J. M. Freedley.
Joseph Turnbull and S. G. Ireland are
among the anglers who have made sue
cessful catches of rockfish at Chesapeake
Beach this season.