Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24

Galivant. Other guests on the trip were
DR.. F. v. Brooks. NJ w. Sullivan, Louis
| Weaver and George Wainwright.
| Host and guests are enjoying enviable
regulations as anglers. and when they
started on the downward trip the ques-
ton Of who would register the largest
catch was discussed, each claiming he
would win the honor.
| Swami Point and Cob Light were the
objective points, with side trips to lower
| river resorts.
THE fish bit fast and furious DR..
Walker told his friends when he return
ed home. referring to the trout. rockfish
and spots.
But the toadfish made the going slow
for DR.. Walker" was DR.. Brooks COM
| All were we'll satisfied with their catch
of more than 600 fish.
| Detective Isaiah Cox known to his
more intimate friends as ''Zade," COM
bined pleasure with business on recent
| trip to Virginia. His business carried
him to the vicinity of Pamunky river at
point above twenty-five miles from
Richmond, and while there he accepted
an invitation to go fishing.
| 1T was the greatest sport l have ever
had in the fishing line he told friends
when he returned home. 1T was case
of trolling for rockfish. and it was beau
tifLl sight to see the fish jumping In
every direction.
"Rockfish were almost as thick as mos
Gutoes are In some sections. he added.
land it was an easy matter to catch
| long string Of them. / never before saw
! anything to equal 1t.
| Detective Harry Warren came home
from Annapolis with great story about
| the catching of rockf1sh on the Severn
river near Maryland's capital
II didn't go fishing, he admitted. but
saw some of the fish and heard the story
of their being caught. Some OF them we're
whopperS.
Reports from the vicinity of Annapolis
the past week have told of the great sport
| fishermen enjoyed. While many fish are
| being caught with bait, it is stated, most
of them. especially the larger ones. are
caught trolling. 1t is reported that some
fish weighing as much as forty pounds
have been caught.
Lee Combs. George Bass, Howard Bel
den and Frederick Schneider have re-
turned from an interesting 3U0-mile cruise
aboard the Zesob!a They We're away
| from the city nineteen days. spending
their time on the lower Potomac and
tributaries visiting summer and excur-
sion resorts and fishing from place to
place.
The members of the party found good
sport fishing Some days they caught as
ors and rockfish were also caught.
G. j. Baker and Charles Porter spent a
day at Great Falls for a weekend outing
and had good luck. Baker succeeded in
landing seven small-mouth black bass.
the largest weighing three and one-fourth
pounds. while Porter returned with a
string of eleven fish. his largest fish
weighing about three pounds.
j. NJ. Stout, manager of a theatrical
company. 'afte ia successful trip to Piney
Point, Md. has rturned home He stopped
with friends in this city before going o
New York. however. and received con-
gratLlations upon the fine catches he
made.
The theatrical man was the champion
fisherman at the doWn-river restort this
season. He caught as many 12j trout
on single tide. and Mrs. Stout ably sec
onded him. The couple. went to the Po-
tomac resort for a stay of a week or two.
but remained longer because of the fine
sport they had.