Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-10

Concluding the Potomac river would
never again get clear, and that it would
he necessary to fish in the muddy water
If he wanted to fish at all, Charlie Porter
assembled two friends and braved the
miserable conditions for weekend Out
ing at Seneca. They found the water Ill
about as bad condition as it could De eN-
pected to get but worked hard and sur
prised themselves with a string OF three
bass.
Since that time there has been grad
ual Improvement in the condition c1 the
water, and anglers have watched for The
Stars bulletins from Harpers Ferry Tor
encouraging news. Maj. Sylvester, game
warden of the District, brought the n
formation Wednesday that good water
would soon prevail, and several eager
fishermen hurried to the Upper river,
fearing another storm would change the
conditions before Sunday. >,
Reports from the upper river have 1t
that a number Of bass were caught since
Tuesday The improved condition OF the
river caused the renewal OF activities
among bass fishermen. Orders for live
bait were placed with local dealers today.
and, should the water be In even falr
shape tomorrow, the bass Will hnd 1t easy
to get smelts and mad toms
While up-river fishermen probably will
be numerous tomorrow there will be no
dearth of them at places down the river
and on the Chesapeake bay. reports from
the salt water sections telling of great
catches.
Probably the most interesting catch of
the season was that made at Chesapeake
Beach few day ago by r. L. Stultz
as a red drum. and is said to be an
unusual find off the shore of Calvert
county 1t weighed seventeen and one
half pounds.
Mr.. Stultz and his son were fishing off
the end of the long pier at the bay re-
sort, hoping to get a few rockfish. and
when the drum took Mr. Stultz's bait and
made off with it with much fuss and
a mad struggle he almost concluded he
had a whale.
The battle lasted several minutes and
finally young Stultz. procuring a crab
net, went to his fathers assistance, COM
pleting the catch. Many excursionists
were on the pier when the fish was land
ed and it attracted much attention.
A large drum was caught this week
between Lower Cedar Point and Piney
Point. 1t was one of a big catch made
by Raymond Barry and Leon Maddox,
fishing from the Sly Boy: with Capt.
string of rockfish and trout.
When a man leaves New York to
spend week on the Potomac river and
finds fishing so good that he made his
stay Indefinite said a local seer yester-
day. you know that there must be
something DOING
j. NJ. Stout is the New Yorker about
whom the remark was made. He is at
Piney Point. Mr.. and Mrs. Stout, both
fond OF fishing. had intended spending a
week in that vicinity, but when the fish
ing of a single tide netted them long
strings of big trout. the biggest ones, of
course. getting away, they saw no rea-
son for making. a change to another sum-
mer resort
Robert Myers and wife. Mrs. d. l..
Sandoe. Masters David and Main SandOe,
Master Harry Hewlett and Master Rich
mond Brooks have had several successful
trips on the river the past week. Capt.
Bill Jones handles the sails for the party,
and he thinks he knows where the big
ones are always to be found.
Capt. Bill has made himself solid with
the boys. He has taken the party to good
trouting grounds a number of times, and
his guests are frequently delighted by
the capture of a string of fine fish.
Clarence Kessler, Edward V. Kesser.
G. +. Wise and Louis Herbert recently
fished for trout in the waters off Piney