Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-08

anglers Sunday. The six-pounder was the
h. ayiest. the next In point OF size wtiga-
ing three and one-half pounds. Their
string made an attractive showing when
they went ashore.
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John w. Hurley and Patrick Riordan
were among the numerous anglers who
tried their luck at Great Falls sunday.
A number of small-mouth bass were
caught at the up-rivee resort that day,
but il was not for Hurley and Riordan
to score i'm that direction.
Three rockfsh were anded by Hurley
while his companion scored only one. and
that one disappeared from the stringer
while he was on the river. He declares
he suspects nobody Of having Played
prank on him, blaming his loss on the
man 10 whom he gave the fish 10 string.
My biggest one weighed ony three
pounds. said Col Hur ey. mournfully.
and the boys at f etcher's got them
weighing more than three times as muctT
But he added. behind the clouds
the suns still shining"
T. II. Wright and William Griffin did
not bring up the tail end of the fishing
colony up the river asst Sunday.
I'VE got ours" said one of them, even
If some others did bet us =
The angles landed fourteen rockfish,
several of them weighing more than
three pounds each. b oodworms, they
found. proved more attractive than the
soft crabs and most of the fish they
caught took the worms.
why wouldn't bloodworms attract
sma.l-mouth black ss?' asked Wright
las soon as the water clears / think I'll
give them a fair tr al
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Frank Fl. Finley. william J. Madlgan.
Peter Bennett. Daniel Murphy, Walter
Frick and Edward Markward went to
South river. Annapolis. last Sunday as
the guest OF Edward We IS and Franz
Stronger for a fishing trip. WEISS and
Stronger have large lake on their
farm that is well stocked with fish.
TOO hot TO go fishing today. Peter
Bennett suggested. land it's the shade
for mine"
One after another echoed Pete BENEFITS
sent ments. and there was nothing lett
for their hosts to do but throw a small
seine overheard. The effort yielded the
biggest perch. both white and yellow.
rockfish and pike the anglers had seen IN
all their trips.
Planked fish We're served In less than
one hour after the fish were taken from
the lake.
Harry Fogle made local anglers take
notice last Sunday when he visited the
BASIN and tried his hand at fishing for
plymouth bass 1t was his first visit To
the basin since the opening of the bass
season. and he landed a five-pounder. He
entered the fish in a contest.
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Charlie Fletcher surprised anglers on
the upper river Sunday, when he reached
shore from a trip to the vicinity or the
Chain bridge.
"The little ones don't count" he stated.
"but I'll count this one," pulling from
beneath q cover q rockfish that weighed
ten and one-half pounds.
81 guess that's fishing some"
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The weather has been too warm to enr
thuse many bass fishermen since the sea-
son opened, and the continued run OF
rockfish had also been a means of salts
fying their fishing propensities. IL Is re-
ported that a number of bass were caught
i'm the vicinity Of Great Falls early in the
week and reports have II that two an
glers landed sixty gamesters on Goose
creek a week ago.
William Schwing is spending the sumo
mer on Capital Island. Me. He has
cottage on the island. his favorite place
for summering, and enjoys telling friends
Of the big catches OF fish he makes.
when you want fish for breakfast.
he says. "all you have to do Is TO get
up a little early and catch them. and
when you want lobster you set your pots
over night.
!. +. Buckingham and Joseph Fletcher
caught sixteen rockfish Sunday. The
largest fish weighed more than three
pounds.