Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-29

Fishermen are looking forward to the
Fourth OF July holiday this year with
more interest than usual. Ordinarily the
water at this season is so warm and the
fish bite 30 sluggish that very little In
terest Is manifested. but this season the
water has been cooler Ethan usual and
the fish have been so voracious that In
terest in the sport has not abated
I'm going fishing next Thursday II 1
lose my job" was the response Of an
enthusiastic angler who was asked by a
friend how he intended spending tho day
Never missed Fourth in my life"
he added. Il started when the unsafe
and insane method OF celebrating indie
pendence day was in vogue. and think
fishing Is about as sane q way as any
to put in the day"
1t is probable that several hundred
anglers will be on the river within fifty
miles Of this city next Thursday. 9th
ers will go beyond that distance, some
seeking pleasure at saltwater resorts
and others going to the Potomac and
Shenandoah rivers abo0e Harpers Ferry.
A number Of local sportsmen have ar
ranged to go TO Norfolk. where they can
get the benefit OF both fresh and salt
water fishing. and where they will not
run the risk Of having muddy water
greet them. Lake Smith. where small
mouth bass. pike and other fish are plen-
tiful, never gets cloudy enough to inter
fere with the sport Of anglers, while
at other places the salt water is always
in condition.
Many fishermen, who have tried their
Mck at Chesapeake Beach. report having
made good catches of rockhsh. Most Of
the fish weigh less than two pounds each.
the anglers report; but they put up fight
enough to make the sport interesting.
And bait is easy to get" one Of the
successful ones remarked The question
OF bait" he added lis usually q trouble
some one. but It Chesapeake Beach
Colonial Beach ID other places on sal,
they make the best bait, especially al
this season, when rockfish are plentiful.
Later cut spots will be used for catch
ing tailors. spots and croakers. Soft
crab bait is also attractive. but more ex-
pensive than fish bait.
Jesse Middleton's uncomfortable expert.
ence with a barbed-wire fence in Vir.
ginia a few weeks ago did not damper
his ardor. He Il still in the fishing bust
ness for the sport there is in 1t. and other
anglers say he gets as much sport out OF
1t as any other local fisherman.
Middleton, 30 well known as the lone
fisherman Of the Potomac" does not care
IuuCH IOI OdlI uSuIuk, believing tneTe IL
more sport In using the fly. although he
may not land as many Ash as some OF
those who use live bait. crabs and worms
When he returned from q trip to Chap.
pawamsic last Sunday his string Of FISH
made some other anglers envious. The
others either had no luck or had re.
manned at home because. OF the cloudy
water in the upper Potomac He had
four large bass and one pike, represent
ing part Of his catch. the pike measuring
twenty-four inches In length.
John Hartung Is anxious for the water
to get clear. He is still hoping he will
be able to repeat q catch he made al
Fletcher's shortly before the disastrous
storm swept over the river and forced
the anglers to seek places OF shelter on
the shore.
That day he caught q seven-pound rock
fish, q fish that il calculated to make any
fisherman happy. despite the fact that
Edward o. Craig caught twenty-four-