Evening star., 1912-09-07

John E. Buckingham, veteran angler
has fished the waters of the Potomac and
its tributaries the past half century, ana
caught all kinds of fish and many OF
them, but this week he is telling story
Of the greatest catch in which he ever
participated. With party of ten friends
he spent Labor day near Annapolis. and
three and one-half hours sport netted
them 2O6 rockfish aggregating S34
pounds.
Those who were in the party with him
were G. G. Thomson. chief clerk of the
Post ONCE Department; r. NJ. Mullett,
G. H. H Moore. Elmer E. Paine, W. d.
Campbell. Theodore H Weed. John A.
Holmes. William Sroule and s. ]. Held
of this city and George Gies OF New YORK
city.
the number of fish caught and size,
Paine and Campbell scoring second.
IT was slightly handicapped" said the
veteran Of the party, but | did get an
opportunity TO show two or the nsner-
men that rockflsh would take the spoon
as readily as will bass, and landed four
teen fish in twenty minutes"
Capt Asbury Collins. with his brother
William as engineer, steamed from An
napolis early in the morning and TOOK
the fishermen to Sandy Point light,
where they had had good fishing Satur-
day, but the number of anglers was so
great that they continued on to Masothy
river
few minutes after the stop was made
the big game fish were in evidence soon
all the members of the party were having
luck and when they had landed the -oo
turned to Annapolis. Old boatmen about
Annapolis could scarcely believe the nsn
had been caught with hook and line II
was the best catch they had ever hearo
~. fcba lny1
are going to give the fish another trial
in the near future.
Dr ] Ramsey Nevtt and William J.
Giddings returned. from a trip 10 Autn
Handing, near Edwards Ferry. Va. with
a string of twenty-five live small-mouth
bass, the catch representing sport covering
parts OF two days on the river.
..The river is fairly alive with bass.
commented Dr. hewitt. and it was
great sight TO see VIII Giddings tugging
away at a four-pounder. The fish seemed
hungry and they fairly ate up the bait.
Probably one-half the eaten averaged
more than two pounds, while the smaller
ones weighed considerably mere than oae
pound Most of the fishing was done III
water ranging from three TO five feet
in depth. and from there the fish made
runs through much deeper water in the
direction of the Maryland shore.
1T is a grand spot for bass fishing.
Dr. Nevitt stated. water OF all deptns
being close at hand some ripping oVer
rocks and others almost still. and the fish
took the bait as ii they were strong and
hungry.
The fishermen found the water cooler
than usual al this season. they say, and
they think the temperature of the water
made the sport all the more enjoyable.
Capt. Billy Hettinger entertained
party Of friends aboard his launch on the
Patuxeut river Labor DAY. \ trip on the
water. fishing and a melon feast consti-
fGted the pleasures Of the outing. Those
who composed the party. with Capt Het-
finger were ". lor Birch. John G.
McCirafh. DR.. Maulding, Lloyd Brooke.
Lloyd Brooke. jr.. Keith Taylor, Mr
Rose and A. r Wilson.
In addition TO the outing on the river
the party enjoyed brief stay at the
home of the Globe Club at Mount Cal
vert. Several hundred large yellow perch
were caught. minnows being used as bait
and a number of big catfish fell victims to
the attractive bait.
The party saw large fiocks of reedbirds
ortolans and blackbirds on the Patuxent
marshes, but as the season for shooting
does not open until September Is all they
could do was to look on.
Capt Hettinger made run as far down
as Nottingham. where melons were pro-
cured from a grower, and feast was en-
Hoyed. Another trip 10 the vicinity of
the marsh will be made as soon the
bird season opens.
Having had a number of successful
trips about the city, John Hartung today
made arrangements to spend couple of
days on the Potomac at Dickersons. His
trips about the city netted him a number
of strings of plymouth bass and rock
<fsh and he now wants to catch few
small-mouth bass.
The angler has recently landed as many
as fifteen plymouth bass on an after
moons outing about the city, many Of the
fish having been caught near the old ar
senal. where rockhsh have been captured
in large numbers during the past two
weeks.
'Tf I can't get up where the small
mouth bass are found" said the angler
'I satisfy myself with a trip about the
city where other fsh can be caught"
A catch of fifteen plymouth bass says
the sportsman. furnishes good enough
snort for anybo&y.