Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

George W. anu w. AAui'S'
had successful outing on the river at
Harpers Ferry Sunday.
I'VE only landed four fish, said Col.
Hurley, the veteran angler. but it was
the best days sport I've had this sea-
son."
Many Of the anglers complained of the
water being too clear. but the two fish
ermen went to point where the cloudy
water from the Shenandoah made the
deep water in the Potomac near the rail
road tunnel about right for fishing
1t was about an hour or more after
the fishermen, anchored near the mouth
of the tunnel that Col. Hurley's reel
clicked at great rate. The fsherman's
line went almost it's full length before
he made the strike and when he saw
the fish leave the water and endeavor
to shake the hook from its mouth he
realized he had fish that was we'll
worth catching.
1T was a four-pound baby" the fish
erman told his friends.
A few minutes later George Driver ex-
perienced an exciting sensation when a
big bass took his bait. He had never
caught a small mouth bass and the eX-
perience was so novel that he failed to
land the fish. Soon afterward. however.
he landed a fish that weighed two and
one-half pounds, his third catch being a
big bait bucket. A second two and one
half pound fish was caught after the
bait bucket experience and Col. Hurley
added a similar fish to his catch, the
anglers returning with four bass.
William F. Snyder. who was in the VI
outing, came near repeating his success
of the previous week. when he caught a
bass weighing nearly six pounds. He
followed down the river i'm the wake of
the two anglers. Hurley and Driver. and
caught a fish that weighed four and one
half pounds.
During the time the water in the Poto-
mac and Shenandoah rivers was muddy
the cry of the angler was wait till the
some of them found ii too clear, ii was
eff it We're only a little cloudy"
Most of the anglers who We're on the
river Sunday found the water SO clear
that they We're able to see the bass SWIM
ming about the bait and refusing to take
''If / could have caught all the bass I
saw while fishing at Great Falls re-
marked one Of the disappointed ones, II
would have shown string of fish never
before equaled.
A lone fisherman at Great Fails manag-
ed to catch five bass while fishing from
the river bank near Trammell's. Four
were caught in less than twenty minutes.
Two weighed about one pound apiece.
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Detective Charlie Mullen landed a six
pound plymouth bass at Mattawoman
Tuesday. the largest of more than sixty
bass caught by party of which the de-
tective. Gabe Baldwin. Joseph Archer
John Berry and James Crupper We're
members.
The five men left the city Saturday
night aboard the. launch Greenleaf, and
went to Chappawamsic. A few bass and
a great many large yellow perch were
caught, but the best fishing on the three
day trip was had on Mattawoman creek
where several bass weighing more than
five pounds and number weighing from
1 to 3 pounds were caught.
The bass bit SO freely Detective Null
len said, that pulling them in became
While crossing the river from Virginia
to Maryland the anglers gasoline stove
washed overheard, and the crippled
Kitchen service made it necessary for
them to start a fire on the shore and do
their cooking.
Al Reinberg was one of the local an
glers who fished the clear water at Catoc-
tin two days and landed twenty-five fish.
The first day he returned ashore with a
string Of ten fish, the largest weighing
about three pounds. while the second day
he was able to display fifteen bass. the
largest weighing three pounds and seven
ounces.
THE river seems to be literally filled
with fish," said the angler. land with
two or three heavy frosts some Of the big
fish ought to bite
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Mr.. and Mrs. D. p. Collins, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Grove and Nicholas Grove
toured to Piscataway Sunday morning to
catch a few fish. The going was not as
bad as it had been depicted. nor were
the fish as plentiful as the anglers had
anticipated. Big catches In salt water
had spoiled them. and they We're disap-
pointed when they left the river without
a string of hundred or more fish.
Mrs. Collins caught the only bass that
was landed. and, incidentally, she admits,
she caught the fishing fever.
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DIR. Walter 8. Harlan. Mai. Richard
Sylvester and James I. Harlan put IN a