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

Point. 1t was nothing unusual for two
of them to land many as 100 fish,
measuring from twelve to eighteen
inches. on single tide.
The first trip to the trouting grounds
said Clarence Kessler, did not net more
than two dozen t-sh. 1t was the same
thing the second day, but the third day
we found the place where the fish were
and landed 100 of them
The anglers returned home this week.
but in a few days they are going back
to the down-river resort for another trial.
They hope to get some rockfish the next
time.
John W. Hurley thinks it about time
that some one invented an artificial bait
for saltwater fish.
Peelers make fine bait" he said, land
soft crabs are not bad, but usually it is
hard to get them at places where there
is chance to make a good catch. Some
of the fishermen laughed at me when
they saw me taking soft crabs from the
city for bait, but when they reached the
hadn't invested in some of them in the
city"
Last Sunday the veteran angler spent
the day at Colonial Beach. and instead
had his boatman drift from place to
place, and when he was ready to return
home he had twenty-seven rockfish and
more trout than he could carry. His
friends relieved him of most of them be-
fore he reached home.
who will get the ducking next Sun
day." is the question the members of
the Happy Six Fishing Club are asking.
1t is rule of the club that the Jonah
OF the trip is to have a ducking if the
weather is not too cold, and it is an
incentive to make them exert themselves
while on the river in quest of bass
Capt. Lee Baumgarten, Sydney G. Kauf-
man. Ike Goodman. Joe c. Kaufman.
Edward kaufman and George Preston
are the club members, and on the oc-
casion Of the last outing it fell to the
lot OF Ike Goodman to get the ducking.
And, said the victim, 1t was not so
bad"
Tomorrow the members will engage in a
casting contest at Trammells s.
Mack Sparrough and Tom Collins were
seen on the rocks at Great Falls last
Sunday. They went there to try their
luck in the rOckfish pools.
of course said Mack, 1--WE didn't ex-
pect to get any rockfish. We had a
slight suspicion that bass might come
our way. and maybe 1t did, but it didn't
stop so that we could notice it,
Mississippi catfish did pay a CALL how
ever, and the party landed twenty-seven
of them. Tom Collins caught the great
er number, fifteen.
"A recent outing of the Greenleaf Pleas
IRE Club to Quantico proved an enjoyable
affair. although the number of fish caught
Is in dispute John Meter, president of
the club. was in charge and he saw
that everything needed for such a trip
was provided
Leaving the home of the club at the
foot of South Capitol street, about s
o clock at night. the Greenleaf had aboard
John Meter, w. c. Farquhar. William
Malone. Edward Grinder, Benjamin Ma
lone. Robert (Uncle Bob Story, Harry
Burns. Duffy Canavin. James Cgupper.
Gabriel Baldwin, Joseph Archer. John
Berry and Frank Farquhar.
Arriving at Quantico at . o'clock in
the morning the anglers awaited dawn
when they started fire and had break
fast, some of the more enthusiastic ones
catching lot of fish before partaking of
the early meal.
A string of perch and rock weighing
about seventyfive pounds was captured.
James Crupper carried off the honors
with a rockfish weighing Az pounds.
Three youthful anglers at Colonial
Beach made a record on the water few
days ago of which some of the older
ones are envioLs. Masters George Wise
Barnes and Charles Beck Sinclair. with