Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12

, Journeyed to Great Falls one morning
during the Fourth Of July holiday sea-
son and gave the bass a trial. The
former only recently caught the bass
fever. while the latter is regarded as one
| of the dyed-in-the-wool FANS but on
the occasion of the recent trip honors
We're divided, each angler catching three
bass.
Had the water been clear" said Kane.
we would have raked in the fish. but it
was just Charlie POrter's luck to have
muddy water greet him..
! Rowing some distance UP the river. the
anglers landed at a point on a small is
land and soon had their lines in the wa
ter.
Fishing was slow and the anglers pro-
ceeded to enjoy dinner. Kane. with a
sandwich in one hand and rod in the
other got strike. 1t was nip and tuck
between catching the fish and eating the
sandwich. but the fish made so much bet
ter Roadway that the sandwich had to be
abandoned
1T was only three-pounder," remark
man who says ne does not know how to
\ fish
| When fellow has an afternoon off. -
| says Austin Savage. 1.-The best thing to do
| is to go fishing. and if that don't drive
/ dull cares away he's in a bad way
One afternoon early In the week Aus
i tin and Raymond Shocks strolied from
| the end of the Highway bridge to a point
on the far side of the tidal basin and
spent three hours.
Biting was slow on the start and the
| fishermen stretched upon the grass to
await the clicking of the reel. Austin $
reel soon began TO buzz and he made a
grab to prevent his rod from being carried
down stream
! Several times the excited angler guessed
/ he had a catfish or eel on his hook and
said he wished it would get away.
Il came here to try for rockfish." he
said to his companion land not for cells >
The fish soon got in the thick grass and
| remained a few minutes. TirinS of the
/ waiting game, the angler gave Il sudden
JERK, and out OF the water came a big
| rockfish An exciting time followed and
soon the big fish was landed 1t weighed
seven pounds.
| Yellow perch, catfish and cells were
caught. and the anglers We're disappointed
at getting only one rockfsh.
! John W. Hurley gave the bass at Har-
pers Ferry trial last Sunday Starting
out early in the morning he went to the
| broad expanse of water above the pulp
mil and soon found that fish We're plenti-
/ fui, although they We're rather small
And ! only caught a Dozen" he said
when he returned home. as IL a dozen
was q small catch.
The largest of the dozen fish weighed
| only about two pounds They took the
the angler stated. and sinners proved the
| most acceptable bait
| Batting with sinners" stated the fish
| erman. the fishing is different from what
| II is with other bait. 1t Is necessary to
i strike the fish as soon as the bait is dis
! turbed or you do not get the fish,"
| William II. Frey and Fred IL Geyer
/ went to Trammelrs Wednesday morning.
/ When the anglers reached the river a
/ storm put in appearance They braved
/ the weather and managed to land six
| bass. The largest fish weighed three and
| a half pounds.
Gen. John A. Johnston, who still re-
/ tains the office of District Commissioner
/ is so far away from Washington that the
/ contest going on for the commissioner
| ship does not worry him. He is at his
\ summer home on Wintergreen Island st
| Lawrence river, where he is enjoying
| bass fishing.
One morning last week the Commits
i sioner tried mis- luck for bass and landed
| forty gamesters. He also caught a string
| of pickere- and other fish.
! to the vicinity of Glen Echo for the sum-
place in hot weather and says there are
i dsh a-plenty- Early this week he caught
/ four bass.
| A Mississippi catfish that weighed ten
pounds was landed, and several smaller