Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08

Anadale. arranged fishing trip last
week. and down the river went the jolly
fishermen
Piscataway creek was the destination.
although the crew knew full well that if
fish were not biting in old Piscataway
the captain would not be satisfied to re-
main there long.
There was not much fishing Ray
mend admitted. and he told the story OF
hsw he had caught eel. the only catch
made: but he sure did stay some long
he said.
The craft dropped anchor in the creek
Saturday night and remained there until
the next afternoon, most of tho time on
a sandbar.
a misunderstood message. shouted by a
good Samaritan to Capt. S. j. kubel.
aboard his launch. the Louise n, made
it appear that Frank Raymond had been
drowned
And it was only two weeks ago that
they had him d>oppins dead Capt.
Kubel remarked. How long ago was
he drowned"
Il didn't say drowned : explained the
one who was looking for assistance for
the fishermen. Il said aground
Who should worry?
High tide came along shortly after
ward and the craft foated off the bar.
And Franz. Raymond came home with
his round fish,. commented member
of the party.
Last Sunday the Bertha A. had aboard a
party of anglers who had anticipated do
ing cleanup IL the line of fishing in
Piscataway creek. Capt Warren Wright
had the boat in fine trim Sunday morn
ing. the more enthusiastic anglers In the
PARTY having GOT good supply of bait.
and the fast craft was under way in
ample time to get the fishermen on the
creek early enough to catch the morning
tide.
The tide was about all that was
caught. one OF the disappointed fisher-
men remarked.
Detective Jim Springman went along to
locate the fish. but he found quite diff
ference between locating fish and crooks.
and when he returned he admitted he
had been unable to furnish the goods.
Il had promised fish to SO many
friends" he said mournfully. Too bad"
William Stewart, Ned kittrun, Lucien
Davis, George Moore and George Hobbs
were other members of the party. The
weather was fine and the water was all
the river, but why they passed by the
attractive bait was a matter the anglers
could not understand.
Saving he was going to make ''one more
effort to catch, Capt Wright made a
cast and caught a big bass.
The worst part of the trip" said Jim
Springynan, was that We saw other fell
lows pulling in rockfish.'
Fritz and Kate. Norman Pruitt' $
prize hunting dogs. are laid up for re-
pairs. Their master and Albert Chap
palear had them on a cunning trip in
Virginia for two days, and the faithful
animals enabled the sportsmen to get a
bunch Of more than five dozen quail. a
few woodcock and some rabbits
BIRDS were plentiful the gunners
say, "but the rabbits had been killed of
by the hundred and had become scarce
-
bits" Pruitt said, land our dogs seem
ed to understand that 1t was only the
birds we wanted. and paid all their at
tention to them
The gunners were in Virginia about
twenty miles from Fredericksburg
Their cunning was done early in the
morning and late in the afternoon. the
dogs being permitted to rest during
the middle of the day. So eager were
the animals to find birds that the trips
over the fields tagged them out and
hospital treatment was necessary when
they reached home.
Being no long water shy, and hav-
ing landed big bass with Arthur
Kenna's .'hoppersrass,' George s. Wat
son. Chief Wagner's clerk. has decided
TO pay another visit to Camotop. This
time Capt. Jacob Stulz of the Fire
iehter is going TO take the chief clerk
and party of friends to the favorite
fishing shore in his launch Marie
Arrangements have been completed
for the party to leave here in the
afternoon. spend the night at Camotop
as guests of DIR. Charles BarnweH Rob-
lnson. and get on TO the river early
enough to get a string of bass If the
possum hunt. scheduled for the night
+ is terminated long enough before day
break Tor the sportsmen to get q nap.
senator Mark Smith, w n. Holmes T.
NJ Robinson. Fred Schafhirt Eugene
| Watson O. Il. Monkey. Arthur kenna
and George S. Watson will compose
the party.
Mack Sparrough is doing considerable
hshing In the tidal basin this fail and the
past week he caught a number of big
fish. lie was at the basin "Wednesday
afternoon long enough to land five bass.
one weighing Az pounds
Il went back Thursday said the fish
erman. but was unable to ger in my ac-
customed place. There is a rock bed
near the flood gates and fish are usually
found there.
Many of the regulars know of it, he
added. and some of them are usually
there"
Thursday afternoon the angler landed
three ish. and. as usual, "whaler'' got
AWAY.
J. E. buckingham has arranged a trip