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
were 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 point on 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
sandwich in one hand and rod in the
other, got a 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 a three-pounder." remark
ed Charlie Fletcher. Pretty good for a
man who says he does not know how to
fish
when a fellow has an afternoon off, .
says Austin Savage, the best thing to do
is to go fishing, and il that don't drive
dull cares away he's in a bad way
| One afternoon early in the week Aus
tin and Raymond Shocks strolled from
the end of the Highway bridge TO 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 ne 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, '.and not for cells.
The fish soon got in the thick grass and
remained a few minutes firing of the
waiting game. the angler gave a sudden
jerk. and out of the water came 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 were disappointed
at getting only one rockfsh.
John W. Hurley gave the bass at Har-
pers Ferry a trial last Sunday. Starting
out early in the morning, he went to the
broad expanse of water above the pup
mill and soon found that fish were plenti-
full, although they were rather small.
And | only caught a Dozen" he said
when he returned home, as II a dozen
WAS small catch.
The largest of the dozen fish weighed
! only about two pounds. They took the
a I,
, the angler stated. and sinners proved the
most acceptable bait.
Batting with sinners" stated the fish,
erman, the fishing is different from what
| IL is with other bait 1t is necessary to
strike the fish as soon as the bait is dis
turbed or you do not get the fish,
William H. Frey and Fred III. Geyer
went 10 Trammelrs Wednesday morning.
! When the anglers reached the river a
storm put in appearance. They braved
bass. The largest fish weighed three and
a half pounds.
Gen. John A. Johnston, who still re-
tains the office OF District Commissioner,
is 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
sioner tried his luck for bass and landed
forty gamesters He also caught a string
of pickerel and other fish.
William Wynkoop has taken his boat
TO the vicinity of Glen Echo for the sum-
mcr season. He finds that a desirable
place in hot weather, and says there are
| ilsh a-plenty. Early this week he caught
four bass.
]. Mississippi catfish that weighed ten
pounds was handed. and several smaller