Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-20
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several years time there will be much
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thing is done about it l don't think in
| several years time there will be much
| fishing.
| Forty-three big Mississippi catfish
were landed at Great Falls last Satur-
day afternoon by fishermen from the
District building Edward Goucher
eighteen FOUNDER. The big fish gave
! him some hand work before he was
| finally landed after twenty minutes.
| The other fish averaged about two
| pounds each. The others in the party
were NJ G. Hazen. Mark Hall, Albert
Rabbit and Arthur Gleason.
Ward Savage will get bass when he
goes fishing 1t is not always necessary
for him to catch them in the regular
way, however, but bass he must have
On recent trip to Masons Island the
angler tried his luck and met with poor
success. He had provided bait of att
sorts and when he reached the river he
had every reason to believe he was going
to be successful
Il had about as many strikes as any
angler might ever expect to have on an
afternoon outing said Ward. but
could not land any of the fish. The
bass would play with the bait, drop it
and get away.
Finally | made up my mind to ignore
the idea of waiting for a second run and
concluded to do the wharf fishermen
do when after catfish.
Presently something tugged at the
bait and | gave sudden jerk Then
the fish put up fight and proved troI-
blesome. but got it
The angler then told of how he had
hooked a big bass in the eye and sue
ceeded in getting it from the water. 1t
was something unusual for an angler to
accomplish, it is stated, few anglers be-
ing able to recall such an occurrence
with a bass.
Col. John Hurley, William e. Dulin and
William Diggins tried the bass fishing at
Seneca last Sunday and returned home
with eight of the lighting fish The
largest one weighed about one pound.
Before leaving Washington Diggins told
the other two how he was going to catch
the bass. .'Ill show you just how to
catch bass he said.
He did not show them. as the only thing
he caught was nine cells. the bass being
hooked by Col. Hurley and Dulin.
Patrick Riordan had some good bass
fishing at the dam above Great Falls last
Sunday. He pulled in eight of them, the
largest of which weighed about two
pounds.
A boatload of trout. rock and a num-
Der of dog fish were caught by party of
Prince Georges county residents last Sat
urday and Sunday at Benedict. Those in
the party We're Former County Treasurer
c. A. NJ Wells. State Senator and Mrs.
Wells, DR. and Mrs. a. III. Wells, Rexford
NJ Smith and wife. Miss Rebecca Jack of
Garrett Ind and Miss Helen Aman
Il think the water will be very muddy
up the river tomorrow" said Col. Hurley,
and / am not going to take a trip up
there for nothing" Instead, he and Kari
Achterkirchen are going to Benedict to-
night and fish all day tomorrow.
plymouth bass are now biting freely In
the tidal basin and n number of good
catches were made during the week. 1t
was found that those who go to the
basin early in the morning are having the
best luck.
VICTORIA. Il. C.. September 23.-F.
Clay of this place recently caught the
record fish in Victoria waters. Fishing
off quarantine station with Il twelvefoot
rod and light tackle Clay, with p. Austin
at the oars. hooked and landed tyee
salmon. fofty-nine inches long and thirty
three inches in circumference, weighing
fifty eight pounds. Clay played the fish
for one hour and twenty minutes before
Austin gated him and 1870 yards OF line
was used.