Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-23
they went, made a successful fight and
walked away triumphantly.

walked away triumphantly.
Fishermen have every reason to believe
that j. E. Buckingham's prediction about
an early fall run Of rockfish will prove
true.
'Grass-combers." as the small rock are
called. have been in evidence two weeks
or more, state anglers who have tried
their luck. and now an occasional large
one Is seen.
The latter part Of last week two two
pound rockfish were caught near the
forks OF the channel of Washington bar
racks. several have since been caught IN
the upper river and from all points on salt
water come reports calculated to start
the anglers away from the city.
Detective Harry Evans. his son Linton.
Dr. Charles Gross and Edward r. Jacob
SON are telling friends of the great sport
they had at Piney Point last week,
What Is known as the ''trouting
grounds" of Piney Point proved an at
tractive place to the anglers. and. says
Harry Evans, 1t Is merely q case OF
going there to get the. fish.
Telling OF the trip. the detective de-
clared that the four members OF the
party returned more than 200 small fish
to the river on an outing.
And when we came ashore" he add
ed, 1--WE had about forty pounds of trout
and tailors. and they were not small
ones"
W. c. Dulin. who recently went to
Coltons with Joseph c. Burger and
Clarence Burger. and caught countless
numbers Of fish. has returned and IL
regaling his friends with stories of the
yards Of fish the party caught
Capt Palmer Bannigan. who Is known
about Coltons and st. Patricks creek as
the man who knows where to locate
the fish. piloted the trio to point near
Blackstone Island, where the hsh were
found in abundance.
First day out" stated Dulin, we got
147 rockfish. trout. spots and perch the
rockfish averaged about one-half
pound. while the largest trout was two
William Pierce and William Blundon
joined the party the following day and
made a good showing. The third day
Burger and Dulin csught 11S fish.
A catch Of 3a5 Ssh in one day was the
record made by a party of anglers at
Colonial Beach this week. In the party
were A. d. Welt of Kensington. 5. Bend
helm and Leo Ruben Of Alexandra.
Henry King Of Baltimore ana George u
Ashton OF this city.
Early in the morning the party OF i've
anglers crossed the river in Capt. Free
mans boat and cast their lines on
Swans point. 1t soon became evident that
there were plenty Of fish to be had. foi
as soon as the first line went overheard
the bait was quickly taken.
1t was nip and tuck for the honor Of
landing the largest number OF hsh, but
the fish soon came SO fast that the
anglers were unable to continue the
count.
Three hundred small rockfsh and
perch were caught The anglers landed
| thirty-four trout and one tailor.
I'VE were only two miles from Great
Falls" said Daniel F. Drisccll yesterday
when he returned from a fishing trip te
that part OF the river. but I thought
we were twenty miles from nowhere"
doc" Harrison, one Of the best known
bass anglers in this vicinity; invited pris
Dan Hurley and Charles Newman t
spend a day in camp at Great Falls.
1t was an easy matter to get to Grea'
Falls, stated Dan. Drscoll. but from
| there to the camp seemed like ten
mile hike. Over the rocks and through
the bushes the fishermen tramped unit
| they reached camp.
"And the sight Of the camp paid US fol
our trouble commented Driscoil.
Early in the morning Doc Harrison
fast well worth speaking of. Florence
Sullivan commented. his companion!
joining in his praise OF the cook Their
| 1t was a trip on the river and the land
| ing Of string OF fish.
"And they caught some fine bass" M
| p. Sullivan said, for I was presented
with a bunch Of them"
Lew Thayer and Douglass Rollins mo
tored to Rock point several days ago and
had an enjoyable time on the river. The
| former had been there before. and found
| the place SO attractive that he was GLAD
of an opportunity to again try his lucl
there.
The anglers caught 158 King William
perch, six rockfish and q number Of
trout Some Of the trout weighed Al
much as two and a half pounds