Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-30

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| A catch of eighteen small-mouth black
bass on a days outing was made Monoay
by William j. Vonderheide and Mrs. Won
derheide of this city on an outing 10
| Great Cacapon river from Berkeley
Springs.
such a CATCH" remarked John W..
| Hurley, lis something of which an angler
| should be proud. more especially this sea-
son, as local sportsmen might just as
| we'll have been off the job all summer 50
far as bass fishing in the Potomac and
Shenandoah rivers is concerned"
| The Shenandoah river has been muddy
almost every day the present season. and
| it's muddy water has greatly nuddied the
water in the Potomac.
| Will Vonderheide is fond Of bass
| fishing. and ne got tired of having the
| muddy water interfere with his sport
Knowing the Great Cacapon usually at
| foris good sport and that 1t is seldom
| muddy, the angler went with ms VIE
| and mother-in-law, Mrs. Emile Wagner,
| to Berkeley.
| A ten-nile automobile trip landed them
| at the part of the river where the f1sh
are generally found. and Mr.. and Mrs
Vonderheide soon had their lines cast
1t remained for Mrs vonderheide to get
| the first strike" and she landed the
! fish. 1t weighed two and one-half pounds.
Seventeen more fish were caught by
husband and wife. Mr.. Vonderheide land
/ ing one that weighed four pounds-tne
largest of the string.
lie Roy Mark is entertaining a party OF
friends aboard his houseboat at Chapel
point. He has paid numerous visits to
the household this season, and many
friends have cause to remember the
pleasant outings they had as his guests.
At the head of the creek is Port To-
bacco, one of the most important steam
| boat shipping points in lower Maryland
many years ago. but steamers are no
| longer able to reach the former seat of
| Charles county.
! Chapel Point. regarded as one Of the
most attractive places on the lower
! Thomas, and 1t still retains its natural
attra ctiyeness.
| Il remember when Washington people
used to come here on excursions one Of
| the natives remarked to a. party of
| Washington anglers, "and now they think
| they can't come unless they come in au-
tomobiles."
| 1t is not an unusual thing for anglers
| to go to the mouth Of Port Tobacco creek,
/ fish in the vicinity OF Matthias Point. and
| return with a. bushel or more fish, and
| that's just what lie Roy Mark and his
| guests frequently do.
! John Tenley is something of fisher
man. He knows when he has enough of
| a good thing. however. and then he
| stops. Numerous friends are condemning
| him because they think he thought he
| had enough of good thing too soon upon
| the occasion of recent trip to Fletcher 8
and the vicinity of Chain bridge.
| sixteen-pound Mississippi catfish was
| landed by the angler and he promptly
bundled his paraphernalia and left the
| river.
| some fish, and "Where did you get
IT? were hurled at the angler on his
| way home, some of the curious ones
thinking such big fish could not be
caught on a hook.
I, Reaching home with his prize fish.
| which had yielded TO tempting bait OF
| chicken liver, the angler proceeded to dis
| sect il and send chunks of it to his
| friends
| And il was the best piece Of fish I ever
tasted" was John e. Mergner's comment.
/ II hope he does not make that trip his
| last one.
1T will not be his last one added an
| other angler because he's too fond Of
| fishing"
prize snake catcher" of party of
anglers VINO last Sunday went to Bene-
diet on fishing trip.
| "Theye were not really snakes says
Inc HSntFtldH. lHey were ecis, Dul tue
boys called 'em shakes
| And Achterkirchen was responsible for
the automobile trouble said John w.
Hurley. another member Of the party, "as
the trouble occurred on his side Of the
machine.
Bruce Schuyler. John L. Gibson and
Charles +. Ferguson of this city and ]
X Smith of Brandywine. Md. were
other members OF the party. Starting
from the city about l O'Clock in the
morning, the party toured all right until
T. b. was reached, and then tire trou.
bic delayed the game. and instead OF
| reaching the river In time for breakfast
they got there at dinner time.
The start was SLOW. said one of the
fishermen. but the finish was lively"
Once on the river the anglers made
the fish know they We're there. Smith
got a corner on toadfish and soon be-
| came disguised, but AchterkircheT
Changed his bait for him and he then
was able to land as many trout and
perch as his companions.
When home-going time arrived the
| anglers had a count of 300 fish.
And fish from Benedict are the sweet.
est fish that are caught, declared John
Hurley, while his companions told him
IL was only case of hungry mar
willing to eat anything
/ +. II. Neumeyer. ,jr: and Mrs. Neu'
never last Sunday had for their guests
ON fishing trip Andy Boyer and Mrs
Boyer, Fred Rupertus and Mrs. Ruper.
tus. Mrs. NJ. J. Boyd. Martin Mackay
and Byron Wallerstein. The party tour
ed to Benedict. where fishing is excep-
tionaily good, and landed a string of 15(
fish.
The ladies' in the party proved them
selves able to cope with the men, al
though some of the latter boast of their
ability to catch fish, including the black
famsters of the upper Potomac. Andy
Boyer was never known to catch q fish
before last Sunday. He is something OF
a gunner, but never did he claim to b.
a fisherman any more than Ed Neu.
meyer laid claim to being an expert