Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

Charles r. Holman and Edward A.
Strachan We're at Aqua creek last sat
urday and they made an extraordinary
catch of bass. pike and perch for SO late
in the season. Their outing was made all
the more enjoyable by attending coun-
try dance given Saturday night at the
home of Edward +. Crismond.
'.Decembe.. is rather late for such a
CATCH remarked Holman, telling OF the
string of fish caught by his companion
and himself but they We're there and
they took the bait
Saturday the weather. conditions were
idea, fo, fishing. 1t was warm enough to
make it comfortable on the river, the
anglers had plenty lively bait and they
succeeded in landing some fine fish.
Holman's catch included eight bass,
four pike and number of perch Ills
heaviest bass weighed two and half
pounds, while his biggest pike tipped the
scales at three pounds.
Fourteen pike. three bass and a string
of perch were caught by Strachan, his
largest fish weighing two and half
pounds
"A two-and- one-half pound fish is well
worth catching" commented Holman.
The anglers had arranged TO remain IN
the country over Sunday. and saturday
nights dance proved an enjoyable aHair
to them Mr.. and Mrs. Crismond had In
vited friends from the surrounding coun-
try and Fredericksburg, and the dancing
continued until midnight.
Small-mouth bass were in evidence at
places along the upper Potomac last Sat
rr5a
Sunday not having served to drive all the
anglers off the river. John W. Hurley,
one of the faithful remained on the river
all day He had gone to Weverton and
Harpers Ferry to catch bass, and he
was successful in his efforts.
The trip to the river was made III an
automobile, but tire trouble made the go
ing so slow that the veteran fisherman
concluded the railroad train VIII be good
enough for him in the future.
isn't this beautiful scenery was what
one of the anglers friends asked him
while waiting alongside the road Tor the
tire to be mended but j. w. Fl. failed
to appreciate the beauty.
Il want to go fishing. he said. and
not to look at scenery. A big bass COM
ing out of the water is all the scenery
/ want to see.
Weverton was reached in time for the
the river in the afternoon. and Hurley
and his boatman landed q dozen fish.
The catch was duplicated Sunday.
Now is the time to go after the big
ones" said the angler The water is
| high. and it is necessary TO look for them.
| but the catch is worth the trouble.
| The two fishermen missed almost rs
many strikes as they caught fish, not CIV
| ing the gamesters time to take the bait,
/ and lust before dark Sunday Hurley
/ fought a big fish until his line broke.
THE fish must have been six-pound-
err the disappointed angler remarked.
| William Pinlney McGruder. Thomas
| Garrison and w. T. Casey of Hyattsvile
were in Fairfax county, Va. one day last
| week with rabbit and bird dogs and they
| returned at night with fifteen rabbits, six
/ quail and one squirrel.
| 1--WE just dropped off the cars in the
| woods" said Tom Garrison, speaking OF
the trip, land we had an enjoyable day s
sport.
| Casey" he added, made Il record
shooting at squirrels. While he failed to
| get many squirrels from their hiding
| places. he did get one that probably was
the biggest one ever killed in Fairfax.
| 1T weighed four and one-quartcr
! pounds he concluded.
i The coming week the three gunners eX-
| pect to go 10 Stafford county, Va, where
game is said to be plentiful and where
4 they Will have Il much wider range oi
land OH which to shoot They expect tc
| do most of their shooting OH a tract Of
| 800 acres belonging to w. =. MHhoney
| says Garrison. and he declares there ar.
| wild hogs and wild turkeys there as vel
i as smaller game.
One of the most interesting duckins
/ trips of the season was that in which C
A. M. Wells had as his guests F. E.. Bak
er of Pittsburgh. DR.. James II. Morgan o
Wilmington, Del, and Hugh NJ. Sterlin.
of this city. The party went down tn
Patuxent aboard Mr.. Wells launch Dixi,
and were guests of Young B. Hance a
Battle Creek, the home of Chief Justic,
/ Taney many years ago.
Mr.. Hance made an ideal host and thu
| guests declare that never before hav
they had such an enjoyable time as the.
did i'm the historic mansion.
| There were ducks and ducks said Mr.
Wells. recounting the story of the triu
"Canvasbacks, mallards, black heads an,
butterballs were in abundance, and w
averaged thirty-five or forty ducks
day" .:
During the three. days they were on tn
outing they .enjoyed oyster roasts an
lscalds on the shore. Mr.. Hance havin
ninety acres Of leased river land plante
with oysters.
eleven blinds in Battle creek and fou
lin the main river were at the disposal O
the party. They took advantage of their
doing most of their shooting from them
Many ducks were seen on the river durin
J the trip between the Patuxent bridge an
Battle creek, but those aboard the boa
were not permitted to shoot at them from
such a craft. the'law prohibiting shootin
from motor boats.
Joseph c.. f. Fletcher says game ha,
been plentiful along the upper part O
the river in the District this season. ant
although the law provides penalty TO
shooting, he says, a number Of quail an,
4 rabbits have been killed.