Evening star., 1913-11-29

Fish and fishermen have been very
much in evidence at Aqua creek. More
! than score of Washington sportsmen
were on the creek Saturday and Sun
day, and some good catches We're made.
Some of them were luckier than
Others" commented John L. Bucking-
ham. but all caught fish.
"And that's the place for me next Sun
day." he added.
Reports of local sportsmen who were
at Aqua creek fishing points recently
are that more than 400 bass and pike
and long strings of yellow perch were
caught in two days.
Charles Simons and Dick Peed were
among the fortunate anglers at Aqua
Saturday and Sunday. William Wynkoop.
who Joined them the second day, got his
share of the sport
Simons and Peed were OH the river early
Saturday morning. They remained in the
vicinity until Monday. when they re-
turned with upward of eighty bass ana
pike.
William Wynkoop, an enthusiastic fish
erman. was at Occoquan Sunday, but he
experienced such poor luck that Monday
| ne ioined Simons and Peed and finished
his outing with them Big yellow percn
are also being caught in abundance but
anglers do not consider tnem IN report
ing their catches.
MANY local anglers are finding sport in
| fishing for bass and crapple at the tidai
| ba sin. On account of the muddy water.
| however there has not been much good
| luck the past week, but the fishermen
! have hopes.
Its one of the best nearby places for
' II VIC
and he is one of the frequent visitors
there.
] ..The trouble with so many is that
they grow impatient if they do not get
| a fish every few minutes. was his COM
ment but when an angler gets dozen
| fish in a day he ought to be satisfied.
!; Thanksgiving day scores of people with
rods and lines were on the wall ABOUT
/ the basin. j. T.. buckingham, veteran
tangler and gunner was among them. He
caught one bass that weighed a pound,
gave it TO a boatman and hurried home
to eat turkey.
Pound fish" said the disgusted sports
man "are not big enough for me to take
4 home Sunday I'll take a trip to Aqua
| creek and get some big ones.
! George Barr was one of the most sue
cessful of those who tished at the basin
Thursday He was on hand in the morn
ing and remained long enough TO land
six crappie before il was time for din
ner Several others made small catches.
|
| "Small-mouth bass or nothing, re-
marked Austin Savage last Sunday morn
ling when he was ready to start on TRIP
ito Cat pond with Ray Williams and
Frank Williams
fled with a few catfish eels or perch. he
remarked '.but not at this season or the
wear. when campfires have to be built TO
keep a fellow warm and his clothing dry.
! The two motored to the pond. Water
fS.lN
they expected they would have fine
days sport
, "And we did have good outing" Ray
| Williams said. but I'm not saying any
/ thing about the bass.
were able to see the bass. but not mem
| Der of the trio had bass strike. Ihey
got a few small fish and had fun trying
to catch turtles, but the bass kept out OF
| Of the way.
Barker Hansford and William Eccard
| were among the fishermen VINO were az
| Aquia creek last Sunday. They had
| heard so much about the fishing Where
the water usually is in good condition
! and where fish are usually IN eVi-
dence'' that they boarded an carry
morning train and We're on the river
about . o'clock.
| ..,The fish are there" Eccard said
when he returned home. Il never saw
so many bass caught in one day on any
other Trip. TWO HSneTHtH Idd Au4'S
seventy-five pounds of fish. and we are
| going to try our luck there again.
| Hansford and Eccard got string OIL
bass, pike and perch. They also Landed
two cells. Perch We're plentiful, they
state, and are very annoying, continu-
! ally attacking the bait that is INTENDED
| for bass. and sometimes taking bai'
almost as large as themselves.
| Having experienced such good luck
at Aquia creek two weeks ago Edward
Strachan and G. r. Holman went again
Ii week ago. and landed string Oh
bass. pike and perch.
1T seems little late in the season
for fishing" Holman remarked, but the
fish are still there. and they are SUN
taking bait
/ Two dozen bass a dozen or more pike
and a string of perch were brought
| home by the two men mentioned. The
fish were of good size. but not as large
as those caught two weeks ago 50 many
| pleasant trips to Aqua creek have Deen
| enjoyed by the two that they are con
sidering the project of building a
bungalow there.
Detective Henry Pratt has returned
from a cunning trip in the vicinity o.
lWeedonville. King George county. Va
not far from his birthplace. John l.
Pratt. his brother. from Wilmington
Del. and c. T. Beyan We're with him IN
the fields.
The trio followed their birds dogs
several days and killed about 100 birds
They were not there to hunt rabbits
although several rabbits, flushed by the
bird dogs. fell victims OF their marks
manship.
Il shot at the only turkey / ever
got a shot at" said Detective Pratt
"and was successful. The bird weighed
eight pounds"
| but the weather was so warm while
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