Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
Georgetown Canoe Club on an outing Il
the lower Potomac tonight.

| Residents of St. Patricks creek Thurs
day morning welcomed party of Wash
ingtonians and Baltimoreans, who are
there for ten-day outing.
And what we will do to the fish," re-
marked Clarence Linthicum. will de-
pend entirely upon the fish coming our
way.
st. Patricks creek is reputed to be one
of the most attractive places along the
lower Potomac and the fishing there is
usually fine. Those in the party that
reached there Thursday are Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Linthicum. John Cockley and Clar-
ence A. Linthicum of this city, and Mr..
| and Mrs. William De HUFF. Miss de HUFF.
jackson and Abe Smith of Baltimore.
Last year the same party spent two
weeks there and were SO much pleased
with their outing that they returned this
season.
+. P. StericK. unable to coax black bass
with choice bait at Great Falls a Week
ago, found new bait for Mississippi
catfish and made an attractive catcn He
made the catch before the storm ap-
peared and drove him TO cover.
| Taking only live bait for bass and see
ing plenty Of fish, but unable to coax
| them with the bait. the angler searched
for mussels and tried the small bivalves.
Il saw the bass in the river stated the
angler. and put the bait almost against
>
! and had to try for Mississippi catfish
Eight big catfish We're landed.
capt. Lee BaumSarten and Ike Good
man. members of the Happy Six Fishing
Club. were on the river above Great
Falls theree days recently. and they
succeeded i'm landing thirteen fish.
The last of three trips was extended
late in the afternoon to break the hoodoo
number. fut the fourteenth bass would
not come their way, and they gave up
the effort.
Sunday each angler scored one fish
before they were driven ashore by the
rain. Ike Goodman getting a beauty that
weighed four and a quarter pounds,
while his companions followed with one
weighing a pound lighter.
Tuesday they landed seven bass and
Wednesday they were lucky enough to
get four Most of the fish weighed over
two pounds
Il. .. Wheeler of the Agricultural De-
partment. an ardent fisherman, found
the fishing at Plum point. Nd. this sea-
son well worth the trouble of reaching
there. Plum point is the first steamboat
landing below Chesapeake Beach, and
is only short distance from the bay
! side resort.
One of twenty rockfish landed there
one afternoon weighed fifteen pounds.
tht otHCiS tiOH WV W SAShl
pounds. The angler found the fish were
exceptionally plentiful, and they put up
a strong fight. The big fish measured
thirty-hve inches in length
Howard Topham was with the angler
the day the big fish was caught Mr..
Wheeler expects to give the fish another
trial at an early date.
Tomorrow the Wounded Knee Fishing
Club will leave on its annual outing
aboard the launch Conger. owned by
Clyde and Lewis Conger. The club is
composed of third precinct policemen.
| and the owners of the launch will &C
company them on their outing.
Sergt. j. r. Evans, known on the fish
| ing trips as Capt. Dick. has conducted
| the outings the past four years. and he
| will be much in evidence this time.
| Others who will be I'm the party are s.
| +. Sanders j. j. Donovan. j. X. Ed
| wards. I. Sheetz and A. Auran.
| J. +. buckingham. regarded as an au-
| thority on fishing, gives local sportsmen
to understand that they may well expect
another run Of big rockfish in this vicin-
| ity the coming month.
| There are some rockhsh mere now,
| he told "A Star reporter. but they are
not the big kind. All that Is necessary to
induce the big ones to come here Is good
water
| The veteran angler is planning what he
! hopes will be a ecord-breaklng trip to
Annapolis in the near future.
| Our last years record of 33a4 pounds of
rocifish in two hours he said, still
, stands"
| Chesapeake bay in the vicinity of
| Chesapeake Eeach is affording anglers
| some fine sport. Fish are plentiful and
] crabs are more than plentiful.
| Anglers who have tried their luck at
| the resort returned with interesting
/ stories of big catches of trout, tailors
and spots. They also caught few rock
! fish.
| Mrs. Theresa Leonard. Miss Clara
/ Adamson and John A. Kane were among
| the many persons who were at Colonial
beach spending their vacations last week