Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07

IT blows around here every year
And brings the gathering luck ana cheer.
1t blows the hOokworm on the line
And makes ones eyeBalls brightly shine,
When it comes the reel must run;
Then the bass has lois of fun.
| Look to the left. then TO the right.
Now it's up. then out OF sight
Dip that net beneath the wave.
That mighty fish you've got to save
| For the Lewis Club has come once more.
Camping Petoskey's shore
| That's the story YOU often read
| That's the crowd you've got 10 feed
Now the storm has gone away
| To come again some other day.
Nothing but the truth IL tells.
As the membership IL swflls.
Again the fish are fancy free.
Alone in glory, as they ought TO he.
| Maj. Sylvester, an ardent bass fisher
man. wrote the foregoing lines and dedi-
| Gated them TO the Jim Lewis Fishing
and Sporting Club at Petoskey. Mich,
| being a member of the club Vice Presi-
| dent Marshall and Senator Kern are
| among it's members.
These are slow days for fishermen.
| commented Ward Savage. looking over a
| box Of bloodworms and pan of soft
| crabs. Too bad he added, but the
water certainly is muddy. With good
water and weather conditions this bait
should net a long string of the finest
rockfish in the Potomac river. but | fear
| its use will be merely case of sports
| mans time lost"
Austin Savage. Tip Thompson and Ray
mond Snooks had arranged TO use the
bait in an effort to land few fish at Cat
pond, a small but favorite fishing spot
near the Seven Locks, but because of the
water having been so muddy the trio
went across the river to Gravelly creek.
where they anticipated a catch OF perch,
rock and Mississippi catsh.
Tip Thompson soon showed his com
paniOns that he was able to make one
piece of bait tell. a fish nibbled and gave
him a hard struggle. He felt certain II
was of the rock of the class recently
caught near Chain bridge and he antic-
pated much pleasure in CARRYING II
through the city showing it to friends.
The catch proved to be an eishteen-
pound Mississippi catfish, and 1t affordd
the angler good sport.
Where there's one, commented Aus
tin Savage. there's always another, and
here goes for the other
Hardly had the sound of his voice died
away before something tugged away at a
choice rocktish bait. The Juggling lasted
only a minute, however, and Austin pull
ed in a catfish that weighed at least one
quarter of a pound.
A few more small fish completed the
days catch.
j. E. Buckingham, considered an au-
thority on everything pertaining to hsh,
gives the assurance that rockfish have
not disappeared from local waters. ana
that the best is yet to come.
II expect to see the catch of the
tw enty three FOUNDER made by Z. ID. Muir
dock duplicated. said the veteran. ne e
muddy water ought to have the effect
of prolonging the season. and should
keep the rockfish here the most OF June.
Herring. he stated. were very much in
evidence in the vicinity OF CHAIN bridge
earlier in the week. and when they are
ahOnf ii is almost certain that White
perch and rockfish are not far away. AS
soon as the water clears, he states. there
should be excellent fishing.
Reports received by the angler this
week were to the effect that many rock
fish had been caught.
But they are not your kind. said the
informant. They are not yet large
enough to interest you.
Tuesday night the home Of the Anglers
Associat ion said to be the oldest fishing
club in the country. was attractivel!
decorated and brightly Illuminated with
annual meeting of the association The
affair was one of the best attended anC
most enjoyable in the history of the or
ganization Officers We're reelected la a.
J. ]. Mccarthy. vice president and Bruce
S. Branson. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Theo
dore Friebus and Charles W. King We're
elected members OF the board of direc
tors.
At the close of the meeting the mem
bers were escorted to the spacious
porches, where they sat about tables anC
enjoyed one Of the best spreads evel
served in Montgomery county. and Witf
the cigars came that flow of oratory ano
wit that united its members in the bonds
of friendship even more closely than ne
fore. and when the time came to TURF
their heads homeWard each and every
one declared it was indeed a privilege anC
a pleasure to be a member of this oc
organization.
Bass fishermen think it about time that
some thing should be done with the wealth
CT man.
If he don't soon bring US dry weather
long enough to get the river clear. John
| w. Hurley remarked. Il think We'll have
| to cut him off the list. Here ii is Ter
days from the opening of the bass season
up the river and the water is the color OF
a duck pond. Mr.. Weather Man ought te
do something better than that"
| 1t is probable that the weather dis
penser will be able to present an improved
condition Of affairs by June Is, many an
glers think. and the continued muddy con
dition Of the water during the closed sea
son ought to be a protection to the fish.
DR. Palmer of the biological survey, in Z
recent circular, gives the information thai
the bass season in Maryland, so far d.
the Potomac river is concerned opened
June l. while in Virginia X does not oper
until June -.
DIR. Palmer says:
"'There might be some question about
fishermans arrest if he Were fOunc
throwing his line from the Virginia shore
since he could claim he was fishing il
| MARYLAND not in Virginia waters, but it i.
| suggested this might cause some trouble
| that could well be avoided by wading ou
/ INTO low water and throwing the line
farther out into the stream
| Anglers familiar with conditions alons
| the upper river think no question would
be raised il fishing were done from thu
Virginia side of the river. Residents o.
/ both states have fished during the closee
season. il is ststed and taken hundred:
OF bass from the river
! While Washington bass fishermen ar
resting on their oars, it is stated. some o.
| the residents of the country along thu
| river are enjoying life and catching has:
| enough to make their outings interesting
| Robert Hoy made few of them sit VI
| and take notice when ne returned iron
his country place Monday and told of ;
catch OF twenty-five genuine smali-moutf
bass having been made Sunday. Edga
| Padgett was the lucky fisherman.
The river was high and muddy, sait
the man from the country place abov'
! Great Falls. but there was a cloudy spo
Il river and il was there that the fish wer,
caught.
i Padgett knows every hole in the river
bait that is best to use. Last Sunda,
he went to his favorite spot with has
! ket OF minnows: not the fancy mad tom
1,-ar ,1lr,r linn lv1.l h.