Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-20
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

1t is not thought that the heavy rain
of Wednesday night will have bad effect
on the water in the upper Potomac, and
unless more rain falls before tonight
many fishermen from washington VIII
try their luck with the bass.
Reports from the vicinity of Harpers
Ferry Pennifields, Weverton and Knox
vile are that number OF good catches
have been made during the past week.
Several good catches have also been
made at Great Falls and as far down
the river as Little Falls.
Howard Brooks and John Hurley had a
novel experience while fishing about a
mile from shore off Chesapeake Beach
recently. In spite of the fact that both
these veteran anglers have fished every
place within hundred miles of Wash
ington many times, 1t was the hrst time
either had ever hooked founder BROOKS
got the founder and hauled the hsh IN
the boat.
Now, every fisherman and almost every
one else, too. knows that founder is a
good-for- nothing fish that looks like
big sheet of cardboard with a paper
weight in the middle of one of the sides.
Very few anglers, however, know tne
habits of the founder
1t seems that just few moments pc
fore hooking the founder Col. Hurley
had pulled in a big tailor. A tailor mas
sharp teeth. This one got it's worries into
the middle finger of Hurley's right hand
and held on with the proverbial bulldog
grip. Hurley is still suffering with a
sore finger and had narrow escape
from blood poisoning. Naturally. neither
Of the two was willing to take chance
with the founder after the experience
with the tailor.
For FIVE or ten minutes Brooks held
the founder at arms length by the line.
Then it was decided to put the hsh IN
the bottom of the boat. Mr. Flounder
commenced f1oundering and Topping In a
way that would have done credit to a
bass Hurley and Brooks tried to step
on it, but they might as well have tried
to hold an eel with creased gloves
Finally they hit upon an idea. 1t was
pocket knives, they stuck one through
each of the founders fins. and by this
means pinned it to the bottom of the
boat. Without much difficulty the NOOK
was removed. The founder was assas-
sinated with a few blows. on the head
with an oar So, after an hours delay
the two fishermen got down to business
again and no more founders got on theil
hooks to mar the days sport They came
home with one founder and good mess
of tailOrs and rock.
That's enough for mel" exclaimed 9
Washington angler at Chesapeake Beach
the other day, when. after endeavorine
for four hours to catch tailor, ne saw
Sam Milton, a beach resident, use DIP
net and apparently bring up big tailor.
Sam was sitting on a pile at the end OF
the big pier and having but little luck
The Washington angler was nearby and
| had not landed fish. A manhader
chasing some small fish went by severa
times and Sam decided that he would
n la in 10
so
| The other fisherman believed Sam haC
| landed tailor with the net.
| Here | have been fishing for four hour:
| and can't catch one and yet that fellow
/ dips big one in his net he moaned
number of big catches of rock ane
| tailor have been made during the past
| week at Chesapeake Beach Capt. Freed
1 ley and Supt. Donald went to the rock.
below the beach several days ago and re-
turned with good string of fish.
John Rupert is getting his boat II
/ trim to take it from Anacostia tn tn,
Patuxent river Rupert is also plan.
| ming several trips to the Patuxent thi.
fall and expects TO not only get some
good strings Of fish, but to bag some
| birds.
Louis M. Thare has returned from 2
| fishing trip to Rock Point. where he haG
some good luck. He is contemplating
| another trip there while the rock, tailor
and perch are biting.
| Members of No. 9 engine compan,
have for the past few days ENJOYED
| good fish dinners due to the courtes,
| of their captain, Andrew H Wolter
Capt Wolter with Matthew Myer,
| and another fisherman. went to Pine,
Point. They made their headquarter.
| there. but fished in Herring bay ane
| Cornfield harbor. The party had GOO,
| finny tribe. A box of iced rock ant
| tailor was shipped to the members O
the engine company and were thor
| oughly enjoyed. Capt. Wolter is beins
urged to take a similar trip again.
We are going to make a record TO
| catches this season" said Howar,
Brooks the early part of this week be
fore he. Lum Harper and William
Madigan left Washington for Irving
ton. Va. where they were to fish il
the Rappahannock river.
/ Whether or not they are breakin.
any records is not known. but Col
John Hurley said he had not receive,
any fish from Brooks
| Ten days of the worst fishing the,
could possibly have had. after receiv
| ing glowing reports of the big catche
/ In the lower fOtOHldC, were
| ed by Samuel Dodd, Roe Fulkerson
| f. r Allen. James Mullowney, Jane
Hollander and John Hollander at S,
| Georges Island.
| THE biggest catch we made in on
day." said Sam Dodd, was three fish
and it was a shame to pull them from
, the water" The first four days schoo
after school of porpoise came up tn
| river and drove the fish away. Afte
| that there came five or six big fish
| ing schooners and what they did will
| seemed to dip all OF the fish out of tn,
| river.
Something ought to be done abou
| such fishing" he said. These boat
| come up the river above st. Georges
Island and put out big nets coverin,
| the entire river. They then draw then
L Gch .,Sst.