Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05

sport, and scores of fishermen are seen
there early in the morning and late In the
evening. many of them remaining during
the hotter hours of the day.
J. n. Paine, II. f. Sprucebank. Paul
Paschalis and Arthur NJ. Bisselle. fishing
from the yacht Blue Jay early in the
morning, were fortunate enough to land
thirty rockfish that weighed fifty-nine
pounds.
1T was great sport" said Paine. and
very interesting, although Sprucebank
lost the biggest fish seen that day"
Senator Mark Smith and Senator Joe I.
Robinson, accompanied by Andrew and
Joe Dumaine. spent part of an afternoon
! near the steel plant. Senator Smith had
tried his luck at Annapolis and caught
only small ones a report from MARYLAND s
capital stated. and recently he decided to
try his luck near the steel plant
They might have had worse luck J.
h. Buckingham said land they might
have had better, but they landed twenty
seven rockfish, enough to make the trip
interesting"
The catch of 143 pounds of rockfish
made one afternoon by Buckingham and
Charlie Fletcher has not yet been du-
plicated.
William Wynkoop found a new spot
near the steel plant Tuesday afternoon
and caught six rockfsh.
William j. Vonderheide has returned
from an interesting trip to the Big
Cacapon river. West Virginia, having
made the trip in his touring car. While
there he fished with Latrobe Hunter
publisher of the Morgan County Mes
senger. and several good catches Were
made.
toured over the mountains to a favor
lite spot making the trip in about
thirty minutes, that formerly cOnsum-
ed the better part of the morning with
a team.
Seventeen gamesters were landed by
the two anglers during the afternoon
The largest fish. three-and- one- half
FOUNDER, was caught by Hunter
William H. Frey and John w. Hur-
ley went to the Anglers Club Tuesday
afternoon fully prepared to land a
string of bass. High and cloudy water
was encountered. however, and they
cast their lines in Catfish hole" The
two fishermen landed six Mississippi
catfish.
Doc" Padgett, WEI known to most
of the fishermen who fish the upper
Potomac, spends most of his time on the
river in the vicinity Of Hoys Sunday
he was out early and late and managed
to land a string OF seventeen bass
Four of the fish weighed 16A pounds.
Fred H. Cole. Charles swan, Herman
Cole and George NJ. Burdine are pre-
pairing for their annual outing on Lake
Umbogog, Me. 1t is their intention to
establish camp at Hedge Hog Landing
seventy-nve miles from the nearest
railroad. Fred Bean. George Swan and
l. p. Cole of Bethel Me-, will join them
in the mountain wilds
Outgoing trains and steamboats
Thursday afternoon and yesterday car.
ried hundreds OF anglers to points or
the Chesapeake bay and Potomac and
shenandoah rivers. So great was the
demand Tor bait that many Of the
anglers who failed to put in orders in
advance were unable to get supplies.
Gus Herrler had thirteen-year- ole
Ernest Schleichert for his comnaptor
on an afternoon trip to the tidal basir
sunday. 1t was his idea to give Ernes,
| lesson In catching rockfsh. but wher
READY to return Gus suggested that hi,
souanIul companion was the better
! nsherman, having landed nine Ash
while he caught only five