Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-21

were caught in the upper end OF the
creek, 1t is stated, but anglers who visit
mouth bass and rocknsh in the deeper
water.
A few miles farther down the river,
about the vicinity Of Quantico, 1t Is
stated, sportsmen have been having
good time trolling for rockfish. Fisher
men in small motor boats using as much
as 100 yards Of line. it is said, have land
ed many big rockfish and have greatly
enjoyed the exciting sport.
Charlie Fletcher E. o. Craig and John
Copperthite are among the up-river
sportsmen who have made good catches
Of rockfish the past week. They did their
fishing from the Chain bridge to Bush
eddy. and each time they were out they
scored good catches.
Twenty-three fish caught by Charlie
Fletcher was the record Of the three
sportsmen. Craig following with fourteen
the twenty-three weighed fourteen
pounds, the largest fish caught by the
three anglers. while Craig's largest one
tipped the scales at eight pounds
marked chars re aeSer They seem
come in schools. and as long as they re-
main they bite freely. and they then dis
appear as suddenly as they came"
Small white perch are unusually plenti-
full, and fishermen experience much trou-
bic keeping bait on their hooks when fish,
ing for larger fish. 1t is thought that
the second run Of rockfish followed the
perch.
Raymond L. Ford. Lloyd Brooke. ST..
Lloyd Brooke, jr. Capt Billy Hettinger
and Elmer Schroth had a successful out
ing on the Patuxent river, near Glebe
Club. last Sunday. They went to the
club Saturday night in order to make an
early start in the morning, and by 5
o'clock they were pulling in the largest
yellow perch seen there in a number Of
years. When they had landed five dozen
caught two large pike the anglers re-
turned to the clubhouse and had a fish
breakfast.
Late in the afternoon Capt. Hettinger
and Lloyd Brooke. jr.. gave the fish an
other trial. They returned to the club
house with string Of eighty large perch
No more pike were caught.
Anglers fishing between the city shore
and Analostan Island Thursday were
surprised to find the water had become
muddy. There had been no recent rains
that the anglers knew of and they were
una BILE to account for the sudden change
It's all off for Sunday" commented
Mack Sparrough, and he left the river
thoroughly Disguised
Later he learned that the mud had
come from the reservoir that was being
cleaned and that above the reservoir the
water was still clear. Mack MANAGED
to land few small ones.
Austin Savage was a thoroughly disap-
pointed sportsman on the river last Sun
day. He went away early in the morn
Ing with enough bait and tackle to make
a killing.
Il only caught three small rockfish."
he admitted, land 1 was afraid to let
anybody see them
Many anglers have always had an idea
that rocky or sandy bottom was neces-
sary In order to land rockfish and white
perch, but c. NJ Towers and G. NJ.
Lewis of the collector of taxes staff this
week learned otherwise.
Iaklng generous supply of blood
worms with them. the two fishermen
went to the Georgetown channel off the
lower point Of Potomac Park and an
chored In deep water. There was no
question about the bottom of the river
having been coated with mud, the anchor
having become SO deeply imbedded in
mud that it was difficult to raise it.
Sixteen rockfish were caught by the
anglers. They weighed from one to three
pounds each.
One of the most interesting catches of
bass made by local fisherman in recent
years was made by w H. Frey while
boating through the rough water near
an island in the upper Potomac 1t was
just before dark. and the angler was
hurrylng down stream to make a land
ing when loud splashing was heard in
the direction of the Virginia shore.
Certain the noise was not made by a
muskrat, the angler went silently to the
virginia shore and cast his line. A five
pound bass quickly took the bait and
was landed. and it was not until the
third big bass had been landed that the
angler gave up the sport for the day.
Irving U. Hager. who is here from AL
of Detective Edward Horne. was able
to instruct some local fishermen in the
matter of preparing bait. He followed
the Nebraska method of using anise seed
oil on his bait, spent Thursday at Great
Falls and returned with q long string
of Mississippi catfish.
The angler from the west prepared his
bait over night He cut liver in small
pieces. poured the oil over it and per-
mitted 1t to soak all night. Many large
fish were hung. but the hooks were not
stout enough to hold them and they got
away.
Tom Brown. base ball player. was on
the river one day this week He landed
fifteen rockfish, the largest weighing 21h
pounds.
Detective Charlie Mullen and his son
George surprised local fishermen Wed
nesday when they returned from a trip
off the lower end of Potomac Park They
baited with minnows and landed great
many large yellow perch. The surpris-
ing part of the trip was the catching of
three crappie weighing about a half
pound each.