Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
CONDITION OF THE WATER.
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er it.
Bruce Schuyler. Gene Palmer and John
w Wilson were also members of the
party. j. Is. Smith met the party at
Brandywine and participated i'll the fish
ing. but he failed to score as many toads
as he did on a trip two weeks ago
Leaving here at 1 o clock Sunday morn
ine. the anglers made a short stop AT
Srandywine and reached Benedict in
time To get the river at daybrea (,
and the early morning fishing was flne,
although in the afternoon the fish came
the way OF the fishermen and were
caught.
Karl Achterkirchen's disappointment
at losing the big fish, declares Bruce
Schuyler, almost made him sick. and
he does not Vet know what KIND of a
fish it was Fully 800 fish We're landed.
the string including more than forty
rockfish. trout tailors and croakers
John Hurley landed the largest croaker.
the fish weighing almost one pound. An
oyster scald was participated in by the
anglers in the afternoon.
On the return trip the Brandywine
member of the party led the singing at
a colored camp meeting, where a half
hour stop was made.
eff YOU go fishing for bass and can't
get them" saws Arthur Gleason do the
next best thing: catch what YOU can
Gleason, Mark Hale and Albert Rab-
bitt went to Great Falls several days ago.
hoping they would be able to get few
bass. They took chicken bait with them
for Mississippi catfish in case the bass
did not materialiZe. however. and when
they were ready to return they had as
many fish as they could we'll handle
Bass came along rather slow for u.s."
said one of the trio, land We prepared
for the Mississippi catfish
Three nv
the trio, seven of them weighing more
than four pounds each. and five bass
were caught
Mr.. and Mrs John E. Donovan, Mr.
and Mrs. E. j. Mudd Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Eccard and Erskine nupp motored
10 Benedict last Sunday and helped to
deplete the river of trout, rockfisn and
spots.
The party reached Benedict by way of
BrandyWine and Horse Head preferring
that route to the longer one by way
of Hushesville. although less sand is en-
countered on the road through Hughes
Vile.
Mr. Rupp won the laureis for the big
gest fish. landing a two-pOund trout.
Rockfish weighing as much as IL pounds
and some large spots We're taken, the
party returning with long strings of the
several kinds of fish as a result of the
days sport.
Michael Gray. Charlie Duke, Billy Ma
lone. John Barry and Cornelius Taylor,
aboard the Old Glory, sailed to Pohick
with Capt. Flick Miles one day the past
week and tried their luck for big mouth
bass.
When fisherman go aboard the Old
Glory" sad Charles Mullen, they are
sure to have good luck, for Capt Miles
knows where to anchor to get the finny
tribe"
Bait was plentiful, and the number put
overheard was calculated to attract the
bass. The anglers had count Of IS
fish when they started homeward
Capt. Lucen Davis took party of
friends to Quantico bay several days
ago, hoping they would find water con-
ditions all right for bass and perch.
Those in the party We're Clarence Cal
strom. James Springmann and Rudy
Hornbeck
We had all kinds of bait" Jim Spring
mann said. but it seemed to be an off
day for the fish
\ few rockfish and white perch came
along. however, and the party succeeded
in getting Il fairly good lot of them.
Charlie Porter and Ringgold Hart last
Sunday went from Great Falls to Penni-
fields after bass. The water was rather
warm for fishing. the anglers thought
but they got several bass, the largest
weighing 21s pounds.
And singular thing about most of the
fish we caught" Charlie Porter remarked,