Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-02

the rush, Charlie Porter remarked Il
mean the rush of fishermen and not fish. y
Telling his companion he wanted big
fish or none. Charlie Porter used only
live bait means of attracting the
fish while John Dean used both live bait
and bloodWorms. A few minutes after
the anglers dropped anchor one of the
big fish found it Impossible to pass a
lively minnow on one of Porters hooks
and seventeen others were caught before
the water came down muddy.
Had the water remained clear" said
Porter, there's no telling how long a
string of big fish would have caught
Dean caught several dozen fish, but
many of them were small.
A party of sportsmen last Sunday en-
joyed a shad bake at the Glebe Club, on
the bank of the PatuXent river near the
Chesapeake Beach railroad bridge.
George Mckenzie. the clubs caretaker
put out his nets Saturday afternoon and
caught fish enough for the bake. II
there are any fish in the river. club
members say. George Mckenzie is sure
to get them.
Capt. Billy Hettineer. Lloyd Brooke
and W. w Daley. who had been desig-
mated to cook the fish and prepare the
chowder. We're on hand soon after the
fish We're caught. and the shad roe was
especially prepared for the noon meal.
So enjoyable did the outing prove that
the club until monday afternoon, but the
water was too muddy for them to dc
any hook and line fishing. Among those
in the party We're j. j. Moffett DR.. j. T.
Mauldins E, e. Handy. Elmer schroth
Lloyd Brooke. William \. Hettinger
Thomas Brooke E. F. Graves. J. A. Rup-
pert. J. w. Martin and W. W. Daley
Dr. f. r. Nichols has made four un:
successful attempts this season to land
string of big fish. but he thinks the
big ones viii reach here next week.
The water has been so high and
muddy" says he. that ! fear the big
perch have not reached here.
DR. Nichols took trip on the river
in his launch Thursday afternoon. but
the water was so high and the current
so strong that he found it almost inn
possible to get above Fletcher's. lie
then went to the vicinity of the steel
plant. Infavorable conditions prevailed
there and the effort To catch fish Was
abandoned.
Capt. l. p. Porter says he is not go
ing to he robbed of the credit of
catching the biggest catfish landed by
a member of his party at Fletcher S
last week. Hugh A. Kane. Charlie
Porter and Ringgold Hart We're mem
to having caught the biggest fish, but
when the fish were put on the scales
the one caught by the captain weighed
two and one-half pounds.
And it made choWder enough for the
party" remarked one of the anglers.
Mack Sparrough and William Wyn-
koop managed to get a string of four
dozen perch Sunday morning before
ihe water get muddy. Thursday after
noon Mack went TO the river, hoping
he would be able to catch FISH enough
for Friday dinner. but he found the
water high and muddy and was unable
to make q catch.
''Shad and herring are getting more
plentiful" he said. "and the rockfish
ought ito be here with the first clear
water"
Austin Savage is. happy over the
thought Of the sport he thinks he is
going to have in a year or two angling
for trout in Squirrel creek. spring
stream in Prince Georges county. Md.
''The trout have been in the creek
less than two weeks" remarked a
friend of the enthusiast, land Savage
has been down there looking over the
stream every time he has had an OPP
purtunity. If he continues his visits
TO the trout stream he soon will be
able to declare his intention to become
I, voter.
IN additional lot of Samesters will
be put in the creek next week.