Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
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Muddy water in the Potomac and other
nearby fresh water streams this week
did not interfere with the sport of Lew
NJ. Thayer and Ringgold Hart.
Where there's will there's a Way.
the anglers agreed. and Monday after
noon at 4 O'Clock the two sportsmen
entered an automobile and whisked off to
Benedict, Charles county. Md. where the
Patuxent river usually is in good condi-
ton. and at 6 o'clock they We're prepared
to attack the fish.
Not much luck that night said one
of the anglers. and early morning fish
ing proved to he rather discouraging.
but after breakfast plenty of fish. large
croakers, weighing from one and one
half to three pounds. made the wait
well worth while.
Fishing late in the afternoon and at
night, the anglers caught three fish. not
counting cells and catfish and the numer-
Gus toadish that gave them trouble and
made their bait run short
Never before did i know that toad
fish Were good for anything said Fish
erman Hart One of the town mer-
chants asked US to save the toadtish for
his hogs. hut I'd rather gather food on
shore for the hogs than to have the fish
bother the bait so much
1t was great sport We had landing the
big croakers, said Lew Thayer, and
it just made me fish crazy. There is
about as much sport catching the large
croakers as it is to catch rockhsh
Benedict will see me again before
long, he concluded.
1t is said that the run of large
croakers in the waters in this sec
more years. They We're last in evil
denee in the Patuxent about seventeen
years ago, it is said.
Unable to do any fishing along the
Shenandoah river last Sunday because
of legal complications. John W. Hur-
ley says he was deprived of what
promised to be one of the best days
sport of the season.
But the law in West Virginia says
You must not fish on Sundays said
the angler, land / believe in obeying
the law
The veteran fisherman left home Fri
day afternoon for a 4th of July out
ing. but because of the muddy water
at Weverton and Sandy Hook, he stat
ed. it was necessary for him to go to
the Shenandoah. and early Saturday
morning he was on the river at Mill
Vile. having driven from Harpers
Ferry.
Il never before saw bass SO plenti-
full" said the sportsman. land they
even came close TO the boat and
grabbed the bait that was almost out
of the water
Indeed he added. they We're so
ravenous that 1 expected to See them
make an effort to open the bait bucket
to get a madtom or two
The water was d trifle cloudy, but
that did not interfere with the fish. al
though no large bass were caught Two
pounds was considered a big fish that
particular day, the angler stated sAI
it may have been that the big ones
were celebrating the glorious 18th. he
suggested.
Twenty-one fish were landed. and the
angler and his boatman missed at least
fifty strikes. Millville says Hurley. is
an attractive place for bass fishermen
and the river seems to be well stocked
with fish.
William p. Bowie has received en-
couraging news from a party of fish
ermen who selected the vicinity of
Bloody Point light near Bay Ridge as
place for fishing.
They must have made a killing"
commented Bowie. when they sent
here for an additional supply of 800
bloodworms.
One of the anglers said they were
catching SO many rockhsh and large
croahers that they had stopped count
ing them and Were reporting their
catches by the boatload"
The vicinity of Bay Ridge said
BOWIE. always has been a good place
Tor hshing. He learned from anglers
at Annapolis that some good catches
Ing the past two weeks.
Edward T. Stunckei Roy Garren. w.
w Deal and Mack Sparrough had such
good luck at Benedict Tuesday thar
they returned there yesterday and
made an effort TO repeat their big
catch.
And not only did we make bip
catch. commented Mack Sparrouchy
but we found an improved way of get,
ing to Benedict in an automobile In
stead OF going by way of Horse Head
or Hughesville. We went by way of T
E.. Waldorf and Bryantown and while
we were not able to escape a stretch of
SANDY road. we found the road much
better than along the other routes"
II was the best days sport the four
men nave had In number of years
they stated. catching a total of about
225 fish. enough TO fill two-bushel
sack.
The anglers Were on the river two
hours before breakfast and because
the tide was not right they caught
only twenty-seven croakers. After
breakfast they found the tide was iust
right for fishing, and their catch in
cluded croakers weighing from one and
one-haif 10 three and one-quarter
pounds and score of trout the largest
one weighing two and one half pounds
interesting and successful fishing
trip of the week was made TO Plum Point,
several miles below Chesapeak. Reach
by II. W Byers, 4. w Wheeler Howard
Topham and j. II. BarriCk Ii has only
been since the establishment of the
Chesap cake Beach resort that Washing
ton anglers have done much fishing alon..
the west coast of the bay in that seq
ton. and many good catches near Plum
Point have been made during the past
few Years.
Trout are being caught there. but the
four anglers who spent two days there
this week rugged their lines and balted
only for rocktish and their catch aggre-
gated sixty
The largest of the fish," said Byers.
weighed about four pounds, and none
of them was SMALL
The water was rough and cold for this
season of the year. the sportsmen stated
and most of their fishing was done at
night.
FISHERMEN in this section have no idea
of the size Of some of the catfish that are
in the Potomac" commented Austin Saw
age. telling of the big ones he caught
in the Mississippi river some years ago
I'm satisfied that there are such fish
in the Potomac that weigh as much as
seVenty-fVe or one hundred pounds he
added. but they will have TO be caught
in seines or by juggling. and I'm going
TO try Juggling
Juggling for cells is INDUCED in to a