Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05


CATCH OF sMALL-MO
John ". Hurley is seriously consid-
ering a proposition to visit the fishing
grounds on Nansemond river! He has
been up the Potomac river and caught
small-mouth bass that weighed tivt
pounds and more. and has caught big
trout and tailors in the Chesapeake
bay, but never has he caught anything
to equal the 3S0-pound cowfish that
was caught in the Nansemond by
Otto Coffman of Huntersville, Va, q
week ago.
Detective George $. Weber OF the
tenth precinct related the story of the
catch and told of how exciting a time
Coffman experienced with the monster
Il hooked one the day before Coff-
man made his CATCH the defective
stated. and to tell the truth / was
glad when it got away. The big fish
actually frightened me-
Weber took two weeks vacat ton, and
went to Huntersville as a guest of his
friend Cofman. 1t was too early for
Conman to engage in the oyster bust
ness, Weber stated. and the two went
fishing a number of times
was told of the big cowfish that
were in the river" said the angler,
but almost doubted if it were true.
me second day out, however, 1 saw
the one that l hooked. while the fol-
loving Gay my friend hooked and land
ed the 3sO-pound fish"
weber explained that the fish made
no hight When hooked, he stated. the
hsh followed the line to the boat and
wouid nave put up strong fight had
hot SoHman dealt it stunning blow
with an ak. Then 1t was hauled into
the boat, taken ashore and fed to the
hogs INV
The angler says he had fine sport
Mniie on his trip. Crackers. hardhead,
he stated. and the fish were large
hardhead that weighed 5k pounds
was the largest fish of that species
that Weber caught e -.
Ten members of the Deen w.ts,
Fishing Club had an interesting yaea-
tlon on the lower Potomac caueht
something like 1000 fish and returned
eacn OF the ten showing his apprecia-
r. on VI Tn. the Trip by subscribing to next
Capt. Edward Gamble was in charge
OF the launch Gamble, and he piloted
.ne boat to many Interesting points
nionss me ioWer POTOMAC. and at some
pIaces the party stopped long enough
70 20 ashore and get acquainted with
natives or attend a dance with
we had about as fine a trip az nv
party ever had on the Potomac river"
commented one of the members "snd
caught about as many fish" anu
Members Of the club who nart;c;,,.+
~ IN the outing were Capt Charles
Peck, w. w. KimmeI, George I'd
Ro oban. Leo Murray. James c. Mcqueen,
ness; John L,ntler, Howard Gamb1e
and Joseph Bassforo 'ie
.,, une cine spent eleven DAYS on the
MA PeseS ops .o were sra.o1 made at Colo
Island and Colton's Much of tho has+
hsn.ne was dooe on Johnson's shoals "
~" huhoreds Of trout as long aS
Geonae : n arm were landed" declared
me nsnermen sailed two barrels n.
trout for food during the winter ,nnn.hs
cent lee Paurnprr+en ard Svdna,. q
r.,.h ian are entertainn~ their friends
Nio'et lock. Sereca Nd. whore tho,
Were successful enough to ,a,d seyan+y
ei.nt snai'-mouth bass in SIX DAYS
Shd the worst mart Of the trim was
that We missed fully $50 strikes }. wat
Sydney Kaufmans sad comment "af
jim Case. who Is Familiarity knour Z.
anglers Duke" Case p;JotedE
anglers to the many difficult places alone
.he river and put them where they foun6
Capt. Baumgarten landed The Ia,eee
OF The seventy-eightv bass earght by ft7
Two ishermen, stated Kaufman but s.
failed to land the largest FISH that tool
oait during the six days g 2
1t was a whopper, all right" SAID
Kaufman. and its appearance when /
Jumped out of the water made us sus
pect ii weighed fifty pounds
Most OF the successful fishing done b,
the two anglers was just below the dan
at the lock- The weather was SO warn
that the sportsmen were unable to saw
many of their fish, but they did manag
to keep thirty-two of them alive unit
they started homeward
Not satisfied with depicting the water
OF the lower Potomac last month sew
erai members of the Wounded Knee Fish
ing Club went TO Chesapeake Beach thi
week and tried their luck
You see," explained George A. Totten
temporary successor to Capt Dick Evans
I'VE got plenty of fish on our annua
outing. but 1t was necessary to salt then
for winter use. and when fresh fish wer'
wanted this week it was decided that tn
only way to get them was to go to tn
bay and catch them"
On the annua, outing the club mem
beers went on the good ship Conger.
clyde Conger. owner Of the craft. wen
as an invited guest. as was Harry Lewis
but when Colonial Beach was reache.
they went ashore and remained until III
first homeward-bound steamer cam
along.
All went well until a terrific gale wa
encountered, and Capt Dick Evans ad
mitted he was ''all at sea-
You know" confded Archie Auran, he.
only a sergeant. but We have to call hin
captain while aboard the beat. and ha
1t not been for George Totten ASSUMING
the position of chief navigator. We ma
have gone to the bottom of the Wicor1ico
Capt. Tom Faunce of St Patrick
creek played the part of host the fey
days the club members were ashore, an
not only did he cater to their appet'tes
they say, but he showed them where t
catch big fish.
Members Of the club who attended thi,
seasons outing were Sergt. J. r Evans
George A. Totten, w. E. Davis A. T
Sides Archie Auran and S. b. Saunders
Henry G. Bergling. president of tn,
Washington Anglers Association, ant
Bruce s. Branson. secretary and treasure
of the organization. are profuse in thei
praises of the fishing grounds at Rocl
Point Both are enthusiastic bass fisher
men and never before did salt water fish
ing appeal to them. They heard so man,
stories Of what was doing at Francis X
Stonestreet's. or the Wicomico, that Tues
day morning. before daybreak, they wer
on the road there.
II was not much after I o'clock whei