Evening star., 1914-08-01

THE excellent fishing grounds on
North Chesapeake Beach are neglected
hy Washington anglers. said i. I. lay
lor, summer resident of the bay resort.
Ncho has made several interesting catches
there this season.
The average fisherman who visits the
l,each, he said, tries his luck near the
shore and is disappointed because he
catches only small fish. but fishing from
the shore. he thinks. is not fair test.
The big fish are found in the deeper
,ater some distance from the shore he
aid. land it is necessary to go in boat
make a successful catch
Last Sunday MIR. Taylor went about a
lile from shore with Iapt T.. W. Lupton
nd John Lupton anchored on the oyster
eds and made good catch of trout,
oakers and spots. The largest OF the
out, he said, weighed nearly four
f,ounds.
Bait for trout is an easy natter he
aid "All that is necessary is to catch
few spots. large or small, and cut them
into pieces large enough to attract the
fish.
And he added. its an easy matter
to catch spots
"These are dog days" said John w.
Hurley when he returned from week
end trip to Weverton and Harpers Ferry
-rith bass enough to count baker s
'iozen. And there is not much sport in
landing the bass during such a period.
1t was late Saturday afternoon when
he veteran angler reached Weverton and
.tarted from shore with George w. Leo
,old. They went to the big holes and
iried their best to get a few fish. but the
d.. mats were so thick on the water. de-
,lared Hurle,- that it was a difficult mat
to the n1aUtomS through them
And then, too he added, the bass
ere swapping the gnats''
Two fish weighing less than four pounds
'.ere caught. At ) O'Clock Sunday morn
nG the anglers were on the river, not
naving waited for breakfast. and it was
rot until after l O'Clock that either got a
etrike.
And by night lie said we had ten
rsh''
There was not the sport in catching
lem that there is when the weather ds
.."oler. said the angler, and he said he
fought it would be well to let them
lone until conditions improve.
Albert Rabbit, Mark Hale ard Arthur
'leason have been on the river almost
cry Sunday since the first run of fish
the spring. but last Sundays trip was
'e of their most interesting ones this
'lSou.
The trio reached Great Falls early in
''!s morning and were there to catch any
I'd Of fish that came along.
And along they came, and we caught
.em as they came" remarked Gleason.
Marx Hale felt something tugging at
: line and thought it was something
t far short of a whale, and the amount
time consumed in landing ii. he stated.
tde him think ne had more than one
II. inally he landed the fish and
and it was attached to some other
gler's line.
1T was a big Mississippi catfish" he
ID.
s,obbitt. tiring of pulling in big cat
sh. rigged his line with pork rind bait
nd caught a two-and-one-h half pound
.-nall-mouth bass y nearby fisherman
looked a large rockfish and suffered a
roken rod and loss Of part of his line.
Austin Savage was one Of the many
:.islers on the pier at Chesapeake Beach
inday. Austin missed the early train
III also missed the early morning fisher
IN.
But" ne said. lit was a satisfaction
stand on the pier. enjoy the cool breeze
rom the salt water and watch the boys
at a distance.
Il made one mistake, however he
said. Il left there before the fishermen
,nded with their strings of trout and
pots, but had some of them for break
.ast Monday morning just the same
In the afternoon Austin went to the
stream that empt ties into the bay near the
esort and tried his luck for eels or
roundfsh,'' Ringgold Hart and
harlie Porter call them, and had grent
port.
"1here are not many anglers who en-
oy catching eels,'' said the successful
sportsmen. but that's because they
nave never tried the game. Try it one
,ime and they'll try it again.
Alfred Selinger and Walter Koons. who
made record catch at Chesapeake
3each last year. We're able to display a
ong string of attractive fish to their
fria hey m ChaSA-
lake Beach last Sunday.
lit takes the early bird to catch the
+sorm'' remarked q friend of the pair
y anglers, knowing that they We're on
;le river shortly after daybreak.
We We're up before the sum- said
= alinger. land went some distance out
to the bay from the old pier.
You know. he added, 1T is necessary
l., 20 out a little distance to get the big
n this early in the season. Later the
,ilors come close enough in to be caught
rom the pier.
The two anglers caught string OF
:; cut fifty large trout and spots
crank Farenkamp is one of the mer-
itnts at Chesapeake who are enthusias-
fishermen, and last Sunday morning
was on the job early enough to pro-
lie fish enough for a Sunday breakfast
i dinner.
And when you simply transfer fish
ON the water to the frying pan" said
le angler, you nave something tndt su'
-als to any appetite.
Farenkamp said he felt like enjoying
i. breakfast of Norfolk spots, a fish that
1, in such great demand in Norfolk, and
those at Chesapeake Beach, he suS-
Sested, probably passed Norfolk on their
lay up from the SOUTH
And 1 caught twenty-five big ones,
lie said, land few large trout.
1T was a hard luck trip that we had
10 Great Falls Saturday afternoon and
sunday" was what Ringgold Hart said
~ a trip In which he and Charlie Por-
participated.
Usually, ii is stated. the two sports
ui,n enjoy splendid sport on the river
and return with long strings Of bass
bout as big as any other fishermen
get Their last trip was "of one, .
they admit. but they are going to try
i soon again.
Saturday afternoon they were salts
ed to do their fishing near Trammell's s
nd were successful enough to land two
nrge bass, enough for supper, and they
ajoyed them very much, they stated
t'arly Sunday morning the anglers Were
"a in the direction of Betty Hughes
'alls. They reached there long before
oon and returned long before time foi
upper. explaining they could have nc
sh for Sunday supper hecause-"wel
aid Charlie, because We didn't catcI
any"
Hart had one strike and broke his rod
while Charlie Porter failed TO score tht
only strike he had.