Evening star., 1914-07-11
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nearby fresh water streams this week
did not interfere with the sport of Lew
NJ. Thayer and Rnggold Hart
Where there's a will there's a way,
tine anglers agreed. and Monday after
noon at o'clock the two Sportsmen
entered an automobile and whisked off to
Benedict. Charles county, Nd. where the
PatuXent river usually is in good condi-
ton. and at . o'clock they were prepared
to attack the fish.
Not much luck that night. said one
of the anglers and early morning fish
ing proved TO be rather discourasins.
but after breakfast plenty OF fish, large
c:oakers, weighing from one and one
halt to three pounds, made the wait
we'll worth while
Fishing late in the afternoon and at
night the anglers caught three fish. not
counting eels and catfish and the numer-
Gus toadtish that gave them trouble and
made their bait run short,
Never before did l know that toad
fish Were good for anything. said Fish
chants asked us to save the toadfish for
his hogs. but I'd rather gather food on
shore for the hogs than to have the fish
bother the bait 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 rockfish.
Benedict will see me again before
long. he concluded
ii is said that the run of large
croakers in the waters in this sec
tion happens only once in every ten
or more years. They were last in evil
dence 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
nroCoiSed IN he of the hest 0av'S
sport of the season.
But the law in West Virginia says
you must not fish on Sundays said
the angler. and l believe in obeyinS
the law"
The veteran fisherman left home Fri
dag afternoon for Atm 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
I never before saw bass so plenti-
full said the sportsman. and they
even came close 20 the boat and
grabbed the bait that was almost out
of the water.
Indeed. he added. they We're so
ravenous that I expected to see them
make an effort to open the bait bucket
TO. get madtom or two.
The water was tritie cloudy. but
that did not interfere with the fish. al
tHouSH no large pass were caught Two
pounds was considered big fish that
particular day. the angler stated. 2AI
II may have been that the big ones
were celebrating the glorious 4th. he
suggested
Twenty-one fish were landed, and the
angler and his boatman missed at least
nifty strikes. Millville, says Hurley is
an attractive place for bass fishermen
ana the river seems to be well stocked
with fish.
William p Bowie has received en-
courag1nS news from a party of fish
erinen who selected the vicinity of
Bloody Point light. near Bay Ridge. as
place for fishing.
commented Bowie. when they sent
here for an additional supply of 500
bioodworms
One of the anglers said they were
croakers that they had stopped count
ing them and were reporting their
catches by the boatIoad"
p. Ihe vicinity vicinity of Bay Ridge. said
Bowle. always has been good place
for fishing. He learned from anglers
at Annapolis that some good catches
or rockhsh have been made there dur
Ing the past two weeks
Edward T. StunckeI. Roy Garren. W.
W Deal and Mack Sparrough had such
Nthey returned there Yesterday and
made an effort to repeat their big
catch.
AND not only did we make big
catch commented Mack Sparroueh'
but we found "G improved way of get
ting to Benedict an automobile In
stead of going by way of Horse Head
or hughesviiie' We went by way of T.
b.. Waldorf ana 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"
1t was the best days sport the four
men nave mad IN her Of
they stated. catching total of about
225 fish, enough to fill a two-bushel
sack.
The anglers were On the river two
hours before breakfast and because
the tide was not right they caught
only twenty y-seven croakers After
breakfast they found the tide was lust
right for fishing. and their catch In.
cluded croakers weighing from one and
one-half to three and one-uuarter
pounds and a 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 Chesapeake Beach
Topham and J. H. Barrick. IL has only
been since the establishment of the
Chesapeake Beach resort that Washing.
ton anglers have done much fishing aIonp
the west coast of the bay in that sec
ton. and many good catches near Plum
Point have been made during the pas,
rev years
Trout are being caught there. but the
four anglers who spent two days there
this week rigged their lines and baited
only for rockfish. 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 a,
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 fist
in the Potomac that weigh as much as
seventy-hve or one hundred pounds ht
added, but they will have to be caught
in seines by Juggling. and I'm goins
TO try Juggling.
Juggling for eels is INDUCED in to a
small extent in this section. it is stated
but Savage says il is necessary to use
Anfiralv different halt for tho largo