Evening star., 1914-05-16

| Extensive preparations are being maze
| by local anglers for the opening OIL Tue
| summer season for catching sInaii-nouth
| bass Decoration day is the time iAeu
| for the opening OF the season IN the l'is
| trict of Columbia and nearby s'a'es' aAN
| some of the more enthusiastic snoftsiiieh
| already are putting i'll orders Tor 'la"-
| toms.
Anglers recall the poor lack most o.
| them experienced last season ana are
hoping for better success this yea.
| Muddy water was the trouhl" last
| year" remarked Charles Macnichol' ols-
cussng this seasons prospects. me
| Shenandoah river was muddy pracucahs
all summer and suppose just as thf
! season is about to open the muddy water
viii appear
The angler said he thought sportsmen
| probably will have a good season TINS
| year.
| John W. Hurley says he thinks the
| sportsmen will be looking for new places
to try their luck this season.
| what is wanted he said. is a place
| where the water never muddies, but that
| will be hard to find. especially places
| where the gamesters are to be found
! George W. Havell says he has found
,,l.ca wherf. the water seldom gets
| muddy. and when it does get muddy II
| quickly clears. The place is near the
| headwaters of the Rappahannock river
| nea; Remington Va. and so few fisher
men go there that there is no trouble eN-
| perienced in actually landing good hSh.
| Recalling his first trip to the vicinity
! of Remington. the angler said he took a
bucket OF bait with him and was disap-
pointed in the morning to find only four
| of them left.
| But" he said, "one of the residents of
| Remington told me the fish would take n
| spoon. l rigged my line in accordance
| with his suggestion and soon landed a
| -half-pound bass. That was
| the smallest OF eight fish L caught that
| day.
Having opened the sea son for rocktish
with several catches the past three
made trip along the river above
| Aqueduct bridge and did his best to
| make another catch.
The water was muddy" commented
the angler, when he returned ashore
early in the afternoon. after he had
caught one large perch. The fish are
| here" he continued. but l not
able to find them last Sunday"
The sportsman was so Thoroughly dis
guested with the result of his efforts
he stated. that he thought he would
put away his tackle for week, but
Wednesday morning. when the water
| was in lne condition, he was unable
to resist the temptation.
| In the afternoon when he returned he
| had two rockfsn. lie had caught them
above Aqueduct bridge, each weighing
about five pounds. The sight of the
fish. VIII Reynolds says. gave some of
the faithful fishermen a fluttering of
the heart.
Scores OF anglers who We're on the
| river perch fishing last Sunday were
| hi when bpc1
so cloudy that the fish stopped biting.
Those who We're on the river early in
the day We're rewarded with catches
OF a dozen or two fish, but long before
noon the fish stopped biting and made
the hours long and weary.
| Two dozen was all / could get. ad-
mitted John w. Hurley. and l vas
on the river early in the morning The
water ended the sport and made it use
less to continue to try to catch hsh:
II caught a number of 'grass-combers,
but they don't count
Perch fishermen complain that this
season has not been a good one. Many
of them think the big fish were stopped
by the miles of nets in the lower river
and prevented from coming this far.
Best catches of large perch are made
some miles below" said an angler, dis
cussing the sport The deep water
at a place known as the White House,
at Riverside, and Quantico are favorite
places for them
some years ago lHdFles hdCHlCliol,
who no longer finds sport in anything
but bass fishing, at Quantico with
Jesse Middleton. who has since died.
and the two anglers caught 525 large
perch in less than three hours.
The number Of fish caught at a time.
stated Maacnichol. depended only upon
the number of hooks that were used"
Tomorrow morning at o'clock the
launch Gambol will whistle all aboard
and pull away from its wharf with prac-
| tically the entire membership of the
Runaway Club aboard. 1t will be the
opening of the season for the club and
it's members have made provision for one
of the most complete openings In the his
tory of the organization.
Glymont will be the objective point
says W. O. Short, president Of the club
and arrangements for shad bake have
heen made by committee intrusted with
the work of preparing the outing.
Those who will participate in the affair
, are w. o. Short. president; Gus Voigt
secretary: J. A. Timberake. treasurer
and H G. Albrecht. A. +. Brocker, A
Herrler A. Joyce. #. f. Krake, J. P. Nc
Owens. DIR. Randall Parsons, Louis Re.
mund, II. A. Reed. Eugene Saunders, O.
Schieischert, r. p. Stuart. B. X. Saul
August Schmidt, Richard Smith, Max A
Schmidt, Mack Sparrough, F. w.
Voltz. ]. r. Wilson. A. B. Clark,
Walter keeton. d. H. Noonan. Julius
Duehring Warren Reed W. A. Crawford
". ; Jenkins, Jacob Dougherty, Marty
Egan. !. q. Bobee. William Schleumann
and J. 5. Giusta.
, | An interesting event will be fishing
contest Several of the more enthusiastic
, anglers have entered the contest in ar