Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-02

| Tracking sliders and swapping turtles
over the marshes has provided something
| for sportsmen to enjoy during the time
| the water has been high and muddy this
week.
and it certainly IS tine sport" de-
clared Joe Baur although it Is neces-
sary to wade through mud and water in
order to get the turtles. ..
| But he, added when a fellow is
equipped with wading boots, what differ
ence does it make
Hundreds of turtles have been picked
I from the mud on the Benning marshes
! this season. and the season is only fairly
we'll under way. Occasionally big snap
| pers are found wandering about the
marsh. but usually it is necessary to
track them to a place where they bury
themselves in the mud. and a person who
! understands the sport finds no trouble in
! Iocat ting them.
! THE sport is best enjoyed at low tide. :
said the sportsman, and the snappers
are trailed over the low grass that has
been trampled down, and at the end of
the trail stick with hook attachment
| is used to get the turtle from the mud.
| "Sliders usually remain close to the
water. he continued, and do not go as
| far inland as do the snappers. and unless
| person acts quickly the slider will get
| away from him
| In addition to enjoying the snort OF
catching turtles. stated the angler. he
also enjoys the preparation of a pot of
soup and the entertainment of a few
| friends. The cooking is done at a boat
| house or ON the shore.
| Batting and snagging carp is a sport
| that Harry Pyemont and Bob Susan
| done directly under Benning bridge, and
! the two have made number of good
| strikes this season
! The carp are so thick in Eastern
/ branch. near the bridge, that they some
/ times present sight very much like
| a number of hogs in pen remarked
| one of them.
and all winter he added we
| caught catfish under the bridge, near
| where the hot waste water from the
| power house is emptied. and catching
| fish in that noisy place shows that noise
| does not always interfere with the
| sport
| Some of the more enthusiastic fisher
| men spend their time on the branch
from shutdown to sunrise. and one man
| has been known to leave the water in
| the morning with. more than one hum
| dred pounds of fish.
And that was done in the winter.
| said one of the anglers. when fish found
| ready sale at good prices.
| Some of tire anglers who have been
! enjoying the sport of catching big carp
! will soon put in two hours each
| night catching frogs. Frogs will be
] more plentiful as soon the weather
| becomes warmer.
1T may be true. that the early bird
| catches the worm. said John w Hur-
| ley last sunday when he returned from
| d trip up the river. but I know it is
| true that the early worm catches the
| fish
| BY actual count the veteran caught
90 white perch, some large and some
small. but all We're large enough to
serve on the table.
Just because it was raining early in
| the morning., the fisherman stated Il
did not remain at home. Karl Achter-
| kirchen was booked to participate in
| at home and keep out of the wet
And he added "the best of the
| sport was early in the morning. The
| biting was fast and furious before "
| o'clock. but after that time the water
! got cloudy and the fish stopped biting.
| He explained to his friends how he
caught so MANY fish. He took u supply
of soft crabs and bIoodworms, he said,
| and used the small cra" bait to lure the
| rsh. and when the fish approached tie
| hooks the worms appealed to them in
addition to the crab bait.
| Get the fish about your hooks, SAID
Hurley, land they will take any bait
| offered them.
| Charles K. Holman and Edward A.
Strachan were at the log cabin at Aqua
| creek for a Weekend outing. because
OF the muddy water. however. the sports
| men deemed it useless to wet their lines.
| Perch are being caught i'll the vicinity
and il is expected that rockfSh soon
| will take bait. many of them having
been caught in tho small seiIcs and
nets.
Discussing tho. outlook 70. = good seq
son the arg crs recalled AN experience
they had with d party Of newspaper re
porters who were on a fishing trip dos n
the river some time ago.
Il I'VE are eoin" to ChapwainSic. where
bass are plentiful" said one Of the news
pap party. There's nothing doing
elsewhere.
The two anglers We're unable to induce
them to accompany them to Aqua creek,
and the conductor on the train laughed
at the idea OF Aqua creek furnishing
good sport.
4 You'd better 20 to Chapman tn,
conductor told the pair of anglers.
There seems to he Il difference of oriil-
ion' Holman said. and that night when
Holman and Strachan returned with
sixty pounds of fish against AN absolute
ductor and his newspaper friends adj
mitted they We're not good Suessers.
4 Charlie Porter and John Dean were
iamong the early fishermen on the upper
river Sunday morning
we thought ne'd "et n'It carly 10 avoid