Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-29

and his catches were beyond what he
had anticipated.
Accompanied by John Davis of Charles
Town, the Washington angler was on the
and the fish were so much in evidence
that the catch aggregated eighteen bass
that weighed thirty-four pounds.
"ERht of the fish, said one of the
anglers. weighed twentytwo-a and
one half pounds"
II was nothing unusual for the angler
to go out early in the morning and
catch fish enough for breakfast.
The two anglers, it Is stated. are re-
| sponble for the finding of trout in a
stream near Charles Town. Bait was
scarce one day. and the anglers went
| to the stream with piece of mosquito
netting to make a haul
They made haul" said Charles Mac
nichol.'' and we're surprised when they
pulled out a supply of white bait and a
big trout. and since then they have
| caught many trout with hook and line.
| Edward A. Strachan and Charles K
Holman have been so busy looking after
| their garden at Aqua creek. Va, and
| ting fruits and vegetables of their owr
raising that they have given but little
| thought to fishing during the headted pc
| Rod.
| On their last weekend outing. how
ever. they abandoned their watermelon
patch and sought sport on the river
| They were well rewarded for their eff
| forts, they stated. telling of a string OF
ten large-mouth bass they caught.
-Four of them" declared Holman
weighed more than three pounds apiece
and the other ran considerably more thar
| a pound.
They also caught one large yellow
perch Monday morning Strachan was
at the station ahead of train time and
| fishing for a few minutes. he stated. he
caught four large bass and a pike tina,
weighed two pounds.
| Harry Budesheim one of the most en-
| thusiastic anglers of the force of en-
| ployes at the navy yard, surprised some
| of the older sportsmen on his week end
outing when he carried two buckets OF
| scale bait to ChappaWamsic and did not
| lose bait
THE second surprise came when he
exhibited a string of twenty-seven bass,
remarked Charles r. Holman.
| Chappawamsc has long been IA
| vorite fishing place with many Washing
ton anglers. Dr. Charles Barnwell Rob
inson has his country place there and
has entertained many fishing parties in
past years. ...
when there came time that fishing
was not SO good at Chappawamsic." re-
marked an angler. ut was reported that
the place had been seined to death, but
Budesheim's catch shows that fish are
still there
DR.. w. P. M. King and DIR. Lawn
Thompson were among the Washington
anglers who were on Brittons bay al
Leonardtown for a weekend outing. and
| Mr. and Mrs l.. 8, Fristoe were also
there. -.
Drs. King and Thompson motored tc
| the seat of st. Mary's county Saturday
afternoon. were on the river early the
next morning in launch.
And we caught about seventy-five
trout. some Of them as long as YOU
| ARM said Dr. King I'VE also caught
some large spots and several small
| tailors."
| The anglers used bloodworms and soft
| crabs for bait and are satisfied thai
bloodworms should be taken on all such
trips
when fish takes a bloodworm bait,
DR.. King remarked, 1.-The fisherman usu
ally gets the fish,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fristoe motored over thu
state road Friday afternoon and were a
| Leonardtown until Sunday.
| I'VE were out the afternoon we arrived
at Leonardtown." said Mr.. Fristoe. "anG
caught about thirty trout. The mex
morning we got about three dozen. We
also caught a number of croakers, but
| they don't count"
Mack sparrough said he almost remain
ed of the river this week. Thursday wa.
such favorable day for fishing, however
supply of bloodworms and tried hi
luck Off the point Of Potomac Park.
| Mine rockf1sh was all I caught" III
stated, land the largest one weighed tive
pounds"
Tomorrow Mack will try his luck a
| Rock point. He received word from Johr
F. Button and George Cochran. friends a
La Plata. that they made killing a
| Rock point last Sunday and the three
anglers will be there early tomorrow
morning.
James p. Cochran took his brother-in
law. Charles Bolochie of Roanoke, Va.
on a fishing trip to the vicinity Of Fair
Beach, for a days outing. John Ford ant
his son James Of Fairhaven accompanied
them.
p The anglers went to Herring bay and
flshed near what is known as the north
west buoy. where the bottom OF the bay
| is literally covered with oysters. and
caught string of thirty trout. many
spots and perch. The anglers distributed
the fish among their friends.
| Melvin Fischer spent his vacation at
Harpers Ferry. He tried his luck on the
| Potomac several times he stated. anc
eight bass was his largest catch for any
| morning.
| Fishing from fatrock. near Byrnes Is
land, the successful sportsman made a
larger catch than the combined catch OF
| several anglers who fished in the same
| hole and used bait similar to that used
by Fischer.
/ j. Walter Hurley says he regrets that
the time will soon come when he will
have to desert his bungalow and return
| to the city.
Then there will be no more fishing
| for me until next summer" he stated
land it will be a case of only one men,
| Der Of the family doing the fishing.
Fishermen in the vicinity of Chesa-
peake Beach have no cause for com
plant. stated the angler, and the fish are
still biting freely.
J. Paxton Hart of Pittsburgh is visiting
Ringgold Hart. his brother. and both are
enthusiasts with rod and line.
Before you are ready to return home. v
said the host. I'm give you try at salt
| water fish and bass
Yesterday was the day set apart for
the trip to salt water and late Thursday
afternoon the brothers accompanied Lew
Thayer to Benedict, Charles county.