Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

Capt. Bill Towers. aboard his cabin
launch Lorene for a weekend outing
gave explicit orders to his sailors as to
their duties on the trip. Same Cornwell
was delighted" when he drew the lot of
fish cleaner
TITS cinch.' said Sam, recalling that
the man selected to lift the anchor would
have plenty OF work to do while the
cleaner of the fish could rest on his
oars.
Sam reasoned that the hot weather had
put temporary stop to the fishing. 1t
was between seasons, he pointed out. too
early for saltwater fish and too late
for big white perch. and while the an
giers were moving from place to place, he
felt that he could be resting.
But 10 and behold, Sans reasoning
went wrong" commented the captain.
The boys caught catfish at night and
white perch in the day
1t was unnecessary for him to say
more. 1t was early in the afternoon
when the Lorene steamed away from
dock on the river front and continued
through to Glymont. Sam Cornwells
first delighted" sensation came in the
afternoon. for the boys found fishing
rather slow sport before shutdown. but al
night in Mattawoman creek they had ex-
citing sport. catching catfish Of frying
size. just what was wanted for break
fast. and the cleaner lost his delight
Morning came. and the fish furnished
more than enough food for breakfast
Two moves were made. and Capt. Towers
suggested a trial at the fish stakes be-
tween Indian Head and Mattawoman,
and there the good sport enjoyed by the
anglers made more work for the Dig
man with the knife.
Big white perch were caught In large
| numbers. The anglers had all kinds OF
+, bait. b1oodworms. soft crabs and night.
| liners" and the ordinary "nightliners
proved the most enticing bait In addi-
| ton to furnishing a supply for dinner.
| the anglers say, they had fish to bring
home.
| Those in the party were Capt. BIZ
| Towers, Maynard Henson. Tasker Ed
| monds. G. L. Mothershead, John Towers,
Bernard Harrison. Robert Henson. Guy
| Miller. George Edmonds, Shelby Speake
| and Sam Cernwen.
John W. Hurley's weekend trip to the
vicinity Of Weverton and Harpers Ferry
caused the angler SO much excitement
that he came near forgetting to return
| home.
1T was great" was his comment when
he returned with a string OF eighteen
gamesters that were caught SUNDAY. ;.
| L
| said the fisherman. who had not FUZZY
| recovered from the excitement his luck
had caused.
"The water is in fine condition" George
W. Leopold, boatmen. wrote the anger
| the latter part of the week. and the
| fsh are plentiful The bass have nm
ished spawning, and fine sport is prom
| ised"
"Who could resist going?" asked the
sportsman after he had read the MESSAGE.
| iY1p
on a still hunt for bait, and early IN the
| afternoon he boarded a train for the
mountain district. He was on the river
| in a few minutes, and hard at WORK CAST
ing his big madtoms a Tor pass .:h;s halt will,
| You know, he saio' oAe ooi' A'
The angler said the fish bit about as
lively as he had ever known them TO
bite. declaring they took the bait ana
disappeared with the rapidity OF nasn
of lightning.
And the biggest fish I caught. three
nounder. displayed bulldog tenac1ty ana
kept up the fight for fully twenty
MINUTES"
| Charlie Porter, usually one OF the most
successful rod and line sportsmen on the
river, let Ringgold Hart put a big one
over on him last Sunday, according to
"And how he did it," said Porter. Il
can't understand. We had the same kind
of bait, fished in the same water and
cast the bait about the same distance
from the boat, but he got SIX OF the
seven fish we caught.
| The two anglers left home Saturday
night, went to Great Falls and spent the
night at Bunker HILL" the name of the
bunk room on the hill overlooking tne
river, and early in the morning they
rowed in the direction of Pennifields.
| Hart was lucky enough to get a strike
almost the instant his bait touched the
water, and it was something like three
mound bass that took the big madtom and
made across the river. There soon came
a time when both bass and madtom came
to a sudden stop and then it was that
the angler gave the fish the hook.
It was a case of one, two. three. four.
five. six fish and Harris success was over,
but with Charlie Porter it was a case Of
one fish and a remark about the luck he
experienced.
Hart should have caught dozen
the number of strikes he got. but the
grass in the river probably assisted the
fish to leave the bait and hook"
Charles cotterin and J. B. shipley
were among the anglers who were at
Bunker Hill" last Monday night. and
early Tuesday morning they visited
Cotterilrs cove. place where the an
gler for whom it was named has done
fishing for the past thirty years.
Cotterill landed four bass while
Shipley had to be satisfied with a catch
of three.
I'VE were on the river all day"
said Shipley, land while people in the
city were complaining of the heat We
were very comfortable"
The water was in fine condition and
fish were plentiful the anglers stated,
and the bass were crazy for madtoms.
refusing to take other more attractive
bait.
And we missed considerably more
strikes than we caught fish," said
Shipley.
Capt. Billy Hettinger and Capt. Tony
Schroth enjoyed a two-day trip on the
Patuxent aboard the latter's launch
Norman. Both anglers are fond of
bass fishing, but that fishing, they say.
is too slow for them. and SO they
spend most of their spare time on the
briny deep Steaming from the wharf
at the Glebe Club Monday afternoon. the
two sportsmen went down the Patux-
emf river. passing Benedict and stop
ping at Battle creek. where they cast
their lines.
After q brief delay caused by failure
to get supply Of peeler bait the
anglers went to work and soon found
spot where big white perch were pienti.
full and a change OF POSITIONS ianoeo
them where they succeeded IN gettlns
long string of large croakers-
A few rockfsh were added TO tne
catch before the fishermen started nome
ward. Their catch Of perch weighed
about 100 pounds.