Evening star., 1914-07-25

| their friends an attractive display of
trout rocktish and spots.
There was a time when Mr. Cooksey
made trips to his bungalow at Rock
| point in a motor boat, but the good roads
made it possible for him to reach the
| river resort in much quicker time with
an automobile, 1t is stated and. has dis
| posed of his craft, substituting an auto
mobile
| rhe trip was made in the afternoon.
I supper and a good nights rest We're en-
| joyed and the anglers We're on the river
early enough in the morning to escape
| the hottest part of the day.
George and Francis Ostmann We're
among the anglers who spent the week
end at Rock point. They toured over the
! La Plata. Lothair, Newburg, Wayside.
| Middletown and Issue. The greater part
| of the road was in good condition. they
stated. and the state road probably will
| be finished all the way to Rock point be-
| fore many weeks.
| The two anglers made an earnest effort
| to catch string of large rocktish and
trout.
And they succeeded commented a
| friend who saw the result of their efforts
They expect to indulge in a number of
similar trips before the close of the sea
son. and hope to get much larger fish
| next month.
Mack Sparrough thinks it is up to some
of the more enthusiastic fishermen to
| establish a transportation line between
! this city and Glymont He visited ely
mont twice during the past week and
| made such attractive catches of large
| white perch that he is trying to devise
some means of reaching there without
| having to purchase boat.
| Last Sunday Mack was one of twenty
| five members of the Runaways wAo went
| to Glymont. 1t had been arranged to go
! to Quantico. but engine trouble resulted
| in a stop at Glymont. and while there
several of the members cast their lines
| for any kind of fish they could get
Fish, shouted Gus Voigt pulling out
| large perch. and his luck induced
| Mack Sparrough to get busy. Perch
weighing as much as one and a half
| pounds were caught, and Mack Spar
| rough just couldn't remain away from
| there.
| Wednesday afternoon he went to ely
mont and found it necessary to sleep
| in the woods in order to be on the river
| bright and early in the morning.
And 1 was well paid for the incon-
| venience." he stated.
| Batting with bloodworms, the angler
landed fortytwo white perch that
weighed from one to one and half
! pounds and a dozen catfish.
The perch looked very much like the
| big North Carolina fish that We're shipped
| caught them in the deep water short
distance off the wharf
j. Z. buckingham arranged a trip
to Benedict for Dr. Randall Parson.
Thomas Collins and Arthur Sellinger
shortly after o'clock in the morning
and enjoyed the early morning ride
through Prince Georges and Charles
counties, reaching the patuxent river
| early enough to get at the sport he
| fore sunrise.
Doc Parsons and Cutie" Sellinger
carried off the honors catching toad
fish. more commonly known about
Benedict as Ihog feed" said Bucking-
ham.
But" he added. they also caught
some large croakers and trout"
Some of the trout caught by the quar-
tet weighed much as two and one
half pounds, not as large as they had
croakers tipped the scales at consider
ably more than two pounds.
next month" stated Veteran Buck
ingham. we expect to get some large
rock at Benedict
Rudy Hornbach and wife and w. L.
Bailey and wife motored to Benedict
and tried their luck at salt water fish
FIFTY pounds of fish was their
catch" stated friend who saw the
display.
Not only did they catch trout, croak-
ers and perch" the friend added. but
they caught four tailors. the first of
the season, and they did not escape
catching a score of toad fish"
Ed Terry and Howard Fisk, motoring
through lower Maryland, made side
r,,n to Benedict and remained long
enough to get a string of fish to bring
home.
1--WE fshed only a short time" said
one of the anglers ''and caught forty
eight trout, rockfish and croakers."
Walter Whitson took Edgar Clarkson
and Herbert Vaughan to Rock Point last
Sunday. They were not able to get start !