Evening star., 1914-10-24

rockfish weighing seventeen and
three-quarter pounds. caught with rod
and line, was displayed by H. w
Byers, one of Washingtton's most en-
thusiastic Waltonites, on his return
trip from Plum point last Sunday aft
ernoon. Howard Topham. who accom-
panied him on the trip, was able to
show a rockfish that weighed a little
short of eight pounds.
Plum point is only a few miles south
of Chesapeake Beach and isreached by
launch or conveyance over the road. 1t
is said to be one of the best fishing
spots along the Maryland coast OF
Chesapeake bay, and there are a mum
ber Of anglers in this city who are able
to recall successful efforts made there
Byers and Popham landed a dozen or
more fish other than the two big ones
the others weighing from one to five
pounds.
And we caught them fishing from
the wharf," said Byers.
Saturday night, when the anglers
were not fishing, but were enjoying the
sight of the broad expanse of water
with an occasional Pickering nsh.
showing from a boat some distance
from shore, they heard big rockfish
breaking.
ut seemed as If there were thousands
OF rockhsh playing about in the bay
Byers said, "and 1 suppose we should
nave given them a trial at that time
d oud we @ had been fishing during the day
| All the rockfish were caught or
dworms. A short distance out from
shore, the anglers stated. trout were
plenti1ul. 1t Is necessary to have a
boat in order to reach the place where
trout are caught, 1t is stated, and
anglers who go there at this season
have to take bait with them.
Fish have not disappeared from the
Patuxent river" said Elmer Schroth
when he returned from a weekend trir
aboard Capt. Billy Hettinger's Launch
wilma; we got forty trout and one
rockhsh In a few minutes. But don.t
Capt Hettinger had as his guests
Elmer Schroth. William DAILY and
Charles Norris. They started from
Mount Calvert Saturday afternoon
but at Long point the Wilma came
in contact with mud bank that had
been almost barred by the low tide and
1t was not until the tide changed that
the craft f1oated.
The change in the tide brought high
water enough to release the craft. and
the captain and his guests were soon
on their way in the direction of Bene-
dlct. An enjoyable trip on the salt
water ended at Mount Calvert Sundav "
afternoon in time to catch the home,
ward Chesapeake Beach train.
Capt. Tony Schroth. aboard his launch
Norman. with Will Trumbo as engineer
anu pilot, ana Maj. Z. H. Neumeyer as
MS guest, made run down the river
and stopped at several places to give
plymouth bass fishing a trial.
II mad been the intention of Capt.
Schroth and his guest to go as far as
the Wicomico river, and stop at Rock
point and Bushwood, where fishermen
have had fine sport this season. but a
change In the plans was made and they
made Aqua creek their destination.
The anglers fshed at Chappawamsic,
Aqua creek, Piscataway creek and
other places. They failed to find many
bass. however, but did land plenty Of
perch and other small fish.
never tires of fishing, was one of a
number of disappointed anglers who
started on the Harpers Ferry excursion
train Sunday morning to enjoy days
sport. danger signal at Silver
Spring warned the engineer of trouble
ahead. and it was learned that a freight
train up the road had obstructed traffic
The train returned to Washington,
made a round trip to Hyattsville and
finally got started on it's way to Har-
pers Ferry by way of Relay.
Plenty of car ride for the money"
commented the angler, but not much
time for fishing.
Most of the scale bait that was car
ried from here by the anglers died be-
fore Harpers Ferry was reached, and
the ride was 80 ttresome, said the vet
eran angler, that fishing did not at
ford much pleasure.
But" he added, Il was on the river
Ilong enough to get one bass"
Patrick Riordan and John Mccarthy
Iwere at Great Falls last Sunday. The
lformer fished above the dam and got
three fish, while the latter fished be-
Tween the dam and the falls and man
aged to get single bass.
HI'm satisfied that there are plenty of
bass between the dam and the falls. "
said Mr.. Riordan, "and I'm going to
fish there until I get some of them. j
lost a monster there last year, and I'll
not be satisfied until I get big one
from that part of the river"
Riordan thinks that Millville, a few
place in this section for bass fishing
It is necessary to have a good boat
man, however, he stated. in order to
have good sport.
Il fished there three days in Septem-
ber several years ago." he said, land
caught twenty bass the first day, three
the next and twenty-three the third
day."
I'm sorry Col. Hurley and his party
had so much trouble last Sunday get
ting home,'' wrote a boatman at Rock
point, but the next time he comes
down We'll give him an oyster roast
that will make him forget his troubles
There were not many anglers at
Rock point last Sunday. but the few
who were there managed to catch fish
enough to make the going worth while
L. E. Major. E. S. Maxwell, w. N
Dunning. E r. Wolf and F. NJ. Get
tings were among those who caught
nsh. They were at Rock point three
days, fished each day and enjoyed oys.
ter roasts on the shore.
'It was the most wonderful day
ever spent on the river" was Miltor
Kaufmans comment on a weekend triI
to Rock point. There was something
of interest going on every minute The
roads were in fine condition. the wealth.
er could not have been better and we
caught plenty of fish,
C. b. Stokes. w. c. Stokes and H ]
Breslau were the other members o.
the party. The four members of the
lparty got started about O'Clock Sun.
r1ov poorpiDp had IN ke dofo,,r ~