Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

and William wynkoop took holiday long
| enough to go to Glen Echo and catch a
string of fish.
We only got two small-mouth bass"
said Mack, but you know bass don't
bite freely on the full of the moon. Wyn-
koop caught one bass with a madtom,
and I caught one with crab
The afternoon catch included the two
bass. twenty-five Mississippi catfish and
seventeen tobacco boxes or sunperch.
Edgar Sterrick. Tom Malone, Austin
Savage and Tom Hughes were four of
the hundred or more anglers who were
at Colonial Beach Sunday.
I'VE went early to avoid the rush, y
. said Austin Savage reached the Beach
Saturday night and fished from the pier
People laughed at us for gshing from
the wharf, because, they said. it was
chiids play.
But he added. they did not know
that we were catching bait for use the
next day. You know the old saying. the
early bird catches the worm Well. we
were the early birds. and we were
catching fish while others were seeking
bait
Tom Lyles caught the largest fish of
any member of the party. trout that
weighed three and one-half pounds, while
Austin Savage caught the smallest,
minnow not more than one inch long.
But give him his dues" said Sterrick,
"he caught toadfish and something
else
is stated, was the largest fish caught
near No. 10 buoy that day.
Tommy Wright, Fred Geyer and
George O'Brien went to the vicinity of
Glymont Saturday afternoon as guests
of Jacob Horn aboard his launch
Sport The quartet remained on the
river until Monday afternoon and land
ed about as fine lot of white perch,
it is said, as Washington sportsmen
have ever seen.
1--WE half filled a flour barrel" de-
clared Tommy Wright, VINO was en-
thusiastic over the catch.
1t is estimated that the catch aggre-
gated about 500 fish. The largest OF
the fish weighed twenty-three ounces,
and fully $50. of them weighed more
than a pound apiece. Peelers and
bloodworms were used as bait.
The water was brackish. the anglers
said, and a few crabs were caught.
Most of the fish were caught about
100 yards off the Upper Glymont wharf
near where a boat filled with oysters
went down several years ago.
w. c. Money was one of the Labor
day fishermen at Point of Rocks. There
were other anglers fishing near MIN
and others some distance away. but ne
was unable to tell what they caught.
Il got an even Dozen" said Money.
displaying an attractive string oil game
SterS.
Charles w Mccartney, commander of
Miles Camp, Spanish War Veterans. and
! Joseph Stone were at Aqua creek sun
, day and Monday on their annual fishing
trip. Their catch totaied s'xty-four
Last year Mccartney caught more than
forty pounds of fish. he says. while his
records of previous years have been al
most as good.
r. H. Kaiser was at Tran. melIs Sum
| day and Monday.
| Il was on the river all day Sunday
he said. land didn't get a, strike. The
water was in good condition and I had
| can't understand"
| Monday morning the sportsman was
on the river before sunrise, he said, and
remained most of the day, landing two
/ bass
But one of them weighed three
/ pounds he said, and I felt that I was
rewarded for my wait
| Ben H. johnson of the first police pre-
cinct. the most enthusiastic angler in
the precinct, has gone to Richmond, Va,
| to visit his relatives. He started late
Wednesday afternoon in order to stop
\ .
| Charlie Porter and Ringgold Hart were
among the anglers who spent Labor
day on the river at Trammell's Tn.
did not find the sport as exciting as
usual. they say, AMI ,nly managed to
get three bass.
| James F. Koran anr his son Gus mo-
tored to Coltons Labc- day and enioved
splendid sport. They were on the river
only part of the day. they said. but
they caught fully a bushel of fish. many
Of them large trout.
! Father and son returned from their
outing Monday night In time to visit
friends and relatives and distribute their
| fish.
! Arrangements have been made for the
Runaways to go to Aqua creek tomorrow
morning aboard the Gamble. W. 0.
/ a member of the party. as he is MEM
Der of fishing party on she lower
Potomac.
| 1t is probable that about three dozen
members of the club will be on hand
| tomorrow, and 1t is expected that Some
large perch and rockfish will be brought
| to the city on the return trip.
| DR.. H. Clay Bradley, H. l.. Jones and
Lemuel Griffiths had remarkably good
luck on a recent trip to Colonial Beach.
They did their fishing near buoy No. 20,
and were on the river not more than two
hours. they said, and landed thirty-two
pounds of trout and spots.
! How It Happened.