Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-04

White perch are running in the Poto-
mac in the vicinity Of the city. and
anglers are happy. Last SUNDAY the
perch made their appearance for the
first time this season. and while only
about a score of them We're caught in the
was great enough to let the fishermen
know they We're here.
Reports from Aqua creek neishbor-
hood told the anglers that thousands of
rockfish were caught in seines this week,
and the fact that they are SO nearby. the
fishermen say. presages an early season
for the anne fish with rod and line.
Hickory Jacks have been seen in the
state, and their presence means that
white perch are not far away. so that
, when the perch were caught last sun
dav it did not surprise the sportsmen.
Indictment weather this week lnterfered
with sportsmen and prevented many OF
them from trying their luck. THOSE VINO
| braved the weather, however, reported
success.
Good weather tomorrow will serve to
attract a great many anglers to the
river. reports from all sections or the
river. indicating that fish are getting
plentiful and are taking bait. Many
anglers will visit the creeks down the
| river some going as far as AQUA creek
and others stopping at -Four Mlie run
| Hunting creek or Occoquan bay, while
the majority OF them VIII seek sport Oh
| the upper river.
scores of fishermen who care only for
| bass fishing have put aside their tackle
| and will do no moe fishing until Decora-
| ton day. the opening Of the summer sea-
| son for bass. The spring season. closed
| Tuesday night. the last day Of March.
and anglers say the past season was by
no means good one. .
Anglers say that scarcely dozen small
mouth bass are caught in the waters OF
the District in the course of year While
larSe-mouth bass are fairly plentiful at
times Most of the fishing tor them is
done at the tidal basin IN the spring and
fall. although late in the fall many bass
Of TIE la, se-mouth variety a: c caught IN
! Little river.
G. Howard Ritter of the bureau of fish
cries surprised his Washington friends by
! telling them that live mice furnish sp.en-
did bait for smail-moItA bass.
Up in Pennsyl ana. in the vicinity Of
Readins' said the enthusiastic usher
| man, we fish with mice. ] recall using
| mice several years ago and having great
sport.
Il had had several strikes and the bass
had killed my bait he said and ! bait
ed with anothe. lively mouse. Presently
along came a big fish and took the bait.
and when | had played the monster about
the rocks severa! minutes I got in po-
siI!on T." land. when suddenly ] cXpe-
rienccd all attack of buck fever.
The angler said the attack of fever
ohhed him of MS strength and made him
nervous. and he lost both bait and fish.
Mack Spa~rough has not lost much
time on the river since the white perch
put in an appearance. and with him each
time this week was William Wynkoop,
another enthusiast with rod and line
Il don't understand why the perch
kept away from my halt commented
Mack when he returned from a trip to
Lock Cove Thursday afternoon. Tine
perch were there. for others caught them.
but all the afternoon l was unable to
GET dozen of them.
The two anglers made several interest
ing catches OF Mississippi catfish bow
oyer the largest OF them. A nlne-poundcr.
ci,- .arch, by y ynkoop. Tomorrow
~" ANGLERS ey.ect L, make 'kliilnG-
Austin Savage has revived the song.
.Ts.d Tou Ever See Tadpole Turn to a
Frog"
| \ tadpole that happened to be found
in the anglers bait bucket was taken
home and nut in an aquarium Savage
declares he watched the little fish from
dav to day and says 1t finally turned to
a frog. ;a,,,, ~.
The frog grew rather rapidly the the
from the water and followed member
Of tho family through the room.
And" he added 81 believe the frog
was able to distinguish members OF the
frog would be killed if permitted to
roam about the house, put IT BACK
into the aquarium and rsed piece or
wire screen TO prevent 1t from again
"lnf," he concluded. she poor little
thing was swallowed by gold fish.
George Johnson says it's great stunt
10 have a days sport on the river and
make the fish pay expenses: johnson
and George Spriggs took a holiday Tues
Iay and went TO the iCinity of the
tirst lock. near where the feeder
empties into the canal
Early in the day there was not much
doing. the anglers stated but about
Gus The anglers took lantern and
bells with them to use after wark. and
the iinglins of the bells made the sport
interesting.
so fast did the Mississippi catfish bite
after dark thai they were kept busy
Getting the fish in.
Returning to the city with about as
many fish as they could carry. Johnson
suggested that they send their pastors
and church friends enough for dinner.
out Sprisgs thought an easr way TO
tighten their burden would be to dis
pose of part of. the catch.
And we sold 81 worth of fish"
said Johnson. Each took 81 and
bunch of fish. and that beat giving the
fish the parson.
The surprise of the week came from
Chesapeake Beach. 1t was that J. F..
Donald. manager Of the resort, had made
a catch of two of the largest rockfish ever
caught there with hook and line. One of
the fish weighed nineteen pounds while
the othcr weighed fourteen pounds.
Last season number of large fish We're
caught near Plum point. few miles
south Of the bay resort, and many OF
them were caught at the beach. but it
remained for Manager Donald to break
the record Yesterday morning.
The big fish We're caught short dis
tance from the end of the long pier. the
angler. enga piny in the snort from a boat