Evening star., 1914-09-26

1.-THE upper Potomac is full of small
mouth bass" declared fisherman who
has been spending considerable time
angling in the vicinity Of Weverton, Md,
and Harpers Ferry. But they are not
biting as freely as they should There
is so much food in the water that they
do not take to the bait offered by the
fishermen. Just as soon as the water
gets real cool and the grass in the
river has died there will be better sport,
and l believe some record catches will
be- made.
! A number of fishermen went after the
game bass last Sunday. and some good
catches were made Unless the water
| becomes muddy it is expected. good sport
will also be enjoyed tomorrow. =
Karl Achterkirchen caught his second
| large Small-mouth bass of the season
last Sunday, when with Capt. John Hur-
ley he fished at Weverton and Sandy
Hook. Karl went to the fishing grounds
minus his stringer, and when he lanoed
two bass weighing about two pounds
each he was in a quandary what to do
with them. A boatman suggested putting
them on piece of fishing line. This
over the side of the boat. short time
later the fisherman had landed five
smaller bass. He pulled up the line on
which he had placed the larger ones, in
|
he discovered his two best had disap-
peared. The line had apparently caught
on the rocks and was cut, allowing the
bass to escape. ..--
hawser," said Capt. Hurley, land the
fish cannot get off of it..
| Capt Hurley landed twenty-one bass
on the days outing, the largest of which
weighed about two pounds.
| Patrick Riordan and w. f. Dulin spent
last Sunday at Crowley's eddy. and re-
turned to Washington with five good
bass.
Fred Thomas landed three-pound
bass at Monocacy last Sunday, while
Z. Helmuth and F. Smith, employees of
the bureau of engraving and printing.
who fished the same day at Washington
Junction. came home with strung of
twenty bass.
Ward Savage, W. E. Dulin and Capt.
John Hurley gave the bass a run Thurs
day at Weverton. After spending the
day on the water, the fishermen returned
to the city with twelve bass Ward
Savage landed the biggest when he
pulled in one weighing one and a half
pounds, but Capt. Hurley caught the
most. getting nine of the string.
Seven hundred perch and rockfish were
caught in Mattawoman creek several
days ago by party of fishermen VINO
went 10 tne nSnlnS ground on Wll
Towers cabin boat. Lorence L. Those
in the party were John Towers, J. B.
Nicholson. Samuel Cornwell. Norman
Houghton, Shelby Speake, Guy Miller,
Garrett Mothershead and Maynard Hen
son.
Fish of various species were caught
| Tuesday about fifteen miles off Atlantic
City by A. J. Sahdala, NJ. Samaha and
r. Moghabghab, according to report
received here from Mr.. Sahdala
Mr.. Sahdala goes to Harvey Cedar, N.
J.. each September for the channel
bass fishing. but when he arrived at
| Atlantic City Tuesday he decided to
try deep sea fishing. Under command
of an old boatman. who declared he
| knew where the best fishing ground
could be found, the party went to a
place where an old wreck lies. The
spot was located after about an hours 8
search by throwing lines and heavy
sinkers over into the water, which
caught in the wreck. The fishermen
hardly had their. lines and bait into
the water before the fish began to bite.
Some of the fish. Mr.. Sahdala states.
were so heavy that they could not be
pulled out as they went under the
wreck. The fishermen were then