Evening star., 1914-10-10

[RTY BASS CAUGHT AT MILLvILLE.
Several anglers trolled the Severn river
and landed number of rockfish.
Chesapeake bay in the vicinity Of Ches-
apeake Beach, is offering all sorts of in
ducements to anglers.
"Fishing was never better here than 1t
is now," John E. Donald stated. land
they are being caught from boats and
from the pier
Tailers, reported scarce at most places
accessible to Washington sportsmen,
are said to be biting freely in the Vi
cinity Of Chesapeake Beach. Rockfish
Donald, the fish are taking all kinds OF
bait-bloodworms. cut spots and soft
crabs.
Crabs are plentiful in the vicinity Of
the resort, something unusual, 1t is
stated. for so late in the season. They
are more plentiful now than they were
during the summer season. 1t Is stated,
and it is probable that number O!
Washington sportsmen Will be on mana
tomorrow to try their luck.
Aquia creek has furnished interesting
sport to a number of Washingtonlans
the past two weeks. Not only did many
of the sportsmen land strings OF nsh, II
is reported. but some OF them man man,
enough to make their stay ENJOYABLE
Capt. William Mitchell, U. s. A., was
one Of the numerous sportsmen at Se-
gar farm, and during his ten-day stay
he landed long strings of bass. pick
erel. grunters and tailers. He also got
his share Of birds and few wlio
ducks.
guests at Segar farm, had an ENJOYABLE
pickerel and string of large yeiiow
perch. William B. Crapster. William A.
Domer and John R. Sturgis were among
those who were at Aqua for week
end outing, and they succeeoeo III
catching fish.
Charles R. Holman and Edward A.
Strachan are enjoying the fall days at
their log cabin at Aquia creek. ana: I'm. IN.
ON the river fishing and cunning
Holman was at the cabin on week
end outing. He enjoyed catcnlng
string of fish and seeing strings OF
fish that were caught by others Fri
day he landed number of fish, but the
weather was so warm that he was
unable to bring them home
But the ones / caught Saturday were
in good condition when reached
His string included seventeen pike,
the largest weighing two pounds: ana
six bass The heaviest bass weighed
two and one-half pounds.
Capt. Leo McKenney. in command OF
the power schooner D. P. Mulford. on a
two-week outing had as his guests
James M. Tennesson, Oliver, Oliver s. w stTne' Wai
ker. all enthusiastic anglers from
| Alexandria,.
| were visited and numerous sooo
I'VE found the best fishing in the
vicinity of Rock Point said Mr..
The anglers tried their luck near
! Nomini last Saturday afternoon ana
landed a string OF approximately eeS-
enty-nve rockfish.
Hugh A. A. Kane. Charlie Porter.
Ringgold Hart. Al Buchler. Sam
Rothschilds and Frank P. HALL were on
/ jington and Georgetown channels one
afternoon on a fishing trip. Some OF
| the party had experienced luck there
only a few days before. it Is said. and
they promised their friends string
of rockflsh.
strike. He hung a big rockfish and
got it within a few inches OF the boat
when the fish got glimpse OF the
gathering Of anglers and qulckiy ois.
Hugh Kane's colored porter. who was
aboard the craft to look after his en-
ployer's comfort, was the only one IN
| the party who landed a rockfsh. He
| caught two fish at one time ana one
| at another.
And all the boss could catch was an
EEL" he said.
Tuesday afternoon Kane and Porter
returned to the river and caught six.
teen rockfish, Porter landing one tnat
weighed five pounds. The following 6
afternoon Ringgold Hart and AL. Buch-
Ter Joined Porter and Kane In a trip
to the river, and the quartet landed
more than q dozen fish.
Paul Baur and John Nau went to
Great Falls Sunday morning equipped
with bait to catch a string of Missis-
to make a killing" that they started
long before breakfast time and had
their lines wet before many other
anglers had made a start.
The two anglers were successful SO far
as numbers were concerned. but dur
ing the morning hours they did not
| land big fish. In the afternoon Baur
landed fsh that weighed fully seven
with the smaller ones.
No more Ash were in evidence, the
anglers said, and they made prepara-
tions to return home.
lJokingly, "but did not pull up the fish
The big fish had severed the line and
| enabled the others to gain their free
DOM"
Bob Sussan and Harry Pyemont were
in the vicinity Of the railroad bridge
| that crosses Eastern branch near the
District line Sunday afternoon. Many
branch was a favorite place with ang-
lers and new, the anglers say, fishing