Evening star., 1914-11-21
mont, that they interfere with TIN
other and better fish,"

mont, that they interfere with the
other and better fish,"
William R. Wood Of the street clean
ing service is spending his vacation
season in the vicinity of Pope creek
Charles county. Md, where he Is en-
joying both cunning and fishing.
syss at foPs Rock po the
sportsman made a successful catch OF
rockfsh and some smaller varieties OF
fish
"I know about the fish," said one of
his friends. who had just finished
dinner Of baked rockfish.
And that's not ALL" he added. He
sent me big goose. The goose had
been shot and the fish showed evidences
wild geese must be plentiful in the
vicinity Of Pope creek" remarked
Charlie Mullen. angler and gunner, who
| Moler Anderson. engineer on the Pope
creek railroad. who killed four big
gese one afternoon.
Anderson is said to be one Of the
best shots in southern Maryland. He
is also said to be successful angler.
His launch J. NJ. A. is kept at anchor
| age near this city. and several times
during the season the captain enter
the creeks below the city.
None of the Washington anglers has
| ANYTHING on N. L. Pulliam." remarked
w. p. Bowie Thursday morning after
he had seen the enthusiastic sportsman
with string of bass and heard OF his
al1-night experience on the wall at the
tidal basin.
"A man who would remain on the riv-
er all night" Bowie added, "is GER
tain1y an enthusiast"
Pulliam has caught fish and shot game
in all parts of the country. 1t is stated.
ing. Thursday morning when he left
the basin he ha" one bass that weighed
nearly five pounds. His next largest
| fish weighed two and half pounds.
Patrick Riordan was one Of the en-
| thusiastic anglers who faced the mis-
! cradle weather Sunday and went to
the river for a days outing. He went
to Trammell's and fished all day.
"And not fish did I catch,' said the
angler. II didn't even get strike.
but man fishing not far from me
| got beauty"
The angler attributed his failure to
catch fish to the bait He thinks II
| he had had a few madtoms he would
| have made q catch.
"Just three years ago last Sunday"
he said, Il caught twenty-five bass at
| M
proper bait ! would have caught some
! last Sunday
| Charles Simons. Dick Peed and Mack
Sparrough returned from Aqua creek,
| Va, Sunday night with an attractive
display of plymouth bass, pike and
yellow perch.
I'VE caught seven bass that weighed
more than three pounds each" said
Sparrough. land eight others Weigh-
fn
| Their string was made up OF the bass.
fourteen pike and thirty-seven yellow
perch The nike avera ged two pounds
and the perch weighed about twelve
ounces apiece. ,,
"Aauia creek said Sparrough. us
Ian attractive place for fishermen. II
Is accessible and bait is easily obtained
and when a fellow can go fishing with
out the trouble Of nursing bait he Is
| fortunate.
Drawing the inclement weather sun
day morning, n. y. Mock. who has
made number of good catches tmis
season, was on hand at Trammells
early in the morning. He was not
alone, however for several other en-
thusiasts were on the river near MN.
although he probably made the best
csrha The Ga largest s OF Of three fish he landed
weighed four and one-half pounds and
measured nineteen inches from tip to
tip. He caught two smaller nsh.
Will REYNOLDS is tired Of fishing. He
started fishing early in the season.
made a number Of good catches, later
caught a number of large rockhsh and
bass and now he is spending much OF
| his SPARE time getting his new ooas IN
readiness for ducking trips
| During the past week Reynolds was
on the river between this city and Four
Mile run. He killed a number OF small
{e, hi int
| after mallards as soon as the weather
gets cold enough to make the sport IN
teresting. .,
marked one Of his friends. us coon
hunting. He goes from here to the Blue
| Ridge mountains on coon hunts and
generally remains away until he gets
q dozen or more
Friends of Timothy L. Costello, De-
tective James E Armstrong and Desk
| Sergt. Sylvester Murphy We're disap-
pointed yesterday at not getting game
that had been promised snem; ,a,,
! eff we had been good Shots, explain
ed Murphy, "our friends would have
| been remembered. but when three poor
i marksmen see wagonioad of game
and only get enough ahnm.s. Tor meal the
, The three gunners were In Prince
Georges county, Md, near Forestville.
| for three days. and when they ended
| their cunning trip tney ndu nIteen TaD-
| bits. one quail, six squirrels and two
woodpeckers. Costello killed the birds.
F.. G.. Sullivan, a travelling salesman
| from New York, has accepted John w.
HurIey's invitation to accompany him
aFve done lots of fishing in my
time" Sullivan told his prospective
host. "but have not experienced the
| thrill Of catching a small-mouth bass j"
| Sullivan related his story Of the cap
a! ture Of a big fish while on trip to
one Of the great lakes not long ago.
Unable to catch any hsh, he said. he
nut away his tackle and strolled along
! the shore some distance from the hotel
| where he was staying.
| presently I saw a big fsh playing
about on the top Of the water" he
] said land a stone hurled at it did not
| miss the mark. / got the fish and took