Evening star., 1914-11-07

Savage returned from Millvt1le Thurs
day night with a string OF twenty-five
bass. A. H. Sahdala, who was a MEM
Der Of the party. remained In tho coun-
try to enjoy a cunning trip in tho
mountains.
we didn't catch all the f,sh we
brought back admitted Hurley. but
did catch eight of them
| The anglers reported that the water
was extremely low and entirely too
clear for fishing.
| what is needed to make the fishing
good" one of them said. 'is a good
| rain"
One Of the eight fish caught by the
sportsmen weighed three pounds.
! There were not many anglers at Rock
point for weekend outing. Sydney
E. Mudd. who was elected to Congress
! from that district. was there. and with
him were Adrian Posey. one OF the re-
publican leaders in Charles county.
and F. e. Cooksey.
| Charles C. Lancaster and George W.
C. Lancaster. his son. of this city. and
James s. Grove and son of Alexandria
were there Sunday. They enjoyed an
| oyster roast
| r. P. Andrews. r. o. Beene, A Nc
| Sween and jerry South were at Rock
point On fishing expedition. They
did not experience much luck. however.
although reports from there this week
we're to the effect that the fish are still
1
Dove Poole. Guy Wheaton and ]. E.
Buckingham went to Aqua creek. Va.
| early Sunday morning and did their
best to land a string of plymouth bass
| But only one bass came our way"
said Buckingham, "and we got that"
A string of pike and perch proved q
satisfactory catch. however. and the
anglers expect to pay Aqua creek an
other visit this fall.
| Charlie Fletcher and Jim Collins took
a trip up the canal last Sunday and
tried their luck for bass. They stopped
| at Stuhblef1eld falls and remained long
enough to land a feur-pound bass and
four others that averaged about two
pounds each. They also caught a num-
Der OF Mississippi catfish.
Several members of the Greenleaf
Fishing Club made an early start SUM-
day morning and landed at Piscataway
long before noon. Jim Crupper was the
only member of the party who tried his
luck with rod and line. however. and
he landed four bass.
Charles G. Royle spent q pleasant
week end at Occoquan. He caught four
large bass and the fish were alive when
he reached home. The family bath tub
was used as the home for the fish until
they were wanted for dinner.
Bog Susan and Harry Pyemont. who
seldom neglect an opportunity to &c
fishing, were on the Eastern branch
near the District line Sunday morning
They went there expecting they would
catch a few bass, but not a single fish
Of that species was seen.
There are plenty of small bass in the
J branch" said Joe Baur, a friend of the
, two anglers, "and thousands of them
| have to be taken from nets when hauls
are made for bait
Sussan and Pyemont, however, caugh,
plenty of perch.
!, Will Baur and HIS friend Curry ished
the branch above the bridge Sunday
morning. They caught a number o1
pike and perch, but no bass. They land
ed one exceptionally large pike.
: George Johnson and his son Vernon
fishing near the tidal basin Tuesday
: caught two carp. The larger Of the
, fish weighed niue pounds. while the
smaller one weighed five pounds.
i Arthur Gleason Is one of many an
glefs who have spent much of the tim,
along the wall of the tidal basin thi,
week. He caught one fish each night
t he said, and was satisfied.
But" he said, Il was unable to un
derEtand bow one fisherman expert
/ enced such great luck. He would come
, between two of US who were not catch.
ing much and pick out several FISH. He
caught as many as twenty-five nsh ont
. night"