Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-03

| Local anglers have no cause for COM
plant this season. Fish of various
kinds are plentiful and some big
catches are being made.
And the best of it, said Hugh A.
Kane, when he returned from trip to
| the point of the channels one after
noon this week, sis that the fish are so
close at hand.
Whats the use of going long
distance from home when you have
fish right at your own door," he asked.
| 1t was only last year that the sports
man became an enthusiastic angler. his
| friends assert, and now he is usually
able to more than hold his own when
out with a party Of Waltonites.
One day last week Kane was men,
| Der or a party of anglers who flshed
near the meeting of the Washington
and Georgetown channels, but there
were so many in the party that not
| much luck was experienced, and later
Kane had a boatman take him there
to try his luck alone.
Charlie Porter, who had been mem
Der of the large party of anglers,
called to make an engagement with his
friend for quiet trip and was sur
| terday and got eighteen rockf1sh."
Kane says that accompanying a
| large party on a fishing trip is like
too many cooks spelling the broth. ="
plymouth bass are being caught in
large numbers. They are to be found
| in the river and Eastern branch all the
way from the vicinity of Chain bridge
to the numerous large creeks below
| Alexandria and as far up the branch
as Bladensburg.
James B. Raleigh. pilot on the Fire
fighter. is given credit for having
thus far this season. Boarding his
| launch. Sylvia II, Raleigh sped to a
point near the railroad bridge over the
Potomac and did his fishing in deep
water.
Raleigh's catch was forty fish. He
| started fishing with three rods. he said.
and the fish came in such numbers
that he found it necessary to lay aside
| caught fifteen fish. and several other
catches have been made by him since
| that time.
| were on the river last Sunday and all
three caught fish. John w. Hurley,
ST., was at Sandy Hook after bass,
John W., jr., was at Rock Point after
| Weverton. not far from where his
father fished.
| John W.. jr.. made the largest catch,
and his father has arranged to go to
|
fort to duplicate his sons catch. The
successful son went to Rock Point
with John Barry. John Coffey. Robert
Clendenning, Raymond Barry and
o'clock in the morning and reaching
Stonestreet's in time for breakfast
An early start for the fishing grounds
put the six anglers near Swans Point
before 9 o'clock. and wit htheir sup
ply of peelers obtained from a Rock
| Point fisherman, they soon had the
fish coming their way. Early in the
afternoon the sportsmen abandoned
| the fishing game and went ashore with
! a count of 125 perch, forty-two trout
and thirty-one rockfsh
| A number of small spots and other
fish were not included in the count, but
Hurley insisted that the one tailor he
caught be counted.
| 1T was not such big fish," he said.
but it did more fighting than the big
rockfish and trout
| John W. Hurley, ST., went to Viewer
ton Saturday afternoon. spent two
hours on the river and caught two
fish. Early Sunday morning. accom-
panied by boatman, he made his way
| to Sandy Hook to fish the holes in
which the big fish are supposed to
spend much of their time, he stated
And most of them are still there,
he added, for l did not catch many of
the big ones.'
1Hc louHu tHat the HSn uIQ
not take the bait and show as much
life as they usually show at this sea-
son. many of them refusing to make
a second run.
But I got one three-pounder." he
enough for any angler to take from
| the river"
On the river only a short distance
away were Walter Hurley and Arthur
Bauer. 1t was their first effort at
! a IL haS oil
though the two amateur sportsmen
caught only one fish, they are more
than anxious to make another attempt,
Hurley caught the lone fish; ..
land 1 got the fish. We had a dozen
more strikes. but the fish managed
to get away
IF Papa Hurley had been there tc
Raymond Barry. Walter would have
made showing"
E. P. Hazleton, R. H. Doyle. w R.
Adams. F. c. McCathran. Charles Dietz
jr., George Barnett and Guy Nicely
Rock Point last Sunday. They motor,
ed to the resort early in the day, made
a killing" and had a shore dinner
i The anglers took a supply of soft
crabs with them from the city. board
ed q launch at the point and soon
anchored near No. 10 buoy
4 And it was not many minutes be-
fore the fish were in evidence" said
Frank McCathran. I'VE had splendid
that weighed from four to sever
pounds. but other anglers came neal
us and made so much noise that we
had to make change"
\ Leaving the place where the fish ha6
been SO much in evidence, the anglers
went to the vicinity of buoy Is. They
were not followed there by others. they
said, and there was no noise to inter.
fere with them.
II The anglers landed about $50 pounds
Of fish. Several trout weighing more
than five pounds each were among the
catch. and Charles Dietz caught the
largest rock landed by the party, q
fish that weighed more than foul
pounds.
The blowing of distress call an6
the vigorous ringing of a fog horr
; failed to attract assistance to a party
of fishermen near the mouth of Malta.
woman creek last Sunday morning
Carl Dentler, Frank Williamson, Leon
ard Ogden and Austin Savage were tn,
: anglers aboard the disabled launch
They labored with the engine and othel
! accessories and did their best to reacl
: IChappawamsic, where they intended t.
fish for bass, but fate was agains
Them and they did their fishing wher,