Evening star., 1914-07-18

Bass fishermen are taking advantage
of the clear water in the upper Potomac
and Shenandoah rivers and having more
sport than usual. Plenty OF large fish
have been caught during the past week or
ten days. and anglers have every reason
to expect a continuance of the sport.
Several five-pounders were caught dui
ing the past week. and Wilder P. Mont
gomery. fishing at Harpers Ferry. land
ed one that weighed one ounce over Ave
pounds.
And SO anxious was he to have the
catch made a matter of record" stated
w. w. Martin of Mountain View Hotel.
that he had its weight attested before
a notary public"
Between the river and the notary's
office. however, the fish lost one ounce
in weight.
There are plenty large bass in both
rivers near Harpers Ferry" stated the
successful angler. and al lthat is neces-
sary Is to know the locations of the
holes and use big bait
IF you want big fish," he advised.
you must have large bait
The angler has done considerable fish
ing in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry for
fully twenty-five years, he states. and
he thinks the fish are about as plentiful
there as they are on any other part of
the river.
Saltwater fishermen are also having
fine sport. The fish came little earlier
this season than usual 1t Is reported.
and when the water up the river is mud
dy there is an exodus toward the lower
Potomac and Patuxent rivers.
Chapel Point is still popular with the
lovers of the sport. 1t is within range
of automobilists. and is not a long run
down the river. Edward ]. Quinn. who
spends most of his summers at the point.
has been there for the past month. and
Monday he was a member of a party
that landed long string of fish.
Members Of the party Included MI Mr;
family. John Widmayer and family.
George Gipon and family and Misses
May, BERTHE and Elsie Jarboe. Capts.
Twiford and Jarboe were the sailors in
charge of the craft used.
Early in the morning the boat steamed
out of Port Tobacco creek in the direc-
tion of Matthias Point light, anchoring
where the captains felt sure they would
the bait and made the party of anglers
happy. They caught white perch and
rockfish.
John W. Hurley returned from his
last weekend outing with a string OF
his boatman caught the fish near Sandy
Hook and Weverton Saturday and Sun
day, the largest of the catch weighing
four pounds. Eighteen of the fish were
caught Saturday, and a dozen were land
ed Sunday.
II always thought it was a joke about
John Hurley catching fish, was what
one of his friends on the train said
hasn't got a fine string of them today"
The veteran explained that there are
ways and ways of fishing.
"One way" he stated, lis to sit up all
night and play poker and go home and
say there was nothing doing. That's not
the way 1 fish,"
The sportsman experienced such good
luck on his weekend outing that he re-
turned to the river Wednesday afternoon
and fished all day Thursday.
And l got enough for Fridays dinner
for several families" he stated.
Zeb Clark no longer has to depend upon
hired boats to take him to nearby or
ong-distance places where he enjoys fish
ing, having purchased the launch Aline.
a speedy craft that is well suited for
fishing trips.
Zeb was at the black buoy opposite the
steel plant with Joseph Rauh Tuesday
afternoon, and the anglers landed string
of seventeen rockfish. Severe disap-
pointment was expressed by Clark be-
cause of the big ones he lost. He was
fish came along and each managed to
break hook for him.
One days fishing earlier in the season
netted Clark and companion a string
black buoy last season with James
O'Brien resulted in a catch of fifteen rock
fish that weighed fifty pounds.
Hale caught it, Rabbit cleaned it and
a hog stole it, was the story of a three
hoe vo
eca by Mark ], Hale of the fishing squad
of the District surveyors Office.
Edward Goucher. L. G. Herman, Albert
Rabbit. Arthur Gleason and Mark J.
reached Seneca early enough to catch the
fish feeding and remained long enough
to land thirteen gamesters.
Now We have the fish and the weather
is hot" said one of the party. what
will we do to keep them from spelling
before We get home?"
That's easy suggested Rabbit. tell
ing of how he could clean fish in a way
that would insure them being kept fresh
Rabbit cleaned the thirteen fish and
putting the three-pounder on top to at
tract attention.
And it attracted attention said
1T attracted the attention of a |
hog and made fine morsel for the ami |
NAL
Gleason went in pursuit of the hog
The animal outdistanced him. however,
and enjoyed the fish. while the anglers
looked on from a distance.
W. P Bowie says that anglers fire.
quently COMPLAIN about conflicting reports
as to the condition of the river. He has
heard SO many complaints, he says. that |
he has arranged to get the condition of |
the north and south forks of the Shen-
andoah at Riverton.
Not long ago." he stated. when The
Star gave the condition of the rivers at |
Harpers Ferry as being clear. anglers |
who went to Great Falls encountered |
muddy water and were unable to UNDER |
stand the situation.
..It happened he went on to say. that |
muddy water from the Monocacy muddied |
the river below Dickersons. and fisher |
men who were above the Monocacy that |
day had good water and experienced |
good luck"
Lew Thayers advice to anglers is that /
they will not go wrong if they take a /
supply of bloodworms.
"I know they are considered rock J
fish bait" said the angler. land I also
know that other fish will take them. and |
because we had no bloodworms on a trip
to Benedict Wednesday our trip came
near being spoiled
Bait was scarce on the Patuxent that
day." he stated. '.and after a long wait
we managed to get six peelers for a
dollar, rather expensive bait, but We had
to have it."