Evening star., 1914-08-08

tance from Rock Point. and spent par'
of his time the river.
..Ill admit I'm not much of Usher
man. said Monroe, but ! surely dld DC
something with a net
Failing to do much with hook and
line. the angler managed to get a small
net. he stated. and Watllng a short dis
tance from shore managed TO find a
| school of rockfish.
And when We pulled the net in he
concluded, we had two bushels of rock
fish,.
\ 'tenderfoot.' boarding Capt. Billy
IIettinser's launch at Mount Calvert 4
week ago. made an improper move. sep
arated himself from the boat and took a
plunge into the Patuxent. Fortunately.
| however. the weather and water were
about the same temperature and the
sportsman was not compelled to abandon
his trip.
Capt. Hettinger had in the party Rob-
ert W. Farrar. James +. Jones. Frank
T. Morse. William u. Campbell. Cliff
ford Stratmater and Thomas B Spence.
They boarded the craft, having pro-
visions enough for two-day trip.
and started in the direction of the
mouth of the river.
/ There was not much doing at Bene-
diet, the fishermen stated. and run
! to Sheridan point landed them on
good fishing grounds early Sunday
/
enable Frank Morse to go ashore and
/ swap some of them for a pan of biscuits
! and a can of milk. but supply of eggs
called for cash.
| Late Sunday afternoon the party
! landed at Solomons Island and spent
| the night ashore. going to Drum point
early the next morning and having re-
| markab1e success. Two dozen large
| hooks were taken from the anglers
when they found a school of tailors.
| but new supply of hooks from the
| island enabled them to land three
| dozen of the gamesters.
James Jones admitted that never be-
! fore. had he taken much interest in
catching a fish from one window and
excitedly landing it through another
gave him the fever.
1T was the flying method of catch
ing fish, Capt. Hettinger commented,
! and the sportsman is now known as
i the flying fisherman
! The fishing party. it is stated. re-
ported the first catch of tailors of the
| season. Their catch consisted of
scores of large trout. tailors, hardhead
and spots. and they caught many
fish that they were able to distribute
punches of them among their friends.
| "Mocking birds" as toadfsh are
called by anglers at Benedict, are
much in evidence. according to the
| figures reported by Lew Thayer, Jack
|
a day on the Patuxent at the popular
resort a week ago.
| While the knocking birds proved
| little annoying. the anglers stated,
trout. croakers and spots came along
| fast enough to make the sport inter-
esting, although they found the
croakers not so plentiful as they We're
| two weeks ago.
! one hundred white perch averaging
one half pound each; eighteen big
| l-..r than 1ar
| trout made up an attractive string of
! fish that the trio brought home.
! plymouth bass have started biting
j and many anglers will soon be making
/ their way to the creeks along the
| river below the city. Little Hunting
creek Piscataway creek and Malta
| woman creek are the three favorite
| there are hundreds of fishermen who
prefer catching them in large numbers
TO going to the upper river and chance
getting few smallmouth bass.
| George Lloyd. one of the sportsmen
| at Indian Head. has had his boat over
/ hauled and put in readiness for trips
! to the nearby creeks to try his luck,
and George says he believes in getting
: fish every time he goes after them
! .if you can't catch EN- shoot EN-.
has been his motto since the time he
! shot a seventeen-pound carp. and he
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/ fall.
one day last week. while Lloyd was
/ still at work his boat Boswell
Carpenter went to MattaWomdn creek
and tried his luck.
! And bless me-" said Lloyd "if he
didn't come back with seven beauties.
/ EIwood Andrews of Washington and
I Indian Head. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs
Johll Cameron have returned from
/ successful outing to Solomons Island.
at the mouth of the PatuXent. where
| Capt. Jimmy Bowen piloted them to
the fishing grounds a number of times
and made it possible for them to de-
crease the fish supply in the river.
+ ''Soomons Island is a great place for
! fishermen was Elwood Andrews
most enjoyable outing.
I The angler offered no objection be-
cause his wife caught the largest fish,
and he still maintains that he is not
in the second-class of anglers. He
still thinks the time will come when he
viii do the scoring and get the largest
fish.
George Swink and Amos Donaldson
! have caught their share of small
+. mouth bass this season. They usually
manage to reach Edmonston's bunga- :
low. five miles above Great Falls, each
Saturday afternoon during the season
and get couple of hours fishing be-
fore dark. Sunday mornings they are
the river DFiSnt ana early. and, il
is stated. they seldom leave the river
without being able to show a string OF
fish.
/ Last sunday the two anglers were OF
the Job at daybreak. seeking places
where they were not distrbed by
others and in the afternoon they re-
turned with d string of thirteen game
listers.
The largest fish of the catch a Al,
pounder landed by Dona Id son
Swink caught seven of the thirteen
and four Of them weighed more thar
two pounds each.
Dove PooIe, captain and mate, and J.
r. Raleigh. engineer and cook. are en-.
ioying an outing at Point Lookout
They lifted anchor aboard the Sylvia
at $50 o'clock Sunday morning. they
reported from the mouth of the river
and dropped anchor at Point Lookou,
at $50 that night.
Camp was established and the anglers
were on the river Monday morning try
ing their luck. Their first days fish
ing netted them siXtyninc large trout
seveuty-eight croakers and fifty perch
"hnd At last accounts. said w. T.
Bucking ham they We're still having
luck.
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