Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-12

returned from a cunning trip to Nir-
| ginia. They went to the section of the
| state known as the northern neck. be-
| tween Colonial Beach and the Atlantic
| Coast Line railroad. and before going
| they told Of the great amount of game
they expected to kill.
Our only fear is that the county
bridges will not be strong enough to
| hold our load of game" one of them
| said
But when they returned" said Desk
Sergt. Burlingame, they said nothing
about the bridges. They told of having
seen forty turkeys. but admitted to
having killed but one"
Their other game included eighteen
rabbits. twenty squirrels and a few
birds. Their trip was most enjoyable
| one. they said, and they were only
sorry that they had to return to duty
so soon.
Complaint is made by. anglers that
many fish are being taken from the
tidal basin without the use of hooks.
"Pothunters have been taking fish
rom the basin in nets, one Of the en-
thusiastic anglers told a Star reporter
this week. II was fishing there one
night and was unable to understand
what had hung my line.
And l soon learned that it was a
| cork used on the nets of pothunters,"
he added.
Several anglers declared that they
knew nets were being used.
But" said one of them, "I was
afraid to say anything for fear the
METERS would make things uncom-
Portable for me-"
1nclement weather has kept many
| anglers from trying their luck on the
river and at the tidal basin this week
A few OF the more faithful sportsmen
| were on hand at the basin, however
| and some of them remained patiently
| through the rain until they got results
| while others hastily retreated at the
appearance of falling weather.
Might fishing on the basin is fine
| sport" said Mack Sparrough. who tries
his luck every time he gets a chance.
! 1t requires patience and persever-
ance,' he added, but the fish caught
is good one and the sport of catch
ing it pays for the watt
| There are scores of anglers who are
anxious to find a way of reaching the
vicinity of the buoys off the point OF
Potomac Park without having to row
! the long distance between the wall OF
the park and Washington barracks A
| provision in a bill before Congress al
the last session. it Is stated, provided
FOR. permission to construct a boat
house near the point of the park, blu,
Representative Mann raised a point OF
| order against it and it was eliminated
| Had Mr.. Mann known what the con-
struction Of a boathouse along the
south wall of the park would mean to
anglers" said the sportsman, 81 be-
lieve he would not have objected to
that provision of the bill"
In the spring of the year there is
splendid perch fishing of the noint OF
the park and as far down as the steel
plant. Later the rockfish come along
and the season lasts until late In the
| fall.
But unless a fellow is wealthy
n
angler remarked, S''he has poor show
of enjoying the sport there"
] Should there be anything like fairly
good weather tomorrow many anglers
will find their way to the river. John
| W. Hurley says he Is losing sleep over
| thoughts of the great luck he will ex-
Point of Rocks. He saw the string OF
horses caught there two weeks ago
by w. G. Kent, and since then he has
anxiously awaited good weather to &c
there.
when a man can fish from the shore
and get a string of bass weighing from
three to four, and one-half pounds, "
said Hurley. hes some fisherman, and
there are some fish in the river
Hurley and a party Of friends have
arranged a trip for tomorrow. Other
anglers will go to Aqua creek should
the weather prove prop1tious. while
otherS Will try tnelr luck at the tidal
basin. It is reported that number
of large Mississippi catfish were caught
in the deep water in the vicinity OF
Fletchers.
w. Ross Wood of the street cleaning
department has returned from his va
cation spent at his former home near
Popes creek, Charles county. Md. Fish
ing and cunning were enjoyed by the
sportsman.
And" he said, there was plenty to
catch and kill"
Wood spent two weeks in the coun-
try. He killed many ducks and caught
many fish, getting some splendid rock.
fish, but the sport he enjoyed most was
night hunting for coons and possums
He got almost two dozen Of them.
! w. C.. Money was surprised to find
about two inches of snow on the
. ground when he reached the vicinit!
y