Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-19

The cool weather of the past week
brought out many fishermen who desired
to angle for small-mouth bass, and
nearly half a hundred went to points
on the upper Potomac last Sunday and
other days during the week.
1.-The water is just right now for good
| fishing" said Capt. John Hurley. The
fish have been keeping we'll under the
rocks and have been getting fat They
are now coming out with the sudden
cooling of the water, and l believe that
the best fishing will be done within the
next few days"
OF the fishermen who went to the up
per Potomac last Sunday the majority
stopped off at Weverton A. H sahdala
and Capt Hurley were at Weverton last
Sunday and landed seven bass. Capt
Hurley got five of them. Weighing be-
tween three-quarters and one pound
each.
w. e. Dulin and Patrick Riordan did
the fishing last Sunday at Washington
Junction. The latter brought home two
bass, while Dulin did not even get a
strike. ~
Neil Mckinney fished in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal last week and
brought home half dozen plymouth
bass. He went to the same place last
Sunday, but although he got a number
Of strikes. he did not land any fish.
Capt. William Mitchell, u S. A., en-
joyed his weekend trip at Alex Segars
farm. on Aqua creek, last Saturday. He
landed number of bass. One of them
number Of pike, one weighing two
pounds. were also pulled in by the Of
ficer.
creek last week by William Crapster.
Miss May Forsythe. Dr. John J..
Repetti and Mr.. and Mrs. william
/ and Mrs. E. A. Strachan at Aqua creek.
Mr.. Strachan and Mr.. Hefner went fish
ing and landed twenty bass. The largest
weighed four pounds. They also got
fifteen pike. one of which weighed two
and half pounds.
Harry Mckinney fshed Tuesday near
Eight IL them We're Of the plymouth aii
variety. and one Of the small mouth
Last week he fished near the same place
and brought home seven members of
| The fishing trip of the party conduct
ed by Commodore Billie" Mills to Nam
Jemoy creek last week, according to
one OF the members of the party, was
| OF fish caught. as only twenty-five
bass were landed during the week In
every other way, however, the mem
bers Of the party had an enjoyable
lived up to his reputation was Andy
Atchison, the bird shot, who succeeded
in killing thirty-seven ortolan out Of
thirty-ntne attempts. Bob Greenwell
returned to Wellington Tuesday to
and failed TO return. 3. M. Atchison
abandoned his rod and reel and de-
voted most Of his time fishing for
crabs. Commodore Mills, as usual, stuck
to fishing and did not give up until
| sailing hour for the return trip. will
liam Bergman and JEFF Atchison spent
l most Of their time entertaining the
rest Of the party In singing Dennis
Hogan's latest composition. 'In the
Several good strings Of yellow perch
have been caught the past few days in
the Little River near the causeway.
ing with live smelt, landed seventy
five perch and plymouth bass.
| Rockfish have been running good Off
Analostan Island just below Aqueduct
bridge during the past week, and Frank
Hutton on Wednesday landed eight,
the largest Of which weighed three and
half pounds. The others averaged a
I pound and a quarter each. He fshed
Just Off Reynolds boathouse.
I w. W. Stewart and H. F. Cunning
ham spent last Sunday at Annapolis
and returned to Washington with a
string Of thirty-three rockfish. The
| largest weighed three pounds. while
the others averaged about a pound
each. Stewart did the best work, get
ting twenty-four of the fish on his line,
Joe Hunter had a successful trip to
Penniheld last week, when he landed
twenty-three small-mouth bass.
The exciting experience which a fish.
erman goes through on his first catch
of small-mouth bass was experienced
by Karl Achterkirchen Thursday al
Sandy Hook, Nd. on the upper Poto.
mac. It was the arst fish Of the kind
The had ever caught and when finally
landed weighed about two pounds. II
was the largest Of string of sixteen
Caught by him and Capt. John Hurley
Fishermen reported many strikes, but
had considerable difficulty in getting
the nnal hold for the landing.
Howard Brooks and Tony Schroth
two members of a fishing party who
spent this week on the Patuxent river
lihave- returned to the city with reports