Evening star., 1914-10-31

ply, I'VE spend pleasant time in the
clubhouse, but it's a stormy day when
| fish are not In evidence at Riverside"
! Murphy was the only member of the
party who remained ashore last Sun
| day. He enjoyed the sight Of the fish
| caught by his friends, however, several
three-pound bass being part Of the
| string. The quartet also caught a num-
| ber of large yellow perch.
| Arthur Bauer, with his large assort-
ment of new fishing tackle and a bucket
!; of choicest bait, was on hand Sunday
morning to board the early train for
Hurley. son OF the veteran angler who
went to salt water last Sunday.
1t was Bauer's second trip to Viewer
ton. He had several strikes on the
| occasion Of his first visit, caught the
fever ard made extensive preparations
| for the trip last Sunday.
| And the bass were plentiful" COM
mented Hurley. Big ones splashed
about US all day. but not many Of them
| took the bait
we caught five fish apiece" he
added. and Bauer was happy"
! The largest of the ten fish weighed
| two pounds.
| of the street cleaning department., and
| r. E. Doyle. jr.. went to Dickersons,
| Md. for weekend outing. the son
taking his father to the Monocacy river
bass.
Father and son were on the river
! bright and early in the morning, and
they had been there only a few min
| utes before the son got a strike.
You see." he said to his father,
this is the way you have to do" ex-
i planning that an angler should give
the fish "A chance to make a second
| run.
| And the fish is still running" COM
| mente1 the father
And. he said to his son, this is
the way j catch Them giving a pull
the same as he would if he were fish
| ing for perch or catfish, and the son
was surprised to see a two-pound bass
come from the water
The two anglers caught several bass
Detective Henry w. Fortney thinks
a fortune is i'll store for some indiyid-
ual who can devise a scheme to at
tract hsh to hooks that are fastened
to lines of anglers, baited and thrown
overheard.
The choicest bait will not always at
tract fish, the detective admitted,
river.
i did my fishing III the tidal basin"
! he said: was there four DAYS and
caught three fish. 1t was not because
OF me scarcity of fish. for 1 saw them
! III the water, but they refused to take
| the bait ~
f1sh We're not running at Benedict
! last sunday. was the excuse given by
party of anglers for not fishing
| They had an enjoyable automobile
ride. however, Notwithstanding the
! stretch of sandy road, leaving here
! carly enough to make the run to the
! fatuXent in time for dinner. and
stopping at Hughesville on the return
| trip.
Those who made up the party in two
I automobiles were T. L. Costigan. ]. F.
Healy. X. l.. Bradshaw, George G.
pumphrey. James Farrell. Patrick
Foley. Al Huber and William Haslett
: They hope fish will be plentiful the
next time they go to the Patuxent.
Maj. E. II. Neumeyer has returned
! from a bass fishing trip TO Harpers
Ferry and vicinity. He was on the
river six days and landed eighty six
bass.
Many OF the fish We're caught in the
Shenandoah river near Millville, and
others were taken from the Potomac
near Harpers Ferry.
Il didn't get any real big fish, said
The angler. but they We're large
tenough to make the sport interesting.
| Eight fish was the smallest catch of
any one day
Policeman Charlie Barteman of the
ninth precinct believes in fishing any
time the fish will bite. If the wea ther
is cold. he says, it is an easy matter
to dress comfortably and if it is hot
it is possible to fish before sunrise or
late in the afternoon. Early in the
season he made record catching g
white perch. and later he went to SEN
eca and landed one of the finest strings
of bass seen in that section during
trecent years.
And now he says. I'm enjoying
Fishing from the wall at the southeast
Ipoint of Potomac Park"
Charlie rode his motor cycle to the
point Tuesday night and fished for
about three-quarters of an hour.
Il fshed with spoon until my arm
was about played out he said. land
caught go ieeh"sa 'n';' . "ess, and