Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-03


| 1t was about l o'clock Sunday MORN
ing when the party of anglers hoisted
anchor and steamed down the river.
and 1t was some time before dawn
| when a dense fog made it necessary
for them to stop.
BLOW the horn,' was Austin Savage's
suggestion, and when it became known
that there was engine trouble he was
! condemned for suggesting the noise.
IF you hadn't made so much noise"
said Dentler. I'VE could catch fish,"
| Noise or no noise, Savage reported.
perch and croakers were caught in
enjoyed, and the disabled boat reached
port about o'clock in the morning.
"A bushel Of fish in fifty minutes"
remarked Karl Schuerger. speaking of
a catch made at Rock Point one day
the past week.
! And if it hadn't been for tire trouble
tingly. I'VE would have experienced
better luck"
A. J. Smith, B Sheriff. F. X Stone
street. Hayden Bowes, J. A. Brightwell;
Gwynne Hurlebaus were other mem
bers of the party.
Two automobiles were used to convey
resort. and so quickly did they catch the
| fish that they were able to enjoy an
early dinner and reach home before
dark
Harry Pyemont and Bob Susan went
to Great Falls last Sunday and tried
their luck for Mississippi catfish.
| when a fellow prepares for a fishing
trip" commented Bob Susan, at is well
for him to form an idea what he wants
to catch and get his bait accordingly.
although he may get left"
| The two anglers made successful
catch of catfish, they said, although the
fish were not as large as they had ex-
pected to catch. and Pyemont caught
one small-nouth bass.
And it was the blacklist bass 1 ever
saw, he said.
Al Reynolds, one of the enthusiastic
sportsmen about the lighthouses near
Aqueduct bridge. has made a number Of
interesting catches of plymouth. bass,
rockfish and yellow perch this week
Fishing near the millrace early in the
week. Reynolds managed to land eighteen
rockfish. the largest weighing about four
pounds, and he also caught several bass.
| Reynolds finds great sport near the
lower end of Little river fishing for yell
low perch. Late in the season, when the
water is cold. he says. the yellow perch
put up lively fight.
And they give an angler all the sport
he wants." the angler said
Reynolds baited with smelts for the
rockfish and bass. he said. while the
or minnows.
Patrick Riordan and Charlie Mills
y.
were equipped with all kinds OF bait
they thought small mouth bass would
take, but when they returned from
their outing they were without fish.
| Il couldn't understand it," said Fior-
dan, unless it was that the fish were
taking holiday. The water was in fine
condition and we had attractive bait.
but not a fish came our way"
A large water moccasin was caught
by the anglers and a nadtom taken
from it's mouth.
ct was one of the largest water
snakes have ever SEEM said the vet
eran angler, land the madtom I took
from it's mouth was fine bait"
Riordan baited with the small fish
and got a strike. 1t was the only
strike he got all day, he stated, but
he failed to land the bass.
Early this morning the houseboat Of
the Sharp Shinn Fishing Club was
taken from it's moorings and started
up the canal to a point near Catoctin,
dulge in bass fishing during the next
two or three weeks. They will go to
Catoctin tomorrow morning and take
possession of their boat.
| The club was organized six years ago
and it's members have not missed a fall
trip since that time. Last year the
clubs catch aggregated 1s9 bass.
And this year said Al Reinberg.
Il know the location of every rock
and hole near Catoctin," said Charles
G. Simons, land If we don't get the
fish it will be because they are not
there"
Members who will participate in the
outing are AL Reinberg, Edward Bur-
rows, William Cameron, Charles Bev-
eridge, Dick Peed, Abe Levy, Charles
G. Simons and George Logan.
Policeman George A. Totten and C.
Kidd were on the river a short distance
off the lower point of Potomac Park
oftorpOOn Not far frovv, than
were a number of anglers fishing for
rockfish and bass. They used live bait
and soft crab?, but Totten and Kidd
used spoons.
"Spooning for bass proved more sue
cessful than the use of soft crabs and
smelts," said Totten. when he returned
ashore with count of twelve bass.
pounds, he said. and the largest one
weighed about two and a half pounds
trout angler. tried his luck in yell
llowstone Park last month while away
on his wedding trip. He learned of
interesting catches of trout that had
the park. he said, and he thought he
would try his luck.
II had fished for three days." he
said, land caught one fish,
| DR. White is not enthusiastic over
his efforts to catch a string of the
gamesters, although the landing of the
one fish was sufficient to convince him
that there were fish in the stream
Charles G. Barteman. Louis Bars-
hansen and g. H. Garren, enthusiastic
fishermen of the northeast section Of
the city, are at Weverton, Md, for an
outing. The trio caught many long
strings of FISH in nearby waters this
lsummer, and they are now at Viewer
ton to give the bass trial. 1t is their
intention to remain on the river until
the middle of the coming week
Mounted Sergt. J. w. Mccormick of
the ninth precinct and John Sweeney,
his brother-in-law, are at Aqua creek
for five days Bass fishing has been
exceptionally good there this fall, and
many rockfish and pike have been
caught. The anglers will remain there
until Wednesday morning.
, A party of anglers who spent the
week end at Rock Point and made an
Mrs. W. A. Powers. Mr.. and Mrs L. v.
Meade. T. F. Sullivan. E. N. Jackson
and J. C. Mannakee. They caught a
, long string of trout and perch