Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04

Washington fishermen this week. Inc
condition Of the river where most OF the
| bass fishing Is done suggested salt
| water fishing to the small army OF
| Waltonites in this city.
salt water never shows the enects
| of the rain to such an extent as to stop
| fishing" said John w. Hurley. when he
received the disheartening news from
| the upper river. But" he added. Its
| too bad that a sportsman can't go after
| bass when so good a holiday oppor-
| tunity Is presented It's fortunate
thing for the anglers, however. that
| the salt water offers SO many oppor-
| tunities for sport.
Years ago." he said. fishermen
never thought of trying their luck In
| salt water until the middle of August,
but during recent years such fishing
| has started much earlier. Reports in
| dictate that anglers should find no
| trouble in their efforts to select fish
| ing places for the weekend outings"
Numerous places along the line of the
lower Potomac, Chesapeake bay and
Patuxent river and tributaries are fur
nishing sport for local anglers on
Chesapeake Beach and Colonial Beach
proved attractive places for those who
are spending one or two days out of
| the city. while Chapel Point, Rock Point
| Potomac offered attractions. On the
| Patuxent river, it is stated, Benedict
| was the point that attracted many
anglers.
While most Of the anglers went away
| on railroad trains. steamboats, and
launches. it is stated, many others left
the city in automobiles and rode over
the state roads through lower Mary
land to Chapel Point, Rock Point and
Leonardtown. Others left the state
road at T. B. and went to Benedict.
Many of the sportsmen arranged to re-
main away until Monday morning.
Bass fishermen who were on the up
per Potomac last Sunday were able to
make a showing when they returned.
John w. Hurley carried off the honors
for Saturday afternoon and Sunday with
string of thirty-one fish-all genuine
small-mouth gamesters-and Patrick
Riordan. who met him on the train. de-
clared a wireless message told of the
use of a net.
That's what they all say when they
don't catch fish, was Hurley's rejoin-
der. asking how a net could be used
among the rocks in the upper river.
Il forgot about the rocks" admitted
Riordan. but 1 don't understand how
you caught SO many fish,
But I do" said the veteran angler.
Its all in going where the fish are to be
found and then knowing how to catch
them
Saturday afternoon Hurley and his
boatman landed seven fish, two large
ones, and the others weighing less than
two pounds each. Sunday, however, they
caught two dozen bass, the largest of
the string weighing four pounds.
and" said the angler. at was a great
days sport"
While Hurley was fishing near Sandy
Hook, W. E. Dulin and Patrick Riordan
we're far enough away to be out Of the
rrt.1
Knoxville, and Riordan managed to get
five fish, while his companion was for
tunate enough to get three.
Carl o. Meyers made a record for
catching toadf1sh while on a weekend
outing at Rock Point.
He caught two toads at time four
times in succession. said c. S. Pittman.
Can you beat it?''
Meyers was accompanied by w. II.
Byron, Harold s. Roberts, C. S. Pittman
and Arthur ]. Hirsch. The party left here
early Saturday afternoon and motored
over the state road to Rock Point, reach
ing there in time for a short trip on the
river before supper. The trip was made
in less than three hours
Early Sunday morning the party started
out to find place where fish were biting
and they soon located desirable spot
They landed 2s4 spots. perch. rockfish and
trout and, said Pittman. Meyers eight
toads were not in the count.
Ward Savage has not given up the idea
of buying Masons. Island. He says he
knows there are plenty of bass in the
when he becomes a landowner there he
expects G. Howard Ritter of the fish
commission to see to getting the river
better stocked.
Jack Davidson says he is able to SUBJ
stantiate the plea Of the angler about the
fish being in the river.
Its not a question of what's in the
river" Jack stated, but how to get them
out
The two anglers were on an outing near
! the island not long ago and flying nearby
was large eagle. Fishing was slow that
particular day, the anglers admitted, and
they spent some time watching the big
bird. Finally the eagle got big fish
and started off with it, but a shot from
the gun of one of the expert anglers
brought down both eagle and fish.
There. now" shouted Savage, didn't
1 tell you we'd get fish,
DR.. f. F. Smith. F. N. Thomas and
Louis Hodges were on hand at Rock
Point last Sunday.
1T was a pleasant ride over the road"
said Hodges. and the beauty Of the trip
was that there were plenty of fish in
evidence. 1t was not one Of the boastine
trips without the fish thrown in. Fish
ing usually is good at Rock Point"
| three anglers were soon on the river try
ing their luck. They fshed only part of
the day. and left Rock Point in time to
get home early in the evening, and their
string of white perch numbered 40. and
they were large ones the anglers stated
The monotony of catching white perch
was broken by Thomas, who landed a
| 'hardhead" that weighed three pounds.
e. S. Nichols. newspaper editor from
Columbus. Ohio. was on the river at An
glers Club as the guest OF John A.
| Rooms. a member of the club. John is
say, and he does not quit the game be-
cause he is unable to get some particular
| kind Of fancy bait.
On the occasion of the trip with the
Ohio editor the local sportsman was I'M
able to get madtoms. the choice bait for
small-mouth bass, and when he reached
the river he went in search Of crawfish
His search was successful. and the two
anglers landed string of bass, catfish
and smaller fish
Detective Fred NJ. Cornwell was In Nor
folk and seashore resorts in that vicinity
several days ago. Unfortunately, he says,
| he was there on business and was I'M
able to go fishing.
| But / certainly saw some attractive
strings of fish, he stated. land the
fishermen stated that the fishing has been
exceptionally good there this season."
I e. S. Pittman says there is no place
like Lake Smith. a large body of water
near Norfolk. for fishing, and he has
| planned two trips there this season.
1.-THE lake is filled with the biggest kind
of bass, pike and other fish," stated the
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