Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20

| then made a start in the direction Of
! Penni1eld's. where they experienced good
luck. AL Bucheler led the catch with a
four-pound bass. 1t was Harry Ander-
sons first attempt at bass fishing. and
when he saw Bucheler's big fish he ex-
, pressed surprise He did not know
there were such whales as that in the
river.
Charlie Porter caught ten Of the six
teen fish landed by the quartet, Buechler
scoring second with a catch Of four and
the others each getting one.
Fishing for bass and rockfish is all
right when you can catch the fish" Joe
Baur commented, when he returned from
trip to the Eastern branch with a
basket filled with snappers and sliders
"the boys are catching turtles with hook
and line and have been 30 successful
that they have sent barrel after barrel
Of them to market"
Harry Pyemont and Robert Susan have
! made big catches of turtles In the vicinity
of Benning bridge. they sttae, and they
enjoy the sport. Near Four Mile Run,
the anglers, hauling for bait. found carp
SO plentiful that they could hardly ma
nipulate their net.
Eat one haul" said one of them, I'VE
caught nearly 100 pounds Of carp and
only about dozen bait
But" he added. I'VE had to return the
carp to the river"
Samuel Kidwell. William White. Peter
Darby and Edward Dore were on the
river above Great Falls three days last
week and caught more than fifty small
mouth bass. Kidwell landing thirty-eight.
The quartet went to Great Falls on a
trolley car and boated their way up the
river as far as Watts branch, where they
camped.
They found the water in the river was
rather low. 1t was clear, however, and
the success they had convinced them that
all the fish have not been taken from
the river. Their largest one weighed
something less than four pounds.
Charles A. cotterill. George W. Driver
and ]. B. Shipley were guests Of DR.. J.
rison's Lodge. near Great Falls Va, Mon
day night and Tuesday The party
reached the lodge soon after dark, after
an enjoyable hike from the station along
the river.
Early Tuesday morning the four an
glers, in two boats. were on the river with
their buckets of bait and tackle and 1t
was not long before the clicking of the
reel gave notice that the gamesters were
biting. Driver and Cotterill each landed
nine bass. DR.. Harrison caught flve and
Shipley was satisfied with a catch of
three. The largest fish weighed four
pounds.
F. E. Wheeler of 32s NJ street south
east has the seasons record for the
largest rockf1sh caught in the vicinity
OF this city. the big one weighed
twenty.seven and q half pounds when
The fish measured forty inches in
length. and its tail was eleven inches
wide. Batting with herring head, said
to be the best bait for the big fish. the
angler was on the river in the Par
Tor early in the morning, and a patient
wait was rewarded.
The fish made lively struggle. and
Wheeler was given an exciting expert
up with a net.
Members Of the Runaways went to
Glymont last Sunday.
Mack Sparrough. but that was before
the start was made Not a fish was
caught. The bait did not seem at
trSstive enough for the finny tribe"
voigt. ]. Il. Timberlake, II. q. Aibrecht'
A. Herrler: A. Joyce. ]. P. McKeon, II.
A. Owens, DR.. Randall Parsons, Eugene
Saunders: Q. Schleischert. r. P. Stuart,,
August Schmidt. Richard Smith Max
voltz. J. r. Wilson. A. B. Clark, walter
keeton, julius Duehring, W. A. Craw-
ford, Jacob Dougherty. Marty Egan, J.
0. Bobee and Louis Raymond.
Patrick Riordan was one Of the
Washington anglers who spent last
sunday on the river near Point Of
M MeeRs; He la. landed eight bass Charles
an interesting catch at Point Of Rocks.
Fishing and grabbing are engaging
resorts. Crabs are plentiful at chesa,
peake Beach, according to reports, and
many excursionists return with sacks
Of them and enjoy feasts at home.