Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

Capt Bill Towers. aboard his cabin
| launch Lorene for a weekend outing
gave explicit orders to his sailors as to
| their duties on the trip. Same Cornwell
was delighted when he drew the lot of
fish cleaner
Its cinch. said Sam, recalling that
! the man selected TO lift the anchor would
| have plenty of work to do, while the
cleaner of the fish could rest on his
oars.
Sam reasoned that the hot weather had
put a temporary stop to the fishing. 1t
was between seasons, he pointed out, too
early for saltwater fish and too late
for big white perch. and while the an
giers were moving from place to place, he
felt that he could be resting.
But 10 and behold, Sans reasoning
went wrong commented the captain.
The boys caught catfish at night and
white perch in the day"
1t was unnecessary for him to say
more. 1t was early in the afternoon
when the Lorene steamed away from a
dock on the river front and continued
through to Glymont. Sam Cornwell $
first delighted" sensation came in the
afternoon, for the boys found fishing
TAlHST StOW sport DclUIc SuIuoWh. pue a.
night in Mattawoman creek they had ex-
citing sport. catching catfish of frying
size, just what was wanted for break
fast, and the cleaner lost his delight.
Morning came, and the fish furnished
more than enough food for breakfast
Two moves were made. and Capt. Towers
suggested trial at the fish stakes be-
tween Indian Head and Mattawoman,
and there the good sport enjoyed by the
anglers made more work for the big
man with the knife.
Big white perch were caught in large
numbers The anglers had all kinds of
bait, bloodworms. soft crabs and might
iiners.' and the ordinary "nightliners'
proved the most enttcing bait. In addi-
ton to furnishing a supply for dinner
the anglers say, they had fish to bring
home
Those in the party were Capt Bill
Towers. Maynard Henson Tasker Ed
monds. G. L. Mothershead. John Towers
Bernard Harrison. Robert Henson. Guy
Miller, George Edmonds, Shelby Speake
and Sam Cornwell
John W. Hurley's weekend trip to the
vicinity of Weverton and Harpers Ferry
caused the angler so much excitement
that he came near forgetting to return
home.
1T was great was his comment when
he returned with a string of eighteen
gamesters that were caught sunday.
And 1 got four Saturday afternoon.
said the fisherman, who had not fully
recovered from the excitement his luck
had caused.
"The water is in fine condition. George
W. Leopold, a boatmen wrote the angler
the latter part of the week, land the
fish are plentiful. The bass have fin
ished spawning, and fine sport is prom
ised.'
"who could resist going?" asked the
sportsman after he had read the message.
Early Saturday morning the angler was
on a still hunt for bait, and early in the
afternoon he boarded a train for the
mountain district. He was on the river
in few minutes, and hard at work cast
ing his big madtoms for bass
"You know" he said, Dig balt VIII
catch big fish,
The angler said the fish bit about as
lively as he had ever known them to
bite declaring they took the bait ana
disappeared with the rapidity OF a Hash
of lightning.
FOUNDER. displayed bulldog tenacity and
kept up the fight for fully twenty
minutes
Charlie Porter usually one of the most
successful rod and line sportsmen on the
river, let Rinsgold Hart put big one
over on him last Sunday, according to
his statement
And how he did it said Porter. II
can't understand We had the same kind
Of halt. fished in the same water and
cast the bait about the same distance
from the boat. but he got six of the
seven fish We caught
The two anglers left home Saturday
night. went to Great Falls and spent the
night at Bunker Hill" the name of the
bunk room on the hill overlooking the
river and early in the morning they
rowed in the direction of Pennihelds.
Hart was lucky enough to get a strike
almost the instant his bait touched the
water. and 1t was something like three
pound bass that took the big madtom and
made across the river. There soon came
a time when both bass and madtom came
to sudden stop. and then it was that
the angler gave the fish the hook.
1t was case of one, two, three. four,
Ave, six fish and Harris success was over.
but with Charlie Porter it was case of
one fish and remark about the luck he
experienced.
Hart should have caught a dozen
more fish," said Porter, Judging from
the number of strikes he got. but the
grass in the river probably assisted the
hsh to leave the bait and hook"
Charles Cotterill and J. B. Shipley
were among the anglers who were at
Bunker Hill last Monday night, and
early Tuesday morning they visited
Cotteri1ls cove. a place where the an
fishing for the past thirty years.
CotteriI landed four bass. while
5hipley had to be satisfied with catch
Of three.
We were on the river all day"
said Shipley land while people in the
city were complaining of the heat we
we're very comfortable
The water was in fine condition and
ish were plentiful. the anglers stated, |
md the bass were crazy for madtoms. |
-efusing to take other more attractive |
oait.
"And we missed considerably more |
strikes than we caught fish, said |
shipley.
Capt. Billy Hettinger and Capt Tony |
,chroth enjoyed a two-day trip on the ,
patuxent aboard the latter's launch !
Norman Both anglers are fond of |
,ass fishing. but that fishing. they say. |
a too slow for them. and so they |
,pend most of their spare time on the i
,riny deep. Steaming from the wharf
1t the Glebe Club Monday afternoon, the
wo sportsmen went down the Patux-
mt river, passing Benedict and stop
ling at Battle creek. where they cast
heir lines.
After a brief delay caused by failure
% get a supply of peeler bait the
anglers went to work and soon found
pot where big white perch were plenti-
ul, and a change Of positions landed