Evening star., 1914-04-25

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Members Of the Riverside Rod and Gun
Club last Sunday were satisfied to remain
ashore and entertain members Of the
Shamrock Club of this city at a planked
shad dinner. The guests, headed by p.
J. Nee, president of the club. left here
on an early afternoon electric car and
reached Riverside before 2 o'clock.
DR.. Conrad Hoffman, president of the
Riverside club, welcomed the guests, and
an introduction to Charlie Beveridge. who
filled the position of chef and who
bers and guests assembled on the lawn
interest in the planking of the shad and
preparation of the chowder.
THE river was muddy" commented NJ.
p. Sullivan, one of the guests, "and we
didn't mind keeping the fishermen
ashore"
More than one hundred clubmen and
guests participated in the outing. and
the plates of hot planked fish came fast
enough to prevent any long delays in
the service. Games were participated in
during the course of the afternoon, and
night came on entirely too soon.
Charlie Beveridge was given q vote of
commendation because of the important
part he played in making the outing a
complete success.
Karl Achterkirchen and Peter Shaw
last Sunday accepted John w. Hurley'e
invitation to accompany him to the deep
water above Aqueduct bridge.
II know a place where we can get some
big ones," whispered the veteran to his
friends.
Are they real big?" asked Achter-
krchen.
Indicating a length of fully seven
inches, the veteran made his prospective
guests feel happy. and Off the trio started
for the river. An early start was made
and it was only about breakfast time
when they reached the vicinity Of Fletch-
er's and cast their lines.
Fishermen who were on the, river last
Sunday admit that the water conditions
were not favorable. They realized that
fishing in shallow water near the shore
would result in the landing OF the small
ones or grass comberS, as they are
called. but outside the water was high
and cloudy and prospects for good sport
were not bright.
The trio soon had their bait in the
water and the days sport was on. Very
little was expected of Shaw. said the ex-
perienced anglers. because he was a new
older sportsmen by catching the greatest
number of fish.
Achterkirchen was a close second, it is
stated, and the veteran and host wasn't t
in it." declared Achterkirchen.
But the veteran caught fish enough to
give him trouble. When he reached
home he cleaned his fish in the kitchen
sink, obstructed the pipe and had to do a
bit of plumbing.
Barteman. enthusiastic perch fishermen.
were on the river Tuesday in time to
catch the tide right and the fish
hungry. they say. and the result was
that each was able to bring home a
long string of fish.
They were not what SO many anglers
catch and tell of the size of their catch
as being something worth having"
The anglers took a, days leave in
with supply of bloodworms and min
nows. and they had been on the fishing
grounds only a few minutes before the
fish came along and took their bait.
Other anglers near them did not fare
SO well. The pair Of sportsmen left
wended their way homeward, eacn
carrying a split basket that was well
filled with Ssh.
.Claud is some fisherman said Joe
Baur one day this week, relating a story
of Claud Dessia's catch while fishing near
Benning bridge.
Claud spends much of his leisure time
on the water. and he enjoys the reputa-
ton Of being a successful fisherman.
Many times during the past winter he
lshed near Benning bridge and landed
long strings of catfish and mullets, but
since the weather turned warm, 1t is
stated. he has abandoned his efforts at
landing catfish.
IT would rather catch the fish than eat
them," Claud stated.
One afternoon last week he was fish
ing and luck was not with him. He had
caught a dozen or more fish, but such a
count meant nothing to him. and finally
something exceptionally strong tugged at
his line.
I've got a whale this time" he called
to a companion, and the latter shouted
to him to hold fast to his line and not
lose his fish.
The tugging became stronger and
stronger and when the angler finally
landed his catch he had a five-pound carp
and a big turtle.
DR.. J. Ramsey Nevitt and Master Lea
man hewitt motored to the point oppo-
site the Army War College Monday aft
ernoon and made a strenuous effort to
land fish enough for a fry.
Il knew the water was muddy" said
the physician, but it often happens
that fish will get hungry and take the
bait even II the conditions are not just
right and even If We caught no fish
we knew we would have a good place
to eat a snack and enjoy the outing"
Father and son ate the snack and en-
joyed the outing. but it remained for
the son to experience the luck, and had
1t not been for the young mans catch
there would have been no fish on the
table at home that afternoon.
Near the physician and his son was
another physician. The latter had
Jingle bells on his several lines.
But" remarked Dr. hewitt, II didn't
hear much jingling. I did see the doc
tor pull one Of his lines from the
river. however. and find a surgical in
strument hanging to the hook.
"One of the queer finds of fisher
man." Dr. Nevitt concluded.
Eric Edmonston ana Mack Sparrough
fished from the rocks at Great Falls
Thursday afternoon. They went to the
falls because they feared they would
have no luck in the cloudy water where
perch are caught at this season. and
when they returned they learned Of in
terestihg catches of perch that were
made between the Chain and Aqueduct
bridges.
Five Mississippi catfish were caught
by the two sportsmen. the largest one