Evening star., 1914-05-16

effort to win the prize offered for the
| largest catch. and it is understood. says
Gus Herrier. that eels will not count
Norman Schroth was the most success
ful member of a fishing party Of three
that was on the PatuXent river for a
weekend outing. His father. A. T.
Schroth, and Harry Scott We're the other
members of the party While all We're
able to catch fish, it remained for the
Youngest member of the party to land a
roCktish that weighed 1Sia pounds
shortly after the launch left the Glehe
Club stop was made at Lyons creek.
where the anglers got busy and landed a
long string of a varied assortment of fish.
The craft was soon on its way to Broo1nes
Island. some distance below Benedict.
Along came the big rockfsh. that took
Norman Schroth's bait There was an
exciting struggle. but with the aid of
Scott the fish was gotten aboard.
The trio made a stop at Benedict long
enough to enjoy :; southern Maryland
dinner
Austin Savage and Carl Dentler went
to Camp Savage last Sunday for a days
rest and to catch a few fish.
I'VE did BOTH" said Savage, especially
the latter, Dentler caught a catfish
and an eel while | caught only the balt
| l put on my hooks. .
| Camp Savage consists of one large tent
! ing the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at a
| convenient point up the river. and. al
| though it is occupied only once or twice
! a week, the campers state. its contents
! have not been disturbed.
| The II s,nbers of the camping party usu-
/ ally manage to land a. string of Missis-
| sippi catfish or a few perch or rock but
last sunday the fish were not much In
| evidence ,
{i.-l,5 IN
| bridge, and Harry Pyemont, trying his
| luck near Benning bridge. last Sunday
| had similar experiences Each landed q
! big carp and had much sport. Pyemon1
managed to get his fish ashore, but Rey-
| nolds' fish was so large that the fisher
| mans landing net would not hold it anl
| it got away.
.'I was fishing for perch. said Pye
| mont ''and the unusual spectacle of E
| carp taking live bait occurred. but
| think the bait simply washed into the
mouth of the fish.
The fish weighed more than ten pounds
the angler stated. He managed to land i
| by rowing ashore and pulling it over tn,
| mud. VIII Reynolds thinks the fish h
had on his line weighed at least twenty
| pounds. 1T beat me in the fight" h,
stated. "and went away with hook ant
| line"
Charlie Mullen of the local detectiv
corps was unable to wait for the annua
trip of the j. NJ. A., and early this weel
he went to the lower point of Potoma
| Park, where, he says, yellow perch fish
| ing is always good. He succeeded il
landing string of big perch.
G. Howard Ritter of the fish commits
sion. an experienced and enthusiastic
fisherman. is spending part of his vaca
ton at his home, in Reading, Pa. H,
says there is fine fishing near his hom'
town, and his friends expect to hea
some interesting stories when he returns
Charles E. Barteman and A. D. Howell
caught three dozen white perch nea
F1etchers several days ago.
I'VE went after the big perch" salt
Barteman. land we counted none OF tn
small ones
Howell caught a number OF poison cat
fish.
| Poison catfish proved annoying to Johl
| w. Hurley and Karl Achterkirchen OF
the river Monday afternoon. The wate
| was not in good condition and the an
Slers caught only few perch
William White and Harry Tennysor
! yesterday afternoon caught nine rockfish
| fishing near the wall about 100 yards be
| low Analostan Island. They used blood
| worms and live bait. The largest tisl
| they landed measured nineteen inches il
| length.