Evening star., 1914-10-10

KARL ACHTERKIRCHEN,, WITH TIL
Karl Achterkirchen's long cherished
desire to put one over" on John w.
Hurley in the matter of catching
small-mouth bass has materialized and
Karl is correspondingly happy
1T happened like this said Karl.
displaying string of thirty fish and
sorrowfully telling of the supposed
six-pounder that broke his rod and
carried away part of his line. Hurley
sneaked of alone so many times and
brought back fish that I thought 1
would try the game. I did, and here
are the fish,"
Monday afternoon Achterkirchen went
to Harpers Ferry, w. Va, where he had
previously engaged John Padgett to
boat him about Millville, on the Shen-
| andoah. and bright and early Tuesday
morning angler and boatman were on
the river.
II had the time of my life." he de-
clared. THE fish were SO plentiful and
they put up SO strong a fight that l
fully appreciated what it has meant to
Col. Hurley SO many times when he got
long strings Of the gamesters."
Achterkirchen had mad toms and
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ly took both. Many strikes were lost.
he stated, and the nsh that carried
away part Of his line was monster.
"I saw the fish when it made the
to me as II it weighed at least six
pounds"
George Lloyd and F. D. Cary. more
returned to Indian Head from fish,
ing trip to Happy Creek. Va. and vi
cinity, where they fished in tributary
of the Shenandoah and caught many
| bass and a number of smaller fish.
"While at Linden" said Lloyd, 1--WE
called to see our friend George Knave.
who is now 105 years old, and who
does his share of farm work every
day. He told US he felt that he was
not able to do as much work as for
| merly, complaining that he Is unable
to chop as much wood as when he was
| several years younger"
The anglers found moss enough in
the stream to interfere with their
sport, they said, but they had fairly
good luck. During the time they were
there they caught nine large bass and
a number of small ones.
Charlie Sloat of Linden fished with
them one afternoon and was unable to
understand why he lost SO many hooks
| He flshed near a ledge of rock, it was
| explained. and when the fish sought
shelter the line was cut by coming in
F. j. Crovo, Dominic Crovo, Detective
| Fred M. Cornwell, ]. w. Dyer and Sam
Brazo participated in an interesting
| weekend fishing trip to Rock point.
Conway O'Donnell, nephew of Dyer and
a student at Georgetown University,
who lives at Phoeniaville. Pa, was
| guest and he had great time. 1t was
the students first fishing trip to salt
water. and the first time in his llfe he
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Leaving the city in an automobile
about o'clock Saturday afternoon,
the party reached Rock point in time
| to get hot chicken supper and quiet
try their luck Capt. William Stein had
his boat in readiness at dawn, and 1t
was not long before the six anglers
were landing fish.
Everybody caught hsh." said Fred
honors with a trout that measured
twenty-seven inches in length
The anglers caught more than 100
pounds Of trout, rockfish and white
perch Capt Stein tonged few oys-
ters to show the Phoenixville student
how 1t is done, and the party returned
home in time for supper.
| John w. Hurley spent his week end
at Weverton and Sandy Hook, while
also expert bass fishermen, were at
Seneca, Hurley left home in time to
do a little fishing Saturday afternoon
and managed to land four bass before
dark. Riordan and Dulin were late get
ting started Sunday morning. they said,
and it was nearly noon when they
started fishing.
There was such wide expanse of
water at Seneca" said Riordan, that
| it was like fishing in the ocean, and
we had to row long distance to reach
| the holes where the bass are supposed
| to be found"
"And while they were catching two
bass" commented Veteran Hurley, 'T
was catching fifteen"
Hurley says he found the water ex-
o'clock the fish did not take the bait.
Late in the afternoon the fish were again
| in evidence. The largest fish he caught
weighed only two pounds.
Mack Sparrough. Tom Collins and Jo-
seph Marques, disappointed at being un-
| able to 20 to Rock point Saturday night
boarded an early train Sunday and went
to Annapolis. telephone message
brought q boatman with his launch ,and
their way to the vicinity Of the light
| house, a distance of nine miles from
"And We got right into the fish," said
Sparrough. Fourteen boats were an
chored near US. and their occupants
thing like the fish that were caught that
day. The big trout were caught in large
numbers and 1t was interesting to watch
the many fishermen pulling them in.'
Sixty trout. weighing los pounds in all,
were caught by the trio. the largest Of
ing been caught by Sparroush A num-
| her of smaller fish were not In the count