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

then made start in the direction OF
| Pennifield's where they experienced good
| luck All Bucheler led the catch with a
! four-pound bass 1t was Harry Ander-
| sons first attempt at bass fishing. and
| when he saw Buchelers 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
| a trip to the Eastern branch with a
| basket filled with snappers and sliders.
out Eastern branch way" he said.
| 'the boys are catching turtles with hook
and line and have been SO 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
the anglers. hauling for bait. found carp
so plentiful that they could hardly ma
nipulate their net.
AT one haul" said one of them, I'VE
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 Cotterin. George W. Driver
and ]. B. Shipley were guests of DIR. J.
II. Harrison at his country home, Har-
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 it
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 five and
Shipley was satisfied with a catch of
three. The largest fish weighed four
pounds
f. L. Wheeler of 500 NJ street south
east has the seasons record for the
largest rockfish caught in the vicinity
of this city. the big one" weighed
twenty-seven and half pounds when
taken from the river.
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
ence in landing 1t. He finally picked 1t
up with a net.
Members of the Runaways went to
Glymont last Sunday.
IT was called fishing trip" said
Mack Sparrough. but that was before
the start was made. Not a fish was
caught. The bait did not seem at
trastiye enough for the finny tribe"
y me party included w. o. Short, Gus
a. Herrler A. Joyce, J. 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.
Q. Bobee and Louis Raymond
Patrick Riordan was one of the
washington anglers who spent last
sunday on the river near Point Of
Rocks He landed eight bass. Charles
Macnichol and w. G. Kent also made
an interesting catch at Point Of Rocks
Fishing and Grabbing are engaging
the attention of excursionists to nearby
resorts. Crabs are plentiful at Chess.
peake Beach. according to reports. and
many excurslonists return with sacks