Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

Anglers are experiencing no difficulty
| finding places where fish are plentiful
and where there is good sport to be
! had. 1t is only question of making
the effort, sportsmen say, and the size
i of the catch depends only upon the
| length of time the angler remains on
! the water.
! News from all points along the up
per Potomac and Shenandoah rivers is
! that big catches are being made,
small-mouth bass being more plentiful
this season than usual, although not
great many exceptionally large fish are
being caught.
But when two or three men can fish
part of one day and land five dozen
small-mouth black bass commented
W. p Bowie, lit is readily seen that
the fish are plentiful Such catch was
made near Washington Junction"
In the vicinity of Great Falls. where
bass are fairly plentiful when the
water is in condition. thousands of
Mississippi catfish have been taken
| from the water during the past few
weeks it being nothing unusual for
IN aneI-: to make catch of a hum
| ared or more during an afternoon or
morning.
| At all places on salt water where
anglers went for weekend outings, 1t
| is stated, plenty fish were in evidence.
and sportSmen returned with supplies
large enough. to enable them to remem-
| Der their friends.
| Colonial Beach, Chesapeake Beach.
Rock Point, Benedict, River Springs.
| Leonardtown. Plum point, Solomons
Island and Popes creek were the objec-
tive points of scores of automobile
parties on weekend outings.
| VI
commented a sportsman. were able
| to go Grabbing"
| Trout, rockfsh, hardheads. spots
and perch were among the fish caught,
and some parties caught as many as
three hundred Of them.
| John w Hurley was a participant in
| the exciting episode Of the anglers who
were on weekend outings. skate,
sometimes called stngaree, was the
other participant.
"And it was a good thing for Hurley
| that the skate was at the other end OF
the line" commented Mack Sparrough.
member of the party, recalling that
the poisonous fish is able to do much
harm.
Frank P. Madigan, A. J. Sahdahla and
| S. Daoud were the other meubers OF
| the party, and the place where they did
| their fishing was Benedict. 1t was only
! a month ago that Hurley and Madigan
were members of a party that made
record catch of hardheads at Benedict,
| and on the last trip they made. the
4! largest catch Of trout that has been
made there this season.
But that catch will be beaten next
month" said Hurley. for the fish will
! be more plentiful by that time"
The catch made by the anglers con-
| although the party caught thirteen
large hardheads and few perch and
spots. When the skate was hooked
! there was excitement among the
| anglers aboard the boat. and Capt. John
| Springfield and Tom Chappelear were
! very much amused.
Il must have a whale" shouted Hur-
! ley, as he stood on the roof of the cabin
and witnessed the splashing of the
! water.
! lear, Its nothing but an old skate"
"rFishing is great sport" commented
Mike Griffin as he stepped from boat
at Colonial Beach on weekend out
ing and pointed at catch Of 261 fish in
| which he had participated:
Frank Mulhall and William Griffin
question was raised as to which mem
Der of the trio had caught the greatest
number of fish Before starting out for
the day it was suggested that the
the fish caught, but the suggestion was
The place to catch Ash" volunteered
the captain "is the place where the fish
feed, and that is on oyster bars"
The three sportsmen got an early
start, sailed to Swan point. eight miles
away, and had their lines wet before
breakfast time, and when they returned
to the resort on the Virginia shore they
had a count of 200 perch, n hardheads
| 20 trout and IA rockf1sh.
Mr. and Mrs Loring Beeson and their
young children, Allen and Virginia,
, were at Rock Point for weekend
onting. Allen not only did the cranking
of the automobile on the trip. but he
was fortunate enough to cope with
other members of the family while on
the river
ut was just a family party" said E:
L. Phillips" and an ideal way to spend
a weekend outing"
Father, mother and children got
started early enough to reach their
destination while the nsh were run
ming They went only a short distance
away from the resort, but they had bait
that was calculated to entice big hsh.
And all members of the family party
caught fish," their friend said.
| Their catch included some largo hard
heads, trout, perch and rockfish.
Sportsmen are enjoying good fishing
| and Grabbing at Chesapeake Beach,
small fish being caught angling from
the pier and larger ones being landed
| by those who go some distance from
the shore in boats Residents Of North
trouble catching more fish than they
need.
T. A. Wiokersham and J. e. Donald
| are among the more enthusiastic an
glers at tho popular resort. They fish
carly in the morning and late in the
afternoon.
And" remarked q friend" II they
failed to get tho fish it's pretty good
| evidence that the fish are not there"
| Big. trout and spots are being caught
in large numbers in the deep water,
| while the past week there was a heavy
run of crabs. Mr.. Wickersham caught
! sixty -four trout and spots one morning
| last week.
Capt Isaac D. Porter and b. F. Gin
CELL were satisfied to try their luck
near the city. They wanted to take
! weekend outing at nearby place.
not having the time to go long dis
lance from the city and wanting to re-
turn early. They decided to try fishing
off the point of Potomac Park. Many
good catches had been made there in
the past. Capt. Porter said, and the
anglers thought It worth while to give
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