Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

william K White, one of the best
known anglers on the Potomac, car
ried off the first prize In the W. K.
Roberts Company's contest. The prize,
a cup worth $40. was given for the
largest rockhsh caught in the Potomac
river between Jones' light, just below
Alexandria. and Great Falls. between
May 1 and September l. The winning
fish weighed eighteen pounds. and was
caught near Turkey Foot rock.
| S. J. Held, who probably caught the
| largest number of rockfsh in the
| Potomac and other waters this season,
! carried off the second prize, a cup
that cost s12.50, with a fish that
| ounces.
Harry Cole came in for the third
prize, cup valued at $3.50, with a
! fish that weighed exactly one ounce
less than the one that won the second
| prize.
! Scores of anglers entered the con-
| test and much enthusiasm was shown.
1t was confidently expected that the
prize fish would weigh more than
| twenty-five pounds. but muddy water
came about the time of the run of big
| fish, and remained muddy so long that
anglers became disheartened and
sought sport in other rivers.
| Many big catches of large fish were
fish was as large as the one caught
by the veteran White, who spends most
of his time on the river. He has a
| camp on the Virginia side of the river
above Great Falls. where he partici-
pates in fishing for small-mouth bass.
| Next season." remarked the veteran,
TIL make an earlier start for the big
fish,"
DR.. L. w Glazebrook. Blake Clark
| and Frederick Donaldson had a two
day outing at Rock point. Under fav-
orable conditions the trio in all prob
ability would have gone to the upper
| Potomac in quest of the game small
mouth bass, but the water remained
muddy so long that they concluded
it was case of salt water fishing or
no fishing at all. and SO they went to
the resort on the Wicomico.
I'VE found the sport very interest
ing" said DR.. Glazebrook. THE trip
| was such a delightful one that we ar
ranged to duplicate 1t this week"
| The trio made a catch of sixty-f1ve
| brook landing the only tailor that was
caught, fish that weighed two pounds,
and he also caught two-and-one-half-
| pound trout, the largest fish of that
| species taken by the party.
1T was the most satisfying salt
water fishing trip I've ever had" COM
| mented the doctor.
| Several small rockfsh were number
ed among the catch. The anglers adj
| wise others going to salt water to take
| a supply of CLAIMS for bait.
| Howard Stewart of the bureau Of en-
| fraving and print ting had several guests
on an automobile fishing trip to Bene-
dict for weekend outing. His guests
| included his father, John T. Stewart;
Charles w. Santmyer and Richard H.
| Brooks.
1t was their first time at the resort
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able trip that they are more than anx
| ious to return and try their luck again.
| The quartet got started about 2
| o'clock in the morning, and their des-
tination was reached in time to enjoy a
| nap before they boarded launch and
| started in the direction of the oyster
| beds, where the captain felt positive
! the fish would be feeding, and the sue
! cess of the anglers convinced them that
| the captain knew something about the
| habits of trout, croakers and spots.
! Toadflsh were as plentiful as usual,
| which meant that the captains hogs
| would not go hungry, but the members
| of the fishing party were not particu-
| larly anxious to feed the swine.
| We caught 250 fish, said Stewart,
| and were well satisfied with Benedict
as Il place for an outing
| j. r. Reynolds and AL Gensler have
! returned from an enjoyable outing on
! the lower river, where they made their
| headquarters at Colonial Beach. The
| sportsmen made the trip in viii T.
| Reynolds launch Fisherman, and took
| il in easy stages.
| We fshed at every place along the
| river" said one of the anglers, and
caught something at every stop"
| From Colonial Beach the anglers made
a number of short runs to favorite fish,
| ing places, and, they said, caught fish
| at every one of them
| There was no end to the fish," said
! Reynolds. We caught them large and
small, and all kinds. and enough to
start in the FISH business.
| We also had splendid grabbing.
John F. Grove. Harry W. Price. Otto
Schroen and Dominic Grove braved the
| storm last Saturday afternoon and
| motored to Rock Point.
| What's the differenceT' asked one
of the anglers, when questioned about
| weather conditions. When a fellow
| makes up his mind to go fishing he
added why stop for little rain"
! Fastening the curtains to keep out
! the rain. the quartet started about 5
/ o'clock. and they were at their destina-
ton in ample time to get a hot shore"
supper.
| 1T was wet trip" said John Grove,
| and the heavy nor'wester gave us a
| low tide. We caught plenty of fish. but
had there been southwest wind we
| would have caught many more"
and spots. The largest of the trout,
the anglers stated. weighed four
| pounds.
| John A. Rupert was a member of a
! party of ladies and gentlemen on an
outing/at Glebe Club on the Patuxent
river near the Chesapeake Beach railway
| bridge.
| There is good sport to be had at any
! place on the PatuXent river" said Rup-
pert. "In fresh water white and yellow
| perch and a few pike to be caught
| while down the stream, where the water
is salt. trout. croakers and other fish that
are usually found in salt water are plen-
tiful.
But there is more sport catching
big yellow perch and rockfsh In fresh
| water he said. than there is in
landing the larger fish in salt water"
On the occasion of the recent out
ing the members of the party baited
with minnows and were surprised at
the remarkably big catch they made.
| The minnows were SO small that they
| baited two at time. and a great
many rockfish were caught. Their
catch included a number of large yell
low perch.