Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

joyng fishing at Colonial Beach. He
| has been at the Beach several weeks
| this summer and has made a number
| of large catches, the number running
| into hundreds.
and if he had sailed away the re-
suit of his piscatorial Efforts remark
| ed a friend, ''he might well be able to
| go into the fish business the coming
winter
Tuesday morning the successful an
gler made an early start with c. W.
Heisler and II. E. Kiefha uver, leaving
the Atlantic Hotel with Capt. Ed Nor
gan and. making a quick trip to the
"trouting grounds
The fish were very much in evidence
that morning. the anglers were sup
Piled with a choice lot of bait and the
| water was not rough enough to inter-
| fere with the sport
| "And if the others had not given so
much thought to dinner" remarked
| Adams, Capt. Morgans boat Would
| not have held our catch
| The party returned to the hotel in
time for dinner and was able to display
| a catch something like 300 fish. Trout
| were particularly large, the anglers
| stated, and spots aSd perch numerous.
| Camp Jamison is attractive place
this season. 1t is located on small
| island near the Virginia side OF the
river near Glen Echo, and is the out
| ing place of Moss and Tom Jamlsoh,
their families and friends.
| Austin Savage and Mrs Savage were
camp guests the past Sunday. They
| took their fishing tackle along, al
| though they did not anticipate making
| a big catch on account of the muddy
condition of the river
and it's when fellow expects ut
| tie sport said Savage, that luck
| comes his way. and that was the case
Sunday"
| Fishing in swift water. the party
| succeeded in landing bushel or more
| catfish, twenty small-mouth bass ana
any number of club. The anglers
thought the club had come e,.d rom nmera
stream in the country that mad over.
| flowed Most of the bass were so small
that they were returned to the river.
| Savage lost number of bait and con-
| cluded the small fish were being killed
| bv a bass guarding its young. he
| made change in his line, cast another
| live bait and soon was rewarded Tor
| his trouble.
The fish triaed with the bait as be
fore he said and he concluded he
| would make a strike. He did so and
hooked a six-pouud catfish. After that
| it was easy sailing. and the buShel or
more fish provided plenty for a fry and
some to distribute among friends
| Hayward Cross and DR. Eugene X.
! Nichols are rated as being two of the
most successful anglers in the west end
| of the city, and they have been in po-
| sition the past two weeks to make the
! fish know of their ability.
The scene was laid at Chesapeak e
Beach, where DR.. Nichols thinks fishing
/ is as good it is at any point along
! the bay, and the anglers experienced
! the greatest luck ever. dropping their
| fish into a sack that was tied to the
boat and enjoying thoughts of what
their friends would say when they
| reached home.
But something happened to upset
| their plan a friend remarked, and
| that something was nothing less than
the bottom of the sack dropping out.
| 1T may seem strange to say that the
| bottom of sack dropped out. he add
| ed. but that's what happened. 1t was
| a sack that had been in the crab steam l.
er a number of times and the strength
had been steamed out of it,
Gross said DR.. Nichols. its about
| time to be looking after the fish," pro-
ceeding to lift the sack from the water.
| 1t was so easy a lift that the doctor
scented trouble. The fish were gone
and he declared they had caught the
F., but Cross would not admit he had iden-
| titled any of them as having been on
his line more than once.
Another start was made and the an
| SlSrS lanOeO ABOUT Sixty nSn tnat lney
| did not consign to a sack.
/! Having experienced such good luck
| with his companion, DR.. Nichols re-
| turned to Chesapeake Beach early in
i the week and tried the game single
| handed. He says it's an easy matter to
catch them whether single-handed or in
| team work
| The sportsman rowed more than one
! mile from Shore anchored on the oyster
Il al oh hi
way. incidentally the doctor has a Sc
| cret method of attracting the fish his
way. 1t is stated. and other anglers
who have seen his big catches are
| Twenty tailors were among his
catch. Some of them weighed as much
as two bounds, he said, and anglers
know full well what it means to land
| a fish of that species.
You know you have something on
! your line. the angler remarked.
j Other fish landed by the doctor in
cluded many large trout and spots.
Bruce S. Branson has returned from
an interesting trip to Lake Sunapee,
n. H., where he was house guest of
| DR.. George NJ. kober at the latter's
summer home.
Fish were plentiful, great sport was
!enjoyed and the game warden and his
assistants were on the job said Bran
SON. TT is against the law to take a
!,
land viola tors of the law. are arrested
and punished.
such a law properly enforced he
added, would increase the stock of
, bass in the Potomac.
4; DR. kober does not enjoy the sport,
{ and his guest had to go it alone The
water in the lake was SO high. said
Branson, that bait was hard 10 get and
it was necessary to resort to the use
Of worms. Fish took the worms all
most as fast as they We're thrown to
them and it an easy matter to
land a string of big ones.
| Branson's heaviest bass weighed four
and three-quarter pounds Pickerel
and mountain trout were among the
fish caught in the lake. Otter pond
was fshed at night. and the angler
| caught n number of horned pout there.
Fully realizing the benefit derived from
enforcement of the law. the angler may
make a move for the better protection
| of the fish in this section.
James L. Marshall, William 7. CALI
her, Charles E. Galliher. A. NJ McLach-
lien, r.. r. McLachlen, A, D. McLachlen,