Evening star., 1915-10-16

of big catches being made at this. that
and the other place that he says he will
have to give the fish a trial.
Il was over at Annapolis" he said,
| and caught a few rockfish. and now 1
want to catch more of them"
Woodruff says he has enjoyed fine sport
| along the Pacific coast but has never
made a big catch in this section.
Bob Smith went on a weekend out
ing alone. He boarded his launch.
Mercury. and went to Pamunkey creek
He told the result Of his trip" said
Charlie Mullen. He fished all day
without getting a strike, even though
before starting on the trip. he felt GER
tain that he would get fish enough to
fill his boat.
Austin Savage and Billy Burdine took
a day off and went fishing. Burdine is
not much of a fisherman. he says. and
he is willing to admit it. but his friend
boasts of his ability to catch fish and
eat them.
'Gravelly creek is the greatest place
in the world for perch" said Savage
in ALI seriousness. II remember going
there. years ago and catching fish
enough for market. and when the duck
ing season opened 1t was the place
above all others where the ducks fed"
Burdine took his friends word for
everything he said and willingly ac-
,companied him to the place where fish
were caught years ago.
But that was years ago.. was what
Burdine said when he returned from
the trip.
No more Gravelly creek for me-
N L. Pulliam surprised his friends
yesterday morning when he returned
from a night trip to the tidal basin and
exhibited a string of thfrty-three bass
all alive.
Pulliam has spent much time about
he oil acin 1xya nA
many fish. but the string he landed
between midnight Thursday and early
yesterday morning was the most at
tractive one
| Irving Tade. Garnett S. Brown. Harry
L. Leizear and James E. Ecklon en-
joyed three days on the river. They
experienced a drenching one day, but
er did not prove annoying.
Ecklof carried of the honors with a
catch Of seven bass in twenty minutes
The anglers caught about fifty bass. one
Frank Williamson. master of the bat
tleship Elsie. and Mike Collins, captain
Of the launch BatuGari. both ardent fisher
about their boats, the "battleship' being
an exceptionally small craft.
! The little craft last Sunday was life
saver for the Batucar1, however, when the
ldtteT DOdt-iOt uIQer IIe weight ltS
captains big catch of fish-broke down.
Williamson said he would forget the
comments his friend had made about his
fishing craft, threw out line and towed
| the big boat home. Both captains had
been fishing and both had fish.
A. ]. Sahdala visited Annapolis Thurs
day morning. taking a large supply of
bloodworms, and tried his luck trolling
for large rockfish.
Il was told it would be impossible to
get an expert boatman that day." said
Sahdala, but went, and made the trip
with an inexperienced one, the result
being that I did not get any of the
| horses"
The largest fish caught by the angler
weighed five pounds. He said 1t was an
easy matter to fill boat with spots and
perch.
John S. Pollock of the Smithsonian In
stitution and Mrs. Pollock have return
ed to Washington after an extended
trip in the middle west, during which
they spent much time at the fishing
camps along the Ohio river. Mr.. Pol
lock reports the fishing excellent at
the canal locks at Crescentville, where
carp. catfish and sunfish can be found
in abundance. Fishing also Is very
good in the Little Miami river. How
| ever. he said that owing to the ex-
ceedingly cool September the fishing
camps had been forced to close earlier
than usual.