Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-14
but however, and the monster got

would sell out and give up the sport.
But he will not" said his friend
Mrs. Anna c.. Welsh and her two sons,
Masters Robert and Burke Welsh, are
registered at the New Willard. Co
lonial Beach, where Mrs. Welsh is
chaperoning Misses Edith Heard and
Node Connors. A fishing trip to Swan
point was diversion suggested by
the chaperon. and the party took adj
vantage of the tender Of the iaunch
The outing proved enjoyable. and the
five participants were delighted at the
fine sport they had. Their string of fish
was made up of trout, hardheads and
! perch.
Matt Ridden. George Wells and Tom
Waddy participated in a weekend out
ing on Little Hunting creek.
"a place where the scenery is beautl-
full and the fish plentiful" commented
Ridden. "In the springtime white
perch are plentiful. later yellow perch
appear, and still later plymouth bass
are caught in large number. And big
turtles also are plentiful in season
The anglers landed a string of attrac-
tive bass, they stated, and would have.
caught more had their bait not run
short and as an evidence OF their luck
Ridden brought Ward Savage a couple
of live fish.
Will T. Reynolds. Harry A. McNinch.
Harry Tennyson and James Curtin
have returned from an outing on the
canal and river, having gone as FAR as
Seneca 1t was Reynolds annual out
ing for frogs. turtles and black bass,
and while he was disappointed IN that
he did not get many bass and frogs, he
was able to report catch OF twenty
six turtles.
Bass were unusually plentiful and
frogs correspondingly scarce" was the
comment of the leader of the party
r.
many bass before, but our bait died
and we only were able to watch them
jumping and wish we had what it re-
CURED to catch them.
Capt. Will Roessler was in charge of
the Idlewise on weekend outing to
Nlattawoman creek, the others in the
party being Fritz Roessler and w. c.
Herfurth.
Fearing he would be behind time,
Fritz Roessler hurried from home with
out taking time for breakfast. and it
became necessary for him to spend an
hour or more anxiously awaiting the
arrival of his companions.
"It gave me time to wash the deck
and assist in getting an early start"
he said.
Capt. VIII caught most of the fish,
a string of plymouth bass, while his
brother displayed ability in landing
catfish.
But" remarked Herfurth. "they
were not even big enough for chowder."
Great were the preparations made by
Charlie Porter. Al Buchler. Harry An
derson, Mack Sparrough and 4. j. Sab
dala for weekend outing at Annap-
oils.
"And small was the CATCH" COM
mented Ringo1d Hart, whose automo-
bile was in readiness to transport the
fish and fishermen from the railway
station to their homes.
The five Sportsmen went to Annapo-
lis fully prepared for a boating trip on
Chesapeake bay to try their luck for
rockfsh. Others had caught them
| there. they were told, and they saw no
reason why they could not make a
catch.
The boatman induced US to go to the
Severn river. however. instead Of to the
bay" said Sparrough. "and we had a
| delightful ten-mile ride"
What they caught was string of
$50 perch. but no rockfsh. and they
said never again.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Kane. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Hoffman and Chester
! Forrest were members of a fishing
party at Wizards lock on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal on weekend
! outing. All are enthusiasts with rod
and line and usually they have SPLEEN
did luck.
But that was one of the off days."
said Kane, land on our return it was
| necessary to make a purchase to have
q fish fry
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Hazleton. who do
not miss many weekend fishing trips.
were at Rock Point on their outing
week ago The appearance of storm
bility of shortening their stay on the
water and they went ashore.
1--WE did fairly WE'LL" said Mr. Halle
| ton, considering the success of the
Others"
Mr.. and Mrs P " Stats of Vienna,
Va. learned of the sport that was be-
ing enjoyed at Colonial Beach and went
there for an indefinite period, register
ing at the New Willard and making the
acquaintance of Maurice Auerbach,
who always Is willing to join fishing
I party.
| Last Thursday Auerbach accompanied
| the couple to the vicinity of one of the
felt that they had almost depleted the
river.
Among those who participated in
weekend outings at Rock Point the
past week were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
V. Renner,. w. r. Wilcox, C. E. Miller,
Clyde Shade, w. H. Henshaw, E. A. Pit
kin and family, James Yochum and
| family, Frederick Lutz, Warren Smith,
Harry Darr. John Shea. E. F. L. Costi-
gan. J. T. Branson. T. M. Quill, A. H.
Wilson, L, w. Pearson, c. D. Church, J.
w. Baker, DIR. Fred Repetti, G. F.
Hoover and family, DR.. j. J. Darby and
| family, Miss c. B. Haas and Virgil NJ
FookeS.
Walter r. Smith reported the catching
of rockf1sh at Fenwick. Md, two miles
below Marshall Hall.
Had two-pounder for dinner" he
wrote Charles r. Holman, and the lat
| ter arranged for a weekend trip there
| to try his luck. -'-
DR.. Wade H. Atkinson, Dr. w. B.
Duffy, W. F. Buckingham and B. Frank
Wright were at Rock Point one day
last week. They motored to the re-
| sort and were on the river early in the
morning, and it was early in the after
noon when they gave up the sport. The
| four made a killing of trout, hard
heads. perch and rockf1sh.
! Mai. Edward F. Riggs, D. c. N. G., re-
tired, participated in a pleasant outing
at Piney Point, place so familiar to
| Washingtonians, and enjoying fishing
| trims on the Potomac. His little nephew,
Herbert, more Familiarity called Bud
i DIV" Harrington; Gordon Plugge, Au-
gust H. Plugge, George Klinknett and
Robert Hunter, the last named being a
resident Of Baltimore, were members of
a fishing party which proved particu-
larly interesting.
zone hundred and fifty fish in one and
one-half hours was what the party
caught" said the retired militiaman.
Herbert HARRINGTON and George