Evening star., 1915-07-17
They were large enough to provide
splendid sport.

tive of the Asbury Park Surf Fishing
/ Club to a casting tournament held un-
der the auspices of the Midland Beach
Fishing Club.
Sahdala captured a prize in the cast
ing contests. and thinks he would have
made a record had he had his own reel.
Il had no idea entering the contest,
he said, but was induced by others in
the club to do so, and then 1 had to
borrow reel to use. l will participate
in another contest August Z, when I
hope to do better
While at the club the. enthusiastic
sportsman landed rockfish that
weighed sixteen pounds and one ounce.
He was awarded a silver club button
for the catch. 1t is his intention to try
tuna fishing in the ocean next month.
John W. Hurley was on the river at
Sandy Hook and Weaverton for a
weekend outing. He says he never
knew bass to be more plentiful than
put up SO strong fight at this season
as they are doing this year.
THAT probably is because the water
is cooler than usual he said. I'VE
have not had the usual amount of hot
weather to affect the water, and occa-
sional rains have served to muddy the
river and give the fish more protection
than-usual."
Hurley went to the upper river on a
train\ that landed him at Harpers
Ferry early enough Saturday to give
him an opportunity to view the water
and make inquiries, and early the next
morning he was casting choice bait to
the fish.
And the smallest bait seemed the
most attractive" he said.
! The heavy downpour of rain nearly
swamped the boat, he said, and the
boatman was kept busy bailing the
, water while he was landing fish. He
caught string of seventeen fish, the
largest weighing about two pounds.
DR.. r. c. Fowler, w. D. White and
Patrick Holmes spent pleasant day at
Rock point Tuesday. Holmes met his
friends before o'clock in the mornin &
and motored to the resort on the WI
comico. reaching there in time for
breakfast.
Capt James Dingy was on hand to
meet them, having received message
over the telephone, and he had them
on an oyster bar in short order.
| And to tell the TRUTH said DR.. Fow-
ler, the fish came so fast that We got
tired catching them"
| chicken dinner at Hills served to
break the monotony of fishing, the
anglers said. and after a rest during
the late forenoon the trio returned to
trout that was landed. fish that
weighed 2h pounds, and all of them
caught rockfish and perch.
And when we finished the days
fully a barrel of fish. Trout fishing
ought to be fine in a few days.
| The party returned home about 5
[Sclock in the afternoon.
Amos Donaldson. George Swink and
Merrill Loomis are spending much of
their time at Camp Maybe. on the Vir-
ginia side of the river opposite Pen
lnifield's. Last year the trio made sew
eral splendid catches of small-mouth
bass the only kind of fish they enjoy
landing, and they hope to do even bet
ter this season.
Camp life on the upper river is what
should appeal to bass fishermen said
| Swink. When a camper gets out of
| bed at daybreak he is right on the
river, and it's at that time Of the day
that fishing usually is best"
Many long strings of large bass were
caught by the sportsmen last season.
The three men were on the river for
| a weekend outing and caught twenty
five bass, the largest weighing 21a
pounds. They hope to get larger ones
tomorrow.
Policeman Frank Stroman of the
third precinct has had a Corner on
peelers the past two weeks. Frank is
an enthusiastic angler who is found
on the river every day that he has a
few hours to spare. and each day he
goes where he expects to find a few
peelers, buys them and tries his luck
And it's because of the good bait
| that he gets SO many fish, commented
one of his friends.
One peeler is worth a dozen soft
crabs" he added.
; Stroman has made a number of good
| catches of rockfish and catfish.
| Fritz Roessler who spent two weeks
at Ocean View with Rudolph Haenisch
! has returned to the city with a report
fish at the resort About seventy-five
| trout and other varieties of the finny
| tribe were landed by the fishermen on
| one of their outings.
! trip was made July by the run
! aWays" to Quantico, and although they
did not have much luck with fish they
secured large quantity of crabs.
| H. G. Albrecht and A. Wurdeman did
the best work in landing fish. Those
| in the party were H. G. Albrecht, JOS
| eph Bobee, H. N. Clark, J. Duehring, A.
| Herrler. B. r. Humrivkhausen, A.
! Joyce, w. Hecton, William Herman,
F.. w. Voltz, DIR. r. Parson, o. Schleich-
ert. r. P. Stewart. J. H. Timberlake,
]. r. Wilson and A. Wurdeman.
! A report from Rock Point is to the
| effect the fishing there now is excel
| lent and that trout especially are much
more plentiful.
p. J. Haltigan and his son are spend
! ing vacation at the resort. and have
| had considerable luck with the fish,
| anu upOH lHclI IcluTH from eacn OF
| their recent trips on the water have
| brought back good strings of fish.
Fishing at Point of Rocks for the
past week has been fine. according to
4 report received here. Samuel J. Long
and his father. Capt. Long. Wednesday
| got thirty bass. The largest weighed
three and one-half pounds, while two
| of them weighed two and one-half
! pounds each. The rest of the string
| averaged from one to one and Ope-ha IF
| pounds each.
| A. NJ. Sturkle, who resides at the
point. landed ten bass Friday, the larg-
est of which weighed four pounds. A
number of fishermen from Frederick,
Nd. have also made good catches. Bait
is reported to be scarce. and it is
stated that anglers from this city
| ought to take their mad-toms with
| flies, spoon and pork rind bait it is
| stated.
| Edward Toy, who has been taking out
| fishing parties at Colonial Beach to the
| fishing grounds at Point Lookout, about
forty miles belSw Colonial Beach, de-
clares that the fishing this season is
| the best he has ever seen.
Last Friday. Saturday and Sunday Mr.
Toy took a party on his launch Frank
Curley, and more than 400 pounds of fish
| were caught There were a number of
big rock and perch in the catch
William Reed and several other WASH
ingtonians were on the fishing grounds
at the Beach last Monday and returned
| later with a biR baSketful of fish