Evening star., 1915-03-27

rough showing a decidedly satisfied
appearance after ssmpling some of his
own make
Mack's record for the week was
seventythree Mississippi catfish. None
of the fish was large enough to break
a record. however. although the angler
said they were large enough to satisfy
any sportsman.
George E. wyne and 4. r. Richard
son, two business men of Washington,
have had some exciting sport fishing
a Miami, Fla, the past week or two.
Having succeeded in landing q variety
of the specimens found in the waters
off the coast of Florida, including bar
1acuda. kingfish and grouper. the
largest of which weighed thirty three
pounds. they decided to try for
shark.
Accompanied by Capt. otto in his
launch they spent half day before
they succeeded in locating the desired
quarry Late in the day. however, two
shark We're observed, and the larger
one which proved to be male, finally
took the bait Then followed an ex-
citing struggle to land it, and re-
suit the anglers were handled pretty
roughly The fish gave an exhibition
of Aquatic gymnastics that surpa ssed
anything the Washingtonians had ever
seen before. 1t required fye shots
from a .45-caliber revolver before a
landing was accomplished. Later on
the mate was captured after an even
more exciting battle. Both fish We're
specimens Of the hammerhead shark
The larger one measured II feet s
inches and weighed about 900 pounds.
The accompanying picture shows
catch made at later date, and shows
seven grouper, four barracuda, one
kingfish and seVen-foot hamnerhead
shark
Charlie Porter. reputed to be one of
the most successful fishermen III TINS
section, was on the river at F'letcher's
THURSDAY afternoon with Ringgold
Hart and Lewis NJ. Thayer. The trio
did not make a start until after office
hours and consequently did not have
much time on the river
When the fourteenth fish had been
landed Hart had just one half of them
to his credit. His companions did not
appreciate being SO far in the back
ground and jokingly refused to allow
the lantern to go to his end of the
boat.
Light or no light" said Hart. here
goes for a fish, and the baits not
much.
Up came big fish on the poor bait
and in the dark, making the fifteenth
and last fish of the catch.
Take the lantern" chorused the
other fishermen, but 1t way time to go
home and the champion had no use for
it.
Warren Reed and DIR. Randall Par
sons spent the greater part of one day
and much of the night on the river, and,
as was the case with many others, they
were anxious to get the big fish of the
season.
The two anglers were on the river a
day that the wind was not SO bad, and
when night came they found it warm
enough to remain until long after sun
down.
Nineteen fish were caught by them.
They caught nothing large enough to
break the record OF William Wyncoop.
however, who landed an eighteen
pound fish earlier in the season.
@. D. Heltzel also was on the river
hoping he would be able to establish a
record. Luck was againe. him. how
ever and he caught fewer fish than his
friends.
.'One of them was a nine-pounder,"
said Joe Fletcher, 'and that was the
largest fish of the day
William wyncoop probably spent
more time on the river last week than
did most of his friends, and he prob
ably caught more fish.
"On both Wednesday and THURSDAY
he made catch of twenty-five said
one of his friends. while another day
he landed forty-four. but none of them
matched his eighteen FOUNDER Of a few
weeks ago.
Hugh A. Kane did not stop fishing
because big Mississippi catfish took
his rod Il weeh ago.
There are plenty more rods, he
said to his companions "and know
there are plenty of fish in the river.
Procuring a new rod, the enthusiast
angler returned to Fletchers and
made an effort to get big fish. He
said he was anxious to get the one
that had taken his hook and part of
his line.
Kane managed to get a fish that
weighed eight and three-qYarter
pounds. The angler was well saGshed
with the result of his effort.
Joe Fletcher spent many hours on
the river last week. He scarcely missed
a day, he said, fishing several hours at
a time and catching a total of 125 fish.
He caught about a dozen fish that
weighed as much as six pounds, most
of them weighing from one to three
pounds.
Charlie Fletcher tried his luck Tues
day 1t was an off day. the fisherman
said, and he thought he would put in
part of 1t on the river. When he re-
turned ashore he had a count of thir-
teen Mississippi catfish. The largest
was an eight -poundr.
AL Buchler is spending his vacation
on the river. He has made several
good catches, but Thursday afternoon.
his last trip for the week, he caught