Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

! JdHIcS SuTleys game "AIuSA "a
Maryland, has promised to put a stop
| to the illegal catching of small-mouth
bass in the Potomac. He told DR.. Hugh
| M. Smith. chief of the bureau of Ash
cries, that he will utilize every means
at his command to protect the game
| fish
1T is unlawful to take bass from the
Potomac river II any manner" the
game warden stated, land Information
of violations of law is solicited
Bass fishermen have entered vigorous
| complaints against the taking of hum
| dreds of fish from the river near Great
| Falls since the closing of tho season,
the law providing for the protection
! of the fish during the spawning sea-
| son, and last Sunday representative
| of the game warden was on hand to
| warn persons against violating the
! law.
| MY advice is that you keep off the
river" was what the anglers were told
| by the game warden's representative.
| and. 1t is stated. his advice was needed.
| People on the Virginia side of the
| river have obeyed the law said Carl
| Blauboch. resident Of the Old Do
| minion, but hundreds of them have
| been caught on the Maryland side. In
| three days last week 1875 bass were
| taken from the river.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
| the protection of the fish during the
spawning season, says DR.. Smith, CHIEF
of the bureau of fisheries, who is in
fish in the Potomac river, especially
the varieties of catfish that were
brought here from the Mississippi river
several years ago. Anglers who spend
much time on the river say there are
millions of the catfish. the spotted and
ia a n q thew
furnish splendid sport.
The spotted catfish" said DR.. Smith,
reach maximum weight OF about
twenty-five pounds, while the fork
Fish of both varieties are being
caught in large numbers, and sports
men who are anxious to catch only
perch say that the catfish are so nu-
| merous they make themselves trouble
| some. 1t is said that the spotted cat
| fish display some of the characteristics
of the brook trout and present much
| the appearance of the game brook fish
| when being taken from the water.
1t is recalled by local anglers that
! the largest catfish caught in the vicin-
ity of this city weighed a little short
| of forty pounds. 1t was caught with
| rod and line some distance below Great
! Falls,
George Burris and F. B. Lawless, on
a weekend outing at Great Falls, Va.
| enjoyed about much sport as Two
! anglers could possibly have enjoyed In
| the same time.
| 1--WE heard people say there Is no
sport catching anything but bass and
! brook trout" commented an old angler
who stood on the hank high above the
| two sportsmen and witnessed the land
| ing of nearly 200 spotted catfish: but
| the sport those men are having is
/ enough to make any angler envious.'
Burriss and Lawless stood on large
1 1,o
| cliff. baited with ordinary worms and
used floats. They fished in the swift
water. and when the fish took their
| bait they made the corks disappear,
and the rods almost doubled. The hsh
| they caught weighed from one-half
pound to two pounds.
! Many other anglers fished from the
| rocks along the river and caught hsh,
but none was able to tell the story of
| Burriss and Lawless.
| Word comes from the lower Potomac
that white perch as large as they grow.
| cells big enough to pull an ordinary
person overheard and catfish large
caught in large numbers.
| Capt James Dingy, who enjoys the
| reputation of being the most success
| full angler on the Potomac and Wicom
| leo rivers, in the Rock Point and Bush
! wood section, wrote his friends to come
down if they wanted to enjoy the sport
| of catching large perch, while Francis
\. stonestreet; who hopes n to be the the
town is Incorporated told OF the sue
cessful efforts that had been made by
! a number of persons.
| W. P Bowie. anxious to learn If rock
| fish were biting, sent Stonestreet a
| shipment of bloodworms to try He
| had hoped for an early response, he
said, and If favorable he was going to
ride over the new state road ana try
wrong. and the worms had long ceased
| to be available for bait when they were
delivered, and the sportsman deferred
| his trip.
James n. Green, F. j. Stearns. A. Bell
and Bernard Mattingly were members
of weekend fishing party that went
| from this city to Rock Point, prooa nlF
| the first anglers VINO nave sohe .heie
And we were delighted with our
| trip said Green: and the beauty OF
| II was that fifteen minutes after We
! left our automobiles we were caten'ns
| fish. 1t was not a case Of having to go
several miles to get bite
81 srent the busiest time of my life
| on the river Tuesday afternoon. re-
marked John B. Schroth. when he re
turned with a string or ABOUT elShts
large perch.
DR., r. c. Fowler accompanied the
| SDOTtSmdn
/ pated in the enjoyment of the sport
Il have been on the river ,, a nun
but the white perch caught Tuesday
were the largest of all have seen this
season.
| The sportsmen found Mississippi cat
fish exceptionally plentiful
| They were so plentiful, said one OF
the anglers. that they seemed to fight
| the perch for the bait.
| Crossing Policeman ]. II. Clements,
who directs traffic at 9th and G streets.
believes in taking little recreation on
the river when he finds it convenient
| to get away.
| Monday evening was one of the times
| he was able to go fishing. and he eN-
perienced great luck.
might fishing In hot weather is much
more enjoyable than sitting on the
| river in the hot SUM- said the angler.
and usually it is more successful.
! The fisherman caught 1874 perch and
more than forty Mississippi catfish, the
largest of the latter fish weighing
twelve pounds