Evening star., 1915-04-17

noon on the river near Walkers point
The three men are enthusiastic anglers,
Barteman spending more time on the
river than the others, and when they
went out this week it was the idea OF
landing long string of perch.
Very few perch came our way" one
of the sportsmen said, but we got a
string OF Mississippi catfish. and Barte-
man got bass that weighed fully
three pounds.
TT was too bad the bass season was
closed" he added, and that Barteman
had to return the fish to the water"
Lewis NJ. Thayer and Ringgold Hart
were among tho scores Of anglers who
tried their luck in the 'parlor" Thurs
day afternoon.
A fisherman who occupied a boat near
them said they were among those who
caught white perch.
The two anglers made a catch OF
about five dozen.
Bob Susan and Harry Pyemont had
an enjoyable weekend outing. They
went to the upper river and made a
strenuous effort to get a string OF
perch, but the perch did not come their
way, they said.
But" said Susan. 1--WE got our share
of Mississippi catfish and were salts
fed"
Louis Perron and his son were more
fortunate than most Of the other
anglers who were out for weekend
outing. While those in nearby boats
were idle. it Is stated, Perron and Per
ron, jr.. were kept busy pulling in
white perch.
I'VE made a catch Of 150,' one OF
them said.
Thursday they returned to the river
and duplicated the big catch.
Carl Stoner and Charles r. Holman
tried their luck on the river one after
noon when fish we're not biting freely.
They were more fortunate than most
OF their neighbors, getting string of
fifty-four fish, one of the best strings
caught that particular day.
"If the perch are not running" said
Charlie Porter to Harry Anderson and
John Dean, his companions: why not
bait for Mississippi catfish?"
The trio baited for the big fish, as
Porter suggested, and while occupants
of nearby boats were pulling out an
occasional small perch they were get
ting large catfish. Their catch totaled
eighteen.
e. c. KELSEY. Edward Helmuth. Daniel
Sullivan. Frank Smith, John p. Harty
and William Brearley of the bureau Of
engraving and printing were among
the fishermen who spent an enjoya BILE
time on the river Thursday.
Individual counts were not made. but
the six sportsmen succeeded in catch
ing considerably more than 500 perch.
One member of the party broke the
record with a catch of a flve-pound
rockf1sh.
William Wynkoop and Edward Lit
tleton made a satisfying catch of
white perch at Fletcher's Thursday
biting freely. however. the anglers
would not have been satisfied with
their catch. They know that better
luck is in store for them when rock
fish become more plentiful.
Harry B. Landgraft's basket was not
filled when he went ashore Thursday
afternoon.
but it was far from being empty
Joe Fletcher commented. "for he had
nearly 100 perch"
Samuel De Binder made an interest
ing catch in the deep water above
Aaueduct bridge Thursday afternoon
His catch was a string of more than
100 white perch.
Some anglers show their fish and
some don't" was Mack Sparrough's re-
mark Thursday afternoon when he
gave up fishing for the day.
It had lobster. shrimp and blood
worms" he added, land caught five
fish,
Edward Q. Craig. one of the most
successful Waltonites on the Potomac
river. says he thinks perch fishing will
be much better tomorrow than it was
week ago. Herring reached the vi
cinity of this city in large numbers
Thursday night.
1T was the heaviest run of herring
I've known to reach here" he said.
Thursday afternoon the angler landed
fully fifty perch. A dozen of them aver
aged one pound each.
Thomas Hume and DR.. John T.. Sans
bury visited Aqua creek Thursday and
witnessed the hauling of a large seine.
One OF them brought home a fourteen
pound rockfsh. They told OF another
fsh that weighed forty-f1ve pounds be-
ing caught. They reported the incident
to w. P. Bowie just to show that there
are big rockhsh not far distant.
And there's no reason why the big
flsh should not reach hero in the near
future said Bowie.