Evening star., 1915-03-13

Anglers are satisfied that white perch
| have reached the river in the vicinity
or this city. and arrangements have
been made by number of the sports
men to give them trial tomorrow.
Herring are being caught below
Alexandria" said Joe Fletcher, land
when the herring are here the perch
are not far away"
Soft crabs. the choicest bait for the
early run of perch, are not yet in the
market. Cut smelts however, provide
an excellent bait for the perch, and
minnows are used by many anglers as
| being the bait that is calculated to at
tract the largest perch.
| After all" remarked Ward Savage
! the ordinary angleworm Is about as
good as anything, especially for the
small perch"
Mississippi catfish are being caught in
| large numbers in the deep water be-
J tween Aqueduct and Chain bridges, and
many anglers braved the cold weather
during the week to enjoy the sport
Charlie Porter and John Dean were
on the river at F1etcher's Thursday aft
ernoon. They experienced all kinds of
weather, bright sunshine. rain. snow
and wind. but in spite of the unfavora- L.
BILE conditions they left the water with
! a count of twenty-four
Charlie got the biggest fish, said
his companion. 1T was a Mississippi
catfish that weighed Ss4 pounds"
Dean landed four fish weighing from
~ to pounds each. The anglers did
their fishing short distance below
| Walkers point. where they were pro-
cd tt14 II
protection on their return to the land
ing.
Fishing under sucf, difficulties would
have been unpleasant" said Porter
luck.
Q, D. Heltzel. one of the piscatorial
enthusiasts, has been on the river
many times this season. He always
ma kes an early start, his friends say
and when he gives up the sport at the
end of the season it is pretty certain
that no more fish are to be caught.
On weekend trip with Harry PAUL
a catch of nineteen Mississippi catfish
pleased their friends. The fish were
not unusually large, said the enthu-
siastic angler. but they were large
enough to make the sport interesting
| Thursday afternoon Heltzel returned
to the river alone. He caught FIVE fish
and was satisfied.
I'm only doing this to pass the time
| W.T." tho s0"son fn- rockfsh opens
said the angler. I've have only about
that's when I'm at home on the river
Three years ago Heltzel caught the
prize rockfish of the season and was
presented with handsome fishing out
/ Bob Susan caught a Mississippi cat
/ fish while angling in Eastern branch
one day this week, and he was so much
surprised that he was unable to con-
vince himself that it was of the Mis-
sissippi variety until he had shown it
to friends.
I've fished the branch for years." he
said. "and not until this week had l
even seen Mississippi catfish caught
there"
sussan and Harry Pyemont were to-
gether when the catch was made. The
big fish was caught near DEVILS Ell
bow, where a large carp also was
caught the same day.
I'VE were fishing for the ordinary
channel catfish when the big one was
hooked" said Susan. land were de-
lighted when we saw the Mississippi
fish. 1t shows they are there, and there
Is no reason why more of them should
not be caught"
The anglers made quite a large catct
of the channel catfish.
\ John McNamee, veteran of the civi
u war and enthusiastic angler. holds the
i reputation for catching the largest cat
fish ever caught in Eastern branch. TIL,
veteran spends much of his spare time
on the water in the vicinity of Bennins
bridge. using various kinds of lines
|, and this season he has made some goot
catches.
Tuesday afternoon when he looked
over his lines he was surprised to fint
, | the big fish on one Of the hooks
Its a whopper." he told Joe Baur
and the latter doubted the size of th
fish until it was actually handed t,
him.
, I've fshed every spot of the brancl
for the past twenty years." said Baur
"and it's the biggest one I've eve
SEEN" And Baur made chowder of i
when he reached home.
Il E. w. McIntire. grand trunk. pilote,
members of the Order of the Whit
j Elephant to the home of the Happ,
Home Fishing Club on the west pp ha NJ
v of the Potomac below Alexandria for :
> weekend outing.
II Equipped with rods and lines and al
t assortment of bait, the anglers boa ride,
8 a Mount Vernon car early enough t,
put them at the shore long before noon
- THE weather was SO chilly" sale
e Scribe Delavigne. that we did not e,
8 before the sun was well up and thel
we found the water not in condition
Y for fishing.
I'VE didn't catch any fish, he added
Il 'but we dld eat plenty planked Shad.'
u Thomas Waddy did the plankine O
> the North Carolina shad that had bee,
! ordered fresh from the waters of tha
= ;, state. Those who partook of the flsi
and showered Waddy with congratu
lations were E. w. McIntire. William
Schinner, Gustave Lohse, William Sin
clair. Theodore Delaviene, Archie NC
Nelly. T. e. Ross. Col. Bowers, Gus Cal
vert and Frank Hambright.
! Responding to reuueSt nada h,
anglers, representatives of the United
| States Engineers Corps opened the
gates at the tidal basin this week anG
permitted the high tides to give the
basin a thorough cleaning.
And make conditions right for fish
ing" commented W. p. Bowie. who dis
played an interest in the flushing OF
the basin.
Following the opening of the gates
w. c. Adams visited the basin and
landed six bass. He fished only for
about forty-five minutes. and his bass
| weighed from one and a half to three
pounds. Samuel b. kendig tried his
luck and landed two fish.
Mack Sparrough and DR.. Randall
| Parsons spent day on the river early
in the week. They fished in the par
lor." a favorite spot for rockfish and