Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30

land the stormy weath made 1t ap-
uear as if there would be no fishing
the next day. but In the morning the
weather was fine, and we made
CATCH
The sportsmen returned twenty small
fish to the water, retaining six large
ones. On weekend outing to Point
of Rocks. with killiam Kent. Macnichol
participated in a catch of sixteen fish.
Nine of Them he said, were so
small that we threw them back in the
river"
Machnichol recalled that the late Jesse
and reached the conclusion that large
bass did not take bait well during the
bright moonlight seasons.
Capt. Bob Smith on week-en out
ing on Mattowoman creek, entertained
William Butler, James Butler and Will
liam Buckholtz aboard his launch Mer-
curry.
The quartet enjoyed splendid sport
on Mattowoman creek while many
other sportsmen. on creeks on the Vir-
ginia side of the river, were on rough
and cloudy water working hard to get
a strike.
Smith and members Of his party went
to the head of Mattawoman creek,
where clear water was encountered, and
where fish were in evidence in sufficient
numbers to make their catches well
worth while.
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perch and pike were caught. The four
anglers left here early Saturday night,
and returned Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Savage ar@ IN"
Sanburn had an enjoyable weekend
outing on High Island:
There are plenty bass about the
island" said Savage, land lack of prop
er bait was the only reason we did not
get some of them.
1--WE had all but the right kind he
added. we tried several varieties OF
artificial bait, pike minnows and roach.
but did not have any smells. and the
Fishing with the bait they had. the
three members Of the party succeeded
IN landing nineteen big catfish, enough
for a fry and some for their friends.
s. B. D. Rollins and Robert r. NIGEL
roy have returned from a fishing trip
to Occoguan and vicinity aboard their
new launch, Peerless.
THE fishing was best ever" one of
them remarked
eighty live bass. the largest -FOUR
FOUNDER. and the average weight beng rn
anglers fshed from the wharf at Deco
ouan to the falls. catching seventeen
fish while trolling. their only parapher-
MALTA being a hook fastened to the end
of a line and baited with a lively smelt.
large live-boX served to keep the
fish alive during their outing and until
their return home.
Capt. A. W. Reynolds entertained a
party of fisherman friends aboard his
power launch Maggie B. one evening
last week. Host and guests went TO
a point on the lower river from where
interesting reports of catches had been
received and it is stated, found, to
their satisfaction, that the reports were
true
I'VE returned with a good catch, a
six-pounder being among the number,
said one Of the fishermen.
Rillv Withers and Walter E. Schnei-
der, accompanied by their wives. mo,
tored to Rock Point for weekend
had recorded many large catches and
where they hoped they would be able
to duplicate one of the largest Of them
1--WE were late getting start, sald
Withers "a number of boatmen oo-
morning so late in the season. You
know, the oystermen earn from five to
ten dollars a day during the week, and
they don't like to get up early sunday
mornings and I don't blame them.
The largest fish of the day--a trout
was caught by Schneider. Many trout
and perch were caught. and, fishing
near No. buoy, the anglers landed
number of crabs.
William Lannin and Milton SeitZ en-
joyed a motor boat ride to Seneca.
the trip to that favorite resort being
made in twelve hours, while the return
trip was made in seven hours. They
left here Saturday evening in time to
reach their destination, delays going
through the locks consuming so much
time.
ION the return trip" said one of the
sportsmen, the going was better and
not many delays were experienced"
The two anglers landed eighteen bass.
Philip Arth. a member of the Chappa-
wamsic Club and an enthusiastic duck
hunter, last Sunday entertained Philip
Schwartz and Frank P. Madigan at the
clubhouse on Chappawamsic Island.
Arth's chief mission to the island
was to make inquiries about the pros
poets for good ducking season. and
while there he saw a number of ducks.
He expects to take a hand at shoot
ing shortly after the opening of the
season.
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