Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
seven fish when they were driven of
the river a third time

Alexander B. Legare, Capt. William
| Mitchell, U. S. A, and Capt. Moore
| braved a storm last week, went to
Rock point for a weekend outing and
reached there in a stiff northeast gale
F.! They went on the river. however, and
| tried their luck.
They were driven from the water
three times" said friend, land each
time they went ashore and dried their
| clothing and each time they returned
! to the river.
Such an experience" the friend add
ed. shows they are real fishermen"
! The three men caught more than
| fifty trout and tailors under the adj
| verse conditions
DR.. Robert c. Fowler, wife and child
nave returned from an outing at Ocean
View. The doctor spent part of each
day on the water.
| Caught quite variety of fish," he
said. but nothing like the number
that are caught at places nearer this
city"
The sportsman caught trout, spots
dogfsh and hogfish. He found the
ing but hard crabs for bait. He had
been in the habit of using peelers at
Rock point, Benedict and other places,
he said, and SO he obtained supply in
Norfolk.
Batting with the peters," he ad-
: ded. Il caught many more fish than
others who were near me-"
Detectives James A: Springmann and
James E. Armstrong and H. J. Talta
| vull were guests of Frank B. Wright
on fishing trip to Rock point several
days ago. .-....:'
| ut takes s1euths to find the fish,
| said one of their friends who was at
| when the fish are located" commented
another, its an easy matter to catch
Them
| The four members of the fishing
party experienced splendid luck on the
| Wicomico. They were on the river less
than three hours. they reported, and
| made a catch of $50 trout and other
| fish.
J. F. Marques and Thomas Collins
were at Chesapeake Beach one day the
past week. They experienced the same
I good luck that was experienced by
others. it is stated, Marques landing
eighteen trout in comparatively short
time.
Some of them weighed as much as
three and one-half pounds" remarked
a friend.
Moss Jamison and his young son
were at Camp Jamison for a weekend
outing. Father and son fished the swift
water off Glen Echo and caught more
than three dozen Mississippi catfish.
Some of them weighed as much as five
pounds.
DR.. o. H. Coumbe and family, Mrs. H.
Lamp. Mrs. c. E. Robey and Harry B.
Gram were members of party of
anglers at Rock point. while Clarence
Dodge; FREDERICK Dennison. Bert Nye
and Michael Weller were members of
another party Both parties expert
enced splendid luck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Schneider and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schneider have
returned from pleasant automobile
and fishing trip to River Springs
Father and mother. son and daughter
in-laW, made an early trip to the lower
river resort. and the male members
of the party were on the river soon
after reaching there.
Their catch during the day aggre-
gated more than eighty trout and many
spots and croakers.
Charlie made the catch of the day."
weighing about a pound each"
Carl Brown, NJ. NJ. Mitchell, John
Simons and Emery Clark were at Piney
point three days. They had no trouble
and among their catch were many
tailors. a fish that is known as the
gamester in salt water. Their catch
included fully 200 trout, spots and
founders.
Frank Williamson, commodore of the
"battleship" Elsie, will have Austin
Savage, Carl Dentler and Matt Ridden
as his guests on a trip to Little Hunt
ing creek tomorrow.
I'VE will make an early start to avoid
the rush." said Ridden.
"And to get the first run of fish,
ded Savage.
The anglers expect to catch a string
of bass, catfish and eelS and will try
to get a few snappers.