Evening star., 1915-12-25

ones and live ones-and it is certain
that they will do the work.
"The length OF the stay" he said,
depends upon the supply Of game and
the weather conditions"
Realizing the weather was 100 cold
for a weekend outing at Aqua creek.
Va, Charles, r. Holman remained at
home. AS the early morning hours
passed, however, the sportsman
thoughts were of what he probably was
missing.
And, after ALL" he thought. there
may be something doing on the river.
|. He knew there was a roast duck or
turkey dinner in store for him at the
resort, but the last train making tnat
stop had departed and there was not
the slightest possibility OF ms golng
there. But there was something ABOUT
the river that attracted him, and he
visited the tidal basin.
There was a thin coating OF ice
about the WALL" he said, but severai
ardent anglers were there neveIine.
beyond the ice, but did not see any
of them get strike.
George E. Havell, who last year en-
joyed q number of bass fishing trips
f, to the vicinity of Remington. Va. ana
landed many large gamesters, says ne
had poor luck the past season. ne
hopes, however, that there VIII oe pet
ter sport there the coming season.
The sportsman visited that section d
couple of times this winter and he
tried his hand at cunning.
Il killed a few rabbits and birds, ne
said, land got behind big flock OF
turkeys"
And he added. Il remained pehipd
| them"
"The fishing is done for" Ass George
w. Leopo1d's message from Weverton
| to John w. Hurley this week There
has been considerable ice in the river
and the water is much higher than
usual" o.
Leopold informed the veteran sports
man that the water has been run OH
the canal and that no effort has been
| made to save the fish that were lett IN
the holes in the waterway.
Heretofore, it is stated, thousands of
fish were taken from the holes in the
canal each winter and put in the river.
numbers of bass were dipped from such
places by persons residing along the
line of the canal.
Near Glen Echo last year." remarked
an angler, "a number Of persons en-
joyed the sport of snagging large carp
in the holes of the canal"
Joe Sanburn and Austin Savage, talk
ed of as being "early and late fisher
men," admit they have abandoned the
UNLESS the weather gets warm and
there is likelihood of catching fish,
said Sanburn. one of the 'rather-fish-
than eat" sportsmen.
Only two weeks ago Sanburn tried
his luck while there was thin coating
of ice on the river.
And the fact that he caught no fish,"
said Savage, was no fault of his
T Anglers were surprised the past fall
fishing season at finding a number of
small-mouth bass in the river near the
tidal basin. 1t is not an unusual thing
to catch such fish in Little river, it is
stated, but catching them near the tidal
basin came as distinct surprise.
That's an easy problem to solve,
said William E. Dulin. Two years ago
Ward Savage and John Hurley made a
ten strike up the river and Savage put
many of the gamesters in his aquarium
But soon it was discovered that
there were too many Ash for the body
of water" he added, "and what to do to
remedy the conditions was problem
The problem was solved by putting the
fish overheard near the BASIN
DR.. Thomas A. Utz and Marshall
Stratton participated in an interesting
cunning trip in Virginia a few days
ago, doing their shooting in the vicin-
ity of Manassas.
rabbits were almost too plentiful"
said DR.. Utz,s "and when we had killed
as many as we wanted we stopped shoot
ing them"
The sportsmen killed fifteen quail
Had they had a good bird dog they
stated, they would have killed much
larger number of birds.
Dr. Utz met with an accident while
on the trip. A bird shot entered his ear
and inflicted a slight wound. The shot
was removed and no bad effect was ex-
perienced.