Evening star., 1915-10-16

! river that day who managed to make
! a good showing, while there was high
wind and rough water, commented
less fortunate sportsman. who saw
them when they returned ashore for
dinner.
Billy Withers caught the largest
white perch seen at Rock Point this
| season, while his companion landed
large trout. In the afternoon they re-
turned to the river and made big
| catch.
And I hope to have another try at
! the fish before the end of the season.,
remarked one of the sportsmen.
Karl Achterkirchen. William E. Du!in,
Martin Schneider and John w. Hurley
spent a pleasant day at Benedict last
week. j. x Smith. Brandywlne, d! y ! me-. No.
| 1T was after the opening OF the oys-
ter season." said Hurley, "and the boat
men were not anxious to abandon the
men. One of them condescended to look
after the party, however, and an en-
| joyable outing was had, the boatman
taking along supply OF oysters 1or
us"
| Hurley and Achterkirchen recalled the
| day that they caught barrel of hard
! heads at Benedict and wondered II II
were possible for them to make an,
the conclusion that a duplication of that
catch was impossible. although they
got more than enough fish to satisfy
them.
you catch all the trout you want"
said Achterkirchen. II want some Dig
cells to pickle" and before he had nm
iShed speaking along came DILL eel
or ''roundfish" Ringgold Hart calls
them, and the fisherman had ali the
sport he wanted.
| The five members of the party were
we'll satisfied with the result OF the
days sport Smith left them at Bran
l n nd ha
| in time to enjoy hot supper.
| Guess what it takes to get the fish
we've got" remarked a member or a
party composed of Harry Gregory,
i Charles G. Dern, T. F. Sharp, Z. W.
Chamberlain and ]. G. Rizzo
A spectator suggested that at tn the siens nsn;
large trout and rock, showed no sishs
| of having been hooked.
| And" he added, they are of such
| a uniform size
Never heard of silver hooking
fish," commented one of the possessors
| of a string of attractive trout.
"But." added another member OF the
party, Eve didn't buy all of them.
i The five men had an en1oyapis , ou.
| ing. they said, and that was why they
visited the Wicimico river. Iney re-
turned home perfectly satisfied with
their days outing.
Rinegold Hart. Lew Thayer and De-
tectiye James E. Armstrong made ar
rangements for a trip to the Wlcomico
river last "Wednesday, but at tne ids.
minute one of them received Wora tnat
the river at Seneca was in nne cohui-
ton for bass fishing. and their auto.
mobile was headed in the direction or
the upper river instead of toward the
state road in lower MARYLAND
Now we wish we had headed II the
other way" said a member of the trio,
after learning of big catch made Dy
party of six friends who went to the
Wicomico
Muddy water greeted the trio when
they reached Seneca. They tried their
luck. however. and Ringgold Hart sue
ceeded in getting one hsh mayer eol
one strike and lost his fish. Dlsheart-
ened by his failure to make catcn'
Thayer tried his luck in the canal long
enough to land a small big mouth bass
Armstrong did not get strike.
On the return trip at night Hart,
operating the automobile was unable
to prevent the car from killing
ra bbit that was bewildered by the
light while crossing the road HE dld
his best to prevent the slaughter, put
the rabbit turned directly in front OF
the wheel and made it appear as II It
wanted to commit suicide.
Fifty-two trout. thirty-one rockhsh
and about three hundred spots ana
Point Wednesday by Martin Schneider.
Thomas Kirby, w. B. Wheatley. George
Nesline. John W. Hurley ana L. w.
| Dahl Sick and unable to join a party
Of anglers on weekend outing, Hur-
ley learned of the sport that was had
| at Rock Point, and Wednesday he IN
| duced a party of friends to take the
trip.
| .It was the grea test sport I've had on
the lower river this sea son., said the
veteran angler, land only bad weather
will prevent another trip there"
| The six anglers. in Capt Johnny
Shymanskfs motor boat, went 10 NO
| 10 buoy, dropped anchor and fished the
greater part of one tide. A second trip
to the river was made after dinner.
and on each occasion the sportsmen
met with success. Hurley landed the
largest fish, trout that weighed con-
siderabl more than two pounds.
w F. Adkins is an enthusiastic
sportsman who finds sport near home.
plymouth bass, he says, furnish as
good sport as he wants to enjoy, and
during the past week he has caught
| from three to six each day he was out.
walking the sea wall opposite the
steamboat wharves and using spoon
| that coEt a nickel" said the sportsman,
| "I landed five fish one afternoon, and
! on another occasion my catch included
| a genuine small-mouthed bass that
weighed more than two pounds"
| Adkins brought his fish from the
| river wrapped in paper and they were
alive when he reached home One of
them, the largest of a catch of three,
was presented to Ward Savage.
| 1t is still alive and keeping small fish
, in an aquarium busy to keep from be-
i ing eaten.' was his comment.
The small-mouth bass was caught on
| pike minnow.
! Fishing off Bay Ridge light one day
this week, J. K. Jett of Baltimore, who
has numerous Washington anglers
among his friends. made catch that
would delight any lover of the pisca-
torial sport.
i Il baited with cells and caught the
fish trolling" the successful angler
ltelephoned w. T. Bowie.
| The largest of his catch weighed four
teen pounds. the second twelve pounds,
| and eight others weighed from three to
| eight pounds each.
| Col. John Pritchard, U. S. A.. retired,
| did trolling near the bridge over Severn
| river at Annapolis. Md, and caught
| eleven rockfsh. His largest fish weighes
eleven pounds and five ounces, while the
| smallest one tipped the scales at six
\ pounds.