Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21

shore. where he thought he was just
as likely to catch fish as II he went
three times the distance.
| And he was not disappointed said
DR.. William E. Whitson.
The two anglers landed fully thirty
pounds of fish in the short time they
were on the bay.
Muddy water up the river induced
Harry Buterstine to go to Chappa-
wamsic to try his luck-for big mouth
bass; He realizes there is more sport
sters that are caught in the upper
river, but it was a question of any
port In storm with him, and he went
to Chappawamsic.
That is a place where muddy water
is unknown" said Charles r. Holman,
land where fishing usually is good.
Buterstine used scent spoon and
caught thirty bass"
The string of thirty fish attracted
much attention and was the means of
suggesting Chappawamsic to a num-
Der of other .anglers.
Edward Manders has discovered a
new bait for catfish. and, he says. the
bait means the catching of such fish.
1t is worms from the entrails of hogs,
he said and when used they never fail
| to attract fish.
his outline near Benning bridge and
caught 149 Ash. The fish weighed from
one-half pound to two pounds. and
many Of them were white channel fish.
IT he had been fishing for living"
picked up a few dollars"
Thomas Wright. William Coles. Lum-
procured a supply Of peelers from Bal.
timore and went to the vicinity OF
Glymont to get some Of the large perch
that are caught in that section.
| "The big perch furnish better sport
than most Of the saltwater fish, said
Wright. land when an angler gets into
them the way we did he knows he's
been fishing"
feet from the lower end Of the old
wharf, where there is hard bottom
that is natural feeding ground for
perch and rockfsh, and they had peen
there only few minutes before they
Big white perch. some weighing
more than one and one-half pounds.
took their bait as fast as 1t was put
overheard. and before they were caught
! in a storm their catch aggregated one
ana one-half barrels The storm beach
ed their boat and disabled it. and John
Sebastian towed them to the city.
| w P. Magruder. E. A: Fuller. Ar.
thur Carr and George r. Hickey OF
Hyattsville motored to Benedict on a
weekend outing, fshed in the Patuxent
river and made a splendid catch.
Fuller is making a campaign f9r .ne
Georges county. but on the occasion
of the outing his companions did not
| have time to stop for him to see any
of his political friends.
MI. h~N Or
county and part Of Charles. early In
the day, reaching Benedict, where they
caught $50 fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hoffman visited
Chesapeake Beach and f1shed under
difficulties, which meant three drench-
ines in about as many hours.
But after each shower, SAID John
Kane. "the couple renewed their eff
forts to catch fish. and their eHofts
were not in vain"
Husband and wife are enthusiasts
with rod and line They make frequent
trips to places where they can fish. and
usually they return with good sup
ply. enough for themselves and frlenas:
land that's what they did the oay
thew were caught in three showers,
said Kane.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Anderson were
at Rock Point with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Wensinger of Fremont. Ohio, last week;
two hours and caught a string or
ffty-three trout and a number of spots
| "And they were SO well pleased with
their CATCH" said resident or ROCK
Point that they arranged for stay
of. several days later in the season"
Judge Michael M. Doyle, Judge George
lC. Aukam, John Lewis Smith. Robert
J. wynne and W.. A Hopkins were
Rock Point E. P. Hazelton. who sell
dom misses a week end at Rock Point.
was on hand with Guy F. Nelly and
Morton Nelly, and the trio made big
catch. Probably the largest catch
made there by weekend visitors was
made by Capt. William Mitchell. U:
s. A., who tried the game alone and
landed more than 100 trout.
Blades, George w. Baines and Albert
J. Blades represented Takoma Park
among the scores of anglers at Co
lonial Beach. They we're t there 1,i TOR a
day registered , at the their luck from
the pier in the afternoon:
! "rhey were after perch" remarked
, Maurice Auerbach. land were not dis
| appointed. The next time they come
B. W. Thompson and Robert Jingle
enjoyed a pleasant outing to Colonial
Beach last week. Both are enthusi-
asts, and Thompson says when he goes
| fishing he usually has with him what
it takes to catch the fish.
"The biggest trout I ever saw were
on our string" said Thompson. some
Of them being as long as a mans
arm"
swans Point was where they caught
the biggest fish. Il
T. A. wickersham is leading the fish,
ermen at Chesapeake Beach, especially
as to the. size of the fish
"Others may remain on the water
longer and get greater numbers" re-
marked one Of the older sportsmen
at the beach. but when 1t comes to
getting the big ones Mr.. Wickersham
Most Of the fishing done by the sue
cessful angler is enjoyed during the
early morning hours and at night
Llewel1yn T. Reed. Raymond Reed
and william Reed spent two days on
the river at Colonial Beach the past
week and had their usual good luck.
The three anglers know every foot Of
ground in the river. creeks and ponds