Evening star., 1915-03-20


which to enjoy crappie and bass fish
| ing in the District of Columbia. the
season for catching such fish or hav-
/ ing them in possession closing March
81 and remaining closed until May %.
1t seldom happens that the spring
season for bass furnishes anglers much
/ sport early rains and cold weather
serving to muddy the water and keep
! the sportslnen off the river and away
| from the tidal basin. This season
| however. anglers have enjoyed fine
| sport and plenty of bass still are in
! evidence.
! Numerous good catches have been
made at the tidal basin the last two
weeks, especially since the basin was
flushed, and day and night scores of
! anglers are seen walking the wall
spooning for fish.
Last week the fish rose to the spoon
and refused to take live bait said one
of the successful anglers, "but this
week they showed q fondness for
smelts and paid but little attention to
artificial bait
Night fishing at the basin is inter-
estlns sport. anglers say, and some of
the best catches are made about mid
night. The anglers do their fishing in
eIC iiSill lHIoN upon the water Dy the
electric lights along the river front.
The light is usually bright enough to
enable them to handle their lines with
as much ease as during the day. and,
II IS SAID. most of the fish that are
caught at night are big ones
Realizing that the season soon Will
be brought to a close. scores of an
Slers are on hand every day trying
their luck, and few are on hand at
night in spite of the cold weather.
11SCatOrlal artists who enjoy ly
bass fishing Will have rest during
April and May, but those who enjoy
angling for other fish will join the
hundreds of perch fishermen in a few
| days and participate in that sport un-
til the opening of the summer season
| for bass.
| n L. Pulliam. one of the most en-
| thusiastfc of the Washington anglers,
| probably has made the best catches OF
| bass at the tidal basin this season
he was on hand the day after the
| landing nine large fish.
| had such good luck that day" he
said, that I returned the following
day and made a similar catch"
! Pullian has two fish that weighed
more than five pounds to his credit. il
is stated. and a number of three-pond
ers.
w c. Adams, Samuel B. kendis, Will
! liam Topham and Taylor Bobb are
among the anglers who made success
! ful trips to the tidal basin the past
! two weeks.
| st. Patrick's $ day emblems were used
as decorations when q score of men,
| bers of the Riverside Rod and Gun
Club We're seated at the dinner ia BILE
| on the occasion of the first spring out
; ing of the club held last Sunday. The
! singing of Irish songs was a feature
} of the affair.
| 1t was the first time this season that
| members of the club were able to get
; on the river. Nine members of the
! club who tried their luck were Timothy
| L. Costello, William F. Spillane. John
W. Work. John j. kiley, John T. Buck-
| ley. Martin Creelman, James Kelly
| Dominic Fowler and Edward McDon
aid.
| Others who were on hand to en- joy
Joachim, Andrew Johnson, John Cor
! man, William Parker, Sylvester Muir
! ply. Michael Sheehan. Charles Neisen-
! born. C.. II. Munnikaser. Angelo
! Rochelli and James Loveday.
! John J. hiley led the fishermen with
a five and one-half- pound mississippi
i catfish. The nine fishermen We're in
F.! three boats, and all caught fish.
/ The broad stretch of water at Tram
| mells. near Great Falls. has attra ct ed
| a number of bass fishermen during the
| last two weeks.
Bass have been very much in evil
dence in the river one of the EN-
thusiasts reported. They were seen
! jumping between the shore and the
island, and the amount of spla shine
they did suggested that they were
! more plentiful than usual But
was unable to hook one, and could
only blame il ON the bait
Charles A. Cotterill, Edward Ford
Frank Huseman and William Withers
! Were among those who had n week
etld outing a Great Falls
The water was III fin. condition.
said cotterili, 'hut there was :. higi
j wind blowing. and V hile we had =
delightful outing, did not get am.
| bass.
/ Many catches of Mississippi catfsi
have been made in the deep water al
Great Falls this season.
Charles Porter and Al BucLler were
on the river at F1etcher's for a week
end outing. Both had been on the
river several times earlier in the
catch one of the kind that Patrick
Riordan calls, horses" and they con
cluded to make an unusual effort tc
get one
Equipped with choice assortment OF
bait. the two anglers Wed down the
river and landed in secluded place
near Walkers point. here the.
y, ere protected from The high winds
airing tho early hours of the ia ,
the. had litth: luck. an occasion;!
small fish being the best they coul1
land.
Later Charlie Porter hooked a big
fish. He enjoyed the fight, but q
glimpse of the fish at the waters edge
was az near as he came to landing it
A new hook was fastened to the line
and an attractive bait was quickly cast
| for the big fish.
Sure enough" said Buchler. "alone
! came a ten-pounder and took the bait
| and Charlie thinks 1t was the very
| one he lost few minutes before
! Twenty fish We're caught by the an
| glers before they left the river, most
! of them beiug caught just before dark
! The fish weighed fully nifty pounds.
j. l.. Euclsi EShaiu and John W. IIur-
ley we're interested spectators at
. Fletcher's last Sunday. They visited
+; the river at that place TO ascertain
what was doing. Neither had his rod
| and line, and because they were with
[ out the necessary paraphernalia they
had to remain ashore. Many fishermen
| returned from the river with strings OF
= Kt<.-t. ,sTS II AL,