Evening star., 1915-07-10

| returned to the resort before many
others had started out for days
sport.
| Capt Leech and son and Frank Nc
| Cathran were the river two days.
Their first trip across the stream in the
! direction of Swans point netted them
| fully one-half barrel of fish. included
| among them being number of rock
| fish. the largest weighing more than
| four pounds.
| I've got a hig one this time" shout
ed Robert r. Pietsch. with capt.
| George w. Buchler'S boat at Benedict
| last Sunday.
| All the other members of the party
| lost interest in their own efforts and
stopped to see what was on Pietsch' s
| line. The angler pulled slowly and
| cautiously. expecting to land fish of
unusual size. There was not much tug
ging at the line, however. ami the fail
ure of his catch TO register an ohJec-
tion to being taken from the water
| puzzled him.
| II knew it all the time said the
| captain. laughing at d cluster of thir-
teen oysters the fisherman lifted from
the water and Pietsch was able To
serve fat bivalves on the half shell
Other members of the party were
Mrs. Pietsch. Mr., and Mrs. Albert
Mehling, Mr. and Mrs. lanes kirwin
about 10 O'Clock in the morning when
the party started fishing, and when
they left the river they had a catch OF
seventy hardheads. six trout, a number
OF perch and one eel.
| Twelve members of the I'otoma c
Cunning and Fishing Club and three
guests left the clubs home at the foot
of 9th street southwest. saturday 1T
ernoon. aboard the st. Charles Tor theii
annual Fourth of July trip. The mem
bers who participated in the outing
| were William Garner. Charles sanford
II, ..,IfS
Warner. William Butler. Robert Smith
William Buckholz. Harry Cohen
Michael Sexton. Judge Davis and Leon
ard kukart.
way to the Wicomico river without =
stop. reaching there some time after
,Sundown. The more enthuSia site fisher
men in the party wet their lines that
night. although most of them preferred
to enjoy nights rest before indulc
ling in the sport
The happy dozen sportsmen had ar
enioya BILE outing, caught their share OF
fish, and landed era hs enough for two
feasts. They returned Monday night.
Postmaster General Burlcsou. city
Postmaster Otto PraeRer and Judge
George c. Aukaln We're at Rock Point
for a week outing. All are enthu-
siastic anglers. and their two-day stay
at the Charles county resort on the
Wicomico was an enjoyable one.
Lewis Il. Taylor has returned from :
trip to Port Tobacco Creek, Md. wher.
he spent pleasant Fourth of July out
ing as guest of former Deputy Sheriff
| Barbour. Accompanied by his host ant
Miss Barbour. the Washington sports
man spent three hours on the creek
And we caught 175 fish," he said
They were mostly white and yellow
perch. and Miss Barbour proved her
self to be the most successful angler
Adam A. Weschler. his son Ralph and
James A. Richmond motored to Bene.
dict one day last week. They wemt
early in the evening, spent the night
at Jim Thomas and We're on the river
| early in the morning. On the way to
the Patuxent river resort Mr.. Weschlei
complained of the short sandy stret CT
| of road.
But he had such enjoyable sport,
remarked his companion, that the
road did not bother him on the return
trip"
Fully 200 pounds Of fish were cauehr
| by the three anglers. They were or
the river for only about four hours.
| sudden storm driving them ashore
Their catch included many hardheads
several small rock and a number o
perch.
W. c. Money enjoyed his weekend
| vacation at Point of Rocks.
II would rather catch one small
mouth bass than a dozen of any fish tha
are found in salt water" he remarked
| "and bass fishing is about the only
sport that appeals to me-.
Money fished with an artificial diving
bait. He was the river parts o
two days, he said, and caught twenty
one fish.
Saturday" he said. Il caught 81,
bass. while the next day I landed IF
teen. catching the fifteen between II
and . o'clock.
| Money said there were three men from
Frederick on the river Sunday and he