Evening star., 1915-05-15

man dropped anchor the fish were be-
ing pulled in.
The catch consisted Of a long string
of perch and about two dozen rockfish.
I'VE had such a good trip, remarked
a member of the party, that our faces
probably will become familiar at the
resort this season"
W c. Money was among the early
big rockfish. and his friends declare
he fished with manila rope instead OF a
fishing line.
Mr.. Money denies the accusation. He
admits he had line that was strong
enough to land any fish that happened
to take his bait.
Because the only fish that came my
way was Mississippi catfish" he said.
was no fault of mine
Anxious to get one of the big fish,
Mr.. Money was on the Potomac We'd
nesday about daybreak He learned
from Charlie Fletcher that the big flsh
had followed the herring. he said, and
he felt certain that he would make a
killing"
He says he expects the big fish will
two or three weeks, and probably he
will have better luck the next time.
Ringgold Hart and Charlie Porter
were guests Of Lew Thayer on an after
noon outing to the home Of the Anglers
lighted with the outing. It was the
closed season for the game small
mouth black bass. but the anglers were
well satisfied to catch string of Missis-
sippi catfish
"Just because 1t was the closed sea-
son." remarked Hart. I'VE saw scores
of bass breaking about us.
But just walt until the season
opens" he added. "and then Wen give
the bass trial."
Tire trouble delayed the party about
fifteen minutes.
Just long enough" said Thayer. ito
make our string Of fish trif1e shorter"
Thirty Mississippi catfish were caught
by the three anglers. The fish weighed
from two to three pounds each, and the
members Of the party agreed that 1t
was their best outing this season. A
hot fish and chicken dinner was served
in the clubhouse after the trio left the
river.
Carl Dentler. Joe sanburn and Austin
Savage had successful weekend out
ing on the river near tho feeder. In
order to reach the deep holes 1t was
necessary for the sportsmen to take
their boat from the feeder and carry
it some distance over the rocks.
ITS strange how hard man will
work when he calls 1t sport" said Saw
age, telling of the exertion necessary
to get the boat where 1t was wanted" !"
Twenty-six Mississippi catfish, four
mullets and one large sunf1sh were
caught by the trio. The catching Of two
large catfish at a time was the excit-
ing incident OF the day. Dentler ac-
complished the feat Of landing them,
although he was nervous and excited.
and they weighed more than nve
pounds.
Sanburn looked after the wants OF
the inner man. He constructed an i'm
provised stove in the rocks, cooked q
stew and prepared coffee, and Dentler
confessed that he was much In need Of
citing catch having made him hungry
Acting Lieut.. J. e. Wilson of the
police department. r. L. Taylor and w.
E. Holmes motored to Fletchers one
morning last week to be on hand to
catch the early morning run of white
perch. or Mississippi catfish, mullets or
anything that would bite" said the act
ing lieutenant.
The trio. all enthusiastic anglers.
Ihousht they would remain on the
river only short while, but the fish
continued biting SO fast and furiously
that they remained longer than they
had expected.
When we had caught ninety-eight
made that we go home. but Taylor
thought we should make 1t an even
hundred"
The anglers had a count of 2ss fish
when they lifted anchor.
N. L. Pulliam is on tho river this
afternoon trying for a record.
I'm going to get one Of the prizes
offered for the largest rockfish this
season." he said. enthusiastically.
Having landed a good string early in
the week, Pulliam returned to the
river Thursday and made an effort to
get twenty-pounder. He did not sue
ceed. however. although he did land
two fairly large rockfish and flfty-two
pounds Of Mississippi catfish.
John w. Hurley, induced to visit the
upper river Thursday afternoon to
make a try for a big rockfish. made a
careful search between Fletcher's and
Plymouth run. and succeeded in land
ing one white perch, but 1t is his in
tention to continue his quest for
rockf1sh large enough to put him in
the going for a prize.
On weekend outing the veteran
angler landed string of Ave dozen