Evening star., 1915-07-10

son for going to the deepest water to
get the biggest fish.
MANY fishermen think the big fish
are in the deepest water" he said. but
it is not So
oyster rocks were sought by the cap
tain, anchor was dropped and the quar-
landing with the first, but not the
largest fish. 1t soon became a matter
of selecting the largest fish that were
caught. and when the fishermen were
ready to leave the resort they had an
attractive string of large white perch,
measuring fully six feet in length.
And that was not ALL one of them
remarked, I'VE had a string of big
croakers and eels. and. best of all,
twenty-seven rockfish.''
John ". Hurley and William E. Dllin
were in evidence at Sandy Hook on a
weekend outing for bass.
And nothing but the smalI-mouth va
rietN.' bGastcd Duiin.
fon know he said. its an easy
matter to get other varieties OF fish, but
when a fellow gets a small mouth bass
he knows he's had some sport
The morning fishing proved very unin-
terestIng to Hurley. who caught fish,
got one strike and lost 1t and became
tired of hearing pulin ask: Did you
ever see bass
/ When the dinner bell was heard Hurley
mad to admit he was the Jonah of the
crowd. while Dulin was able to display
a string Of five attractive fish. The
one-sid:d game came to an end after
dinner, however. for Hurley's luck
changed and so did D,llin's.
iiur.cy landed six fish in less than two
hours, one of them the three FOUNDER
When he struck the big fish his reel
positively refused to work and it be-
came necessary for him to do some strip
ping. and the fish put up a lively fight
Then a heavy storm appeared and the
anglers We're fairly blown from the river
They feared muddy water the next day,
they said. and ended their outing.
Anglers who celebrated the Fourth at
Colonial Reach are telling interesting
stories Of their experiences. Fish We're
plentiful and the sportsmen report big
catches
Mr. ami Mrs. G. F. Dennis. Cha rles
Strohecfar and Edward Strohecker left
the resort Monday morning boa rd the
launch c. l.. Palmer and went as far as
Wakefield in search Of fish the size that
help to make the sport interesting. al
sort bad no son 10 complain.
And il was not only fish that a
member of the party caught" said a
friend. IN" caught something that
weighed considerably more than one
hundred. pounds: something that prom
ised to he an elephant on his hands
1T was the holy of colored man.
the friend added. "and the angler
| towed II ashore.
Three large trout were among the
| fish caught by the party, the forerun-
ner Of the attra ctive fish for this sea-
son. and long string of large perch
made the catch well worth having.
Miss Cora Guest. Miss Helen Rior,lan,
Mr. and Mrs g. +. Dennis Charles
Strohecker and Richmond Brooks were
members of a fishing party at Colonial
Beach on A weekend outing. They
caught a string of perch and a few
trout. F. 9. McCathran, Cha rles Dfetz
ir. and Charles Strohecker were on the
river together and succeeded in land
ing long string of perch, a few rock
and several trout.
Louis Thompson OF Takoma Park,
William Acker and Samuel Acker were
among those who selected Colonial
Beach as place for their week END
| outing. They made an early start Mon
day morning and did their fishing with
the early BIRDS"
The three anglers sailed to the vicin-
ity of Sheffield, dropped anchor on the
perch grounds and soon learned that
they were in the right place. At the
end of two hours their catch totaled
2S7 fish, mostly perch, and the party