Evening star., 1915-07-10

was certain they caught at least sixty
bass They haited with rnadtoms. he
said. aud did their fishing near the
bridge.
Harry \ HeGarty. Eugene Rhodes
ard James A Richmond enjoyed = bass
fishing trip to Il point between Great
Falls and Seneca one day last week
aud returned with a string of thirteen
fish,
we had fully twenty-fve or thirty
strikes" said Richmond.
Judging from the number OF IlSh
that have hcen caught since the open-
ing of the bass season. he added. l
think anglers are gong IT, cnJoy hne
sport When The weather gets cooler.
A. T. Schroth is having splendid sport
at Riverside. capt James pinGy "f
Bushwood is with him. and h" IS oh
the river every day. II remained lot
the sportsman and his captain 10 eaten
the first hlueti$h of the season ana
when they reached shore they were
given an ovation.
"A hluefsr. remarked one or tnf
fishermen. Us the Gauestsr OF san
water, and when an angler can get
dozen or 50 of them he considers ne
has had = good days sport
More than a hundred washington
anglers We're at Riverside last sunday .
Al Buchler found il unnecessary to :"
far from home when they wanted 10 en-
joy Il weekend outing on the river IheE
went to the vicinity OF the steel pla'ft anu
tho junction of the AuAcostja river aud
GEORGETOWN channel, a place where rock
fish furnished splendid sport last season.
And they are there this season. re
marked Charlie Porter, displaying a four
FOUNDER
The trio landed thirty-three rocl>t!sh
and several large perch.
Charlie Reall and Charlie Gross believe
| in combining business with pleasure. Both
are fond of fishing, and when they make
good catch they are more than willing
to market the fish.
= quantity Of boiled beef, boarded ht-
! teau and fshed along the river front III
! the vicinity of the steamboat wharIcs
! Eeal landed the heaviest fish Of the
catch. a catfish that Weighed ton and 4
! half pounds, and disposed of it I'd Kari
Achtcrsircher. Tho two fishermen sold
$3.50 worth of fish that afternoon
! Mike Gray, John Williams and Williar
! Narten went To l'isCataway creek aboard
Mike G.ay's launch Florence Monday
morning. for a holiday outing
| "brdinarily there is splendid large.
mouth bass fishing in piscataway." SAID
/ Charlie Mullen hut Monday the water
WAS muddy and fishing Was not so good
| The three fishermen We're on the creek
! only a few hours, they stated. and their
catch aggregated four bass Had the
water been in good condition they proba-
! bly, would have had much better luck
| Anglers who tried their luck a,
| Chesapeake Beach this week report
| that a number of catches of trout were
| made. Several varieties of smaller fist
| ,j,f tgf-i cl1a,,
| f. Donald were among the sportsmer
who caught trout.
Dick Peed was on the river at Point
| of Rocks and Catoctin for holiday
outing and did most of his fishing neal
where the Sharp Shinn Club camps
each fall.
And plenty of bass were in evi-
dence.' he said Il got all / wanted
enough 70 make the sport good-bu
did not make every strike tell
The sportsman displayed a string o
fifteen samesters to his friends on the
| train that night.
Patrick Riordan and Charlie Mills
the latter being well known on th'
| river as Angler" We're on the river a
Point of Rocks for a weekend outing
| The former has the reputation of hav
ing brought home the most attractive
string of bass caught by Washing
ton angler on a days outing.
But that "nly happens once In
| lifetime" he says. recalling strine
of thirty-nine big bass he caught sev
| eral years ago.
ON the recent trip with Angler.
however. he caught only six bass HI
had the satisfa ction of getting one tina
weighed three and a-half pounds. how
ever. one of the largest fish caugh
near Point of Rocks that day. 1T i:
reported that an eel WAS the only
thing caught by his friend.