Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06

Hundreds of sportsmen who enjoy
both cunning and fishing are takina
advantage of the present conditions
More especially are those busy who are
fond of shooting ducks.
ut is not much trouble to take along
paraphernalia for both sports" re-
marked one of the enthusiasts. when
a fellow goes cunning near stream
in which there are game fish it's an
easy matter to take along a supply OF
| tackle and some bait.
| And then if the birds, rabbits or
ducks are scarce" he added. do a
little fishing. The combination of a
| string of fish and bunch of birds is
rather attractive when Il fellow starts
on ais homeward journey"
| There has been but little sport fur
| nished by bass fishing since early in
/ July, and some fishermen do not appre-
! ciate the water clearing at a time when
the laws of the nearby states permit
! cunning. One is likely to Interfere
with the other at times.
| It's a case of everything coming at
| once said one of the army of sports
men. but a man ought to be sport
! enough to enjoy both on a single trip.
| Enthusiastic anglers are anxious to
/ take. every advantage of the clear wa
| ter, realizing that soon the weather
| may take turn that will prevent fish
! ing. Some of them, however, are able
| to recall that not many years ago
| there was sport obtained in nearby
! waters practically the entire year.
! After the close of the regular season
| on the upper river many anglers went
| to the tidal basin, missing the sport
only on days when there was falling
weather, while exceptionally early in
the spring they enjoyed the pastime of
catching Mississippi catfish weighing
as much as thirty pounds.
| Most of the larger fish were caught
| from the rocks on the Virginia shore
some distance above Chain bridge.
| Yellow perch fishing lasts until far into
the winter months, and there are many
| who prefer such fishing to angling for
| larger game.
| w W. Deal. John Yost, William
Beahm and William Lynch were mem
bers of a party on a fishing trip to
/ Mattawoman creek. 1t is not often
that anglers go to Mattawoman by
| the road, but the quartet thought it
| worth while to make a trial in an au-
| tomobile instead of by boat
| I'VE were certain of one thing" said
| Deal, land that was that we would get
there much quicker, fish all day and
return earlier in the evening"
An early morning start was made.
and the party passed Pomonky before
sunrise. Nothing particularly attrac-
| tive was found near the head of Mat
! tawoman creek, although no trouble
| was experienced in getting boats and
| shortly after the light of the sun ap-
peared through the woods the four men
started in their quest for fish.
| Fishing was done in water that was
] not more than seven feet deep, they
| stated, and their catch aggregated sew
enteen bass, eleven rockfish and seven
| pike. The biggest fish was a pike that
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| "W hen we started fishing" said Deal,
| 1.-The fish were breaking all about US,
some almost against our boats. and we
felt certain we would make a big
catch"
| Maj. Z. H. Neumeyer, Fred L. Harvey
| cutter and Frank p. Hall enjoyed a
weeks outing on the lower river
aboard the Norman, which recently was
purchased from A. T. Schroth by Maj.
Neumeyer and Louis Hodges.
Maj. Neumeyer, who has served as
, cornnissary officer with the District
militia for a number of years and who
| is reputed to be one of the best bass
| of the commissary.
] On their way down the river they
mads stops at a number of creeks and
caught plymouth bass. while farther
down they took hand in saltwater
| fishing. broken rudder delayed the
party at Rock Point, where they en-
tertained a number of friends.
Capt. E. G. Schafer, Louis Hodges,
John Shea and Billy Hettinger motored
to Rock Point and paid the trio visit.
Cold shoulder and broken rudder
greeted u.s., remarked Hodges. Their
larder was empty and we had to go
foraging for something to eat"
it is declared by cne trio that they
had plenty Of stores, but knowing what
a hungry crowd was likely to do they
guarded against an invasion. The rud-
der was repaired and the trio returned
home, reporting most delightful trip.
| ]. f. Buckingham, Dave Poole and
Guy Whallen are together practically
every week emo, ar d the place they do
most of their fishing is in the swash
channel: just off the extreme southeast
point of Potomac Park.
| And there" said the veteran Buck
ingham, Eve usually manage to get a
few fish, though not with live bait"
/ Buckingham said the members of. his
party have been using artificial bait,
usually fox tail.
| Last Sunday" he said, I'VE 1shed
at low tide. caught nine bass and were
satisfied 70 return home in time for
dinner. We have made a rule not to
| keep any fish that weighs less than
| one pound, and la Vt Sunday we returned
one bass TO the river"
| The eight fish caught last Sunday
weighed from one ard one-quarter to
| two and three-quarter pounds
John w. Arth, one of the older and
more enthusiastic duck hunters of this
| city, is making extensive preparations
| for trip in the near future. The vet
| eran hunter has killed hundreds of
/ ducks on the river not many miles
from THIS city, and he is able to recall
the days when canvasbacke were as
plentiful as the common ducks are now
! Mr.. Arth is a member of the Gunston
Club; and usually makes the clubhouse
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