Evening star., 1915-06-12

Mack Sparrough were among the
numerous anglers who enjoyed a week
end outing at Rock Point. They en-
countered a stiff nor easter and had to
be satisfied with string of perch and
few eels.
Thursday they were on the river at
game early in the day and Sparrough
became disgusted when a big rockflsh
deprived him Of his line, reel and rod.
He returned home.
late in the afternoon. He had made a
beautiful catch last week. and he saw
no reason why he could not get fish
enough Thursday to make showing.
He tried his luck in several places,
and was about to give up for the day
when along came a seven-pound fish
and took his bait.
The fish put up stiff fight" said
Sahdala, but I was satisfied when I
landed 1t. gave up the sport and left
the river"
Sidney Clark was among the sports
men who were on the river Thursday
in an effort to get fish large enough
ever, was unable to match the eight
compound rockf1sh landed by William
White a couple of weeks ago, although
he was satisfied with catch of four
fish.
He did his fishing on the Virginia
side of the river below Fletcher's,
where many of the fish were caught
Thursday. Had he landed all his
Strikes" he would have had a better
count. His fish weighed from Ave to
seven pounds.
N. L. Pulliam was among those who
were on the river Thursday. He went
early and returned home early. He
baited with soft crabs, the bait used by
many of the anglers this week. and
succeeded in landing three rockf1sh, the
largest weighing four pounds.
Fred E. Wheeler, a successful Wal
tonite was on the river Thursday aft
ernoon. Fred has many big fish to his
several days ago, but Thursday was not
a lucky day for him. He managed to
get one six-pounder. however, but later
in the season he expects to do much
better.
And may get one large enough to
outclass the einghteen-pound fish
caught by White" he remarked.
VIII Reynolds and Frank Hutton.
equipped with shad bait. made an early
start Thursday morning and went to
the vicinity of Chain bridge
I'VE could get no bloodworms or soft
crabs that morning" said Reynolds,
"and 1t was case of any port in a
storm. We had no idea that we would
be able to make killing, and We were
not disappointed.
They landed two eight-pounders with
their cut shad. however. and concluded
they would return the next day with a
better assortment of bait.
Albert Reynolds did not care to pull
his boat through the swift water from
Reynolds boathouse to the upper river,
he said. and SO he dropped anchor a
short distance from the foot of 34th
street.
Live smelt was the only bait he used
He had been on the river but a short
time before he landed a small fish. and.
cluded he would remain
1t was long before dark when he
came ashore" said his brother, land
he had an attractive string of seven
fish. The rock weighed from ~ to sA
pounds"
B. Frank Wright, George Frank
Campbell. Wilfred Wright and j. Frank
Smith reached Rock Point this week
after the nor'easter had disappeared
and the wind had changed to the
northwest. They spent two days at
the resort and landed more fish that
were taken from the nets in the Wfco-
mico just off the point during that
time.
ride of two hours and ten minutes
over the state road by way of T B and
La Plata landed the quartet at Rock
Point Wednesday morning about
were on the river half way to Bush
wood, where Capt. James Dingy makes
SO many successful catches, and it was
not long before they realized they were
in the right place.
I'VE caught fully 300 fish in two
hours" said Frank Wright, some of
us landing three at time"
Their catch of perch alone, the ang-
lers stated, weighed 200 pounds. the
largest fish weighing fourteen ounces.
in 1ap
biggest fish, a rockfish that weighed
seven pounds. Many smaller rockfish
were caught and the anglers also
caught many large cells.
Shad and herring are plentiful in the
river just below Chain bridge, it is
stated, and fishermen say they could
catch more of them there than some
netters down the river have caught
this season. If the police would not
interfere.
VIII Reynolds says he thinks there
will be splendid sport catching rock
fish as long as the shad and herring
stay here.
"They are likely to stay much later
than usual" he remarked, because
the water Is much colder this year
than usual.
Many camps have been established
along the Virginia shore between Aoue-
duct and Chain bridges, many of the
campers having their boats and other
fishing paraphernalia with them.
Its rather soft to be able to get
up early in the morning and catch a