Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09

| Daniel P. Collins, John F. Grove and
Dominic Grove. three enthusiastic fish
ermen, motored to Rock point last Sat-
| urday night for a weekend outing.
At 18th and H streets northeast they
were Joined by party of friends who
| came over from Baltimore to accom-
pany them on the outing. The Balti-
| moreans were Otto Schroen, Peter
Heffner, Henry Schroen, John Heffner.
John Massey and Mr.. Moots. With them
| was Lawrence Parmesano of Elkins,
W. Va.
And they were all good fishermen"
said Dominic Grove. Some of them
had been on the Wicomico and had fine
sport and were anxious to give the
place another trial.
Saturday afternoon the cloudy wealth
er suggested a wet trip. but the next
morning it was bright and sunny, and
| the run from Rock point to Coving-
toms was pleasant.
And before noon." said Dan Collins,
| 1T was almost too hot to remain on
| the water. 1t was hot October day"
Dominic Grove had arranged for the
party to stop on the roadside on the
trip to the Wicomico. start a fire and
| have hot coffee and sausage. but other
members OF the party objected to a
| halfway stop. and 1t was not until
| Rock point was reached that the auto
| mobiles were halted.
Anticipating a scarcity of bait at the
| resort, the Baltimore contingent
brought peelers and soft crabs with
them, while the Washington members
| of the party took bloodworms and soft
crabs The sportsmen were on the riv-
| er part of the day, and when they went
ashore they had count of forty-seven
big trout and scores of spots and perch.
"Moots was the mascot on the trip"
said John Grove, telling of a three
pound trout he caught. And" he add
ed. he was the youngest member of the
party"
| There's pleasure fishing this late in
the season." said Dan Collins. 1.-The
trout are large and toadfsh are scarce
party of anglers composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee L. Herrell, Ernest E. Herrell
John F. Prospect and H. L. Herrell.
When Lee Herrel1 suggested to his wife
that he was going on fishing trip
with party of friends his wife was
anxious to know why she could not be
a member of the party, being certain
she could catch as many fish as any of
the others.
| All the other HerrelPs and their
friend Prospect were delighted to have
her, saying they wanted a mascot on
the outing. Mrs. Herrell went along
and it was only few minutes after
anchor had been dropped that she made
she was in the game.
| -Four fish in ten minutes" said one
of the party, was the first record es-
tab1ished by Mrs. Herrell and her good
luck surprised her as much as it did
] the others"
Unfortunately for the enthusiasts,
there was high wind and rough water
and they remained on the Patuxent
But long enough" said Ernest Her
re1l, ito get a dozen rockf1sh. string
of trout and few perch"
Capt. George Logan piloted a party
of sportsmen to Mattawoman creek for
a weekend outing, taking them on his
launch Unous. The boat was provis-
toned in time to get away at 2:30
early hours of the evening were spent
on the creek. some of the anglers try
ing their luck and others discussing the
seasons sport.
Ter, Martin Creelman. William Spillane
John Kiley. Charles Cornell. H. ]. Sti-
mer. H. J. Killmon and Henry Bean.
1t was not long after sunrise when
lines. Some fshed from the launch
| while others went in small boats some
distance up the creek or out where the
water was deep.
outings of the season." said Sylvester
Murphy. who regretted his inability to
be with his friends.
Creelman and Spillane led the sports.
number mum T' Of nsh. although every membe1
of the party scored They returned
Sunday afternoon with strings of bass
pike and perch.
Rather soft to sit down and enjoy a
three-pound bass without the trouble
of catching it, remarked Lewis r
Mothershead. telling of trip INDUCED
F. Kennedy and Howard Frftz- The
three anglers went to Pohick creek
!aboard Lovedays launch Luwana, ano
were on the creek in time to get the
And when the water is in good con
dition and the tide right" one Of the
trio suggested. "the fish are usually or
hand to take the bait"
of the day. long enough to get gooo
string Of bass
c. A. M. Wells, Familiarity known te
his friends as Archie; T. w. johnson
John H. Brown and Pat Carroll, par.
ticipated in a weekend outing at the
clubhouse on the Patuxent river neal
Lyons creek. The sportsmen tried theil
hands at both cunning and fishing
catching string of large yellow perez
and shooting ortolan. Wells did mos
of the shooting, and succeeded In bag
ging sixty-eight ortolan.
"Ninety-four big perch was not
bad CATCH" remarked member OF the
party.
Col E. r. Shreve of fayetteville. en-
thusiastic angler. was on the river one
day not long ago. and his friends say
1t was possible for him to let the nsf
understand thF he was dangerous
foe.
1T had been a long time since tn<
colonel had tried his luck" said george
NJ. Burdine. also an angler and gunner
for big game, land he was ready anS
willing to take all Corners. Big catnsi
and bass came his way, and he was
able to make killing"
The fish that Col. Shreve caught were
fifteen bass and a score of catfish.
Harry E. Defer and sons were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Strachan a.
Aqua creek, Va, on a fishing trip re
Gently. They had several en1oyapi'
trips on the river and caught mum
Der of fish.
Charles R. Holman, who thinks ther'
Is no place equal to Aqua creek, alst
was on hand to try his luck.
The creek was muddy for the mrs
time In months" he said, Aqua oroel