Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-02

time and going to Shipper lump and
Covington point without waiting for
a morning meal.
There was high wind and rough
water said one of the sportsmen. land
fish were not much in evidence
They did not have to return without
fish, however, they stated, for the la
dies in the party managed to catch
something like three dozen, while the
men caught their share.
Occoquan Falls. Va. was the destina-
ton of n fishing party composed of
Taylor. Michael Gray. James Davis,
Charles Stewart and Lafayette Devils,
who were on a weekend outing.
They were fortunate enough to have
the early morning train stop at Deco
guam to let them off, said Charlie Null
len, suggesting that the early fisher
men are the ones who usually have
the best luck. land it probably was
because of their. early start that they
caught string Of plymouth bass"
The seven anglers entered boats at
the station and rowed to the vicinity
of the falls, distance of about two
miles, and had an enjoyable outing.
They returned in the evening with a
ut was the best fishing trip l ever
enjoyed" remarked J. E. Henderson,
relating the story of trip to Rock
point with DR. f. NJ. Butt. Charles
Hughes and George Mclean. 1--WE made
the trip in time to get on the river
early in the morning and soon found
that the fish were plentiful and biting
freely"
The afternoon of their arrival they
made a good catch. and the next morn
ing the fish came fast that they
remained only part of the day, being
able to return with q catch of more
than $50 trout.
nr El,IfY m ha ha oh ami
of the party commented Henderson
HE caught more than fifty trout
S. Daoud. A. H. Sahdala and John W.
Burley. partly satisfied with the catches
Of saltwater fish this season. went to
Harpers Ferry on weekend outing.
1T knew the water was not clear"
said Hurley. but / thought we might
possibly get few small-mouth bass.
The water had been muddy for SO long
time that I became tired of waiting
for a decided change in it's condition
I'm fact" he added. II thought the
water never would get clear. and I
knew the fish had to eat"
Early in the morning the trio APP
peared on the river in two boats. The
boatmen took them from one hole TO
another, had them try their luck in
deep and shallow water, but the best
strikes. They had to return without a
fish.
Send me 500 bloodworms on the
first car" was a message W. P. Bowie
received from w. L. Prftchard at Camp
Parole, near Annapolis. Thursday aft
ernoon.
in the morning, Pritchard landed TWEEN
ty-five rockfsh, the smallest weighing
two and the largest twenty-seven
pounds.
in z
is stated, caught an average of fifteen
rockfish each day during the past week,
and a number of Washington sports
men have arranged to go there to fish
tomorrow.
DR.. William E. .whitson. Miss Belle
Whitson, Miss Grace Connolly and Miss
Charlotte Hogan spent an enjoyable
day on the Wicomico river They mo-
tored to Rock point early in the morn
ing, anchored on one Of the favorite
Jumps and had splendid luck.
came enthusiastic anglers and were
willing to remain on the river until
shutdown. They made so large catch
ne the were sa,eS fo esye th
river early in the afternoon and reach
home by 4 o'clock.
Their catch included forty trout,
Most of the fish were caught with cut
spots.
George c. Havenner, Charles A. Cot
trell, Frank r. Scherer and Frederick
Austin were members of a party of
anglers on the Wicomico river several
days ago.
TT was merely a question Of making
the effort" said a member of the
party. I'VE caught So many fish that
the people on the shore thought we
had used a net"
I'VE caught only two toads and three
puffers." said Havenner. who landed
the only founder caught.
The quartet reported a catch of at
least 800 hsh. They gave away two
large boxes of fish at Rock point and
brought home only the largest of the
trout.
James Dunn. James Butler and Rob-
ert Smith participated in an interest
ing weekend outing on Pomonky