Evening star., 1915-05-22

of their time at the BASIN He promises
to abandon his effort to get rockfish
| large enough for prize winner and
spend the first of the open season at the
basin.
| Many Of the bass fishermen are under
the impression that the law in Maryland
| is about the same as is in the District
Of Columbia and that the season for
such fishing opens June 1. but infornia-
| tion furnished by Game Warden Curley
makes June Is the opening day. In
some counties Of Virginia, ii Is stated
| the season opens June Is.
| 1t has long been the custom for Wash
| ington sportsmen to visit the upper river
| and fish for bass June l. acting under
| the impression that such was the open
| ing Of the season, but the game warden s
advice. 1t is thought. will delay many
| trips this season.
Numerous complaints Of violations Of
the bass law have been heard this sea-
son. The game warden, 1t is said was
not able to look after all sections Of the
| river, having no fund from which he
could pay for such work, and many
| anglers. not fearing arrest. enjoyed the
| sport during the closed season.
| 1t Is said that a number of bass were
caught on the Maryland side of the river
| at Great Falls last Sunday Earlier in
| the closed season 1T was said that Sat
urday and Sunday fishermen at Great
Falls took considerably more than one
hundred gamesters from the river on
! such week lend trips. and most Of the
| fish, 1t was stated. were caught by ma
| tives Of Maryland and not by sports
! men from the District
In an effort to get a prize winner,
Dick Mullet came near going overheard.
Dick was equipped for catching a big
rockfish when he reached Turkey Foot
eddy. and he labored hard to land such
a fish.
The capture of an eight-pounder gave
him much encouragement, and he felt
confident that larger one would come
his way.
"And larger ono did oome," said
W. P. Bowie. but it was not a rock
fish: 1t was Mississippi catfish that
weighed eleven pounds"
The eleven-pounder gave tho angler
a lively fight 1t was q fight similar
to what a rockf1sh would make, and 1t
| was not until the fish was drawn near
the surface of the water that Mullet
knew what 1t was.
M c. Moneys luck changed. Early
| last week his efforts to land a prize
winner were crowned with anything
but success. and he had to be satisfied
with a big catfish.
| succeed try. try again" plan, Money
appeared on the river day after day
| until he landed big fish.
And when the big one took his bait"
sSiu d WHO Witnessed Clo eaten,
Money enjoyed some sport
The angler was some time landing the
| hsh, but he enjoyed the excitement. and
was happy when the catch tipped the
scales at sixteen pounds and ten
| ounces. Since he made the catch he
has landed a number of smaller fish.
Tuesday Money flshed near the mouth
of Plymouth run. Several other anglers
were there that morning. he said, and
rockf1sh were plentiful. but the herring
bait they had was SO soft that the fish
| found it an easy matter to get it Off
their hooks.
Harry Cole, fishing near Chain bridge,
| succeeded in landing rockfsh large
enough to make any angler happy
When he hung the fish he felt satisfied
that 1t was the largest one of the sea-
son, but when 1t reached the scales it
| was eight ounces lighter than Whites
eighteen FOUNDER.
Cole was about fifteen minutes land
ing the fish. He caught 1t on blood
worms, using ten worms on his hook.
Edward o. Craig is on a still hunt for
the biggest fish of the season. He is
properly equipped for fishing for the
big ones. his friends say. having a
launch and ski6, and ia aba ta<,IAaSh