Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-28

William n Beahm. S. J. Prescott and
William Ramsey were among the an
| glers who We're at Rock Point from
| Friday until Sunday Friday after
noon the anglers had good sport Trout
| We're plentiful and great many of
them were caught.
| But Saturday morning the high wind
made the fishing slow remarked one
of the sportsmen, and not SO many
fish We're caught"
| b. Frank Wright, who has enjoyed
numerous fishing trips to Rock Point
| this season, was hand there with
Dr. j. French Simpson and J. II. StefT-
|ney.
Frank is something of fisherman"
one of his friends said and when he
| gets on the river he wants the fish to
come his way. He is not one of the
patient piscatoral artists who will sit
/, still in a boat all day without having
some luck.
And on the occasion of his recent
| outing" the friend added. he and his
| friends did not get left They caught
trout, spots and perch
| William Towers, Guy Miller, Magma d
| Henson, John Towers, Shelby Speake
and Richard Henson were members of
a weekend party aboard the launch
! 1.orene l.. The sportsmen left here with
the intention of finding anchorage in
| Nattawoman creek and trying their
luck for plymouth bass. but the muddy
water made it useless for them to at
tempt such an undertaking.
We We're unable to get any fish in
! Mattawoman, said William Towers
| and the high wind made it impossible
for the mosquitoes to get us. We got
catfish enough for fry, however, and
enjoyed quiet night on the creek"
| Morning daWned and the water was
f, IN no better condition than it was the
night before.
| Fish! shouted one of the more en-
thusiastic members of the party.
| I'VE must have fish" he added. and
Capt. Bill Towers-that's what hes
called aboard the boa t-set sail for Civ
mont, where big. white perch had been
caught on other occa sions
'lymont was reached, the craft an
! chored and the anglers made a try for
the big perch. They concluded that
MUDDY water interfered with the sight
or the big ones. although it did not
seen to affect the small ones
| And We had to be satisfied with the
small perch the captain said
| Charlie Porter and Hugh A. Kane.
rated as being among the most faithfui
anglers in East Washington. caught
| nsh enough on trip TO the Wicomico
| 10 last them several weeks. A week
end trip to the point near the meeting
or Washington and Georgetown chan
hels was suggested. and although the
water was far from being clear the trip
was made.
| 1T seems foolish to go out and try to
| eaten rock in this water" suggested
Kane. but Porter failed to agree with
him. "''''
| "Fishing is like lots of other thiues-
Porter said. The sport has changed
and the fish have to eat
| A supply of lively bloodworms and
crabs proved too tempting to the came
sters. and number of them discovered
| 100 late that the bate was on hooks
ana the two sportsmen were able to
prins nome string of large fish
anu lhe6 couldn't have bought
them, suggested Ringgold Hart FOR
they did not go near the fish wharf
f. J. Cosgrave came over from, New
nork TINS week and visited his friend.
i ing, and each had interesting stories to
tell, each having fished in many parts
or the United States and Canada
'ossrave related a story of !. trip to
hrah, iake. IN the Adironda cks. where
pass are plentiful and where the water
Is cold enough in summer to fill the
| fish with fight
Il caught ffty-two fish in two hours
he declared, "and gave my friend FOX,
neWspaperman, string of two dozen
of them to take to New York.
"Of course" he concluded, "Fox's
friends think he caught them
Frederick Eckstine and wife, James T.
Baity and wife, and H. c. Kepner and
wife enjoyed an outing at Rock Point
Iuesday. They were the Wicomico
part OF the day, and made a good catch
OF trout, spots and perch
! Dr. William E. Whitson was there the
same day. Capt. Ben Slime piloted him
to the oyster beds. where he caught six
| teen large trout and a number of
smaller fish in less than two hours
Alexander Craig. William Braddock
and John H. Bloss We're successful
anglers on the Potomac Tuesday The
sailed from Colonial Beach to- Wake
field aboard Capt. Young's launch, and
had most enjoyable and successful
outing.
1t is said the oyster beds off Wake
field usually field large catches of fish.
and Capt. Young said he knew just
where to go. Getting his bearings
from points on the shore, he dropped
anchor where oysters were thick and
+: where fish were plentiful.
| "A fish of two hours said one of the
sportsmen, melted us an attractive
string of large trout
| Capt William Mitchell and Ma j. Andrew
Moses tried their luck at Rock Point on
a weekend outing and caught about
100 trout and numerous spots and perch
| Maj. John w. Heavey and sons were al
Rock Point to get a view of the sur
! roundings, and they probably will join
Capt. Mitchell on a fishing trip later in
! the season,
James B. Raleigh and Dove Poole
! have been heard from. They left here
| several days ago and went to the
| vicinity of Point Lookout, the extreme
lower point of southern Maryland,
| where fishing usually is fine. and this
| year. it is reported, it has been better
| than usual
J. E. Buckingham. veteran angler. had
| been booked to join them. He was
prevented from going. however, and
will take a trip to the upper river
for small mouthed bass instead.
! J. l.. Shoemaker. q. B. Gardiner, J. L.
Walton, NJ. A. kettler. w. Hartley and
, T. SoWersby were members of a week
end fishing party a t Rock Point. They
had splendid luck while Oh the river.
and expressed themselves as being
| well plea sed with fishing there.
/ +, p. Hazelton and wife. l.. Is. Wiss
, man and wife and l.. H. Denison were
| members of another party at Rock
Point. They averaged catch of fifty
| fish.
i Capt. Charles T. Peck and W. w.
| kimmel found splendid fishing on the