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ashore to enjoy shade beneath the big

ashore to enjoy shade beneath the big
trees.
After dinner they returned to the
river and remained until the storm
made it uncomfortable for, them. WheT
they gave up the sport for, the day
they had a string of two dozen trout
as many spots. a number of hardheads
and few perch. .s.
VIC Money had the time Of his life
on weekend outing on the river be.
tween Seneca and Great Falls.
And you know" commented w. P
Bowie, there are times and times
This was a case of hard times;
1t was not because the expert Ell.
thusiast did not get string of. bass al
wading, six miles through water OF
various depths. One result was thai
he was compelled to nurse numerous
chigger bites.
gers were in the water" remarked
Money, but 1 know it now"
Moneys success was due to his ex-
perimenting with pork rind bait. he
says He cut his bait in the shape of 9
madtom and fished it. in a manner te
make 1t perform tango exercise In
the water and attract the fish. Fiji
teen small-mouth bass were caught
Sunday. fourteen Monday, and If il
had not rained the sportsman thinks
he would have caught as many more
Tuesday.
Most of the fish were caught at Pen
nifield's. Money says the anglers who
baited with madtoms and other live
bait there Monday did not have much
luck.
Leslie Williams and wife, w. J. John
son, wife and two daughters and Mrs
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lonial Beach, on weeks outing. They
went to the downriver resort to fish
tthey said. and they made 1t plain that
they were not disappointed.
Fish came thick and fast said
Leslie Williams. land when we became
tired of fishing we went Grabbing"
The family party had an enjoyable
time every minute of its stay, the
members stated, and regretted very
much the arrival of the time for home
coming.
Fishing never was better was the
message received from Rock point. this
week 1.-The big trout are here. hard
heads are still very much in evidence.
spots are much larger than usual and
perch and rockfish are plentiful
DIR. E. B. Horen and family and P. j.
Haltigan and daughters were among
the successful Washington anglers who
were there for a weekend outing. They
did most of their fishing near buoys s
and 10 and caught satisfying string
of fish.
Harry Ward and c. E. Green. also
among the weekend outing parties at
land fully fifty trout and long string
of hardheads and perch.
John T. Mercer, Parker ]. Bowman,
L. F. Bore1and. Charles Bell and George
! Pierce were members of launch party
at Colonial Beach. The five anglers
were on the river near the. resort to
| they were fortunate enough not to be
there during one of the recent wind
| storms.
isfactory one Trout and perch came
their way in large numbers, they re-
ported, and when they were not fishing
or grabbing they were ashore visiting
friends.
Austin Savage. who admits he would
rather fish than eat il it were re, not OF, toe O.,
Plum Point, on the Chesapeake bay
only few miles south of Chesapeake
Beach.
of rockf1sh made from the pier at Plum
Point by Ed Skinner and his friends. he
said, and when vacation time came he
went there with his wife.
| IT," the angler said when he returned
"Rockfish were caught from the pier,
while outside trout, hardheadS spots
and perch were in abundance.
ITS only a question of making the
effort" he said, ''if one wants to catch
fish"
Simon Kann. Sidney H. Reizenstein
and Philip King are among the Wash
ingtonians who find sport and recrea-
ton at Rock Point. They have had
| resort and each time they managed to
return ashore with strings Of fish that
| attracted attention.
On. the occasion of their last trip they
conferred with F. X. Stonestreet, who
always is willing to suggest the best
place" for fishing. They were on the
river part of the day with one of the
numerous captains-everybody on the
river is a captain-and when they were
ready to start homeward they had an
attractive display.
Included in their display of fish were
some trout that weighed as much as
three pounds each, many large hard
heads weighing from one to two pounds
and a few perch. They were not for.
tunate enough to get any rockfish.
C. r. Wright. Mrs Brereton and T
w. johnson were members Of trio Of
anglers who had a successful trip or
the river near Potomac Beach. They
went as far a Kirkpatrick point. not. 6
great distance from the beach ,anl
returned with q string Of trout. some oil
them weighing as much as two pounds
and numerous uerch. They baited will
shrimp.
Capt. Charles q. Gchrom Of No trucl
company has been heard from. He left
here a week ago In his new automobile
and went to Cape Henry and Virgins
Beach. A roast OF Lynnhaven oysterl
proved an attraction to the captain
and the sight Of scores Of fishermen
In boats catching largo Norfolk spots
for market put him In the notion Of
II fished ono tide and caught sixt,
pounds Of fish," he wrote, 'tand the mex,
time I make a catch I'm going to send
the boys Of No. l q mess"
Bernard Tolson. Edward Stroheckel
and David P, Pfeiffer enjoyed an out.
Ing at Classic Shore. where they were
were on the river several times during
point and catching fish enough for the
, family of their hostess.
) When they we're not fishing. said q
| friends, they were Grabbing.
And" added the friend. "they were
successful at both sports"
James A. Balderson and wife chris.
tened their new automobile on a trir
to Colonial Beach. The roads in Wiz.
ginia are nothing like as good as they
are on the Maryland side Of the river
1t Is stated. but husband and wife
managed to reach the resort in a
comparatively short time
Capt. Western Toy took the couple &c
the vicinity of Rock Point aboard his
launch G. L. Palmer on q fishing trim