Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30

to get several six or eight pound bass
there in days fishing said a sports
man who has fished there a number
of times
Large spots and trout are being
caught at Lynnhaven inlet. according
to reports, while between Newport
News and White shoal light catches of
rockfsh are being made.
I. H. Ward, Henry Ernest and Harry
Ward have enjoyed several fishing
trips along Rock creek.
But far from the confines of Rock
Creek Park" said one of the trio.
The late Frank Burroughs. who was
one of the most enthusiastic anglers
in this city, and who died several
years ago. thought the fall fish in Rock
creek afforded more sport than any
other fish in this section. with the ex-
ception of the small-mouth black bass,
and every year he was in evidence
there He thought nothing of tramp
ing from a point near Rockville to the
city and fishing every hole on the way.
One day last week the two Wards
and Ernest tried their luck near Rock
vile. They were about the stream
several hours, and managed to land a
string of large fish.
Patrick Riordan, William f. Dulin
and John w. Hurley, jr.. were among
the expert anglers who were on the
river near Sandy Hook for a week lend
outing. Conflicting reports from the
upper river made them feel uncertain
about the condition of the water, they
stated, and at the suggestion of Hurley
they made the trip on morning train:
Boatmen were on hand at the railroad
station to greet the trio. who were
equipped with bait and tackle enough
to make a "clean-up,' and they still
think they would have made a record
if the fish had not so persistently re-
fused to take their bait.
"And they We're such lively madtoms
too" said Hurley, jr. Lively enough to
attract fish mile away. But not many
of them came our way ana most OF
them were small"
DuIin caught six fish and Hurley four.
Riordan did his fishing some distance
from his friends and when they met
and he told of having caught only two
fish, Hurley and Dulin felt that they
had put one over on him.
But when they saw my big fish,"
said Riordan, ait was different story
Michael Flaherty and r. L. Doyle, jr.,
were visitors at Capt Walters, Monoc-
acy and Potomac rivers, on week lend
outing. The anglers were on the river
two days, but the high wind the
first day made the fishing too slow to
be enjoyable
of them sorrowfully. But the next
day the conditions were different, al
though not as good as they might have
been"
on the second days outing the an
plars caught fish enough to make the
snort interesting, each getting four.
and they returned home perfectly sat
isfied.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwarda A. Strachan
at
all last week. and almost every DAY
one or both spent some time on 'he
river. Charles r. Holman, friend and
fishing companion of Mr. Strachan' mao
| landed a four-pound bass at Az ',T
earlier in the month and Mr.. Strachah
boa sted that he would catch larger
fish before the close of the season:
And last week he succeeded in doine
it," said Mr.. Holman. He LANDED a
bass that weighed four Sand one-half
pounds, and the fish attracted much
attention on the train that brought
home a number of sportsmen Sunday
| night"
| Mrs. Strachan caught many pass, PIKE
| and yellow perch.
| George Daley and Edward Stereck.
were at Four Mile Run on a week enc
outing. They caught very few hsh,
| they stated but were deeply interested
| in the sight of a number of ducks they
saw.
And they were not all crow ducks
! commented Stereck. I'VE saw num-
Der of mallards and few canvas
| backs
Arthur Webb and Walter P. Ramsey
were fishing trip at Aqua creek
| three days last week They made good
| catches of bass and pike. Hugh Fritz
| who was there ON weekend outing
| managed to get fifteen bass and five
pike. Harry Coslin happened to be on
| hand when nigh wind disturbed the
| water, and he caught only few hsh
| Dr. Fred q. Murray was another an
| gler who was unable to do much on ac-
l count of the wind. although he did
! manage to get few bass.
| William Simmons spent the weekend
at Neabsco creek. where fishing usually
| is good. High winds and rough water
were encountered, however, and he did
not meet with much success.
John A. Rupert says that yellow
| perch fishing on the PatuXent river
| furnishes all the sport he wants to en-
! joy, especially late in the season, when
| the water is cold. He at Glebe
| Club two days the past week. and each
day, he stated. he caught many large
| perch.
| n L. PulIiam was on the sea wall
Thursday night pulling in plymouth
bass. Early in the night he caught
| only four fish. left the river and Went
| home.
| Il returned about midnight" he said,
| land found fish more PLENTIFUL
| The angler left the river about .
| o'clock in the morning with Il string of
twenty eight bass, the largest weigh
| ing considerably more than three
pounds.
| Charles MacnichoI has had several
| pleasant outings on the upper Potomac
| and Shenandoah rivers the past two
| weeks. Accompanied by Charles Hill
miles from Charles Town. where, he
| stated, fishing usually is splendid, and
| where big fish are caught