Evening star., 1915-09-18

Some fine fishing is In store for week
end anglers on the upper Potomac and
even about Georgetown in the Little
river, unless there is more rain, accord
ing to fishermen up there.
.The water Is clearing finely" said
Will Reynolds, land I look for some
good catches"
| A large string of plymouth bass was
caught in the Little river Monday by
an angler who refused to disclose his
identity, according to Mr.. Reynolds
Several other fishermen were In the
Little river Sunday and succeeded in
making good catches.
! THE Monster" as it has been known
to fishermen in the vicinity of Seneca
| for several years, and which mad sue
ceeded in evading the efforts OF many
persons to capture it until last Frloay.
| is a swapping turtle, or was until II
was cooked. Albert Reynolds OF
Georgetown captured it. When weigh
ed the turtle tipped the scales at sew
enteen and a quarter pounds.
| Will Reynolds, Albert Reynolds. VIII
liam White and Frank Hayes went TO
Seneca last week in a launch, gong up
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Iney
spent most of their time in what IS
known as the basin at Seneca. ihe hIs1
day the fishermen tried their luck Al
bert Reynolds felt hard tug at MS
| line and called Frank Hayes. who was
in the boat with him, for assistance.
After half an hours work. In which
pole hooks and nets were usea' 'he
During the trip three other turtles
| were landed, which, with the mon
ster," weighed total Of thirty pounds.
A turtle soup feast was participated In
l ASH q
friends Twenty-Five bass. some OF
which were of the small-mouth Variety
were landed also.
leighton, Clarence Raymond, Frank
Wells, Hugh Dawson and Cliff Crocker
returned Tuesday morning from trip
to Colonial Beach. The members OF
| the party, who were on the nsning
| grounds near the river resort for -FOUR
days. brought home report Of some
fine catches. On the first day the count
was twenty-six trout: two nounaers rs
and eighteen perch. The three otneI
days" said Ernest Leighton. I'VE did
/ even better"
Can't. Sims Of No 1s engine company.
| Arthur S. Witcomb of the United states
| Marine Band, John H. Gates, jr.. OF the
CITY post office and Thomas Harris Wis
| tied Rock Point, Md. recently ana a1eer
| fishing from $50 o'clock in the morn
ing until 4 o'clock IN the afternoon re-
turned to the city with 26s large white
| perch, fourteen trout, elSnt tahors dho
! eleven rockfsh.
| Mr.. Gates said the sport was SO gooo
that 1t was common event to pull IN
| two fish at time.
! Jess Dorsey, VIII Edwards. Abe Rein
| hart and Cleveland Wentwor recent
| ly spent seven days on fishing trip
| to the lower Potomac. They returned
1hf Hay3f q
| a story of big catches. To show that
| they had luck the anglers brought
| with them about half barrel OF hsh,
which they had salted down for con-
sumption during the fall and winter
months.
1--WE certainly struck them right"
| said Edwards. Every day we f1shed
the results were fine strings. We were
| not the only ones, neither. who got
I results There were several other
parties who were on the fishing
| grounds near US, and they also made
| good catches"
A fishing trip to Ocean City. Nd, is
| being planned by William jackson. He
| has communicated with several Of his
! friends, and already Charles Dorsey.
| Cochran Wells. Howard Malone. Glenn
Stevens and Frank Herman have stgni-
fed their intention of becoming mem
bers." The fishermen are expected to
! leave Washington tomorrow. and will
remain at the resort for week. "If
| we have any kind of luck" said Wells.
I'VE probably will mako a longer
stay"
William Fredericks, John B. Smith,
! Edward Tracy. Walter Evans. Elmer
| Evans and George Welch spent the
| week end at Enfield. Md. in the vi
| cinity of the place where Howard
, Brooks hooked a big tailor recently.
| and they were rewarded by a large
catch Of fish there Sunday. In the
( string they brought to Washington
| which weighed two and a half pounds;
ten perch and about twenty-five trout.
| TWO hounders. which also were landed.
were presented to resident of En-
held. The members Of the party are
contemplating q similar trip in tho
near future.
Frank Madigan. Howard Brook. and
John Hurley left Friday night for a
where they heard fish were biting
| freely.
F. B; Crovo. Jr. and d. P. Collins
spent Sunday at Rock Point and when
they returned to Washington that night
had a string of forty fish with them
| Most Of the ones they landed were of
good size.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. W. chiswel nshed at
AsoSh several QAy9 ago with
great success. landing q number Of
large trout and perch
E. p. Hazelton, B. L. wissman, Eddie
Wissman. H. L. Dennison and Frank
Fickling all made good catches there
| last Sunday. L. A. Barr and L. Stew
| art Barr. who f1shed for the first time
at Rock Point. were among the sue
cessful anglers.
The finest bluef1sh that has been
caught at Rock Point this season was
| landed recently by Billy Withers and
Walter Schnider
Having established himself as the
leading fisherman Of the season at En-
field. Md, Howard Brooks was not sat
isfled and decided to go to Rock Point
and show" anglers there how nsh
! ought to be caughtA He 10 now the
king Of fishermen at Rock Point" said
John Hurley.
Hurley declared that no fisherman at
the resort has done as good angling
this season as has Brooks. The two
fishermen were out on the river Sum
day. When they returned at noon
there were eighteen trout. thirty perch
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