Evening star., 1915-05-22

Rockfish are very much in evidence.
They may be scarce down the river,
where large seines are operated, but
anglers are we'll satisfied with the luck
they have experienced during the past
two weeks.
Many rockfish weighing more than
ten pounds each have been caught" re-
marked w. P. Bowie, land still the ex-
pert anglers say the big ones have not
yet arrived"
A rockfsh that weighed eighteen
pounds, the largest one caught here
this season, was entered in the W. F.
Roberts contest by w. K. White, one
of the older sportsmen. who is a IA
miliar figure at Reynolds. The fish
measured thirty-seven inches in length
with a girth of twenty-five inches.
I'm afraid it will not be prize
winner" said Will Reynolds, for I'm
satisfied that larger fish will be here
later in the season. The rockfish are
about four weeks ahead of time this
year. Last year many of the large
| rockfish were caught in September,
and unless something unusual happens
we ought to have the fish here all sum-
mer."
White had an exciting experience with
the eighteen FOUNDER. He was fully TWEEN
ty minutes landing it. and a few min
utes before he caught it, he stated, a
fish carried off his hook and part OF
his line.
The big fish was landed a short dis
tance above Chain bridge. a place
where many of the larger fish are
hundreds of hooks and many pounds
of lead because the fish were too large
to land.
Vel nj, in 4
| mand at the Riverside Rod and Gun
Club on the occasion of a weekend
outing in which members of the Sham
rock Club participated. 1t was
planked shad dinner instead Of a fish
ing party, although some of the more
enthusiastic sportsmen were unable to
resist the clear water in Little Hunt
ing creek. There was not much doing
in the fishing line. however. and the
fishermen were on the grounds in time
to enjoy some of the deliciously
planked fish.
Charlie Beveridge presided at the oak
boards where the large shad were kept
basted during the cooking. and when
of the best "plankers" in this section.
eclipsing some who have earned repu-
tations for such cooking
Sunday mornings rain did not reach
the club grounds. and there was moth
ing to interfere with the outdoor sports
or the serving of the clam chowder
and shad
Robert johnson served as chairman
Timothy Costello, known as big
Chief" looking after the tables and
pla ying the part of host. 1t was about
sundown when the last Of the shad
had disappeared and the party started
home.
Those who participated in the outing
were DIR. T NJ. Payfair. DR.. s. Wrenn
Howard. S. L. Hoover M ]. Sullivan.
Sylvester Murphy. w. J. Tarmon, j. c.
Earnshaw. c. F. Baur. J: R. Johnson.
Dwight. George Logan, Irwin Johnston,
Timothy Costello. Martin Creelman,
George Gardner, John Kiley. J. A. Cor
man. T. A. McLarney. A J. Mcmahon.
Caull. Prof O'Dowd. P. ]. Nee, Patrick
Sullivan. Francis Simmons, James ].
Mccarthy. w. J. Madigan, Al Weisen-
born. Charles Weisenborn. Otto Vogel-
back. Peter Bennett. Michael sheehan.
Harry Gregory, Jeremiah Costello, T.
J. Casey. 6 King, Thomas p Brown.
Michael Buckley. ]. T. Buckley. T. T
Costello. William spillane. George
Bean. c. L. Keller. w. J. Frick. George
Walsh, A. Hollander, F. A. Franey. ]. J.
Stanley. Angelo Rochelli. George D. AL
len. Harry e. Simpson. M. G. Mckay, d.
Louis Lindner. H. killmon. C. E. Bright,
Charles F. Hermann, George w. Sum-
| mers. Leonard Kuhn. Clifford 8. Wright,
J. p. Collins, Wesley Works. John A.
Kapp, T. w. Howard. George W. Robe
son, w. c. Mckinney, ]. A. Farrell, AL
Huber. A R. CAN'T Edward Grupe,
C. H. Klaus. M. B. Flynn, v. Cousell, C.
F. Myers, John M. Becker, G. l. Deitz,
P. Gardner, William Parker, George
Barnes, William Murray. l.. D. Nugent,
c. Newman. W. T. Richter. W. F. Coax
ley and ]. A. Junghaus.
One week from today, May 29 Is the
time nxed by law for the opening of
the summer and fall season for bass and
crappie. When the law was enacted,
| 1t is stated. 1t was intended to apply to
small mouth black bass. as many Of the
gamesters were caught in the vicinity
OF Chain bridge and Little river, but
not many Of them are caught there now
The law applies to big-mouth bass,
| fish that is plentiful in the tidewater
of the District-more especially in Little
river and the tidal basin-and nothing
ter will serve to prevent scores of
anglers from being on hand at the ba sin
early Saturday morning.
MANY Of the sportsmen will not wait
until daybreak." said John W. Hurley.
''They will be on hand very soon after
midnight. Such fish take bait as well
at night as in the day, and there are
many anglers who are SO anxious to
make an early catch that they will not
60 to bed Friday night"
N. l. Pulliam. who last week caught
a number Of rockflsh and Mississippi
catfish. is one of the more enthusiastic