Evening star., 1915-06-05


| clears" said the fisherman. although
many surprises have been experienced
this year, and they may linger here
longer than we anticipate"
DR.. S. J. Cockerille. fishing from the
| shore near Fletchers. caught bass
Weighing two and a half pounds. He
had one other strike. apparently OF
anglers fish for bass in that part Of the
river, it is stated, and the catch mace
| by DR.. Cockerille was surprise 'o
many of them.
DR.. Cockerille expects to take pass
| trip later in the season. He is fond
| of rough canoe trips through the rapids
of the upper river and tributaries and
1t is on such trips, he says. that one
gets fine bass fishing. Several trienos
| probably will accompany him.
Will Reynolds broke the ice" this
week He is said to be one OF the
best fishermen in this section.
But when luck Is against 1ellow,
| he said, how is he going to catch
fish,"
One day this week Reynolds was on
| the water before daybreak, not an un-
usual thing for him, but the day was
made an unusual one by his catching
| rockflsh.
up the fishing" remarked John Hurley
Reynolds fish weighed six pounds when
u,
was repeated until the weight was given
as sixteen pounds.
"But it only weighed six." Reynolds ad-
mitted.
Anglers hope to do some fishing near
the mouths Of some Of the smaller creeks
that empty into the Potomac before the
river clears
In Frederick and Washington counties,
1t is stated, the season for catching bass
in the Potomac opened June 1, but fish
ing in the tributaries Is not permitted un-
til June Is, the time fixed for the open
ing of the bass season in Virginia and
Montgomery county, Nd.
Many bass fishermen, unable to engage
in the sport tomorrow because of the con-
dit.on of the river, have arranged trips
to places on the salt water.
Charles r. Holman, who takes many
fishing trips to Aqua creek Va, has re-
ceived a synopsis of the Virginia fish law.
June Is is the time fixed for the opening
not permitted to fish with other than hook
and line.
Mr.. Holman received letter from the
state game warden at Richmond thanking
him for the interest he displayed in the
| matter of enforcement of the laws.
when the season opens" said Holman,
there ought to be splendid sport enjoyed
on Aqua creek Bass and pike were plen-
| tiful there last season, and the protection
given there this season should make them
even more plentiful"
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Laird. Mr.. and Mrs
j. M. Chamberlin and Capt. J. NJ Laird
and Mrs. Laird were members of a week.
END party at Rock Point. They fished
the middle ground and Whites point in
the Wicomico and had splendid luck.
They caught 17S fish before dinner
time. wrote F. X. Stonestreet, land had
the finest lot Of perch, rockflsh and hard
heads that have been seen here by the
Oldest Inhabitants"
William Wheeler, who caught the
record rockfish three years ago. has
not had much luck this season. He
was on the river one day last week.
however, and managed to land a nine
pound nsh Edward o. Craig caught a
number of rockf1sh this week His
catch one day was a string of five. the
largest weighing fourteen pounds and
the next largest tipping the scales at
twelve pounds.
Clarence F. Donohoe. James A. Dono-
hoe and w. j. Donohoe motored to
ROCK Point, Sunday and had a "shore
dinner" served. Boatmen were on hand
win supplies OF bait. but the weather
was to blustery for fishing. Charlie
Dietz. Jr.. also was there He crossed
the river to Colonial Beach to Join a
house party at his bungalow and was
made seasick by the rough water. III.
n. Mckee and G. H. FRANKIE were
among the guess at the resort that day.
George w. Slater. wife and son re-
Gently enjoyed short weekend out
ing at ROCK Point They were on the
river for about an hour and caught a
string of white perch. Mr.. Slater says
he saw others with strings of rock
1sh, but he did not go far enough out
to get any of the gamesters
Dr. Randall Parsons and J. E. Buck
ingham were among those who tried
Tor prize nsh this week. Neither was
successful. however. although each
caught few fish. A six-pounder was
the largest either of them could ex9
hibit.
Little B. Thigpin, one of Washing
TONS most enthusiastic anglers. who
mas been sick for nearly a year, fol-
lowing an operation. is fast regainins
his strength and hopes to be able to
weld rod and line in the near future.
He has many long strings of large
fish to his credit.
c. H. Reizenstein, Charles Goldsmith
Joseph King, Nat Samuels. r. b III
Lyon and Dave Frank were members
OF a weekend fishing party at Old
Point, where they make several trims
each season.
We caught everything except blue
fish. said Reizenstein, land concluded
to have another trip there July A."
Some of the croakers and trout weighed
as much as four pounds, while spots
weighing as much as one-half pound
were plentiful. Many hogfish also were
caught.
John F. Murrell has returned from
trip to Salisbury. Nd. where he fished
IN the Wicomico river. He tried his
luck with artificial bait and landed
numerous plymouth bass.
The tango bait seemed to be inst
what pleased the fish," said the sports.
man. and l landed nine good ones one