Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-25


The hail took the whitewash from
the houses of oystermen," said Charles
G. Rarteman. one of the anglers. 'and
left them with much of the appearance
of a flea bitten horse
Joseph Goldsmith. Herman Friedman,
Joseph Stearman. J. Joliffc. David
Coran and Benjamin Goldsmith were
members of one party at Rock Point on
a week -end outing
I'VE had the fishing trip of our lives"
commented Joseph Goldsmith. Our
stringer was rty-eight feet long and
we filed it,
The anglers caught a few rockfish
and trout and scores of spots and perch.
I'VE just pulled them in two at Il
by noon we had caught SO many that
we pulled up anchor and started home
ward
Capt. Ben slime pilotcd the party to
the oyster bar where the successful
Itch WAS made. Before pulling ava V
from the wharf. however. the captain
made d miSstep and went overheard
with a big can containing ice and re-
can and recovered the ice and most of
the bottles.
Nature has provided Il closed season
for small mouth black bass. the game
ster OF the Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers. something tho sportsmen have
long desired.
Neither river has been clear since
early in July" said Charles \. Cot
terll. lover of the sport. and there
should be some splendid fishing late in
the fall. IF the water continues muddy,
he added. then the spring fishing
should he fine"
Discussing bass fishing. the sports
man said that every place within Il
reasonable distance of the city. where
bass abound mas been fished to death
and ii required Il closed season to re-
habilitate the streams.
1T has been one raia after another.
said w. r. Bowie. ''rhey were just
| far enough apart to keep the rivers
and while farmers were clamoring for
rain the anglers were discussing
| floods
,".There'n come time some day
added Bowie: and the sportsmen will be
| paid for their long wait
/ Last Sunday and Monday, it is stated.
good catches of bass were made at
Seneca. but the river was muddy Tues
day. and rains since that time have
made conditions such that anglers fear
there will be nothing doing for at
least another week or ten days.
Dr. \. y. Meloy, w. ". Price and
John w. Hurley were at Solomons
was "A severe storm on the thcSapea Ike
bay and PatuNent river Saturday night
aud Sunday morning. and that may
have driven III" fish from their usua!
feeding grounds.
AT any rate" said one of the sports
men, there were not many fish in evil
dence.
Fishermen on the island told of what
great catches had been made there
earlier in the season.
always ready with an abb. re-
marked Price. who suggested that
trout might be plentiful on Il particu-
| lar day tho following week.
The party made the trip in Dr.
Jcloy's automobile. leaving here late
III the afternoon aud reaching their
destination, a distance Of nearly sew
enty miles. in three and Il half hours
F.. They were on the river early in the
morning and managed to get stflis
| of spots and perch
After breakfast the trio gave the FISH
another trial. They were ANXIOUS to
land a string Of trout, but trice was
the only one to land a fish Of that va
riety. DIR. Meloy and Hurley each
landed king fish.
On the return trip dinner was oh
| tanned at Prince Frederick. ono OF the
Oldest towns in southern Mar%lann' ana
home was reached about ) o'clock.
| Matt Ridden experienced "A dip in :he
water on q recent trip aboard Fra nj
Williamson's "battleship" Elsie. WHICH
! came SO unexpectedly that he failed &c
| appreciate it. Matt had a bucket OF
! choice bait in his hand when he tripped
| over an obstruction and fell, the tor
of the bucket being released and the
bait was seen swimming away
| Hard luck" commented Savage
watching the bait disappear.
| "And we brought it sixteen miles,
added Williamson, land can't get any
more"
Ridden was willing 10 admit that the
hut
! gested that it would have been much
| worse had he lost the basket of food
| He was willing to make haul for
bait he said. hut his companion:
| thought such an attempt wcald be use
less. and the trio sailed away in the
"battleship' to enjoy ride on the
| river.
william Ward, Percy Harding. Frank
Barteman and Charles q. Barteman
| were mem bers of :: party on Il week
end trip to Rock point.
| 1--WE started early to avoid the rush.
| said Charlie Barteman. but not earl!
enough to avoid the storm. 1t was
some storm. One can imagine the con
| ditions when residents of the point
| were able to gather in hail enough Tor
| refrigerating purposes.
| 1t was case of a calm after a storm
| said Barteman. but the big fish were
| so widely scattered that not many OF
l
| part of the day and succeeded in land
| ing two dozen trout. one tailor two
| rockfish and numerous Snots and perch
| I'VE were after trout. Barteman 50 id
land did not appreciate catching
smaller fish. Had il not been for the
storm we probably would have caught
several dozen large trout"
| Henry G. Collision. Charlie Mullen
| John V,iseman. Harry Rcdmilcs and
| George Mullen spent an enjoyable
| week end on PiscataWay creek. The
| trip was made aboard Il launch. the
| anglers stopping a short distarcej be-
low the steel plant and making haul
| for bait.
| "Fishcrmen often hear about the
| scarcity of bait said Charlie Mullen,
| but one haul near the steel plant net
! ted bait enough for months fishing
| trip"
When the anglers reached Piscataway
creek they We're surprised to find the
water in good condition. 1t was muddy
| in other creeks. they said. and not in
very good condition in the river, but
! thev had no fault to uid with the
! creek and no time was lost getting
their lines wet.
Four large bass and five uike sUc-
| cumbed to the tempting bait used by
| the five sportSmen and they caught
am number OF white and yellow perch.
THE perch were we'll worth catch
ing said Charlie Mullen. yellow
perch furnish much better sport than
lsome larger fish,.
| George w Leopolds letter to John
w. Hurley last week told of success
| full catch of small-mouth black bass
made at Catoctin and Weverton last
| Sunday.
..Tto u,ater in fine condition.. -