Evening star., 1915-06-26

| Muddy water in the upper Potomac
and Shenandoah rivers was responsible
for keeping many anglers from theil
| usual weekend outings. 1t was abb
solutely useless to attempt rock an6
bass fishing in the upper river, or fol-
many miles down the river, and the
only alternative was to seek the salt
| water
Scores of anglers patronized the nu-
| merous resorts on the lower Potomac
| Wicomico and Patuxent rivers and
Chesapeake bay. some going by boat
and others by automobile. and many
of them We're fortunate enough to land
| long strings of fish
| Rock Point, on the Wicomico. was
| the destination of many week-enders
! and all who cast their lines lin the
] river a t that place, it is stated, brought
fish home with them. Chesapeake
Beach and Colonial Beach eXcursionists
| enjoyed their outings. while those who
| went to Benedict felt that they were
| well paid for their trips.
| Many bass fishermen are well salts
| fed with the condition of the upper
| Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. They
| say that fall fishing is the best sport
/ During the middle of the summer" "
| said one of the older sportsmen, lit is
1 l,
| a shame to take the fish from the hot
| water, and the continued muddy water
| during the summer should serve to
| improve the sport when the weather
| gets COOL
| and Mrs. Andrew j. Boyer. Mr. and
| Mrs. f. H. Neumeyer, Miss NJ. J. Boyd,
| William Staub and William Neumeyer
We're members of a weekend party at
| Rock Point. The party motored to the
| resort on the Wicomico, reaching there
in time for Saturday supper and finding
| it an easy matter to entertain them
selves during the evening.
| And there was some stirring about
| the house at daybreak the next morn
| ing" said Andrew Boyer. THE men
| We're up in time to get on the river
| before sunrise, and some of them had
| such good sport that they hesit1ted
about going ashore for breakfast"
| 1t was recalled by the others, how
| ever, that not one member of the party
| was missing when the sound of the
breakfast bell was heard. Fish caught
| that morning were served
You know" said Will Neumeyer
when fellow catches a fish he en-
joys it all the more"
After breakfast the sportsmen re-
turned to the river and renewed their
| piscatorial efforts When they We're
| satisfied with their large catch OF
perch. rocktish and hardheads they re-
| turned ashore.
'One large eel that Andrew Boyer
| caught declared the captain of the
boat, cannot be counted fish"
| Walter I. Whitson and wife, J. A
Riner and Miss Bailey were members
of weekend party at Benedict, one
of Charles county's favorite fishing
places.
And it certainly was some fishing
IT,. 1-- Tt,1
| son. telling of the long string of hard
| heads and other fish that We're caught.
| "Of course" he added. every body
knows what the other fish are-toads
but they make good hog feed
| 1t was not until long after breakfast
| that the quartet of anglers got started
| in their automobile. and playing the
| part of good samaritan when a dis
| abled car,.was otertaken delayed their
| journey.
| Capt. Shorter was on hand with his
| boat and d supply Of bait when the
| quartet reached the Patuxent river
| and il was SO short a run to the fishing
/ grounds that in a few minutes the oc-
| cupants of the gasoline boat were pull
| ing hardheads from the water
| Riner won the distinction of getting
! the first trout of the season, and when
| the fish was taken from the water Capt
| Shorter fairly shouted.
| The long string of fish caught by the
| party included the one trout, dozens OF
| hardheads, few spots and number
of white perch.
| Edward A. Strachan of Washington
and Aqua creek, Va ,d does ivsosids not heene eve
| folding his hands just because the
| water is muddy.
HE knows that the river contains
| something other than fish,, said his
friend, Charles r. Holman, and wher
the water is too muddy for fishing it is
| not too muddy for frogs.
One night last week Mr.. and Mrs
Strachan skirted the creek in boat
going along the shore and about the
| marsh on the middle ground, using a
light and returned with a bag of fifty
| two frogs. Two nights later they bag
| ged four dozen of them.
| Since June IS. the opening of the fish
ing season, Strachan has landed num-
ber of plymouth bass and pike. He
| has moved into his new bungalow
| known as Eagles Nest. and expects to
do great amount of fishing this sea
son.
George A. Williamson, Charles A. Cot
terill Harry Ward, George Kaiser
Charles Green and j.. Steloff were mem
| bers of a weekend party at Stone
| streets, Rock Point
and when a squad of fisherrflen car
get a string of sixty-ffve fish before
breakfast commented Williamson
they certainly have no cause for com
plant"
| The six sportsmen made the trip tt
| Rock Point Saturday afternoon aboart
the steamer Nortbumberland, reaching
the resort in time to get a nights rest
| but not much rest was had, because
| Charlie Cotterill insisted upon getting
on the river at daybreak. His com.
| panions willingly left their comforta.
| Bile beds, however. and 1t WAS a case o1
| the early fisherman catching the great
| est number of fish.
| After breakfast Capt. Stein took then
back TO the fishing grounds. where They
were fortunate enough TO land a string
of hardhead. perch and spots.
"And the usual number OF toads." one
of them admitted.
While waiting for the steamer Three
Rivers to ma Ike the return trip Charli.
Green went short distance from tn.
shore and caught forty spots ane
perch.
George Thayer Of Altoona, Pa visit.
ed his brother, Lew NJ. Thayer The
| early part OF the week. He came here
, to enjoy bass fishing trip to the
| upper Potomac IN the vicinity of the
Anglers Club. one OF the favorire FISH.