Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-08

parts of tackle which he uses in his
| successful trips to various places on
| the river
Gus" his friends call him. goes
early and late in the season, and his
| neighbors enjoy seeing him returning
! with long strings of fish.
think the high water and swift
down the river he remarked. when he
returned from a week lend outing.
And" he added. Il think they will
| come back in a rush.
The sportsman landed two fish,
| Karl Achterkirchen last week dis
played fourteen-pound Mississippi
catfish that was caught at FletcheTs.
Many friends who saw the fish de-
clared its possessor had caught it, but
Karl denied that he had enjoyed the
sport.
Il knew he didn't catch it," comment
ed karl's friend. John Hurley. Cat
hsh are not in his class. He prefers
bass and rockf1sh, but he is satisfied
to participate in saltwater fishing
trip when trout, croakers and other
fish found in such water are biting.
But when rain appears added Hur-
ley. Karl will insist on saying Let's
GO"
The fourteen FOUNDER was caught by
Joe Fletcher. who insisted that Karl
should stuff it with stuffed tomatoes
and bake it, new way of cooking
Karl.
"Never again. was Sam Kendigs re-
mark last week when he returned from
a fishing trip.
kendig last year missed very few
days trying his luck at the tidal ba sin,
and was satisfied when he managed to
land fish enough for dinner. Anticipat-
ing an early run of bass in the basin.
the sportsman took two weeks leave
basin every day.
"And only one fish came along that
had no better sense than to take the
That poor fish weighed only one
pound
Jack Wilson no longer will have any
! excuse for getting on the wrong road
when he goes fishing in southern Mary
land. the Maryland Legislature having
decreed that the commissioners of low :
er Maryland counties shall erect sign
boards at road intersections. 1t hap
pened that friends of the sportSmen
used their influence with legislators.
got them interested in the measure and
assisted in getting it passed
"If the signs had only been there last
summer" said Ward Savage, what an
amount of gasoline we would have
saved.
But" he added. gasoline was not
SO expensive at that time it is now"
Members Of a fishing party of which
Savage and Wilson were members filled
three automobiles. 1t was arranged to
start at 3 o'clock in the morning in
order to reach Rock Point in time to
begin fishing at daylight.
"We'lI get an early start" said Will
son to his friend. and have a string
of fish when they reach US.
A turn at Waldorf took the pair well
on the way to Point Lookout before
! they were able to learn of their mis-
take.
F. P. Grove. who has fished practical
ly all the waters within a radius of a
hundred miles or more of this city, has
returned from the vicinity of Lynch
burg, Va, where his uncle, Lewis
Bragassa, native of that section, is an
enthusiastic bass fisherman.
Just in time to get the first of the
perch season." remarked Grove.
shortly before leaving Lynchburg"
he said. Il strolled along the James
| river to get an idea of the fishing con-
ditions, and was surprised at the num-
Der of small-mouth black bass that
were being caught.
Grove says he thinks the bass are
| much more plentiful in that part Of the
James river than they are in the Poto-
mac.
ED Allen has been talking about
going fishing ever since the last fall of
SNOW said George Johnson. land last
Sunday he managed to muster the cour-
age to go.
What did he catch? A log of wood
but no fish,"
Had / lived near the river" said
Allen. I'D have got wood enough for
next winters supply"
The fisherman found the water high
and muddy, he stated, and the current
was SO swift that 1t was almost impos-
sible for him to anchor his boat Allen
has obtained a large supply of night
worms and all his spare time during
the next few weeks will be spent on
the river.