Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-04
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went to a wharf at the foot Of 2Sth
my bait and then tried my luck. land
ing q string Of twenty-five yellow
perch" -
day and had pleasant afternoon. In
| cluded in his catch Of bait, he explain
ed, was one smelt, and that bait was
the means Of his catching one bass.
| some of them Weighing as much as
| three quarters of a pound. and. more
than once I landed two at time
| tried their luck on a weekend outing
at Benedict. William E. Dublin being a
member Of the party. The weather
| was fine and the water in good condi-
ton.
And the tide was just right" said
one of the sportsmen. There was
every reason to believe we would make
| a great catch"
"But there's saying that all signs
fail in dry weather" commented Mr..
Dulin. and the sportsmen later admit
ted a failure. g.
Mr.. Hurley pointed to himself as be.
| ing the only fisherman in the party,
but his companions thought a catch. Of
one fish did not constitute him much of
a fisherman.
but look at the size Of the fsh,"
Mr.. Hurley protested. pointing to a
tWo-pound trout.
Three cells and a score or more toad
fish completed the catch
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Oconnor, Miss
Alice Bates and Bernard Harding had
week end trip to Benedict.
1t was fishing trip without the
FISH," remarked member of the party.
Didn't even get a toadfish" :.
Columbia Fishing Club, said to be the
oldest social club in this city, last
| Sunday celebrated its fftieth ami
versary at an oyster roast given on
the Virginia shore some distance be-
| low Chain bridge. An oyster roast
club was organized. following the an
! nual two-week outing. at the clubs
homo late In the summer.
This seasons annual outing on Coan
river was one of the most interesting
| ones in the history Of the club, It was
held during the month Of August and
was well patronized by members and
guests. Two out-of- town members of
the club. F. J. Coleman, Philadelphia.
and J. F. Coleman. New York, at
| tended the roast.
Other members in attendance were
F. NJ. BENJAMIN, c. e. Berry. J. J.
Boobar. w. J. Boyle. Eugene Burgess
E. c. Coleman, r. w. Colman, A. H
Colman. George Bradley. Fred Deit-
erich. P. J. Foley. J. Fritch. J. o. Har-
her. George Mccarthy. John Mccarthy
Henry Miller. NJ. w. Onutt. T. NJ Pay
| fair, I. H. Rowland, DR.. Pratt. Henry
Richards, P. Ryan. William 4Staub. J.
| H. Scott. w. E. Stockett, W. F. Tappan
r. Thomasson. E. Van Horn, John
| ho Z,,r1 Dol
Henry Weidner was at Aqua creek
two days this week. He made catch
Of thirty-four bass and pike. an aver
age Of seventeen day. and the; pike
| largely outnumbefed the bass. Frank
Posey and George King made good
catches there on one-day outing.
Members of the order of White Ele-
Happy Home. Va. last Sunday. thei,
last celebration in wet" virginia
Grand Chief Trunk E. w. McIntire was
on hand to welcome the guests, and
Thomas Waddy presided at the irons
| where the oysters were roasted. Sew
| eral of the more enthusiastic members
were on the river with rod and line
But thoughts of the roasted oysters
made them too nervous to get inter
remained on shore.
Members who enjoyed the outing
were E. w. McIntire. Theodore Della
| vfgne. Harry R. Smith. NJ. F. Wolfe, F.
J. Rose. John Brennan. J. P. Smith. /
D. Cushman. Thomas waddy. Carl
! Earnshaw. Henry T. Rinck. Lee D.
King. H. F. iO'Donnell. George NJ. card
ner. P. j. Bennett, w. E Taylor, J., p,
shuckert. B. Bridget. Cassin Gladman,
o. D. Britt and Arthur McNeIly.
Austin Savage. John Siebers and Joe
sanburn were on the flats of Potomac
Park for week lend fishing trip. They
went to the river to spoon for bass.
such successful anglers as N. L. Pu1lien.
| Frank Stroman anu Others
| But not a rise did we get" was the
mournful statement of Savage.
| Changing to live bait3 the anglers
fished for yellow perch and landed a
string of fully one hundred, Sanburn
landing what Savage termed "whop-
pers."
Edgar w. Ford and Frank Huseman
have spent four week ends on AQUA
creek. Their catches of bass and pike
ranged from forty to seventy-two. and
so large was their catch of seventy
two that Alexander Segar was satis-
fed they had come from a net -
| The sportsmen made their big catches
| with pork rind bait. They interested
| Segar in their big catches and he is
anxious to get the artificial bait and
try his luck with 1t. ~,
Seventeen was lucky number for, a
number of anglers who were at. Chapa-
wamsic and Aqua creek for the week
end. Harry Budesheim landed seventy
fish. mostly bass. at Chapawamsic,
while Hugh Fritch. fishing at Aouia
creek. caught the lucky number, most
ly pike.
ELS CREW c IS VICTOR