Evening star., 1916-07-01

down, and that was where he dropped
| anchor
There was no tiresome wait for the
hsh, declared one of the anglers. as a
| catch of nearly 100 fish was made and
the party reached home early in the
! evening The catch included forty five
hardheads. three dozen white perch.
! two rockfish and an assortment of cat
| fish, eels and spots
start for Rock Point was made at
1:30 o'clock in the morning by a party
composed of Karl Achterkirchen.
known to his fishermen friends as Let s
Co; Charlie Biondi, Bruce Schuyler,
! Henry Berens and John w Hurley 1t
was not case of reaching the auto
mobile between the drops" explained
Hurley. for the water came down in
volumes great enough to suggest a
| repetition of the Johnstown flood con-
ditions.
! The entire trip of ffty-f1ve miles was
made through a drenching rain, al
tnougo Kari Achterkfrchen's new auto
| mobile shielded its occupants from the
water 1t was shortly after daybreak
when the party reached the Wicomico
river and boarded Capt. Andrew Shy
mansky's boat for a trip to where the
nsh were thought to be feeding
| A few hardheads, plenty of perch a
number of catfish and one rock took the
| attractive peeler and bloodworm bait.
| And the troublesome toadfish did not
neglect s US; commented Hurley.
don't know what the toads would
40 Tor food. he added, IF 1t were not
Tor the anglers from the city feeding
them choice bait at least once a week"
! Capt. A. L. Norton. U. s A. cuy II
Johnson. E. S. Spalding and Ailister
Cochrane got a late start on a week
end outing to Benedict 1t was not IN
IN long after the rain ceased falIine
that the quartet pulled out in the au-
tomobile in the direction of Anacostia
| and 1T was after noon when they reach
ed the favorite fishing place on the
Patuxent
1t is related that at least one member
| of the party was particularly strong
on the troublesome toadfish; a fish that
is fed to hogs at Benedict but which
is not put to such use at any other
| place.
we think too much of our hogs 20
feed the fish to them,' is what Capt.
Ben Stein told anglers al Rock Point"
During the short stay at Benedict the
quartet caught a couple of hardheads,
| one catfish and few cells.
Perry Miller hopes some day he will
be able to try his luck where there are
fish of the kind that he is able to land
1T is one thing to hook fish," John
Martin thinks. and 1t is an entirely
different thing to land it."
Il hooked something big" said Mil
Ter when he returned from short
weekend outing near the meeting of
the channels. short distance from the
steel plant. "It must have been a
| rockfsh. but I'll confess didn't see it"
Small perch, he said, gave him much
trouble in the muddy water. He was
not disappointed at his failure to get
the horse he stated, but he would
like to have satisfied his curiosity
Alexander Gusdorf. DR.. William F.
Whitson and /. B. Hartz enjoyed a ride
to Benedict on weekend trip.
1T was more of an automobile ride
than 1t was a fishing trip admitted Dr.
Whitson, for we did not get started
until noon, and then we logged along
over the forty-mile stretch at pace
that landed us there about o'clock
participate in the fishing game. but the
sight of the broad expanse of salt
water proved too enticing and on the
river they went.
ing" said member of the trio. for
i. seemed that we landed at A place
where only eels were to be found.
Three hardheads and a string of eels
made up their catch.
Tire trouble three times on trip
between this city and Rock Point
made the weekend trip of John Finn
and Claud L. Burrows a little too in
teresting,
More especially because of the down.
pour Of rain" said Finn.
But" he added, we were fortunate
enough TO have an abundant supply
of extra tires"
Fishing was started under adverse
| conditions, the anglers stated. but they
, had boatman who understood his
they found fish to be plentiful: Most
of the fish were presented to less
fortunate anglers. and the last of them
were presented to Eugene Ricketts,.
who motored to Chapel Point and met
them on the return trip.
Among the sportsmen who enjoyed
the week end at Benedict were George
Dunster and John o. Evans. They are
among the anglers who do not mind
long automobile trip if they meet with
success on the river.
They were about as successful as
any other anglers on the river that
day.. remarked another sportsman.
They succeeded in catching a score
of hardheads and a string of perch.
Hugh A. Kane and his colored man.
Henry Carter, furnished the surprise
of the week. They went to the vicin-
ity OF the steel plant Monday after
landed an even dozen rockfish.
The time to go after the rockfish.
said Kane. 'is when anglers are not
numerous and things are quiet enough
Tor the fish to remain on the feeding
grounds. ana that's why went on the
river Monday"
Telling of his experience on the trip.
, the angler said he discovered that the
rockfsh do not take the bait with the
usual show Of greediness. and 1t is
necessary for the individual with rod
and line to be on the job. 1t no
longer is matter of the fish hanging
itself. he added. but 1t is necessary
for the angler to do the catching
All the fish were caught with blood
worms, said the angler. and their
weight was from IL to az pounds.
Carter landed the largest Of them, the
fish taking bait on two hooks.
Austin Savage and Carl DentleE,
| aboard The Nut spent the week end on
the river not far from the city. Matt
Rudden would have been with them
had 1t not rained and, the others said
his absence was deplored for the rea-
son that he had the bait for the party.
Noise Of rain on the roof made sleep
! better than fishing" said Rudden. who
explained how much he enjoyed the
soft crabs TINT otherwise would have
been fed to the fish