Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29

Fully. approaching the fact that the
season for saltwater fishing Is fast
| approaching and realizing that good
| tackle is necessary in order to make
| trip what such an outing should be,
sportsmen are overhauling their rods.
| reels and other paraphernalia. Just
now they are enjoying the most sue
cessful perch season that has been ex-
| perienced in a number of years, and.
! while the landing of white perch is
satisfying to many of the anglers 1T
| is stated, there are many others who
are anxiously awaiting the opening OF
the season for larger fish.
Hundreds of followers of Walton al
ready have supplied themselves with
tackle for saltwater fishing, antici-
pa ting a successful season at places on
the Chesapeake bay and tributaries. in
GLIDING the Potomac, Patuxent, severn
and other rivers Anglers nave peen
supplies for saltwater fishing before
there is further advance In the price
of tackle.
"The ordinary hooks that are used
| for fish that are caught in this section
of the river said one OF the older
sportsmen, will not do for fishing for
tailors, trout, kingf1sh. hardheads and
other fish that are causht III the lower
river ami bay.
ITS the easiest thing in the world
for a tailor to cut the snood, ne add
ed, land even metallic snoods Will not
always secure them.
added, unless you want TO spoil your
sport"
Anglers think that the successful
perch season now being enjoyed VII!
nCcf NI
season for larger fish, both the salt
water species and the game small
! mouth black bass.
Perch fishermen found it necessary
to practically abandon the sport this
week because of the muddy water.
IT'S an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" suggested Hugh A. Kane. suf-
fering from injuries received from the
backfire of an automobile and unable
to take a planned outing on the river.
Not because l can't go fishing he
added, but because the muddy water
will give the fish chance to rest and
protect the rockfish that are on their
way here.
The muddy condition Of the water
made it possible for a number of
sportsmen to hook some big Mississippi
catfish. sport that is enjoyed by many
anglers.
ut would be enjoyed much more.
| remarked Ringgold Hart. IF it were
not for the Objectionable shad bait that
has to be used
| ter willingly used such bait on the oc-
| casion of recent trip to the Anglers
| Club, however, and landed dozen fish.
Hart was the last of the trio to score.
That fish was so small" he said. that
| returned it to the water to grow.
| THE trip ended in a case of the last
| being first" admitted Charlie Porter.
| telling of the four-pounders caught by
| Hart.
John W. Hurley says it's good luck to
kiss the first fish of the season.
kiss the first fish," he told William
| E. Dulin, land you'll have luck
Hurley landed the first fish and
| kissed it.
| And more" said his friend THE
| fish filmed him and drew first blood.
but did not infiict SO serious an injury
that surgeon had to be called in
1t was one hour before the veteran
angler made another catch. in spite of
| what he said was a lucky kiss"
ut was a case of calm before a
Storm" said Dulin. for it seemed i'm
possible. the remainder of the after
| noon, to keep the fish from taking the
bait on Hurley's hook, and they were
not all perch-one was hickory jack.
4 fine fish that some INSCRIPTIONS fish
| ermen sell for shad."
| The sportsmen filled their basket and
| went home happy.
Members of the VIII Reynolds Fish
ing Club got busy before the rainy
| season interfered with the sport. did a
| considerable amount of fishing near
the point of Analostan Island and
| caught long strings of white perch and
| a few catfish.
But the bad weather put them to the
bad" said the president of the club,
| land gave them an opportunity to
| rest
| Will Reynolds says he intends to do
no more fishing this season until the
| gamesters appear.
black bass weighing four pounds would
| be worth catching" he said, but will
| condescend to go frogging or wade the
marshes for a few snappers."
A few swapping turtles have been
picked up on the Eastern branch fats.
| Reynolds said. but the big frogs will
not be plentiful until late in May or
| early in June.
Squirrel creek does not promise to
be place to attract sportsmen who
enjoy brook trout fishing.
ut is not because the trout were not
Savage, captain Of tho Nut, a recent
addition to the feet of motor boats
owned by anglers.
~ superintended the stocking of the
stream" he continued. and enjoyed a
weekend outing there. fished twelve
| miles and didn't get a rise.
II used several varieties Of flies" he
added. land it's possible that I should
have used other bait"
The sportsman thinks the fish prob
ably left Squirrel creek and may be in
| another creek that empties into 1t.
| And X they are in the other stream, :"
he concluded. "I'll find them"
n. L. Pulliam is enthusiastic over the
prospects for a good season for rock
fish. While angling for perch on a
| week -end trip he caught two small
rockfish.
They came very unexpectedly" said
the angler. but II shows the rockflsh
are here
And I'm satisfied theren be some
| rockhsh here this season as big as my
self. and know just where to get
them"
Pulliam never remains of the river
because OF water conditions, his friends
say. and whom he 10 absent from the
army of fishermen on the river It's be-
cause something moro important than
fishing kept him home.
Tho successful angler recalls having
landed three big rockf1sh one day last
season when the river was muddy. He
said he became tired of waiting for
the water to clear. tried his luck and
caught the gamesters in the muddy
| water.
On his last weekend outing. he
stated. he landed a long string Of at
tractive perch.
Mack sparroush says he fears the