Evening star., 1916-10-14

Va. that brought home the sportsmen
who had spent the week end at Aqua
creek. Chapawamsic. Occoquan. Guam
tico and other places along the line.
'It was a tired and sleepy crowd,
everybody had plenty of fish and was
happy. Some of those who had made
small catches were given few fish by
their more successful friends in order
that they might be able to make good
shoWings when they reached their
homes.
One of the happiest members of the
party aboard the "tishermens special
was James r. Lusby. He had been three
Holman.
The sportsmen spent much of their
time on the river and landed any num-
Der of bass. pike and yellow perch. and
when they were ready to return home
they had more fish than they could
comfortably carry.
And we didn't count the perch said
Holman.
Henry Weidner. who was one of the
numerous anglers at Aquia creek on a
contest with Mr.. Holman. He ar
ranged to do his fishing near Holman's
favorite fishing spot. but the dense fog
prevented him from reaching the place
ou tliIie " btSlf Tue sport Will
friend.
Soon after the fog lifted. however. the
contest started. and at the finish Hol-
man was ten fish ahead of his COM
petitor.
And each of us had a good string of
fish" said Holman. Our largest bass
weighed nearly three pounds
James j. Mccarthy, Mr.. Trainor,
Charles Neuman, James Breen. Flor
ence Mccarthy. Charles Fellows,
Thomas Quill Harry Cassidy and l.. ID.
ing at Benedict. Their guests on the
trip We're DR.. Patrick Matrin and Pat
rick Trainor of Baltimore.
DR.. Martin has participated in nu-
merous outings with his Washington
friends and. he says, the Benedict trip
appeals to him more than most others.
We made an early start at each
end said James Mccarthy, ito get the
early run of fish and to get over the
river end of the road before dark.
Excited over catching large fish and
anxious to repeat the catches. two
Washington anglers. fishing at Bene-
dict during the past few days. acct
dentally disposed of their outfits in
the river.
They actually cast their rods. reels
and lines overboard,' remarked one
of their companions. The tackle was
fished for. but it remains on the bot
tom Of the river among the oysters,
just the same
Fred Fl. Geyer is the one who so dis
posed of his outfit last week, while this
week the loser was Dr. F. o. Roman.
and Geyer witnessed the second trans
action.
DR. Roman, Geyer, Dr. Archibald
Hopkins. Sol Richards. Leroy Livings-
ton. Fred Geyer and Busy Howard
were members of the party who were
at the resort on the Patuxent river this
week
real fish" remarked Sol Richards. but
who wouldn't catch a toad in salt
water?'
E'erd Geyer was the only member OF
the party who landed anything other
than a trout OF perch. the exception
being an eel that Sol Richards declar-
ed weighed four pounds. Others fixed
the weight of the ''roundfish' at two
pounds
lust the same" said the enthusia st il
sportsman. lit couldn't have caused
more excitement if ii had weighed 4O(
pounds.
The anglers made a catch of forty
seven fish.
W. w Price. John w Hurley and
Frank P. Hall participated in a week
end outing at Rock Point Price anG
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during the sea son. each anxious tc
make a record. They failed to record
the seasons catches. however. and un-
less some exceptionally large catch is
mad. in the near future. friends stat tie
il proba bly, will he a contest to a draw
The participants. however, will not
make any such admission. each claim
ing the honors. On their recent trip il
was decidedly case Of, Hurley. the
veteran. being compelled 10 take j
back seat.
But | enjoyed witnessing the other
fellow make the catches he said
Price landed several large trout dur
ing the morning hours. but Hurley was
unable to make landing. In the
afternoon, however. the latter landed
one trout and felt better satisfied. y
tailor that was hooked by member
Of the party Strengthened the hook and
got away.
W e, Dyer, Frank B. crovo. Nicholas 5
Crovo and Daniel = Collins spent he
week end at Faunces, fished the Poto-
mac and couple of tributaries and
.came home tired. BIT satisfied
Fhe quartet left here about o'clock
in the morning. and reached their des-
tination before 10 o'clock. Breakfas ST
over. the anglers lost no time reaching
the river and casting their bait for the
horses.
And it vas long and patient wait"
catch string of fish. but when 4
o'clock came there was no member of
the party who ella lined he had had a
touch
Three Of the Sportsmen reeled in their
lines and We're prepared to leave the
river, they stated. when Nicholas Crovo
landed a trout. Then other members of
the party baited their hooks and re-
neWed their efforts.
And when we left the river at 80
o'clock" said one of the sportsmen, I'VE
had a catch of forty-seven trout.
Norman J.. Pulliam was very much in
evidence in fishing circles Wednesday
morning 1t was entirely different from
the proVerbiai morning after the night
before. according to friends who
greeted him and his string of eighteen
bass = number of them alive.
i'uliian Was on the SeaWall Tues Law
night, or" Of n.anN anglers who were
there but his seductive bait proved
more successful than the bait used by
others. he said. and soon there WAS a
rush of ANGLERS to the part of the wall
from here he did his fishing
GIVE me some of your bait" was the
request of several of them. but the
Successful ANGLER gave a disappointing
ausW = in each instrnce.
TWO of the eighteen bass caught with
his secret h:.it weighed four pounds
each.
Gus f5uchholZ returned from a week
end outing at Benedict proudly display-
ing Il long string of trout rocl<tish and
perch. Mrs. Buchholz and Ar and
Mrs. Edward jacobson accompanied
him. II was one of those weekend af-
fairs, said one of the sportsmen. that
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