Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-05

States Navy, where he served under Adj
miral Robley d. Evans and others, TINS
week enabled him to save his life. He
went overheard while landing big Mis-
jsissippi catfish off Walker point, and, it
is stated, probably would have drowned
had it not been that he was about as
much at home in water as he would
have been on dry land. Not only was he
able to save himself from the swift and
Itreacherous current, but he also saved his
colored boatman.
But l lost my twenty-pound fish,
mourned the enthusiastic angler
Several anglers who were fishing from
the shore witnessed the rescue of the col
ored boatman. They made hasty prepa-
rations to go to the assistance of the two
n1en in the cold water but Pulliam. big
and strong and an expert swimmer, land
ed his boatman in shallow water before
assistance reached him.
| Was the water cold?" was the foolish
question asked the angler when ne
reached shore. and his answer was IN
keeping with what he was asked.
/ Having been given a drenchinS IN the
cold and muddy water and lost MS hsh
and about S15 worth of fishing parapher-
MALTA, Pulliam returned home, changed his
| clothing and went out to get new supply
of bait for the next day.
Reaching the river shortly after noon.
| Pulliam dropped anchor off Walker
point and made cast. using Shad hait,
| but without meeting with success. Then
| he baited with cut herring.
| and he remarked, there was a dlf-
ferent story to tell"
Just after he changed his bait he
! landed a fish that weighed about ~
| pounds: not so large. said Pullian. but
Cor t,sh mo n
might be expected
Then came the twenty FOUNDER" he
said. The boatman thou:;nt il would
go twenty-five. but ! put it at twenty.
and few minutes later the trouble
| occurred 1t happened when the col
ored boatman tried to land a fish that
weighed only about five or six pounds"
The wet boat. Pulliam explained.
caused the boatman to slip and go
overheard. and in his effort tic rre-ent
the accident Pulliam went with him.
who witnessed it think the boatman
owes his life to the enthusiastic angler
Harry L. PAUL had stationary and
portable washtubs in use at his home
1880 East Capitol street, when he re-
turned from a weekend outing or the
river. and friends and nei'shbors ell
joyed the sight of a dozen AMI falf
Mississippi catfish swimming about in
them.
Bat l didn't catch all of Them mod
eStlN ADMITTED the sportsman. explain
| Zig that Q. d. Heltzel, bachelor friend,
| had landed about half the number.
| DIR. William E. Whitson. one of the
admirers of the early season catch.
fishing for the fish in the tub than sit
ting on the river at this season. He
did not make the effort. however. al
though he was perfectly willing to
sample the fish hot from the frying
pan.
PAUL and Heltzell. realizing it would
be anything but warm on the river,
dressed with clothing that protected
! them from the chilly blasts and reached
Fletcher's before the middle of the day.
! 1T was a case of Being quick on the
job" remarked PAUL. ''as the fish did
not seem anxious to open their mouths
wide enough to take the bait
| The sportsmen left the river in time
to reach home before dark, and they
! had a string of fish that attracted
| great deal of attention. the largest of
them weighing more than five pounds.
This is the season of the year when
anglers should give some thought to
the protection of bass commented Ben
II. Johnson, on his return from a trip
through the northern neck of Virginia.
AT or near the mouth of almost every
creek emptying in the Potomac were
several nets of fishermen, and with the
mouths of the creeks INSTRUCTED
there can be but one result-a slaughter
of the bass
/ Johnson is exceptionally fond of bass
fishing at Occoauan. Quantico and other
places along the Virginia shore, he
says, and he goes to, them several times
each season, usually experiencing
splendid luck. but last year he noticed
a decided falling off in the sport.
And it was all because the winter
seines had played havoc with the bass"
| he said. IF something is not done by
the state Legislature to protect the
fish the day will come when the big
mouth bass will be luxury
A five and three -quarter-pound small
mouth bass in Charlie Simons' big
aquarium is attracting attention of the
more enthusiastic of the experts with
rod and line.
where did you get it, and who
caught it," are the questions that the
sportsman has to answer many times
day.
ut belongs to John Hurley" the in
quisitive ones are told, but he didn't
| catch it,
William l.. Dulin, angling companion
of Hurley, threatens to institute legal
proceedings against his friend on ac-
count of the prospective slaughter of
the prize fish.
rs it cruelty to animals to kill a fish,
asked Duin, and if the answer is in the
| affirmative Hurley will have to find some
| thing other than The prize bass for
Lenten dinner.
Anglers expect to enjoy some excep-
tionally good sport fishing for yellow
perch. John Souder has made catches
several times a week all the winter fish
| ing in Little river, but most of his
| fish were of ordinary size and at times
small
A catch of such fish made near the
south end of Highway bridge this week.
however. made the anglers sit up and
take notice. George Hilbus made the
catch.
ale had only nine fish, said Ward
Savage. but the were worth having"
1t is said that the fish weighed nearly
two pounds each, the most attractive yell
| low perch that have been caught near
| this city in a number of years. He baited
with pike minnows. said to be the best
bait for white and yellow perch.
Millions of angiewormS Tuesday morn
! ing found their way to the pavements in
and about the parks, and the sight of
| them made hundreds of anglers conclude
| that the spring perch season soon will
open.
When you see the worms appear on
day. commented one of the older sports
| men. you may make up your mind that
| the white perch are not far away
The warm rain brought them from the
ground, and hundreds of anglers took ad-
vantage of their presence to gather sup
| plies of them. The sight of worm col
\ lectors in some of the larger parks proved
| interesting to pedestrians. who were ap-
parently ingnorant of their use
Are they snakes?" was the inquiry
| made by woman Signtseer of a man who