Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-15

Some Of the more enthusiastic anglers
or the real sports" as John w. Hur-
ley terms them, are enjoying mid
winter fishing on the Potomac.
| After ALL" commented Mack Spar
rough, cts not so bad when a fellow
is properly equipped for the sport"
Mack and William Wynkoop were on
the river at Hen and Chickens" for
a weekend outing, Drawing the frosty
atmosphere and landing a string OF
Mississippi catfish weighing from four
to seven pounds each.
Not so bad for a cold weather trip
said one of the pair.
Monday. the two sportsmen were at
it again, Wynkoop reaching the river
three hours ahead of his companion
and having a string of six live fish to
exhibit when the latter joined him.
The fish they caught Monday weighed
from one and one-half to two and one
half pounds each.
Had the water not. been so clear
Monday" said Sparrough, 81 believe we
would have experienced much better
luck. Clear water is not conducive to
the sport
| The two sportsmen were equipped for
| the cold and wet weather. They wore
their fishing costumes to keep out the
| rain, and had fire in the boat to as
sist them in keeping dry and enabling
| them to prepare hot food and coffee.
| Its the easiest and simplest thing
imaginable to be prepared to cook a
steak or sausage and have cup of hot
| coffee while on such an outing" said
Sparrough. I'VE simply had a small
charcoal stove and took along a sack
of fuel for the day. and nothing is
more enjoyable than cup of hot cof-
fee when one is on the river on a wet
or cold day at this season"
Bruce s. Branson. angler and gunner
| is anxious for the down-river fishing
season seas, to open. Last year he visited
| Rock Point, Benedict and other places
and caught barrels of fish, and during
the winter season went on several gun
ming trips.
Everything seemed to go wrong on
the cunning trips" he said. Auto
mobile trouble kept me at home when
l otherwise would have been in the
country. and one trip l had the mis-
fortune to break one of my arms.
| 81 killed a number of rabbits. how
ever" he added, but did not bag the
usual number of birds"
| On a recent trip to Occoquan, Va,
| just across the fence from where Supt.
Whitaker cares for Washington's minor
i
\ John c. Willis and Clarence Ing1ing.
1--WE kept our rabbit dogs tied to the
| automobile" said Branson, land went
in search of birds. We found signs in
dicating birds were not far away, but
not one did we see. The noise of
something in the woods. such a noise
as pheasant would make, attracted
| our attention but we did not even see
| what made the noise"
| Each gunner managed to get a rab-
bit
And that was ALL" sighed Branson.
Vinton Birch probably is the most
| fortunate of all Washington sports
men. especially so far as the present
seasons sport is concerned.
I'm the first place" said a sportsman,
cold weather and do duck shooting
from blind certainly should be re-
warded with bag of game. for it is
the coolest sport in the world"
| Birch had an experience that made
him forget all about ducks. He was
given drenching and more, and 1t
was only because of his presence of
| mind and ability that he saved his life.
The sportsman was enjoying life on
a Virginia river and part of blind in
which he settled to await a flock OF
ducks suddenly dropped to the bottom
of the river in ten feet of water. Had
the accident occurred in hot weather.
| when sportsmen are not. thickly clad
| he might have saved himself without
any trouble. but his heavy cunning
boots and suit proved hindrance.
standing on the bottom of the river
| in ten feet of water" said a friend, "he
removed his boots and coat, rose to
| the surface and swan a quarter of a
mile to shore.
Dipping fish from the holes of the
| Chesapeake and Ohio canal it is stated.
| furnishes sport for some of the persons
residing along that waterway.
1 "Incidentally' remarked an angler who
witnessed haul made one day last week,
| ''it puts money in the pockets of the So
called sportsmen.
| Taking fish from such a stream in nets
the individual out of the sporting class.
and should put him where he could not
handle a net"
1t is believed that thousands of fish.
fish and smelts. have been taken from
different holes in the canal between Cum
berland and this city since the canal COM
pany drew off the water to save the canal
in case of freezing.
'In these days of conservation" said
an old angler. sit does seem a pity that
a few hundred dollars cannot be spent
each year to save the thousands of fish
from being dipped from the canal"
| Gus Kneas and w. H. Buckingham
were the north bank of the Potomac,
near F'letchers, OH a weekend trip The
weather was cold enough to make camp
| fire attractive and comfortable, and, seat
ed by the fire, the sportsmen were able
to cast their lines and enjoyed the days
outing.
| They did their fishing from the shore
off what is called 1.-THE parlor.'' and the
| water. they stated. was just cloudy enough
for Mississippi catfish to furnish sport
Buckingham landed four fish, their
weights being recorded as two, four and
six pounds
But Kneas was not SO fortunate as to
get one remarked the successful angler.
Tuesday afternoon Buckingham re-
, turned to the river alone. He was unable
to land a single fish, however, and his
poor luck was ascribed to the clear con-
dition of the water.
Charles r Holman has returned from
| cunning trip to Aqua creek, Virginia.
his last cunning trip of the season He
was in the country several days, al
though he spent only one day in an eff
fort to fill his game bag. His DAVIS
outing netted him two ducks, two rab-
bits and five quail.
Ducks were PLENTIFUL" the sports
man declared, but there are not many
blinds from which. to shoot, and rab-
works of it's own, and for a time it ran
it's own telephone system, although
this was finally sold to large COM