Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22

I mand for boats. and many of the boats
| were hired second time.
! 1T was case of the early bird get
| ting the worm" said a boatman Early
/ in the morning the water and weather
conditions were nearly perfect and
! every body caught fish.
| But the high wind later in the day,
he added. greatly interfered with the
sport and only an occasional fish was
caught"
Boats accommoda ted from one to four
craft. it is stated, landed as many as
400 fish
Enough for home consumption and
friends" suggested Joe Fletcher, and
enough to reduce the high cost of liv-
ing
A white perch weighing fourteen
ounces was entered for one of the At
las prizes. 1t was caught by Clifton
Moundey, who Monday afternoon par
with his father
| Father and son made fairly good
catch of the attractive fish. The fish
were OF all sizes, from the fourteen
ounce one down, but most of them were
large enough to be enjoyed when they
reached the table. Bloodworms and
the anglers. and, they stated the fish
showed no preference between them.
| Ernest Lucas. r. E. Beckham and r.
is. Wilson of the health inspectors
force. last Monday participated in a
| fishing trip to the upper river, where
| they succeeded in catching more than
| $50 perch against adverse conditions
There was strong wind blowing
and many persons on the river received
drenchings from the spray. The health
department trio received drenchings
and more. Their boat crossed the river
to the Virginia shore and refused to
respond to their repeated efforts to row
to the District side.
Help came in response to a call, the
boat was taken to deep water and its
occupants soon were landed safe and
sound on the north shore of the river.
Shipley Brashears and c. A. Weckerly
Wednesday afternoon flshed at Copper
thite's and landed what probably was
the best catch of white perch made this
season.
Fifty or more fishing parties were on
the river that afternoon. 1t was the
first day the water was calm after the
high winds that prevailed earlier in
the week and anglers felt satisfied that
| big catches would be made
Those who fished in and above the
''parlor" made good catches. but there
was very little doing in the vicinity of
Walker Point. The two successful
sportsmen had fish enough to fill two
large baskets, and many of the fish
weighed more than one-half pound
! each. while few weighed as much as
Charlie Fletcher and William e. Glib
son also made splendid catch. They
| ished above the ''parlor." baited with
bloodworms, and caught $50 perch.
i Their largest fish weighed pound.
Sorry. but not related to Henry" is
the inscription on visiting cards of A.
E. Ford of Kalamazoo, Mich, who was
end outing. Others in the party were
Bernard Harding. Dick Peed. William
| Wynkoop. Benjamin Harding and Mack
| Sparrough.
| The sportsmen occupied two boats
! Sparrough and Wynkoop in one and
the four others in a larger boat. The
| combined catch of the occupants Of the
two boats was 562 fish.
When William E. Dulin and John W.
Hurley reached Fletcher's for week
end outing the former made a catch
| before leaving the float He made sew
eral casts from the float, and only
| stopped when his hook became imbed
ded in the cheek of a bystander.
! distressed over the accident. rendered
| first aid to the injured SO successfully
| that onlookers thought he had received
training from first-aid society.
and the injured man was in good con-
dition the two sportsmen rowed to
favorite spot near Walker Point and
had fairly good luck.
bdhi oisp ios "a
friend. made his neighbors think he
| had manipulated a net"
Charlie Porter. Benjamin Hessler.
John Dean and Harry Anderson. men,
bers of a weekend party OF anglers.
landed 395 perch.
Enough for ourselves and friends"
one of them remarked.
Porter f1shed rod, reel and line from
the river.
Ringgold Hart. on a weekend trip,
made a large catch Of perch. and sue
ceeded in regaining part of his line that
was broken Off when 1t became fast in
the rocks on the bottom of the river
"Strangly enough" he said, there
was large fish on the hook attached
to the broken piece Of line
Hart sent f1sh to number OF friends.
Detective Fred Cornwell last week
enjoyed perch dinner. The fish were
not exceptionally large. he said. but
they tasted differently from those that
have been on ice several days.
They were caught at Fletcher's by
William e. Miller of the first police
precinct, who landed 10 fish during an
afternoon trip.