Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-26

blasts of late winter and spend part
| of the day on the water.
| And I'm glad I went he said. be
! cause | though; my friends We're using
| silver bait and getting the fish from the
! nets.
II learned to the contrary, however.
! he added. II caught fish and was shown
! that it was impossible to use silver pait.
Will r. Reynolds last week found fish
ing. so slow a sport that he concluded to
make an effort to get few muskrats.
He visited the flats, set his traps and sue
| ceeded in getting seven.
reynolds chef prepared a musArat pot
pie and had twenty-one sportsmen at
dinner He was highly complimented on
the guests.
But said the host. 1.-The chef would
not eat any OF the pie. 1t was because
of the rat suggestion
William White and John Bettors. fish
ing in the deep water above Aqueduct
bridge. landed seven fish. the largest of
them weighing five pounds.
Bettors hooked much larger fish.
said Will Reynolds. probably the one
that excited Mack Sparrough and carried
away his rod. reel and line
He did little better than Spar
rough, added the veteran. getting the
fish half way up and not letting it run
away with his paraphernalia."
known and successful sportsmen in the
vicinity of Aqueduct bridge, was on the
river few hours the past week.
Ills catch was more Of quality than
quantity remarked Will Reynolds. HE
caught two fish that weighed thirteen
pounds.
George Jackson made one of the most
interesting catches of the week. accord
ing 10 report made at bcathouse on
the river front lie caught three cat
nsh mat weighed forty pounds.
Many sportsmen took advantage of
the mild weather and enjoyed week
end outings. The latter part of last
week the weather was 50 cold that
numerous anglers abandoned their
plans for weekend outings, but sud
den change in the temperature made
the Sunday morning weather all that
could be desired. and scores of sports
men who are satisfied with a catch of
mississippi catfish hurried to the
river.
Not only were many anglers on the
river at Fletcher's." said Louis F.. Per-
ron, but they were scattered all along
the river. and some of them fshed in
Georgetown level.
And most of them" he added were
fortunate enough to get few fish"
1t is stated that many large fish, carp
anu catfish have been caught in the
holes in the canal. Many of them were
caught with hook and line. while most
OF the larger carp. it is stated, were
caught with gaffs attached to long
poles
Gazing carp is great sport" re-
marked one Of the members Of the
viii Reynolds Fishing Club
But" he added. the sport in the
canal brings with it wet feet and
muddy shoes, the sportsmen forgetting
the unpleasant part during the excite-
ment."
Several persons who were on the
toWpath for a Sunday stroll witnessed
an amusing incident in connection with
the gazing of carp. A boy was stand
ing in mud that almost covered his
shoes. and when he hooked a big carr
the fsh made frantic effort to re-
lease itself
And the boy made frantic effort
TO- hold to his game said one of the
mixers. Ne
But the boy Won" he added. al
though 1t was not until the fish had
played his catch, and it was neces
sary for him to seek change of cloth
ing to prevent possible attack of
pneumonia"
@. D. Heltzel caught the prize Missis
slppi catfish of the season while on a
weekend outing with Harry l.. PAUL
1T was a sixteen FOUNDER" remarked
a friend of the angler, land Heltzell
enjoyed the sport of landing it,"
HIS companion caught only one small
hsh- that day. The two sportsmen re-
turned to the river Tuesday morning
and caught six fish, the largest, a six.
FOUNDER, being caught by PAUL.
scores OF anglers have labored to
make a record at catching catfish of
the Mississippi variety this season Sew
eral years ago fish weighing about
thirty pounds was caught in the swift
water above Cabin John bridge and
ever since that fish was landed anglers
have tried for larger one
But have not succeeded in getting
one.' remarked Mack Sparrough. "ai7
though it Is reasonably certain that
weigh more than fifty pounds"
W. H. Buckingham and J. T. Kennedy
were on the river at F'letcher.s for .
weekend outing and caught a string
OF Mississippi catfish. A six-pounder
caught by Buckingham was the largest
of the string, the others weighing a
pound or more each
buckingham always was lucky
nsherman, remarked one OF the older
sportsmen. but angling for catfish is
not his game. He is like MANY other
sDortsmen, however, being willing TO
try MS luck for scrub fish when there
are no others to be caught
Catching rockfish and snageinp her
ring appeals to him, and il is NOT an
unusual thing for him to get herring
enough on a couple of trips to last
him through the winter season."
Louis F. Perron and his son Joe were
among the sportsmen who were on the
river for weekend outing.
The weather was ideal and the water
was IN splendid condition." remarked
the elder Perron, land the outing was
enjoyable"
Father and son built a campfire on
the shore near Fletcher's, the fire serv-
ing to dry the ground and keep the
anglers from getting chilled Taking
positions near the fire, father and son
baited with shad bait and soon had the
fish coming their way.
Not in large numbers, however" said
one of the sportsmen, but we caught
enough to make the trip worth WHILE
The largest fish they caught was a
, four-pounder that was landed by the
younger Perron Not having frying pan
with them. they stated they were I'M
able to have a fish fry.
The launching of The Nut, the launch
recently purchased by Austin Savage,
who gained notoriety by stocking
Squirrel creek with brook trout, prom
ises to be quite an event in fishing
circles April I.
And there will he no April fool joke
| about it, declared the owner of the
craft.