Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18

| ter. and in spite of the bad weather
| three Of the four anglers scored
! Poor Kane" said one OF his com
panions. He was the only member of
the quartet who failed to score. but one
! Of his magnanimous friends saw that
he got fish for his mid-week Lenten
| dinner
! Deal carried off the honors with
six-pounder, while Lew Thayer out
numbered him with a catch of five, and
Charlie Porter got in the game with
one small fish.
| John Betters experienced splendid
luck on the river this week fishing for
Mississippi catfish. John spends much
time on the river.
| There Is one thing certain said one
Of the older sportsman, and that is
that Betters will bring fish ashore If
| others are catching any"
Monday afternoon he managed to
catch fifteen fish, 1t is stated, and Tues
day he had two ten-pounders and sew
eral smaller ones when he gave up the
sport for the day.
F. C. Stang went to Four-AIile run
| for a weekend outing, a place that
| was popular many years ago and
place were splendid sport was expert
enced.
1T was the home of Jesse Middleton,
who was an exceptionally good fly fish
erman," said retired sportsman,
where many rod and reel sportsmen
gathered. and 1t was the only place
| weather. The arch beneath the road
| and the railroad tracks afforded SPLEEN
did shelter
Stang, who is an enthusiast. did not
| expect to experience unusually good
He was fully satisfied to return with
string of two bass and number Of
| catfish.
William Wynkoop. fishing alone, Tues
day afternoon surprised his friends to
| such an extent that some of them will
| ingly fished through snow furries Wed
nesday afternoon.
1t was about noon when Wynkoop
dropped anchor near the outlet lock, and
| 1t was not many minutes later before
| he got lively action.
1T was a case of landing one fish
twenty-ffth had been caught. and then
thought 1t was time to quit
HE had to quit for more reasons than
| one" said Mack Sparrough, and one
| was that he might have swamped the
boat had his luck continued much
! Wynkoop's catch weighed about eighty
pounds. His largest fish was a fifteen
! FOUNDER.
Having experienced such good luck
| Tuesday afternoon, Wynkoop the next
day returned to the river, Mack Spar
! rough and Bernard Harding accompany
ing him.
Never before did ] have such quick
| action said Sparrough. and had it not
| been for the snow and wind we would
have kept at the sport until dark"
Thirty fish. the aggregate weight be-
Sparrough led the catch with two fish
| weighing seven and one-half pounds
each.
Sparrough says the reason SO many
anglers do not experience better luck
is because they are too sparing with
their bait.
SIT is absolutely necessary to have
fresh bait to catch Mississippi catfish"
he added. "Shad bait b'eaches in a few
minutes and becomes worthless"
John Jackson. whose face is familiar
to scores Of earlv ANGLERS. tried his luck
Tuesday near Hens and Chickens. and
landed a string of Mississippi catfish
The largest Of the catch weighed twelve
pounds.
ished in the deep water between
Aoueduct and Chain bridges Tuesday
afternoon. They caught a dozen fish.
None exceptionally large and none
especially small. one of them re-
"They ran from three to four pounds"
he added.
Joe Fletcher. member of family of
anglers. was on the river two after
moons this week. Tuesday he caught
two Mississippi catfish weighing about
| eight pounds each and several smaller
ones.
"And I probably would have dupli-
| Gated the catch the next day." he said,
had not boy in the boat with me
/ complained of the cold and had to be
! taken ashore"
| George Hilbus. former policeman and
| enthusiastic angler. died about a week
| ago of pneumonia. George had occupied
| a houseboat near the soath end of High
way bridge for several years and the
| urpreteE tious place was the scene of
many gatherings of anglers.
! Hilbus was in Uncle Sans army be-
| fore he joined the police force, and his
body was inferred at Arlington.
! Lewis Fletcher. fishing near Fletch-
er's. Tuesday afternoon made a catch
of ten Mississippi catfish.
| II had such good sport that after
noon," he stated, that l returned the
next day and caught seven"
! Sportsmen had Il good time at the
tidal basin Tuesday afternoon
1T was very much like a spring day."
said one of the dozen or more men who
fshed from the wall. land fully forty
bass were caught.