Evening star., 1916-09-30
ROD AND STREAM.

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| weather TO enjoy outings on the upper
and lower Potomac and tributaries, ehe
PatuNent river and Chesapeake bay.
Those who participated in the sport at
! down-river places returned with long
strings of fish, while muddy water
greeted many of the up-river sports
men and spoiled their outings.
Those who were at Harpers Ferry
and vicinity Saturday morning and aft
| ernoon had the benefit of water that
was in splendid condition. The Shen-
ando2h river was cloudy at that time.
but the water in the Potomac both
above and below the confluence of the
rivers was clear enough for fishing.
Early Sunday morning, however. the
! Potomac was so muddy that it was
out of the question to expect to catch
any bass. Several OF the srortsmen
who we've there overnight tried their
| luck. but failed to make catches of any
consequence.
! Water and weather conditions at the
numerous favoritc places on salt water
could not have been better, it is stated.
and SrortS'ncn returned with supplies
of fish. and told stories that interested
| their friends.
Scores OF ;nclers tried their luck
along the fce~h- water creeks below the
city ana caught many l2rt-S-nnoHtu Dtiss'
and pike. such fishing was done at
! Piscataway. hunting and Aqua creeks,
| nd. while the catches were not as
! large as those Of the preceding week. it
| is stated, Interesting sport was en-
| joyed.
Karl Aohterkirchen ard family. Bruce
Schuyler and Henry Wehrerherg were
Ofensteia and wife ard Albert Herbert
were occupants of another car. MEM
5crs of week end party at River
Springs. The anglers got an early
start and were on the fishing grounds
in time to get the early morning run of
fish.
We gave them a good breakfast.
said Achterkirchen. "and the unlucky
ones furnished US q fish dinnsr.'
Fishing was done from motor BOAT
one Of the numerous captains al the
resort being on hand with supply OF
bait. and when it vas time to respond
to the ringing of the dinner ben the
sportsmen had {. long string OF trout,
perch and spots.
The spots were smaller than what
we caught early in the season, said
kchterkirchen, but the perch were
much larger. We caught thirty trout.
Charles H Taylor, Sylvan Taylor, DIR.
S w. Howard, John !. German, Mark
j. Hale, Thomas Powell. Earl West
and Norman l.. Puliem nlotored to An
here about o'clock at night and reach
ing Maryland's capital about midnight.
Boats and bait ordered by phone were
ready for the anglers and Il start was
made before dawn.
"Pulliam had boasted of the big fish
that had been caught near Annapolis.
said one OF the sportsmen. and we
thought we'd give him chance to
show us
.'Of. course" he added the wind
do ha
at least that was what We were told
but we managed to get fifty or sixty
fish. Had the weather been all right
we probably would have made catch
of the size Pulliam usually makes.
Mark Hale led the catch with rock
fish that weighed three and one-half
pounds.
John German was the king toadfsh
catcher" said one Of his friends.
Pulliam returned TO Annapolis Mon
day night and caught three large fish.
Capt w T Anderson. George w.
Skidmore. Mrs. Edward Stephenson and
Mrs Laura Farquh"r spent q day at
Benedict. the ladies taking part in the
fishing game with the men.
"I enjoy motoring, but don't care for
fishing" Capt Anderson told wal
tonite early il the season.
It's too slow" ne added. land I've
never been able to see where the fun
came in
The captain said he was willing to
give the sport trial, however. and
accompanied his friend to Rock Point.
That was ali :hat was necessary.
the captain admitted. We made 4 big
catch and now I'm ready to go fishing
at any time"
On the recent trip to the Patuxent
river resort the quartet left here about
noon. fished one tide and caught thirty
two pounds of fish. mostly hardheads.
Ill
made a week end trip to Rock Point.
Early morning fishing was enjoyed on
the part of the Wicomico known as the
SOUND" where perch were plentiful
and toadfish almost unknown.
Capt. Ben Stein permitted his boat
to drift while the sportsmen did the
fishing.
Use light lead and keep the bait In
action was his advice that was fol-
lowed.
sort of catching 'em on the fy," he
said.
A string of fifty or more fish parted
from the boat when start was made
with the fish overheard, but another
string equally long was landed. An
afternoon visit netted the sportsmen
additional perch and a string of trout.
John w. Hurley was at Harpers Ferry
on a two-day week end outing, and Will
liam f. Dulin joined him the second day
muddy said Duln, '.and there was very
little ooing"
Hurley got dozen small ones. too
small to make a showing. he said. and
not large enough for friends who had been
promised a bass Patrick Riordan was
another Washington sportsman who
reached the mountain country in time to
encounter muddy water
But the country was pretty and It was
a good outing" was his consoiing remark.
Col. F. p. Armstrong, Maj K. W.
Walker, Maj. Lewis Merriam. Capt. H. w.
Harms, o. G. Pierce and Luther Frierson
all of the War Department, were at Rock
Point for the week end.
Fish were too plentiful" said Mr.
Pierce, telling of the trip. They came
too fast"
The anglers fshed near the junction Of
the Wicomico and Potomac rivers and
caught fully 200 fish Included in their
catch were many white perch and trout
and about twenty rockfsh.
c. F. Brown, John E. Rhodes, r. f. La
Hayne and E. NJ. Tyler were members of
another fishing Darty at Rock Point THAR