Evening star., 1916-08-05

down the river near the bay. but none
were seen near US.
A Z. Lightfoot of No 2 truck com
Dany is going to try his luck again
with the catfish in the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal. He will take the out
ing tomorrow. On a recent trip from
the Feeder lock to Georgetown Mr.
Lightfoot landed a large string OF
fish. He used cockroaches and said he
was kept busy hauling in the fish. They
came so fast he said he did not have
time 10 string them and so he walked
to Georgetown catching them and later
returned to gather them up along the
bank.
Elmer Schroth took Billy Hettinger to
Rock Point in his automobile Saturday.
They fshed Sunday and when the re-
turn trip was made to the city they
had good string of fish in the ma
chine.
A record catch of fish was made
early Sunday morning at Rock Point
by S. Wiegman, A. J. Wiegman, c. H.
Stein and II. Juneman. The party went
10 the resort Saturday night and got an
early start out on the water in the
morning. They made the big catch be-
fore breakfast.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. +. Hazleton, who have
not missed a Sunday at Rock Point this
season, again returned home with a
string Of fish.
Joe Cline. Leo Forest. Brice Branson,
Archie Rose, William Davis and Char
ley Crane spent Saturday and Sunday
at. Point Lookout. at the end of the
state road leading from Leona ardtown,
Md.
Capt. Jack Wood took the fishermen
out in his new motor boat and had no
difficulty in locating a spot where the
fish seemed to be most plentiful. The
party caught about 125 spots and sew
eral large trout. although they were
told that the trout would not be run
ming for several weeks yet. Branson
and Forest are still at the resort.
w. l. Reeves of No truck company
is at Piney Point on a fishing trip
Members of the company are awiting
his return, he seldom returns from
such an outing without bringing home
good dinner for them.
A large number of trout, perch and
| rock were caught at Rock Point Sum
day and Monday morning by II. w.
Ziegler. ]. B. Jaques, Miss Laura Jaques
and DR.. and Mrs. Fowler
c. f. Donohoe, J. c. Yost, H E Glad
! man. J. A. Murphy. c. Hardcastle. G. r
Repetti. H. Fisher, J. r. Hardee. George
r. Gill. L. Weber, w. A. Lynch, W. N
Beahm. a. Lankin, T. H. Yost. J. Con-
nor. Prof BrinkIey. II. A. Kane and
G. f. Zurhorst recently visited Solo
mons Island in several automobiles.
In the fishing contest Mr.. Yost won
the prize by getting the first fish. The
| second day of the trip the fishermen
were out on the water at 5 o'clock
and landed a good catcff>-ef croakers
and trout. H f. Gladman won the
honors for getting the largest trout.
In casting contest between Lynch
and Beahm. the former cast SO far
that he lost his new deep-sea rod. reel
and line.
One of the hardest and most disappoint-
ing fishing trips was made by party to
Plum Point last Saturday evening.
Leaving the city. the fishermen started
for the point in automobiles. All was
well over the state roads. but several
bad stretches of road We're encounter
ed. and all were compelled to get out
and push the machines through the
deep sand
After having SO much difficulty
reaching the place, the fishermen were
badly disappointed when they only
landed seven fish. There were any
number of dogfish caught, but the eat
| able ones were two trout and five
hardheads.
Those in the party were Riuggold