Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-26

black bouy. and when thoy f0oof904 -
many persons, think Il necessary 20
fish far away from home.
They displayed o catch OF my
rockfish," said the president OF the
club.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. n. Thomas Mrs. casa
Waller and Miss Cornelia Coode were
members Of fishing party at Eecky
fishing fine sport. they reported. end
were enthusiastic over the trip. whSeh
resulted in catch OF fuliy 100 nsn.
Included in the catch were many etoux
and white perch and ten large spots:
James W. Brooks and wife and p. H
Davis and wife are enjoying weeks
stay at the Yicomico river resort. e.
w. Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain
and George W. Talbert were memosrs
of another party of anglers there and
Bernard Harding and Harry Young
landed string of ffsh on a weekend
trip.
Adolph Loehl and wife and P. r. Carr
and wife have returned from a pleas
ant trip to Solomons island. They mo.
Upper Marlboro. Hills bridge and
Owings station. and reached there IN
less than four hours.
The two couples stopped at Mrs.
light. and the men enjoyed two trips on
the bay and Patuxent river. They
caught two strings of trout and spots
n. l.. Pullian, with a string of dsh
dangling from line thrown over his
shoulder. walked the wall about Po-
tomac Park on a short Weekend out
ing. and attracted the attention OF
many less fortunate sportsmen-
He kept up a steady gait walking
the WALL. said Walter Hurley. and
when he reached the point Of the
reservation his string contained eleven
large bass.
Frank S. Appleman and Alpheus
Winter almost divided honcrs on
weekend trip to Dickersons. They
Winter landing six and his COMPANION
five The sportsmen went to George
Walters. a place where many of the
more prominent sportsmen were &C.
commodated years ago.
George Walters. son Of the late Capt.
Walters. provided boat and bait and
saw that the anglers reached some of
the favo-ite spots. The Monocacy
said. but splendid sport was enjoyed
during the morning hours. Afternoon
fishing did not amount to much.
Harry A. Hegarty and Eugene Rhodes
participated in a week end outing at
Whites Ferry. They motored to the
ferry by way of Rockville. Darnestown
and Jacksonville. and reached Masons
1T is an isolated place." said Hegarty.
land there are plenty of bass there"
The two sportsmen landed fifteen bass.
Luke Kearney. Charlie Porter. A. c.
Thour. D. ]. Murphy. Harry Anderson
and Timothy Casey were members Of
a week end party at Benedict. The
automobile trip proved about as en-
party said. and they were on the Pa
tuxent river only during the early
hours of the morning.
Long enough to get string of trout,
however" Porter said.
Hugh A. Kane. W. W. Deal. E. T.
Stunkel and Mr.. Updike were OF the
river off the point of Potomac Parks
one afternoon Kane had reported
number Of good catches there and his
friends were anxious to be shown.
We're from Missouri one of them
said.
1t was kane's unlucky day, but his
friends will give him another opportu-
nifty to make good.
George Pollock and Charlie, Porter
one afternoon last week went to the
steel plant equipped with tackle and a
caught an eel that was large enough
for bait, but Porter. who caught one
email rockfish, preferred to abandon
the sport rather-s.-iI try his luck with
eel.
Henry Darling and J. R. Lusby, on a
week end trip to the vicinity of Syca-
more Island, made an interesting catch
of Mississippi catfish and bass. Lusby
furnished the surprise when he caught
a bass with a piece of shrimp.
The piece of shrimp had been dropped
by an angler. Lusby picked it up. bait
ed his hook and quickly landed a game
ster. He gave the bait a second trial.
but caught only the one fish.
s. J. Held and J. K. Jett spent the
week end at Kent Island. baited with
crab and bloodworms and landed six
rockflsh. The largest fish weighed
twelve pounds.
W. Z. Horton and party Of ten and
William p. Cochran and seven friends
participated in weekend fishing trip
at Rock Point. Robert Grain of Balti-
more and Charles county had 4 party
of Baltimore friends on the river for
a days outing.
Oliver III. Coffin. wife and son are
spending a vacation in King George
county. Va. Coffin and son expect to be
able to tell some interesting stories of
their piscatorial efforts on Lower
Machodoc.
n. L. Pullian yesterday morning en-
tered a large-mouth bass weighing six
prize. Nick Altrock was with him last
night when he landed the fish Off the
sea wall of Potomac Park.
Mick came near getting one" re-
marked Pullian. He hooked a fish. but
did not succeed in landing it,.