Evening star., 1916-05-13

and many of the sportsmen were required
/ to pay as much % cents for such fish
| for bait
And few years ago remarked a
, boatman. they sold as cheap as ten for
' | cent
| Anglers expect to experience no trouble
/ this season g1,tting fresh herring for bait
for rocktsh They are plentiful now and
/ probably will remain so until the close
of tn. short season during which the big
| rock are caught.
! Mir. and Mrs. Henry c. Stein and Mr..
and Mrs. John Stein motored to Rock
, Point "Wednesday morning. made ef
fort to each fish had dinner at Stone
4, streets and returned late in the after
noon.
: On the road between La Plata and
/ Waldorf the party encountered a fresh
Goa ting of oil. making the trip "A trife
! slower than il would otherwise have been.
! but they reached their destina ton in
good time and enjoyed the day about the
salt water
/ Boatmen had their craft high and dry
/ overhauling them for the approaching
, fishing season. said members of the party,
and II was impossible for them to get
out on the waite.
said one of them. but there was moth
ing doing. and we We're told that the sea-
son for fishing probably will not begin
| much before June
|
few days. it is stated. and the boatmen
! will then arrange for supplies of bait
for their Washington patrons.
w. r Dement, and Victor Pedone
! equipped with a supply of soft crabs
and bloodworms. participated in
weekend outing on the river just off
! Cissells mill. where the water is from
i ten to sixty feet deep.
J Fishing in deep water. said the an
slers. one expects to get big fish, and
! that was why they selected that par
/ ticular place.
! And we got some good ones" said
| Dement,. telling of the long string of
white perch he and his companion
| landed.
| Several of their fish. they stated.
! weighed pound or more. but not one
| of them weighed as much as a pound
and six ounces, the weight of the prize
fish caught last week by Charlie Por-
| ter.
| William Ward. Percy Harding and
| Charles q. Batefnan We're members of
! fishing party on the river d few days
ago. They motored to the vicinity of
Fletcher's and Copperthites, baited
1 with bloodworms and caught seventy
! four perch.
| They were all big fish" said Barte-
man, land the number was limited be-
cause the supply of bait gave out.
Had we had large supply of bait"
\ he added. we probably would have re-
manned on the river until after dark
and returned with perch enough for our
/ friends and ourselves
| The three sportsmen are anXiously
awaiting the opening of the fishing sea-
| son at Rock Point and Benedict.
! Thomas Ereslin member of the River
side Rod and Gun Club. Riverside, Va.
| on recent club outing took with him
a small supply of bait.
Fellow clubmen suggested that it was
Little Hunting creek, but Breslin
thought to the contrary, took the bait
along aud tried his luck.
And surprised the boys with nine
pound catfish. said sylvester Murphy.
William Mitchell Freeman. lighthouse
eight years: Mrs. O J. Clark and Miss
Annie f. Smith Thursday afternoon
were on the river at Fletchers ana
/ had a delightful outing.
''Eut not many fish,. said Freeman.
/ Il ished with the same kind of line
and hooks that | used at Blakistone's.
he added. but ! suppose should have
! had smaller hooks Down at the is
land | used to catch any number of
trout weighing five or six pounds. es-
pecially in September. That's different
( sport from catching small white
perch.
string of fish, the largest being a Mis-
sissippi catfish that weighed three
pounds.
Mack Sparrough says he thinks the
big white perch have dropped down to
the deep water in the vicinity Of Ana
lostan Island
! "On their way to Chapel Point. Rock
Point, Piney Point and other places on
the lower river" he suggested, in or
der to reach there in time to greet the
Washington sportsmen who Will be on
hand TO catch them.
the
morning this week. He went out in
time TO start fishing before o'clock,
but was unable to get many perch.
II managed to get seven large perch
in as many hours he said, and land
ed dozen Mississippi catfish, the larg-
est being a two-pounder."
John Lipscomb was on the river near
Analostan Island one afternoon this
week, and while most of the anglers
who were in quest of rockfish used
bloodworms, he baited with small
1 smelts.
I And when he came ashore and was
J greeted by members of Will Reynolds
! Fishing Club" said a member of that
/ club, he had four rockfish.
ITS true that they were not large
I fish, the largest weighing two and
/ half pounds he added. but it was the
best catch of such fish made thus far
this season.
! Charles R. Holman is spending the
week end a Aquia creek. Va, his ia
Norite fishing and resting place. 1t is
a place where many bass. large yellow
I perch and pike are caught, and the
sportsman expects to bring home
/ string of pike and perch when he re-
/ turns Tuesday.
! Numerous large catches of perch and
( Mississippi catfish were made near the
mouth of Rock Creek this week.
! Very few channel catfish are being
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