Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01

Patrick Riordan, one of the more en-
thusiastic bass anglers. says he sim
cerely hopes there will be small mouth
black bass enough left in the upper
Potomac to furnish sport when the
summer season for such sport opens
This week he received word that dip
pers along the upper river were taking
many of the gamesters in their nets.
TT is at this season Of the year said
the sportsman. that clippers catch the
spring run of mullets. There was time
when such persons returned bass to
the river. but I'm afraid very few OF
them are returned now"
Should the Maryland legislature pass
bill which provides for the raising OF
funds to pay deputy game wardens
throughout the state, it is stated, the
bass in the Potomac and other streams
of that state probably will receive bet
ter protection.
Washington sportsmen have not
caught any small-mouth bass during
the spring season just closed, it is said
and anglers who fish only for the game
sters have put aside their parapher-
MALTA for the closed season. The season
in the District remains closed until
May 90.
Cold weather and muddy water
served to protect the game fish from
the rod and line anglers. There were
very few days during the month of
March when conditions were anything
like favorable for such fishing. and
such weather was of such short dura-
ton that anglers did not go to the
trouble of getting bait and making
other preparations for the sport.
Fishing in the tidal basin for large
mouth bass was sport that was en-
joyed by large number of anglers
and walking the wall" as the sports
men refer to that fishing, netted some
of the enthusiasts dozen or more fish
Fully 200 persons were at the basin
last Sunday. the last Sunday of the sea
son. but, 1t is stated. no fish were in
evidence. Several ladies were among
those who made the effort to catch fish
Dutch" Keene. enthusiastic angler
river last Monday. He went to the vi
cinity of the outlet lock. where Will
Wynkoop and Mack Sparrough have
made numerous big catches this season
and during the morning hours he had
no success.
But ! didn't give up" he said. land
about . o'clock in the afternoon along
came a fish and took the bait. 1t was
twenty seven inches long and weighed
nine and three-fourths pounds"
a
smaller fish fell a victim Of keene's
attractive bait. He found it measured
only eighteen inches in length and
weighed three and three-fourths
pounds.
And they were alive when 1 go,
them home" said the successful sports
man.
they were catfish of the Mississippi
river variety.
Will Reynolds and John Hurley ex.
pect soon to enjoy a frog dinner. The
former says the recent Thunderstorm
awakened the frogs. while the latter
tells of what he heard in the HicinitS
of frog pond in Prince Georges coun.
ty, Md. one day last week.
There must have been million
frogs in the pond said Hurley. "ant
some of them made as much noise as
cows could have made.
How nice it would be to have some
of those fellows on toast remarked
the angler.
A little later in the season Will Rey'
! nolds and party will take their annua
frogging trip to ponds along the linz
of the canal between Aqueduct bridge
and Point OF Rocks. 1t is a trip tina
always proves enjoyable. said Reynolds
and when the water is in condition
some time is spent fishing for bass.
| Answering call Of the water ant
woods. Charles r. Holman, enthusias
| tic angler and gunner, unable to wal
for the opening of tho season for roo
and line fishing. went to Aqua creel
on an enjoyable weekend outing.
There was nothing doing with roo
and line he said. and the bad wealth
, err made net fishing slow.
| while the meters did not got fs!
| in great numbers" he added, they go
good prices for their catch. 20 cents
pound for pike and 20 cents for bass