Evening star., 1916-08-05

Bass are jumping UP in all parts OF
the water" was a portion Of mes
sage received here by a Waltonite the
past few days from friend at Harpers
Ferry, and the word was passed among
the fishermen who are partial to that
kind of fishing.
With the above good news and the
fact also that the Potomac river is
clear and the Shenandoah river clear
ing fast. the local anglers. who have
Just been itching" TO get a try at the
snall-mouth bass, are planning to
spend tomorrow in the vicinity of the
ferry.
When Col. John Hurley heard the
news he declared 1t is just as l pre-
dicted" Col. Hurley was UP there
several weeks ago and got out on the
river early in the morning. Nine bass
had been landed by o'clock, when the
water suddenly became muddy, and,
according to the Waltonite, 1T was all
off" He declared the way the bass had
been biting before the muddy water
appeared showed that there were
plenty of them up the river and said
as soon as the water cleared some good
catches would be made.
Edward Essex, John Horn. Walter
Compton and benjamin Stone will be
among those who will try for the
smaIl-mouth bass tomorrow. You
have never been fishing if you never
caught one of those fellows" said
Compton, "and / am going to show
Essex and stone that there is no bet
ter sport. Neither Of them have ever
caught a small-mouth bass"
The anglers intend to leave for
Weverton this evening and to spend
the day there tomorrow.
number Of Washingtonians and
their friends from nearby cities are
enjoying the fishing at Solomons Is
land. Among those at the resort are
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Il. Backman, John T.
Backman. Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Borchus.
William, Bertha and Herman Borchus.
w. l.. Schlick. Mrs. II. S. Coskey. J. l..
Shipley, Joseph Bryan, Charles Brooks,
James Trew, j. #. Risdon. j. L. Ship
ley, jr., of Riverdale, Nd; Mr.. and Mrs.
muth. II. Landgraf. S. De Binder. Fritz
Meier and George Land.
One Of the biggest catches of fish
this season at Piney Point was made
recently by NJ. G. Kiiby and J. Petar,
who landed about 125 trout and spots.
Postmaster General Burleson, Second
Assistant Postmaster General Otto
Proeger and Judge Aukam of the
Municipal Court were among those
making good catches of fish at Rock
Point the early part of the week.
The trio went to the resort Saturday
evening and remained over until Mon
day. They went there in Judge
Aukam's boat. Upon their arrivaI bait
was awaiting them and they did not
resist the temptation to try their luck
that evening. They made good
catch. Sunday they got a big string.
Tony Schroth and his son spent a
week at Rock Point and took daily
trips to the fishing grounds. Each
day they returned to shore with many
fish.
George Weldon, William Sullivan.
John Sullivan. Clarence Stone and Ed
ward Mcintyre have returned from a
ten-day trip to the Lower Potomac.
The party went down the river on a
steamer and later Joined friends from
Baltimore, with whom they camped.
Daily and frequently several trips
a day We're made for fish.
'I don't know why it was" said John
Sullivan, but for the first three days
we got all the fish we needed. then
there was a lull OF a day and they
began biting the following day. 1 sup
pose 1t was due to the high wind. We
heard that some sharks had been seen