Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01
Kane. land the fish stopped biting

Kane. land the fish stopped biting"
A seventeen-pound Mississippi catfish
was the big catch Of the week. 1t was
landed by Charlie Fletcher. who has the
reputation of being one of the most sue
cessful Of the army of local anglers.
The fish was caught on the mud bottom
3 short distance below Fletchers and
lCopperthite's. and it attracted the atten-
on the river that day.
How is 1t that We can't get something
like that" asked one.
Just because We are not lucky his
companion responded That's the only
reason I can suggest
Ounce Heltzell and Harry l.. PAUL
were on the river for a weekend outing.
They have tried their luck a number of
times this season and caught Mississippi
catfish enough to supply one of the larg-
er dealers for his Friday trade.
nine-pounder caught by Heltzell was
the largest catch on the recent outing.
Thomas Wright was one of the many
anglers in evidence on the river for a
weekend outing.
He usually gets his" said Mack
Sparrough, recalling the long strings of
large perch that Wright caught last
season. But he got only two .Missis-
sippis' on the recent outing. Others got
none"
Water drawn off the Georgetown
level of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
last week inconvenienced many ex-
pectant fishermen. Unaware of what
had been done by the canal company, a
the Cabin John line of the street rail-
way company and walked to the water
way before learning there was no
water there.
TT was impossible to cross the mud
bed OF the canal said one of the dis
appointed ones, and we walked all the
way to Aqueduct bridge to reach the
towpath rather than return to the
street car line.
And it was some walk" he added
Even the fishermen will feel the
effects OF the war in the matter of in
creased prices" remarked dealer in
fishing tackle. Certain makes of ar
tificial bait have greatly increased in
price and an advance of something like
20 per cent in the price of steel rods
has been announced
Some of the local dealers say they
viii not increase the retail prices until
the present stock is exhausted and ii
becomes necessary for them to buy at
| the advanced prices.
High water along the upper river
caused display of unusual activity on
| the part Of persons in charge of boats
and lighthouses the past week Water
| reached the doors of more than one
house. it is stated, and some boatmen in
business on the lowlands had to obtain
| supplies of material and weight their
| boats to protect them from the high
| water.
| There is no scarcity Of bait for local
| fishermen. All dealers in live bait have
| made large hauls this spring, catching
thousands of small fish of all varieties
| AND some large ones" remarked a
seine hauler. but the big ones had to
be returned to the water"
Large supplies Of bloodworms have
| been received by dealers. They are not
in much demand at this time, however.
but as soon as white perch appear the
supplies will quickly be consumed. Soft
crabs and peelers will be in demand as
soon as they may be obtained
| Down in southern Maryland" said
| Col. Charles G. Lancaster. "a former
charles countian, I'VE never thought of
going fishing until crabs were in sea
| SON..
Joe Perron and Louis Perron, follow
ing in the footsteps of their father in
the matter of piscatorial sport, were at
the '1dai basin several days ago to take
a last try at bass fishing before the
close OF the season. They walked the
| wall OF the basin and cast their bait
many times without getting a rise
but not without getting fish, for one
managed to land it.
others who were trying their luck
| from the wall witnessed the exciting
| time experienced by the one who had
the fish hooked. unable to understand
how an ordinary bass could give 30
| much trouble. They were surprised
when the nine-pound carp was landed
| The METERS are getting the finest
kind of white perch and plenty of rock
| fish,, was the message received from
F. y. Stonestreet, Rock Point, this
week
with proper bait he added. anglers
ought to be able to load a boat on a
| tide
| Fishermen in the vicinity of Rock
Point and other places along the lower
river, it is stated. are catching excep-
| tionally large perch this season.
Consumption is most common be-
| tween the ages of twenty-five and
| thirty