Evening star., 1916-10-21

"A
in the capture of the goose. was an IN
teresting incident of Albert Rabbits
bass fishing trip to Pennyfeld's. Ac-
companied by Ollie Moulden of Rock
VILE, Rabbit went to the favorite up
river resort for the purpose Of expert
menting with pork rind bait to ascer-
tain II bass would take such bait at
night, and It was early in the night
when an unusual noise near his boat
attracted his attention.
Turning to learn the cause" said
Rabbit, 1T was surprised to SEQ
goose so close to the boat that could
almost reach It Failing to reach II.
struck at it several times with my rod
and pursued 1t fully ten minutes with
out overtaking it"
Rabbit, determined to get the goose
went to the house for a gun and was
laughed at when he told others OF his
experience.
I'm afraid you're going on a wild
remarked as he left the house with the
gun over his shoulder.
A loud splashing Of water some dis
tance from his boat when he returned
to the river. he said, suggested that q
big bass had taken a bait, but present
| ly he discovered tho noise had been
made by the goose
believe it or not" he stated, ''the
goose came so close to the boat that
had to push 1t away to get a shot at It.
have landed in the boat Of its own ac-
cord"
Before returning to the house. he
said, he landed a bass that weighed
four and one-quarter pounds.
Boarding the motor boat Louise K
of the Capital Yacht Club, II. s. Kubel
P. E. Plant. P. T. Prospect. A. F. Far
creek on a weekend outing. 1t was
fortunate for them that they were there
at time when fish were plentiful and
when they took the bait in such rapid
succession to suggest scarcity Of food
| in tho river.
- It was early in the morning wher
the five sportsmen dropped anchor In
the creek, where thousands of fish
have been caught this fall, and they
managed to- find a place where there
was a bottom that provided natura
feeding grounds for the fish.
There were only short intervals dur
ing the day when the fish delayed the
sport. the anglers stated. and wher
Of fish they lifted anchor and returned
home. Most Of the fish were alive wher
they landed at the club.
George 81. OConnor is a fishing en-.
thusfast only when he has some other
person to bait. his hooks and take the
| fish from them. Seated on a chair or
the deck of the Miramar. the palatial
yacht Of L. II. Eisenlohr. OF Beach
Haven and Atlantic City, Washington's
popular entertainer participated in a
| fishing de luxe party.
Matt Horn. another Of the entertain
| ers of this city, also was a guest OF
| the cigar manufacturer, but duty
| hnrna haf he
ticipated in the saltwater fishing
| Sea trout and king fish in abundance
and a few blues were landed by OCon-
nor. and he regretted that he had to
w. H. Rabbit. William King, Fred
Schanhirt. John Templeton, Andrew
Dumaine and Randolph Rabbit re-
ing at Mattawoman. They made the
| trip aboard the launch Teal, and man
! aged to keep their bait-400 smelts-
, alive by refraining from putting them
overheard when they reached Malta
| woman.
I'VE put them overheard on a former
trip" said W. H. Rabbit, "and the
acid ia the water killed every one of
Fifteen fish were caught during the
day, and about one hour before sun
down the bass came in such large
numbers that the six anglers were kept
busy batting and taking the fish off the
hooks.
The next morning the sports moved
across the river to Gunston Cove Va.
and Wade Rabbit landed fish weigh
ing more than two pounds.
And much to my SURPRISE" said the
successful angler. ''it was small
mouth bass. the first bass of the spe-
cies / ever caught so far down the
river"
The trip netted the party ffty-one
bass and three rockflsh.
Detective Frank Baur has planned a
nshing trip for the first part of the
week Fleet Hughlett. brother de-
tect1ve. Is going to take him to one of
the saltwater resorts. and the, two
anglers VIII make an effort to eclipse
the catch recently made by Detectives
James Spr1ngmann and E. W. Boyle.
Baur has flshed in many parts OF tbe
world. but, he states, the best sport is
fishing for small-mouth bass in the
upper Potomac.
Fishing off the coast of Africa some
years ago. he stated, he caught MANY
large fsh. One fish caught there re-
sembled the rockfish that is caught in
many parts of the United States. They
weighed from fifty to 100 pounds
apiece. he said, and men aboard the
snip would catch enough to last sew
eral days at one haul
The trip that is being arranged for
the near future will be to Benedict or
Rock Point.
Isaac Il. Nordlinger. one of George