Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-23

When five men can go for a day.
fishing and land 233 good ones the,
certainly have no cause for complaint
Such was the catch made by George S
Pope, John w. Swift, Claude Galiher
c. H. Unger and Cyrus T. Bright on {
recent outing at Rock Point. one of thu
favorite fishing places of Washington:
piscatorial enthusiasts.
And that is not all. They caught
many of the so-called undesirables, a:
they termed the toadfish, returned g
number of small fish to the river ant
discussed horses" that got away. The
war the five sportsmen waged on the
piscatorial tribes, it is claimed, set the
high mark in the seasons fishing rec.
ord.
The catch comprised many trout
weighing more than two pounds each
rockfish. spots and perch.
And the catch weighed approx
mately 125 poundds," remarked one Of
the members of the party.
En- route to Rock Point the automobile
in which the fishermen Travelled over
land ran over one rabbit, and a score
Of rabbits and two squirrels were seen
which convinced them that residents OF
lower Charles county should have good
shooting this fall.
Bob Smith, William Buckholz, Viii.
liam Butler, James Dunn and James
Butler participated in successful
weekend trip to Mattawoman creek.
The fish acted as if they were al
most starved" remarked one of the
sportsmen, lat times taking the bait
before it was anything like near the
bottom of the river"
The five anglers left here Saturday
night aboard the Mercury and landed
at the home of the Potomac Fishing ant
Cunning Club at o'clock the follow
ing night with a string of fish thai
greatly pleased the stay-at-homes.
Exactly five dozen bass, twenty Ave
large yellow perch and thirteen pike
composed the string. 1t was early II
the morning when anchor was cast, ant
the sportsmen fished in hole that wa.
scarcely more than fifteen feet in cir
conference.
lat times" said one of them, 1--WE hat
nine lines in use and it was nothing
unusual to see five of them in action a
time"
at Aqua creek had splendid luck, re
marked Charles r. Holman. who fishet
three hours and landed string of fort.
bass and one rock.
Holman went to the creek to lool
after his bungalow, not to fish, blu
ashore with long string of bass h
could not resist the temptation to TAX
a hand in the game.
Wells, Luther Strobel and Joseph Stro
bel were members of a weekend fish
ing party on the lower river. They mo
tored through lower Prince Georges AM
Charles counties and put up at Thoma
Barbour's for the night, sailing out Por
Tobacco creek early in the morning ant
anchoring near Matthias point
The deep water near the beacon is
splendid place for perch fishing" sal,
one of the sportsmen. but we didn'
stop at catching perch
The sportsmen baited with crabs an,
bloodworms and landed a string o
three-pound trout, fifteen rockfish an,
many white perch.
John w. Hurley spent the week en-,
at Weverton. He did not make an earl,
start. and it was nearly II o'clock whei
he reached the part of the river wher,
he thought the fish were plentiful.
Il found that the fish wanted whit.
bait" he said, land l was prepared fol
them. They did not seem to care fol
the madtoms."
Hurley's days outing netted hin
eleven fish. ten more than he caugh
the week before.
And the best part of it was that on,
of the bass was a four-pounder," HI
said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kimmel, Guy L
Prescott and Charles Stephens partici
pated in a trip to Rock Point, and were
fortunate to be there on a day wher
fish were plentiful and hungry.
Their boatman managed to seIec-
good grounds for them and the FISH
came SO fast that the port almost be.
came monotonous. Their catch totalet
more than 200 trout and perch.
Patrick Riordan and Charles Mills. the
latter more Familiarity known as "Ane-
ler," were among the sportsmen at
Point of Rocks for a weekend outing
Charles Macnicol and w. G Kent also
were among the number
1T happened to be a time when the
fish wanted white bait,' said one of the
sportsmen. land we had madtoms.r
The sportsmen said very little about
outsider told the story of one fish
caught by member of the party.
Patrick F. Carr and wife and Adolph
LOehl and wife were at SolomonS Island
for an outing. They experienced such
good luck that they remained on the
island three days.
THE PatuXent river about the island
is a great fishing place." said Carr, and
he told of numerous large trout and
spots that the members of his party
caught.
"It was nothing unusual to catch two
trout at a time" he said.
Members of the Sharp-Shinn Fishing
Club believe in returning small bass to
the river. Their houseboat is at Ca
toctin, on the upper Potomac, and it is
believed they usually experience about
as good sport as is experienced by mem
bers of any other club on the Potomac.
AL Reinberg says he believes in mark
ing the fish that are returned to the
water in order that some idea may be
obtained as to how fast bass grow
Several small fish that were put back
to grow last season, he explained, were
with a small ring fastened 10
them.
"And this season." he said wv. c.
Cameron caught one of them. 1t had
gained about twelve ounces during the
year"
Arthur S. Whitcomb, member of the
United States Marine Band, fishing at
Md, this week, caught a
trout that weighed six pounds and two
ounces. the largest fish of that species
caught this season by local
angler That was only one of a long