Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-26

iWlll Reynolds FISHING Ciuu' VIM
year landed an eighteen-pound rock
fish. and carried off the first prize oner-
led by the w. X. Roberts Company Will
make a strenuous effort to capture
some of the numerous prizes that are
to be awarded this season.
W. p Bowie, who conducted last
YEARS contest, has broadened the scope
of the competition this season with
AN offer of weekly and season prizes
for bass of both the small-mouth anu
plymouth varieties and rockfsh.
1t is stipulated that the fish must pc
caught with hook and line and weished
and measured at the place of business
of the firm offering the prizes. ana the
catch must be made between Fort
washington and Harper's Ferry.
Simon Atlas has announced an offer
of prizes for practically every variety
of fish caught in the Potomac; MS
offer takes in both varieties OF pass.
rockfish. catfish, perch ana saltwater
trout while Charles G. Simonds has
Imade known an offer of a season prize
for the largest bass.
| 1t is believed the offer of the prizes
| will increase interest in a sport that
already is popular. and it was suggest
| ed today that the anglers might wen
| afford to offer a prize for persons VINO
| are in the boating business on the up
per and lower Potomac.
| Make the prize substantial one.
i said the sportsman. and give it to the
| individual who never fails to have a
| supply of bait on hand
| The question of bait is serious prob
| lem. he stated, and many fishing trip
| is spoiled because of the lack of bait.
| ut should be an easy matter for
| boatmen on the upper river to keep
| supplies of bait on hand. the angler
i ~. 81 rnyI1n 40
down-river men would make every eff
| fort to supply their patrons. and
| small contribution toward such prize
i would be the means of causing much
Of worry on the part of persons who
go to the river for sport
| Anglers are looking about for suit
able bait for white perch fishing. 1t
will be some time before soft crabs are
\ to be had, it is stated. and number
| of the enthusiasts. believing some
| large perch may be caught in the lower
| Potomac, are arranging for early trips
| to several points in that section.
John Hurley will not have any diff
Guilty locating small-mouth bass the
| coming season il bass hound" pre-
! scented to him by a committee of bu-
| reau of engraving and printing sports
men does not fail him.
| The bass hound" of course, is not a
| real live dog. but is of the made-in-
Germany variety. and is considered to
| he very attractive toy. 1t is related
| that the gift of the committee of
fishermen is intended as reminder OF
| a water dog in some far-of island that
| really participates in piscatorial sport
] THE pleasure is all NINE" said the
veteran angler when he accepted the
present. land this summer, when the
dog locates the bass. you will be re-
| membered.
! Members of the presentation commit
tee were G. A. Monagon. A. J. Hesse.
John Orspada. A. NJ. Hill. John Perry.
AL Young and Daniel Cleary.
| ing grand trunk, last Sunday summon
| ed members of the White Elephant
| Club to Happy Home. Riverside: Va,
where a weekend outing was enjoyed.
elephants to indulge in sport on the
river but the water was muddy and it
was necessary to depend upon shad
from North Carolina to supply the
table.
Right Tusk F. s. Rose and Thomas
Waddy, planker. the most important of
| all. were on hand to assist in planking
ard serving the toothsome fish.
| The fish were pIanked before an open
fire and served in the clubhouse. Those
who participated in the pleasant affair
were Theodore Delavigne. E. Brown.
Harry Smith. F. S. Rose. Arthur Nc
Taylor. James D. Cushman. Thomas
waddy. S. A.. Kimberly. Samuel Cal
vert. Arthur Bowen. c. Gardiner.
Charles Herman. Henry Rinck. Carl
! Ernshaw. f. Goodhart. Thomas Guillic,
J. J. Graft Steve Coster and Harry B.
King.
| Anglers who do much fishing are
getting their tackle in condition before
the spring run of white perch. and the
question of paraphernalia probably is
about as important as IL that of finding
the fish.
| Whats the use locating good fish
without the proper tackle to land
them" asked Hugh A. Kane
| MANY a good trip has been spoiled
with cheap hooks and cheap lines" he
added land so-called- cheap parapher-
MALTA always proves'to be the most ex-
lpensive."
Discussing the question of tackle. the
sportsman made it known that he had
! seen many an angler lose big hsh be-
cause of the breaking of his hooks or
outfits invariably find it necessary to
borrow from neighbors.
III there are any on the river who
are willing to part with their supply
he added.
| He urges that good lines and strong
hooks be purchased in order to pre-
vent disappointments and annoyances.
| "Disappointments to the owners of
such tackle" he added, land annoy
ances to friends"
| Fishermen I'm the vicinity OF Long Is
\ land have at last found use for the
| dogfish that are SO numerous that they
i make life to anglers burden. and now
| the Washington anglers who fish in
salt water are going to make an effort
| to show that the toadf1sh is of value.
| Long Island anglers learned from
] Roger Carman that the horns of the
! dogfish reproduce records on his pho
nograph perfectly, without any graf
ing noise and without damaging the
| records.
ITS not the use for them that I want
to find" declared Karl Achterkirchen,
| but a way to get rid of them"
| Residents of Benedict and vicinity
! feed the toadfish to their hogs and, IT
| Is stated, the animals seem to enjoy
and thrive on them. Along the creeks
| of the Potomac, however, farmers
| would give their hogs such fish no
sooner than they would so much poi
| SON.
Toadish. anglers say cause the loss
of more hooks and time than anything
else.
| Followers of Sir IZsak Walton expe-
\ rience difficulty in the matter of bait
ing their hooks, and it probably is be-
cause OF the manner of batting that
many severe disappointments are ex-
perienced.
| 1t is not an unusual thing for one of