Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-10

as the anglers have been able to learn
The bass season in Virginia opens
sportsmen who take the risk may have
to pay for their sport party of
anglers who had been on the river near
Leesburg, Va, several days ago were
stopped by a game warden and their
outfits examined.
What does this mean asked one
of the sportsmen. not being familiar
with the closed season in the Old Do
minion.
Looking to see if you have any
the game warden"
and if we had any,"
They would cost you SIS piece
The angler realized that it was a
ing good luck for him when he reached
shore and he resolved that never again
would he go fishing without first learn
ing the law.
Big rockfsh, or horses" as Patrick
Riordan calls the big ones, are being
caught in the swift water in the vicinity
of Chain bridge and Fletcher's and Cop
landed the Roberts and Atlas prizes with
a fourteen FOUNDER.
This week. said W. p Bowie. Joe
Fletcher beat him with a fish that
weighed eighteen pounds. There are sew
eral anglers working hard to beat Fetch
ers record. Last year William White
carried Off the first prize with an
eighteen-pound rockflsh.'
Abraham Wagner Wednesday morning
made an interesting catch of a rockf1sh
weighing trif1e more than fourteen
pounds. A second and much larger fish
took his bait. but. he stated. 1t was the
old story Of a fisherman's luck.
Anxious to get record breaker, Wag-
ner and his brother went to the river
Tuesday night, remained all night and
were at Boiling rockr at daybreak That
is the place where the largest Of the
rockfsh are caught. it is stated. and a
number OF twenty Founders have been
caught there in past years.
Batting with soft crab, Wagner was on
the job at daybreak and it was just at
his bait and furnished him exciting sport
Tor at least twenty minutes. Then came
along the monster.
II got the fish to the boat three times"
ne said, but It finally got away"
Charlie Fletcher Monday morning land
ed a rockfish that weighed eleven and
half pounds. F. E. Wheeler landed one
weighing seven and half pounds and
s. J. Held caught three small fish
who lost the fish," is "a question
that will be put before a court of in
quiry in order to place the RESPONSE
pity Tor the loss of string of big
In the first place, said Karl Achter-
kfrchen. who was blamed for the acct
dent, it's difficult matter to Induce
any disinterested anglers to believe
that nsh were caught and lost. while
the boat still was far from shore. and
on the other hand, John W. Hurley, who
was partly accused of responsibility for
the loss Of the fish. declared he could
prove an alibi.
The fact remains that the fish were
not shown" declared a bystander, who
willingly accepted the word of Capt
Irving Chappelear that the fish had
been caught and lost.
Charlie Biondi. Eugene Ricketts,,
were with Achterkirchen and Hurley
when the incident happened. When the
party reached the resort on the Pa
tuxent cold water" was thrown on
Chappeiear expressing the fear that the
storm had driven away the fish.
Members of the sextet happily found
that the captain was not. a good prog
nosticator. they reported. for they were
able to catch nearly 100 hardheads. cells
enough to fill a bucket. two catfish
and toads enough to supply dinner for
several hogs.
very few anglers appreciate the
value of eels." said Achterkirchen. re-
refer to them as "roundnsh" and throw
them away.
pickle them" was the advice given.
'It is easy to do and requires but little
q
Hurley got his usual share Of toad
fish. He also did about as we'll as his
companions landing the hardheads.
Harry winingder and wife and
Charles Spencer participated In week
end fishing trip to Rock Point. They
were at the resort the day that more
than one hundred automobiles were
there on a prize run. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wininger and Mr.. Spencer participated
in the fishing game for all 1t was worth.
Not nil m
a point between Rock Point and Bush
wood, where. 1t is stated. not much fish,
ing is done.
at probably was because the place is
not hshed to death" said member OF
the party. that we were fortunate
enough to make a good catch"
The three anglers landed about hum
bred perch, fifty hardheads, several cat
fish and number Of cells.
Alfred A. Ray of Washington and
Prince Georges county. Nd. finds pike
fishing in the upper part of Eastern
branch especially attractive sport.
"I have better luck and more sport
there" he said, than / do In the larger
streams"
Ray INDUCES in the sport in the
stream near College Park. where Paint
branch empties into the Eastern branch
There is a broad stretch of water in
that part of the stream. the angler
stated. and there are plenty of pike
and some bass in II.
Several days ago the angler spent
part Of an afternoon on the water and
returned with string of seven pike.
the largest measuring twenty inches
in length.
Walter e. Schneider, Harry Harton.
Billy Withers and Carroll Hammer were
members of quartet OF sportsmen who
were on the Patuxent river at Rock
Point for a weekend outing. The
storm of the preceding days suggested
the probability of poor sport the
anglers were told, but Billy Withers
times that he would pay no attention
to II.
ct didn't pay any attention to it," he
Members of the quartet hshed both
above and below the resort and made
a catch of ffty-nve hardheads. seven
catfish and numerous cells.
Lewis Keyser. Ross Searle. Charles
Appel and A. c.. Cook motored to Piney
Point on a weekend trip. going over
the roads that are Travelled by hun
dreda of anglers each season and visit
ing friends at their destination.
I'VE were not on a fishing trip" said
Cook. "but Keyser tried his hand at
gathering soft crabs, and with some
"Keyser got thirty-nine crabs in
thirty minutes" declared Cook. land
ate eleven OF them for dinner"
Capt. Charlie Higgs took q party Of