Evening star., 1916-10-21
ROD AND STREAM.

towns enthusiastic piscatoriai sportsmsn.
created quite furore on a weekend trip
to Trammelrs at Great Falls There had
been very little doing in the fishing game
In the vicinity Of Great Falls during the
last two or three weeks, but Nordiinger
broke the ice" with a small-mouth black
bass that weighed four and one-Quartsr
pounds
Accompanied by William Bornheim. th~
enthusiast reached Trammelfs in time TO
get the early run OF fish. Complaints had
that the fish would not take the bait, but
a millroach or bitterhead about SIX inches
long proved too tempting . bait for the
THE fish put up q pretty nsht- said
Nordlinger. land when I went ashore all
the anglers about Trammelrs seemed anx-
ious to get their hands on It"
The sportsman caught ono other bAa2 o
two-pounder. while his companion ex-
perienced no luck.
astic angler who believes in Preparedness.
The doctor. his friends declare. usually
carries his fishing outfit in his automo-
bile in order that he may 90 to the basin
or some other nearby fishing spot 1t a
Being unprepared and having to 20
"spoiis many fishing trip. and tho doc
spoiled or delayed in such q manner"
One afternoon last week DR.. O'Connor
made flying trip to the tidal basin He
had only a short time to spare, and in
that time he caught three bass
Aqua creeks popularity for weekend
sportsnen made things uncomfortable for
some of the Washington anglers VINO
were there for the last week end.
Never again for me on short notice, -
remarked Charlie Porter. who declared
he was unable to find food enough to ap-
II found a persimmor, tree-s sasd
Ringgold Hart. and there had been
frost enough to make them At to eat
You know the rest"
Ringgold Hart. Charlie Porter. Capt. l.
d. Porter. Al Buchler, James e. Arm
strong and Cassie Blankenship were
members of the party. 1t is stated that
fully one hundred anglers from Fred
ericksburg and this city were on hand
and that there were not boats enough
for all.
Three members Of the party nshed
from boat and caught a number OF
bass and pike. The others made a flu
The fish are there" said Ringgold
Hart. but I was one of the unfor-
tunate three"
John W. Hurley returned from a
weekend trip to Harpers Ferry and
Weverton with a string of seven bass.
The hsh were small in two WAYS. y
size"
The river. said the veteran. was 1T
orally covered with gnats, and while
the fish have plenty of insects on
which to feed 1T is not to be expected
| that they will take bait
NO more bass fishing for me until
the gnats have disappeared he re-
marked.
Albert Rabbit also complained That
gnats on the river interfered with the
ler to Seneca ono afternoon last week
and reached there in time to spend an
hour or two on the water before nieht.
We caught three bass before We had
time" said Rabbit. Then there was
lull In the sport. but we got three
more fish before night"
The largest of the fsh, Rabbit
stated, weighed two and a half pounds.
William r. CHAMPION. william D.
west and Roy CHAMPION spent a pleas
ant time at Benedict on a fishing trim
Ihey reached there early enough in
the afternoon to witness the oystermep
longing for the Patuxent river oysters
that are said to je in great demand,
and the sight was an interesting one.
The trio registered at Bradleys and
Were up errly the next morning to
greet the fish searching for breakfast
What we failed to get In numbers
remarked one of the sportsmen, we
made up in size"
They landed a short string of lsYee
trout.
Dick Peed. Mack sparroueh and A. q.
Ford were among the anglers who
spent the week end at Aqufa creek.
There were only about a hundred
others there" said Sparrough. ''and we
did not have much luck There were
others who beat our catches. The dsh
are there, however, and it's only a
question Of being lucky enough to
catch them"
The previous week Sparrough and
William Wyncoop caught considerably
more than one hundred fish, but the
recent trip of the three sportsmen not
ted only Dozen Lieut.. J. T. Sprinkle
and Benjamin Harding caught eighteen
bassjand pike.
w. H Frey. Charles Jacobson. Fred.
H. Geyer. Fred H. Geyer. 1r.. and Arthur
Dunlop. were at Aqua creek Thurs
day. In order to reach there in time
to enjoy the early morning fishing they
had to catch the 1920 train to Fred
grounds.
White caps drove them some distance
up the creek from the Potomac. they
stated and in spite of the high wind
and rough water they had a good out
ing, landing more than fifty bass and
pike.
Frey furnished the surprise with
yellow perch that weighed one and one
quarter pounds. Jacobson landed the
biggest trout. a fish that measured two
feet in length. while Dunlop caught
the largest bass.