Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-17
aggregated fully one hundred hardheads,
five rockfish and a long string of cells.


Gun Club. Little Hunting creek, Va. the
frog supper was made possible by w.
E. Spillans, Martin Creelman, j. w.
Work and Thomas Breslin, who were
taken to the club in Capt. George Logans
boat the evening before. enabling them
to go frogging at night
On account of the muddy condition OF
the water, members of the club and their
They were able to enjoy the beautiful
scenery, however, and discuss the big
catches that had been made In past
years.
vester Murphy, "a second call was not
necessary"
Martin Creelman and George Joachim
were the individuals who presided in the
so successfully that they received a COM
plimentary vote of those who were seat
ed at the table.
Those who participated in the outing
tello. Andrew johnson. James German.
William Spillane, Thomas Breslin, ]. w.
Work, John J. Kiley, James A. Kelly,
George Barnes, William Madigan, George
Joachim, Dominick Fowler, T. L. Casey
and Martin Creelman.
Roger Brooke. DR.. s. Wren Howard.
William Henshaw. Harry Brooke and
weekend trip to the lower Potomac.
Point Lookout was their destination,
place where fish are said to be large and
plentiful. but there had been a severe
storm in that section, the roads and
small bridges had been washed away, and
it was impossible to reach there.
The five anglers were within three
miles Of Point Lookout. they stated. be-
fore the road became absolutely i'm
passa BILE. This side Of the three-mile
stretch they found troublesome wash
outs and deep mud. They managed to
get their automobile through such places,
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don their trip and return home.
Stops were made at St Marys City,
Leonardtown and other places. but the
almost chocolate color of the water, they
stated offered no fishing inducements.
Eels were so plentiful at Benedict this
week that H. F. Colman found it an
easy matter to snag a monster. Mr.
Colman was accompanied by Adam
Weschler, Harry Hegarty, James Rich
mond and DR.. S. Wren Howard, and they
were there the day Of the big prepared
ness celebration in this city.
The five sportsmen motored to the re-
sort on the Patuxent Tuesday evening,
reaching there in time for supper and
getting good rest over night before
tackling the fish early in the morning
Capt. lobe Shorter took charge of the
sportsmen and dropped anchor on one of
his favorite oyster bars, where fish
were plentiful and where enjoyable sport
was had.
Fish landed by the members of the
party included a supply of hardheads, a
few rock and several perch Eels also
were numerous. and one member of the
party caught a trout Several trout
have been caught there this season. and
Capt. Shorter said never before was
such fish seen in that vicinity so
early Trout usually appear in July.
few perch was the catch made at Bene-
dict Wednesday by a party composed
of DR.. Lee Spire. E. B. BurkhoIder, Dr.
Sacks Bricker. NJ Sondheimer and Dr.
S. Laupheimer.
There was not much doing that day."
said DR.. Spire. and our boatman told
US we had about as big catch as any
other fishermen"
DIR. spire carried off first honors for
catching toadfish
w. T. Reynolds, captain of the fishing
club that bears his name, was seated
on the river front one evening last
week when a member of the club an
peared and told of the noise that frogs
were making along the canal not far
away.
Reynolds had been swarming bees
during the afternoon and was much the
worse for wear. He was able to paw
the frogs visit, however, and get six
of the big ones
Frogs have not disturbed the people
in that vicinity since that night" re-
Not far from where he caught the
frogs. he stated. one OF the largest cells
seen in this vicinity was caught few
days ago.
1T weighed seven and a half pounds
with it's head Off" he declared, land the
man who caught it sold 1t for $3.50"
William White, last years champion
at catching rockfish. and William Biz
kight a fishing companion have gone
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of the Potomac about two and a half
miles above Great Falls.
Bass fishing was not so good there
last season. remarked White. but
think there are bass enough in the
river this season to insure fine sport"
The anglers are getting their bunga-
low in shape for this season. They do
not expect to do any fishing for a week
or two, they stated, on account of the
muddy condition of the river.
John souder still is enjoying the fishing
game on Little river 1t is said that the
than five days on the river during the
past winter, and very seldom did he re-
turn ashore without a string of cells or
fish.
Catching bait?' was what VIII Rey-
nolds asked him Tuesday afternoon when
he returned from Little river:
eat them" he responded. exhibiting a
string of the smallest white perch ever
seen by Reynolds.
THE water was SO muddy" he added.
that even the catfish and cells failed me"
After participating in the preparedness
parade Hugh A Kane, Charlie Porter and
John Dean braved the muddy water and
went to the steel plant. where they tried
their luck for rockfish.
I'VE hardly expected to get touch'
said Kane. land were surprised when the
fish took the bloodworms"
While the trio succeeded in getting only
two rockfish, they stated, they felt well
paid for their effort. The result of the
trip satisfied them that the fish feed even
when the water is muddy.
One large fish snapped Porter's line
and second one managed to leave the
hook before it got In sight Of the boat
Ter. Hugh A Kane and Charlie Porter
We're members of a weekend party at
Benedict They caught 1914 pounds of
fish. They were on the river twice during
the day. they said, and many of the fish
caught in the afternoon were alive when
the sportsmen reached home Charles T.
May. wife and child and Henry Ofen-
stein, wife and child were members of
another party. They caught a long string
of hardheads and few rockfish
Simon Kann Harry King. S. H. Rel
zenstein and Philip King were at Rock
Point Wednesday for days outing. 1t
was the one day that the weather con-
making a catch of several dozen hard
heads, about 100 perch and three rock
fish.