Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16

Austin Savage. the sportsman who
stocked Squirrel creek with thousands of
brook trout and has never caught one
since: Joe Sanborn. John Siebers and
William Gass had week end outing at
Great Falls.
THE river was fairly black with thou
sands of spotted catfish" said Savage
I'VE thought the river was filled with
driftwood.''
Descending to the big eddy, carrying
camp paraphernalia and food supplies.
the sportsmen reached a point where it
was almost possible to pick the fish
from the water.
Gass threw stone a what he thought
was a fish eighteen twenty inches
long. missed 1t and knocked two smaller
ones from the water. He picked up one
fish, but the other one got away.
The anglers said that thousands of cat
fish remained in sight until about 10
o'clock in the morning. when they dis
appeared beneath the surface of the
water. They caught more fish than they
could carry
DR.. W. 7. kerfoot and w 7 Kerfoot,
Jr.. on fishing trip to the vicinity of
Front Royal, Va. made a particular
catch of small-mouth black bass. A
monster weighing six pounds and two
ounces was the statement of sports
man who saw it
The successful angler had good sport
landing his big fish. He baited with
ordinary branch minnows. fished during
part of the afternoon and caught nine
bass and a Mississippi catfish. When
his supply of minnows gave out he tried
n fnF ay,I ~,,Ix =
John J. Fister last week caught a
crappie that probably will take the prize
as the largest of that species caught in
nearby waters. 1t weighed a trif1e more
than two pounds.
The angler has interested his children
| in the sport and usually has one of them
with him on his trips.
On recent trip to the Anglers Club
his little daughter, Virginia Fister. ac-
companied him. 1t was on that trip that
he landed the record-breaker for the sea-
son and number of other fish, includ-
ing one Mississippi catfish.
DR.. G. d. p Bailey and Lieut.. William
E. Whitson, U. S. A. motored to Cur
leys. near Point Lookout. Nd, and tried
their luck at salt water fishing. Weather
conditions were adverse. They went on
the river and tried their luck.
Capt. Coombs. their boatman. took
them to the fishing grounds. They
baited for any kind of fish and caught a
string of founders. They also caught
other fish. but made nothing like rec
ord catch.
w. W. Ludlow, his son and Guy Stele
were at Curley's about the time the other
sportsmen Were there. They remained
longer, however. and managed to get
the proper tides when the water was
not rough. They caught large numbers
of trout. spots and perch.
1t is not unusual for anglers. on way
to Benedict, Rock Point and other places
on salt water, to glimpse a dozen or
more rabbits. The sight of red fox on
the road last Saturday was something
new.
f. B. Grove jr; George C. Hillery,
Dominic Grove, W. l. Dyer, D. p. Col
Inns and John Mcpherson were mem
bers of the party that saw the fox
They were motoring to Faunces. near
Coltons. The fox crossed the road ahead
of their machine on the return trip.
Early morning fishing did not amount
to much, the anglers said. In the after
noon the wind died out, and fish were
in evidence. Fully forty large trout
and numerous spots were included in
their catch.
Commodore George Waterbury. George
Waterbury, jr.: Mrs. Waterbury, Miss
Mary Kane and Edward Plaskett made
Matthias Point. where anglers may try
their luck in water 100 feet deep.
Ringgold Hart is authority for the
report that the catch aggregated more
than four hundred f1sh-trout. spots.
perch and founders. Miss Kane led
the catch with the largest number Of
fish.
j. A. Moulden visited Pennyfield, where
President Cleveland spent many a pleas
ant day angling for bass. He landed
eleven gamesters. The largest weighed
three and one-half pounds.
Patrick Riordan and William L, Dulin
participated in weekend outing on the
river at Point of Rocks. where George
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