Evening star., 1917-10-13

LARGE catches Of big fish made at Chesa-
peake Beach on Pink Bowie's fisher
mans frolic" put that resort on the map
80 far as a number of anglers are coi'-
cerned. Following their satisfying outing
a number Of the sportsmen returned LOT
the following week end and again had
good sport.
James A. Myers Mack Sparrough. Fred
Hall and Charlie Porter were members OF
a week end party in Capt Noah Hazard
boat. The captain knew the sportsme1i
were coming and had a supply Of peelers
and soft crabs for them.
"And his boy Frank" said Fred Hall,
was pippin. He was just an ordinary
little Calvert county colored boy, but what
he doesn't know about preparing bait and
baitinsn hooks isn't worth knowing.
Cant. Hazard boated the sportsmen sew
eral miles down the bay. where they quick
ly found big trout in evidence, but high
wind and a rough sea made the. catch a
little slow, and members Of the party were
able to get only about dozen trout apiece.
John F. Murrell. still thinking of the
twelve-pound large-mouth bass he caught
on the eastern shore. and cherishing the
memory of what it looked like when
served hot from the oven, the past week
participated in a trip for small-mouth
bass with the veteran sportsman, John w.
Hurley.
noon. He did not even have time Tor
lunch, but the sight of an automobile. a
supply of bait and display OF tackle
quickly convinced him that day in the
mountains would be pleasant recreation
ND haal frsr
Soon the automobile, containing the
sportsmen, was headed in the direction OF
Harpers Ferry. A gale the first day near
ly blew their boat from the river. they
declared, and the trouble the second day
was the size Of the fish. Two dozen fish
euccumbed to their live and artificial bait,
but some Of them were so small that they
were returned to the river.
Detective E. w Boyle and Michael
Shelton the past week found way to
reduce the high cost of living. Having
read of meatless days in prospect and
tute. they concluded a supply OF fish was
about the only thing left.
Getting their fishing traps together. the
sportsmen motored to Rock Point. the
lower end of Charles county. and tried
their luck They were fortunate to have
good weather. only one day of the week S
stay being too windy for real enjoyment
on the Potomac or Wicomico rivers
At the end of each day they had the
result of their efforts packed in kegs with
salt enough to keep them from spelling.
| Each carried home a winter supply of fish.
Anglers are still enjoying splendid sport
| at Benedict. Week end anglers found the
| water not too cold for fishing, and some
| large catches were made.
| Members of one party were Capt w. T.
| Anderson. Mrs. Laura Farquhar, Karl
Scherrer and George w. Skidmore.
| I'VE were a little late reaching the
| river" said Capt. Anderson, 'and did
| our fishing near the town. We landed
| plenty of large perch and a few small
trout. Those who went a short distance
down the river returned with strings of
| large trout"
John Souder is enjoying sport on Little
| river. He experienced poor luck the lat
ter part Of the summer. but cool weather
made yellow perch fishing attractive this
week.
! John has brought in some long strings
of attractive perch and eels.' remarked
| Will Reynolds. Many of the perch
| weighed as much as twelve ounces and
! some of the cells We're whoppers.F
| II. A. Garren and John Davis We're
given a jolt on a week end trip to
| Chesapeake Beach. when they ques-
| toned John Major. The trio reached
| the beach on a train with scores of
other angels and went ON the long pier
to try their luck.
| Il have seen fine trout and rockfish
caught from the pier remarked Car
rem and had an idea some of them