Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

the saying, Variety is the spice OF
life" He landed fish OF almost every
variety found in the Patuxent river and
In Chesapeake bay. nearby, something
none of his companions was able to ac-
complish. His list included kingfsh.
trout. perch, rockflsh, spots, buffers. cells
and numerous toadfsh.
Others in the party were Clarence
Donohoe, DR.. Francis Mcouillan, Daniel
Altman, George C. Gertman, Charles H.
Kindle. ]. r. Zimmerman. c. w. Ken
nard, Addison Smith and Millburn j.
Donohoe. They got an early afternoon
start and were able to give the sport
a short trial before night. Getting out
early the next morning with Capt
Langley. the ten sportsmen quickly
started the contest for first honors.
Capt. Langley dropped anchor near
the mouth of the river, not great
distance from Drum Point. bat soon 1t
became apparent that Adam Weschler
would cutdistance his rivals
Had it not been for small spots
proving SO annoying" said a member
of the party, there's no telling what
number Of varieties of fish the winner
of the laurels would have landed"
About five dozen trout, some of them
extra large ones. were landed, and Some
Of the islanders suggested that
change in the moon would mean much
sport
Edward O. Craig, who is rated one of
the most successful of the army Of pisca-
torial sportsmen in this city. has enjoyed
fine sport in the vicinity of Heron Island
short run from Leondartown Much of
his successful fishing has been done at
night, far enough from shore to escape
the annoying mosquitoes. and when the
suns rays were not in evidence to cause
discomfort from the heat
Fishing there one night, when there was
nothing to make noise enough to drive
away the fish, the sportsman hooked some
from which he cast his line. 1t dawned
upon him that the big fish he missed was
a rockf1sh, and if so, he stated, he knew
it was necessary to rig his tackle with
The change was made. and. much to
his surprise, he quickly landed a drum
fish that weighed fully thirty pounds. Two
other similar fish and 1S5 trout, some Of
them weighing more than six pounds. were
landed.
Lee Pitchlyn and James Stovall were
occupants of one boat, while William P.
Frazier and John Draper were in another
similar craft on a weekend outing at
North Beach. Oscar Marshall fitted them
anchored on a shell bar at Herring bay.
The place where the four sportsmen did
their fishing is not great distance from
the excursion resort, and it is place
the season for saltwater fishing
Pitchlyn and Stovall. who bad little
better of the start, returned with a catch
Of 230 trout while occupants of the other
boat had string of 125 to their credit
"I never before knew there was such
good fishing near Washington was the
remark of Theodore Delavigne when he
returned from an outing at Rock Point.
Il confess / have been on what were
called fishing trips he added, but never
hnfr, uh1 Ia 90 Srr1t <1ch rsratsr
became tired of catching them"
E. w. McIntire, William H. Furrow and
Carl Earnshaw accompanied the now
satisfied sportsman to Rock Point They
anchored near buoy No. s, where trout
and perch kept them busy, and when they
had landed more than 100 pounds of trout
and perch they were satisfied to go ashore
and start homeward.
Charles C. Kennon, Frank Blat and
John w. Hurley were at Benedict for
the week end. They went early one
afternoon and fished until O'Clock.
and were on the Patuxent early enough
to get the first run of fish.
Capt. Tom Platter met them at the
resort with a supply of bait and sailed
of the big ones" 1t also proved the
feeding ground for millions of small
spots. said the anglers, and the little
ones destroyed many pieces of tempt
ing bait.
"And SO did the toadfish," one of the
party remarked.
In spite of the troublesome spots and
toadfsh the three anglers succeeded in
landing strings of trout. On a trip to
Solomons Island the previous week
Hurley's catch included five hogfish.
Ward Savage and Jack Wilson par
ticipated in an exciting automobile ride
on a fishing trip to Masons Island, an
attractive spot in the Potomac a few
miles from Leesburg. All went well
during the night ride, until a heavy
storm was encountered, and the engine
stopped when the car reached a ter
ribly swollen stream about two miles
from their destina ton.
There we were" said Savage" and
all we could do was remain there I'M
til dawn. The water continued to rise
until we no longer were able to keep
out feet out of 1t. When daylight ap-
peared we got out of it with the as
sistance of team of horses"
Then their troubles increased when
the horses ran away with the automo-
bile. but fortunately the driver was
able to stop them before any damage
had been done and before Jack Wilson,
who was at the wheel, suffered an at
tack of heart failure. Finally the wet
and muddy anglers reached the home
of Bill Bailey" their friend, and were
given such a good breakfast that they
forgot their troubles.
bul we caught d lew ISn JUST the
same" commented Savage.
Charlie Porter. BENJAMIN Hessler.
Harry Anderson. W. ". Deal and John
Deal We're on the bay off Chesapeake
Beach Saturday night. They did not
have their usual luck, they stated. but
longed for blankets or a stove before
morning.
Members of party on the bay the
following night were Mack Sparrough.
Harry Decknnan. George Land and
Benjamin Harding. Their experience
was similar to that of the others. They
felt as if they were going to freeze
about 3 o'clock in the morning.
1T was some cold" said Sparrough.
'.and / believe the fish felt IL, for we
caught only a bakers dozen"
Aimaro sato. Japanese ambassador.
and party were at Rock Point for the
week end The diplomat and those
who accompanied him had no trouble
locating and catching plenty fish.
Mr. Sato landed several especially
large trout. and the large catch in
cluded numerous spots and white
perch.
Bruce Branson and wife and Frank
Price were members of a week end
party at Solomons Island. Capt. Swift
had them near Hog Island light at
sunrise in time to enjoy the early
morning air and catch the first run of
fish.
heads / ever saw" said Branson,
aswhfle some of our trout weighed as