Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-14
ROD AND STREAM.

Clarence F. Donohoe and Daniel All
man piloted a party of friends to River
Springs on a week end outing. 1t was
not one Of those remain.up- ail-nlght
and start at am. affairs, but the start
was made about o'clock, landing the
party at the resort about noon.
"A little late" remarked member
of the party, but we caught about as
and that-well. we'll not discuss the
number of fish we caught.
But" he added. boating on St Cath
crimes bay was fine
Those who composed the party with
Altman and Donohoe were Dr. Francis
McQuillan, Adam Weschler, Millburn J.
Donohoe. Thomas l.. Doyle and John c.
Hardy. A cloudburst made the going
between Morganza and the resort tri-
file slippery, and the rough riding whet-
ted the appeties of the anglers for a
splendid chicken dinner.
There was time when anglers who
went to the upper river discussed the
question Of bass fishing. Gamesters
were plentiful and 1t was possible for
an angler to get a fairly good string of
| them on a days outing.
But now the boatmen talk more OF
Mississippi catfish than they do about
bass" remarked Patrick Riordan, who
| tried his luck in the Harpers Ferry
neighborhood on a week end outing
with W. A. Abbott.
1ne DalL boxes Oh the
| formerly contained bass he added,
| were filled with the catfish
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baur and Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Abrahams participated in
pleasant outing at Ocean View, near
Norfolk. Va. Rainy weather interfered
with their going on the water, but it
did not interfere with the catch of fish
when they made the effort.
There was fine sport" said Baur.
ha hnp6Gh
were plentiful"
On the occasion of one trip, he stated.
the quartet landed ninety-five trout
and large assortment of the other
fish.
Wet weather and high winds greeted
anglers who were at Rock Point and
other down-river places on week end
outings. Many of the Fourth Of July
sportsmen made good catches and re-
turned on week end trips to duplicate
them. but weather conditions doomed
them to disappointment.
Members of one party who were on
hand at Rock Point to duplicate a big
holiday catch were Chester w. Taylor,
w. f. Small. jr., and NJ. Oliver. They
are satisfied the fish are there and will
make another effort in the near future
to duplicate their holiday catch.
Capt. George H. Williams thinks the
Rapidan river is one of the best bass
streams within easy reach of Washing
ton sportsmen. 1t Is not fished to
death. he said, and the only trouble
with it is that heavy blow will
muddy it,
The captain recently visited his
daughter at Batna. not far from Bran
dy. and while there he tried his luck in
the Rapfdan.
IT fish every time go there" he said.
but catch more catfish and cells than
bass. but that is because the water is
MI fIa to,
clear I get bass
William r. Wood spent pleasant
short vacation with Bruce Cooksey and
Ashley CookSey at their home near
Persimmon point. about five miles from
Rock Point. on part of the Wicomico
where fishing usually is good and
where sportsmen experience very little
trouble making catches.
ut was a triae early for trout" said
Wood. but we had sport with rock
fish,"
The trio anchored near the shore and
rockfsh usually feed, and succeeded in
landing number of fish of that spe-
cies. A number of large perch also
were caught.
Joe Gillian last week surprised
sportsmen on the river at Great Falls
with the landing of a sixteen-pound
catfish that took a big madtom that
was intended for bass.
ut was the first time had heard of
Mississippi catfish taking mad
TOM" said Rev. A. H. Zimmerman,
evangelist of Tent City
The evangelist landed two Mississippi
catfish that were large enough to fur
nish breakfast for his family
Dr. Sterling V Mead and wife and
David Saunders and wife last week had
delightful outing at Solomons Island
1t was their first trip to the vicinity of
the mouth of the Patuxent river, but it
will not be their lest, they declared.
The sportsmen found it was little
early in the season for trout and other
large fish. They tried their luck, how
ever. and succeeded in landing two
dozen hardheads. some of them being
particularly large.
II thought people took off their cloth
ing when they went in bathing" was
| the remark that greeted N. L. Pulliam
| when he returned from the Knights of
Columbus excursion to Chesapeake
Beach Tuesday afternoon.
The angler had been caught on the bay
| In a storm and drenched. With him
| was Frederick Eberly. and the sports
| men had gone in a motor boat to a
place near Plum point to fish A lost
| anchor contributed to their discomfort,