Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20

the Aqua creek sportsmen had sad
| stories to tell. Near the city many rock
Ash. large-mouth bass. yellow perch
and catfish were caught
George w. Leopold. writing from We
verton, gave John w. Hurley the infor,
nation that the river Is literally hlled
with small bass.
afternoon" he wrote. but they were
small and the whole string weighed
only about sixteen pounds.
Leopold wrote that the water was
exceptionally low and that only TWO
men could get about the river In q
single boat He made his catch among
the rocks above the dam near Viewer
ton, he wrote. and found 1t necessary
to cast in order to get them
TT made no difference in which direc-
ton 1 cast" he wrote, L caught the
fish,"
White bait is what the up-river an
glers are using with the greatest
amount of success
I'm ashamed to tell you" was the
response of Capt. Jim Lusby. when ask,
ed about his success on q Gnu
trip to Aqua Creek a.. -. 40
4But." he added II really did get one
rockfish and few perch No bass came
INV wav. A few bass were caught. how
ever. showing there are some hsn 81 'hae
Hugo Fritch made the banner catch OF
The 5av landing six bass and several
smaller fish. which, Charles K Holman
said. showed the bass stock had nos
been depleted Holman confessed ne ,, dia
lIohn F. Clingan. his companion on the
trip. landed three large pike.
Ed Ireland served as host to a number
NJ friends at the Old Dominion Club on
a weekend outing His only requirement
vas that each guest should bring his
fishing tackle along, while Charles Free
mans requirement was smoking ca
pacity Charlie passed around the cisais
Early in the morning Tom Flynn, Aus
Tin Savage. Billy Burdine. 10 Bresnahan,
George Knatz, Charlie Sweetheart and the
two hosts reached the river ana starteo
the fishing contest. a.
.There was not much contest to II.
bowever. commented Austin Savage.
..for Tom Flynn was an easy winner
with a string Of three dozen. II Just
happened to be one Of those on Gays ior
the rest Of US. a.s,n
he eSp,ained, land not to the spread.
Peter A. schroen and wife on a week
end outing at Gunston, near mount
non. Va. were surprised when the nus
band had an exciting experience Will .
fish that proved to be a large PIKE. iney
went to Gunston aboard the power BOAT
Almah as guests Of Oscar BeiilneeF 70
try their luck for bass or any olner M
that might happen to come their way, ana
Schroen, who is an old pike nshermah,
was surprised when he caught prize
pike His wife caught bass.
Husband and wife flshed severa! parts
Of Gunston creek in an effort to at
tract larRe-mouth bass. Luck was NOT
with them until along came the PIKE
and took an attractive minnow on 'he
hook of the sportsman. who had cauShl
MANY such fish in other waters.
1rva
the creek" said the sportsman. I'm go.
ing to return with my old-fashioned
equipment and make an effort to revive
the old-time sport
DR.. Asa Harris. on a recent weekend
trip to Aauia creek. was able to make
a score or more other sportsmen there
that day take a back seat.
"It was a case of nothing doing with
one after another angler who returned
ashore" commented Charles r. Holman.
whose long occupancy Of a bungalow
at the resort. his friends claim. entities
him to the honor Of the mayoralty OF
the fishing resort.
Afternoon came on; 1t was almost
train time. and along came DR.. Harris.
Not knowing what luck others had ex-
perienced. the doctor hesitated to dis
play the results Of his piscatorial ef-
forts.
Eight bass and two pike" he finally
said. displaying the fish
Frank Miller and Elwood Childs ex-
perienced a pleasant time on Marlboro
branch on a weekend outing. While
many other anglers were being tossed
about on the rough water of Chesa-
peake bay the two anglers were seated
in a boat moving up the branch in an
effort to locate some large yellow
perch.
Ed Curtis had hauled bait for them
early in the morning, and when they
left the Chesapeake Beach train at
Mount Calvert he was there with a sup
ply Of minnows and boat. The sports