The Washington herald., 1917-09-02
FISHERMEN MEETING
With PLENTY Luck
Trout and Spot Prove Plentiful at
Wicomico and Solomon. Island.

Yea, bo; the nsh am here. there and
everywhere.
80 are the fishermen. Hardly a man
who has gone out to his old stamping
grounds during the past week but
what has been well rewarded for his
trouble and time. Nick stonestreet.
Edward ]. Herring. Davis S. Pool.
!. c. Msnakee, H. William Rempess
Barton Evers and Leroy Gaddis, jr..
formed party OF six that went down
on the wieomieo during the week.
They forgot to take an extra large
camera along because the string of
: fish they caught was so long that the
bunch had a circus trying to get 1t
all in the picture. More than 4Ot
fish trout. spots and perch-composed
the catch.
Bruce Branson Che is always fishing),
Charles Dougherty, II, H. MckeeveI
and NJ. 8. Wright, .honored Solomon s
Island with their presence and under
tn. guidance Of Capt. sift tished a
few hours and stopped when they
were tired pulling in the fish. II
ceases to be sport when the fish beg
TO be caught and the boys were sports
men.
Annapolis Is coming back as ash
ing spot. Last Thursday n. l. Pul-
liam, E. 7, Stunkel, DR.. 5. wren
Howard and Frederick Eberly mace
up a fishing party and ished in the
vicinity of Thomas Light Before a
stLrrn interrupted their sport that mad
fooled 800 hsh into getting caught.
Charles Simmons. George w.
Parezo. and Mack Sparrough visited
Benedict and yanked in about 40 trout
the biggest of which weighed three
and q half pounds. which fell prey TO
simmons. The other two were too
busy with the regular fish TO look
for prize ones.
Detective Joe Morgan, attached to
Inspector Grants ONCE, Is wise enough
to know a crab when he sees one.
He is familiar with the human as well
: as the crustacea. He scandalized the
whole ofice by bringing a whole raft
Of the many legged ones from Ches-
apeake Beach and bid them feast till
they had plenty.
Another gun-toter, Inspector Grant.
chief OF detectives. has a hobby for
butter fsh. He spent two days al
swans, near Piney Point. with Roy
Parker, Phillip Parks and Harry
Evans. Grant caught an enormou:
butter fsh with blue ribbon around
its neck. The rest Of them were busy
with taiIors, trout and other fish.
A channel bass weighing twelve anc
a half pounds (would you believe t?)
was caught by George H. Dcmonet
This big fish was pulled in off Rocky
Point. Mr.. Demonet. alongwith Charles
Nolan and W. W Malone. spent the
day there. It was some job gettina
that fsh in without getting a duck
ing. but the deed was done.
Five hundred and twenty-seven hsf
count 'em). The boys who did thai
at Rock Point a few days ago vert
E. c. Snyder. William Curtis, Tom
Fisher, mote his name) William Price
Thomas VI. Quill, Ed Costigan and Bill
YVithers. Withers is responsible fol
the count There were all kinds,
shapes and sizes and a few unknown
varieties. The hungriness Of the fisf
and the expertness Of the fishermen
were the only excuses Bill had fo
the enormous number.
Eighteen Mississippi cats and l
perch. Johnny Sphinx, who says II th'
fish are not in one place they are Il
rnother. went for a little jaunt tC
sycamore Island, and intended to stay
there until he caught something. He
did and came back as happy as q
brldeg groom on the wedding day.
-EFiilisn Heacock, Adolrh Loehy, Pat
Tsrr. and William Carter tried their
'-'cS at the mouth OF the Patuxent and
'-oked Is trout. They also got some
- ~dheads. perch and other small
"Nh. A black sea bass got on Hea
~Ncx's line to the surprise OF every
Horiv.
Nrrte Brady. of Georgetown canno
It the. cat fish alone. Yesterday h
'~-nt up to ChHIn Bridge and for {
EVERYDAY wonder he got nothinE
''lEht away he went down by tht
Highway Bridge and got seventeen
hsoplaed a while and went home