Evening star., 1917-05-19

May % the season for catching bass
and crappie in the District of Column
| bia opens and it is highly probable
| that the wall about the tidal basin VIII
| be occupied by sportsmen soon after
| midnight. Believing in the saying The
early bird catches the worm scores of
anglers will be on hand before mid
night. water and weather conditions
being favorable, and good sport is
anticipated.
| Large-mouth bass, it is believed, will
| be plentiful enough the approaching
season to afford excellent sport: A
the beginning of the closed season, it
| is stated, in spite of the cold water
| and weather conditions.
| 1t is reported that crappie fishing the
coming season promises to be unusu-
! ally good.
| Sportsmen who enjoy nothing but
small-mouth bass fishing are anNiously
awaiting the opening of the season for
| that sport in the upper Maryland coun-
| ties along the Potomac. Last season
F., the gamesters We're not much in eNi-
! deuce. anglers state, but reports IRON
| the upper river this season told OF
numerous large catches.
! MANY of them were made out Oh sea.
/ son." commented W. =. Bowie. and
while such pothunting is calculated to
| interfere with legitimate sport IL
shows the fish are there.
| While numerous anglers were on
| the river for the week end trying their
| luck with white perch and rockhsh
! without getting many of either, Fred
! ericll 10y was on the river near Cabln
| John bridge angling for Mississippi
! catfish. He was provided with va
! ricty of bait-bioodworms, shad en-
trails and shrimp-and, it is stated. he
returned with what probably was the
largest catch made by the Week-chu
/ sportsman.
/ A si2.teen-pound catfish WAS the
! largest one of his catch. His second
largest fish tipped the scales at thir-
! teen pounds, and the third at eight anu
Il half pounds. He had II number OF
smaller fish.
There are plenty of rocI>fish in the
river" was the message Fred ii. Geyer
| and John w. Hurley received W Nednes-
day afternoon. and they proceeaed TO
! Lock cove with 4 supply OF piood-
| worms and soft crabs.
"There may have been plenty of
| them in the river remarked Geyer
| when lie returned. "but only one OF
| them left the water as result OF our
efforts
| Charlie Birkieht one of the most
| successful sportsmen in the Aqueduct
! bridge neighborhood. has n four-pound
| rockfsh to his credit. The big fish
| while he was angling for white perch.
| Discussing the catch, the sportsman
| explained that he had trailer below
his lead and had the hook baited with
| 4 lively pike minnow. He was seated
| in skiff that was moving with the
| tide, he stated, and when the fish took
| the bait he quickly surmised what it
/ was.
Experiencing engine trouble while on
| his way to Fletcher'S on weekend
! outing, O. Z. Everett was forced to
| drop anchor short distance from
| Aqueduct bridge. He caught one rock
| fish and a few perch. the largest of the
! perch weighing one and one-quarter
pounds.
! Senator Mark Smith Thursday morn
! ing forgot his strenuous duties long
! enough to make an effort to reduce the
| cost of living in the catch of a string
| of rockfish. Something that can't he
! accomplished" remarked an enthusi-
| astic Waltonite, for every rockf1sl7
! caught by an angler costs several
| times as much as one purchased at SC
| much per pound"
| y single Mississippi catfish was the
| catch Senator Smith reported.
! Patrick Riordan of the National
! Yacht Club has paid several visits to
! tree" 4 short distance below the stecl
| plant, during the past week.
| Years ago." said sportsman, that