Evening star., 1917-09-29
ROD AND GUN.

panied him. but he did the fishing for
the family.
1T was great sport to catch the large
sea bass" said the angler. although
my largest fish was a six-pounder. and
that was not very large ono, / was
| told"
Because of the necessity for using
heavy lead. he stated. the fishing Is
robbed Of much Of Its sport; He said his
| brother-in-law gave him the laugh for
brining light tackle up there. the kind
! that is used here, and supplied him
with heavy lines and rods.
Three bass is not much of a catch
for two men to make on a days outing"
| commented Patrick Riordan, one of the
most enthusiastic disciples of Walton
But that's what two Of us did," he
added.
| It was a week end outing that Riordan
and Capt. w. E. Abbott participated in
below Harpers Ferry. The captain was
here on a short furlough and he was
anxious to have fall fishing trip to the
part of the Potomac that Is in the
| mountainous country.
And the captain beat me at the
game" Riordan admitted. HE caught
the largest fish and greater number.
His was a three-pounder and a smaller
one and mine was OF the smaller size"
W. A. Domer. James Johnson. jr.. Hen
Iry W. Sohon and DR.. H. ]. Crosson took
]. B. Morgan Of Philadelphia on trip
to DIR. Dickson's, near Leesburg. Va, for
! a weeks outing. They fshed a part OF
the river where there are numerous
| islands and where the scenery is uni
| usually attractive.
| at was not a case Of making work
of the sport" said a member Of the
party. but one of enjoyment and a
score of bass were landed. tho largest
of them weighing four and one-half
pounds.
johnson caught the biggest fish," he
said, "but it was Mississippi catfish"
Rinsgold Hart E. T. stunkel. William
Neumeyer. W. W. Deal and Harry An
derson this week enjoyed an outing at
| Solomons Island. They stopped at
Capt. George Condirs, and had Capt.
Langley boat them.
! strong northeast wind interfered
with their sport early in the week, but
later change came and there was a
corresponding change in the luck Of the
sportsmen.
| Tuesday the wind made fishing any
but Wednesday we were able to bring
| in plenty OF trout"
Small spots and perch were plentiful
much larger numbers this fall than
| usual. anglers report. and also are
larger than those hitherto caught
William c. Money fshed in a cove on
the Virginia side of the river west of
the Highway bridge one day this week
and made good catch.
| Il got three dozen yellow beauties"
he said. ''one bass and two white
perch"
Money says not many anglers seem to
appreciate the sport there is to be
had in catching yellow perch. He got
one fish that weighed nearly a pound,
he stated. and it furnished much better
| sport than the average large-mouth
/ bass.
who were at Rock Point recently were
N. r. Eberly and party. DR.. George F.
Turner. Frederick Costello, D. K.
| Hampstead. Thomas E. Petty. J. D.
MacIntire and A. T. Severn. Splendid
luck is being experienced by sportsrnen
fishing in Wicomico river.
Sidney Atlas, Louis Perron. Louis
Perron. 3r., and Charles Williams were
occupants Of launch anchored of the
steel plant on a week end outing.
THE river was alive with white
perch" said Sidney Atlas. but we
were there trying for rockflsh. We had
heard of a catch Of rockfish made there
by Charlie Porter. but none OF the
gamesters came our way"
| The quartet caught number OF
lperch.
J. ]. Mccarthy was a successful week
end sportsman in nearby waters.
'I believe I made about the best
catch of that particular day." he said,
telling of a string of two dozen big
yellow perch. one bass and two eels he
icaught.
He made the catch in Georgetown
channel
Edward o. Craig and John Coleman
did shooting on the marsh in Little
river. between Analostan Island and
the Virginia shore. several days ago.
and killed q number of reedbirds and
lortoIan. Birds have not all disappear
er from the Little river marsh.
George w. Mason has located spot
where rockfish feed and made several
| splendid catches there during the past
run, not far from Shepherd landing and
almost opposite Alexandria. Included
in his several catches were numerous
large fish.
Lee Pitchlyn and Joseph Goldsmith
were among the numerous sportsmen
who were on the Chesapeake bay near
Chesapeake Beach on q week end trip
they came ashore Joe Goldsmith said
they were disappointed. although they
had good time landing spots.
Fishing in tho Potomac opposite Alex
andria, Va. Tuesday. George w. Bos-
well and Hugh J. Linthicum landed a
good string of large-mouth bass. They
used a spoon and Buckingham bucktail
bait. I'VE certainly had some fine
sport" said Boswell. I'VE took turns
rowing the boat SO that the other could
troll for the fish and I tell you some
Of them put up a good fight" Several
of the fish weighed about two pounds
each, while the majority averaged from
three-quarters to q pound each.