Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-01

Fishing fever has taken complete pos
session of John F. Murrell His friends
always have understood that fishing was
his hobby and they knew he had landed
many big ones. not being in the class OF
fishermen who always tell of how the
horses" got away. 1t was due to his
efforts that a twelve pound bass left one
of the rivers on the eastern shore several
months ago. one of the largest fish of that
species ever landed by a Washington
angler
But the story of his fight with a drum
fish at Benedict. on a week end out
ing, had a different ending commented
one of his friends.
MurreIl admitted he was more disap-
pointed at the big fish getting away, but
he made up his mind TO return to the
Patuxent at frequent intervals and repeat
his effort to land a big drum.
Last Saturday was the first time If
ten years that drumfish was seen in the
waters near Benedict" said Capt. lobe
Shorter. Two of them were landed, and
l feel sure others will be caught"
]. Frank Kelly. John W. Hurley and A
j. Lark were the sportsmen who wit
messed Murrelrs exciting experience witt
the big fish. The four anglers fishet
several miles below Benedict and landed
fully one hundred trout and numerou:
spots and perch.
A catch of more than 400 fish-trout
spots and perch-was made on the WI
comico river by party of six sportsmer
on a week end outing. So long was the
string that il was with some difficulty
that it could be held by the anglers tt
be photographed.
eft was a great trip" said Edward j
Hierling. one of the six lucky sportsmen
1T was a case of catching fish almost as
fast as the bait reached the bottom of the
river
Nick Stonestreet was captain of the
launch that took the anglers from Rock
Point, their starting point. and he had
been on the river so many times this
season that he was able to take then
direct to the feeding grounds Of the fish
In the party with Herring were David s
Pool, l. C. Mannakee. H. William Rem
pes. Barton Ewers and Leroy Gaddis, jr.
Benedict was the objective point OF
William Eccard and wife, Albert Ec-
card and wife and August Eccard and
wife on a week end trip. 1t was about
o'clock in the morning when the
party got under way, and when they
reached the resort on the Patuxen'
river practically all the fishing cap.
some distance away.
Thomas Chappelear managed to FIND
boatman who was willing to take
them out, however. and he had bait
enough on hand for them. so that they
were not disappointed after all. 1t was
unfortunate for them that they did not
reach there in time to fish the proper
tide, making their catch much smaller
than it would otherwise have been.
One man who caught the first of the
food tide" said one of the anglers
came ashore with fully fifty trout just
as we were making our start"
The three branches of the Eccard
family succeeded in getting three
dozen trout and a number of spots.
Capt Charles T. Peck. member of Maj
Pullman's cabinet. has not forgotten
his sleuthing propensities. There was
a time when, as a member of the de-
tective force. he was able to locate
crooks and slayers. and on his recent
trip to Colonial Beach he was able to
locate the fish.
The captain had with him W. w. Kim
NELL. ]. o. B. Gray. John Broderick
Joseph Bassford and Robert Liv-
ingston. the last named being the
sleuth in the captains precinct
They ought to catch plenty fish, re-
marked a disappointed sportsman who
saw them disembark with fish enough
for the winters supply.
LOOK who they are" he added.
Each day the anglers were on the river
they caught long strings of attractive
fish.
Billy Withers is responsible for a story
of catch of 527 fish of all kinds and
descriptions made by seven anglers who
were on the river at Rock Point and
vicinity few days ago. The catch was
such a big one that friends are consid-
ering the question of properly decorating
them for their accomplishment
Members of the party included E. C.
Snyder, William Curtis, Tom Fisher.
Willie Price, Thomas NJ. Quill Ed Costi-
gan and Billy Withers. It was Tuesday of
last week that the fishing party at Rock
Point proved SO productive.
THE weather was ideal" said With
ers, the water in fine condition and the
fish hungry. We went on the river under
the personal supervision of Capt. Ben.
Stein. and when we returned we hardly
knew what to do with our fish, we had
so many"
Johnnie Spinks is one of the number
Of youthful anglers who are much in evil
dence about Sycamore Island, and when
the river is muddy he willingly fishes in
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Just as good fishing in the canal as
in the river" says the youthful sports
place 1 try the other"
Johnnie was on the job last Saturday
night for an, all-night trip. Early in the
night the weather was all that could be
desired. but before morning, Gee it was
cold" he said.
Eighteen Mississippi catfish and four
teen perch succumbed to the efforts of
Johnnie and a companion
and we sold 'em for $L25." he said.
I'VE are going to apply the money as
part payment on boat"
william Heacock this week particf-
,ated in a fishing trip to Solomons Is
and, his first fishing venture in num-
Der of years. and he had so enjoyable
/ time that he is anxious to repeat the
sport He accompanied Patrick F.
Carr, Adolph Loehl and William Carr to
he resort at the mouth of the Patuxent
river, where the party landed more
han 125 trout. a string of hardheads
and perch and a few spots.
One of the surprises of the trip was
he landing of black seabass by Hea-
cock, and the second surprise came
when Pat Carr recovered part of
Heacock's broken line.