Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-27
ROD AND GUN

enjoyed in his boyhood days on the
water near Annapolis. Nd, and he now
expects to follow the example of John
Souder and fish during the entire win
ter season except when weather con-
ditions are too bad.
Having caught numerous strings of
perch and a few catfish, but unable to
land single bass, the sportsman one
day this week took his shotgun on e
trop to the south side of the river,
where he flshed with one hand and
kept his other hand on the gun.
And along came flock Of orto-
! lam" he said. land It's unnecessary to
| say what 1 had for dinner"
He also killed few snipe.
E. w. Ford of Detroit, Mich, partici-
pated in week end outing at Bene-
dict as guest of Dick Peed, Mack
Sparrough, Bernard Harding and Benta-
min Harding. Hosts and guest got an
early start and were on the Patuxent
before smoke was coming from the
chimneys of houses in the village to
suggest breakfast time
Inc sportsmen were equipped with
bIoodworms and soft crabs, bait they
hoped would attract trout and possibly
taiiors. but no such fish were in evil
dence. They tried their luck both
| above and below Benedict in shoal and
| deep water, but white perch and a
rev toads were the only varieties that
succumbed to their bait.
1T was an ideal outing. however"
| said member of the party. I've had
ideal weather, the water was in SPLEEN
| did condition and we caught perch
enough to make the sport Interesting"
Milton Burdine. known to his COM
panions as "Mitt," spends much of his
spare time on the river near the south
end of Highway bridge
Il usually catch something" he said,
even II It's only few perch. catfish
| and cells"
Occasionally the sportsman lands an
| attractive bass and then, he said. he
| feels repaid for his efforts of previous
days. On an outing the last week end
the sportsman caught more than a
| score Of yellow perch
| Joseph Goetz. Frank Graves, Bud
Hamilton and William Roessler mo-
| tored to Aqua creek for an outing
the last week end. Fritz Roessler was
! booked to join the party but he still
was enjoying memories OF having
caught two fish at a time on a single
/ hook. he said. and he had no desire
| to make another record
! No delay was experienced in getting
away from Reagan's boathouse because
| Fritz failed to appear however. and
long before daybreak the four anglers
were sailing in the direction of their
favorite fishing resort.
| There were many sportsmen ar Aoui,
. creek that particular day it was re-
| ported. and some of them did NOT ey-
perience the sensation of even a min
| now troubling their bait, but the quar-
tet scored a catch of fourteen bass.
| Detective Charlie Mullen and Viii
| nam Ii. Sarden. postponing their yaca
| tons until cool weather, when they
thought only the large fish would take
oalt. went to the mouth of Oxon run
on two-day outing. On previous
trips they had caught fine specimens
OF large-mouth black bass and an oc-
casional pike.
Not a bite" was Mullen's report of
the last outing. but he was unable 10
/ suggest reason for the absence of
fish.
Norman Mock, ]. c. Goolsby, W. l..
Wilson and Billy Withers. ali expert
enced anglers. were members of a
party at Aqua creek the last week
end. They caught only one bass, but
managed to land seven pike
And the pike were large ones II
commented Mock. II think the clear
and low water combined to prevent the
bass from biting. We had splendid
bait. and, no matter how far we cast
| it. we could see it in the clear water.
4 But we are going to return there
for this week end he added land
try to get some big bass. This is the
reason for the big ones"