The Washington herald., 1917-06-17
FISH AND FISHERMEN.

With bait q little scarce, and the
river water still on a rampage, local
1shermen began moving about like
meant to change the. luck Of the Elm ine
dlvidual. Fishing grounds long desert
ed and little used are being tried as
a last resort, that Is, among the cas-
val fishermen. Old hands at the game
believe In sticking to their regular
hanY-outs.
This weeks fishing will witness craft
OF every description and fishermen
OF still more numerous descriptions
nostng around the lower Potomac
stili believing things are as they used
to be.
As usual. hardheads. a variety of
last week. Parties who left for Ben
ediet, ard lower Potomac points, last
Saturday. reported fair catches of
perch.
Charles Porter. ranked as an expect
angler. nn lost q perfectly good rod and
line while at Benedict early. in the
week. He was lighting a cigar, when
overheard went rod, reel. line and all
This time Porter will try his luck
at the steel plant in fresh water.
Colonial Beech has been the scene
OF several merry fishing parties dur
ing the week, trout being fairly nu-
merous and catches above the aver
age. Several good-sized rocks were
caught. The storm on Thursday play
ed havoc with fishing boats. Fisher
men who rowed out the next day had
good luck with trout
n. l.. Palliam is about the only man
VINO doesn't care q snap for muddy
water. According to his way OF think
ing, muddy water does not affect the
appetite Of a fish, and he has proven
H. Howing over to the Virginia shores
opposite Fletcher's boathouse he land
ed a string OF eleven rocks, the larg-
est Welghing four and half pounds.
II We can't catch fish We can 20
frosging, and the muddier the water
the better, the frogging will be-" This
is the opinion OF VIII T, Reynolds
Reynolds Is tired OF waiting for a
spell OF clear water and has turned
MS attention to the French deIicacy.
HIS SKIN Is all ftted up and very
soon he will be lying in ambush for
the unuspecting -o'-Rums,"
CHARLES. Harry and ]. H. Vandegrtft
ana w. Clark broke the seasons rec
ord for hardheads. They caught les
al Fortescue:. N. J.. last week. not
70 mention l3 weakfish and a sixty
fve-nound drumfish. Jersey waters
are IDEAL say the quartet.
About twenty-five fishermen left
last night for Benedict. Nd. A still
lsrger number went to Rock Point.
me water at these points is a little
better than II was last week. Last
Saturday nights rain made things
miserable at Benedict, but last night
weather conditions were ideal.
John F: Murrell. Dick Peed, and a
party OF local srortsmen visited Bene-
dict carrying a load of Refreshments
In the shape Of watermeIons, and
when they were not fishing they were
sampling some of Georgia's finest.
Tom Waters, an so-year-old colored
nsherman, who can catch fish any
now; went to Chain Bridge last We'd
nesday, all by himself and caught
nve huge cats, the largest tipping the
nine and half pounds,
SKID Murphy went over to the Little
River and sought a few clear SPOTS
and landed ninety-five small perch,
none under six inches, the largest
eaten OF the season. Considering the
crude tackle, the veteran Irish fish
erman used II is a fine showing.
Al Great Falls, above the dam, sew
.eral fishermen caught good-size rocks,
out were worried a great deal by
cells: While the water at this place
Is clear when the rest OF the river is
very muddy, 1t takes a good fisher
man with plenty Of bait to bring home
a good bunch Of rockfish.
EDWARD i. Smith, e. P. Scott. P. D.
Decker, ana Thomas D. NJ. Scott went
to Rock Point unaware that their trip
would be marred by the storm.
,,IIg IDInring the early part of the week
William Henson and Nicholas Stone
street went to Rock Point and
smashed the record for perch.
, Forty large hardheads. all of them
hetty, were brought home by Clar-
snce F. Donohue, Adam weschler. and
Daniel Altman, who went to Benedict.
Ihey were in such good spirits over
tneir catch that Donohue has planned
a trip to Solomons Island. Last year
they made several trips and had re-
markable good luck.
All told, river conditions are rather
discoursging. Just when bait is plen-
tiful' the water is fierce, when the
nait is scarce. the water clears up a
little. Proverbial fisherman's luck.
some call Lit, but old hands at the
game catch them anyhow. After
nearly four weeks of patient waiting
quite a number OF anglers are plan
mug to visit New York and Jersey