Evening star., 1918-04-13

Some fishermen think the water
should be everlastingly perfectly clear.
Others. prefer 1t a little cloudy. There
are few addictS however. who will re-
main OF the river during the perch sea
son, no matter what the condition of
the water.
Those who tried their luck on the up
per river two. weeks ago found the
water somewhat cloudy. They made
big catches. Not many fish were caught
by those who were there the past week
end. when the water was clear.
But last week we had a stin north
east wind" was John w. Hurley's ex-
PLANTATION for the poor catch made by
him and Bernard Harding. The two
greater part of the day. but their catch
consisted only Of string OF two or
three dozen perch and one mullet.
v After ALL" obserbed Harding, the
small perch are the sweetest fish to
eaA"
Lester Whitmire and Al Buecheler
were on the river in the Buecheler
launch. Bud, for week end outing.
They were more anxious to catch rock :
fish than they were to land a long
string of perch. So they visited the
vicinity of the steel plant. where. 1t is
stated, are natural feeding grounds for
rockf1sh.
said Buecheler, "and we changed our
base of operations. going to a point q
sho,t distance below the railroad
bridge, where we found hard bottom
that suggested the possibility OF bet
ter luck.
Whitmire. first to get his line in the
water. pulled up two big perch. His
companion was more than satisfied to
pull out one large one at time Whiie
friends UP the river were laborfng hard
to get the small ones. the two sports
men were gradually adding to their
string Of big ones until they had a
count Of more than eighty.
EAls appeared and proved SO annoying
the fishermen lifted anchor and called
II a day. Buecheler landed two eels
at q time several times.
Clarence F. Dohohoe is arranging anS
other outing for the East Washington
Fishing Club at Benedict the coming
Sunday. The oyster TOAST and turkey
dinner given several weeks ago proved
SO enjoyable that every member OF the
club has promised to be on hand Tor
the next outing.
Emmett Bresnahan already has sent
word that he will be prepared to greet
the club There are plenty big BIZ
valves on the beds of the Patuxent, ne
said, and fishermen are catching all
SOrIS OF HSn IOE dho - yAh6'
But the president of the club wants
something more than fish and oysters
to eat
.'I want to catch some fish," he says.
Its up to the boys to bring their
lines and bait. II there are plenty
fish moving about the river It seems
certain that the East Washington
Fishing Club will get some of them"
Adam. wsschler and James Richmond
have had.their frst fishing trip Of the
1918 season. They were on the river
one afternoon, day before the scores
Of, anglers suffered such severe disap-
poinfment, and were entirely satisfied
with catch large enough to supply
fish for a couple Of dinners.
Perch fishing Is fine sport" said
weschler, "but what about the hard
heads at Benedict? That's the great
est sport about here. I've written to a
boatrnan at Benedict to learn the pros
poets for this season.. and am anxiously
awaiting A reply"
Plenty hardheads are coming from
the vicinity of Norfolk, the sportsman
learned, and he thinks they soon will
be in evidence at nearby saltwater
resorts.
Henry L. Streb. ST., surprised num-
ber of week enders when he landed
big mullet, and the second surprise
came in the landing Of rockhsh.
Others who were fishing nearby had