Evening star., 1918-08-10

nsh, drove them away and swallowed
A few minutes later. he said. a
second monster came along and took
his bait.
And think Tn doing great when
I land q few one-pounders," said the
parson. :,
on q week end trip to Rock Point. He
was disappointed on the homeward
trip, however. being unable to bring
home evidence of his catch. That he
caught plenty OF fish 10 Attested by
Harry Watson and I. A. Slyder. his
also Understood the reason for the
disappointment.
Hurley had his fish cleaned and iced
preparatory to bringing them home.
He left them near the door Of .
boarding house whore he had dinner.
however. TIE fish furnished dinner
Tor some persons not named Hurley.
II wish I knew the name," said the
veteran sportsman. sl-
"If did," he repeated, I'D make
another trip to the fishing resort"
Four residents Of Howard County.
Nd. were with the three Washington
anglers. They were r. e. Isaacs and
Howard Phelps. Glenel. and Lewis
Phelps and Fancy Johnson. Dayton.
Tom Stein boated the party. their
catch including hardheads. spots and
perch.
Mack Sparrough Thursday night
solved a mystery in which the big fish
that gave c. e. Heard so much trouble
in the bay on Chesapeake Beach hg-
nred: Accompanying Heard. A. J..
Sahdala. Charlie Porter and William
Mack. Sparrough went to the Chesa-
peake bay resort and dropped anchor
three Of four miles from shore.
Heard had had several exciting expe-
riences with big fish, he reported. and
1t was his belief that they were sharks.
Sparrough took issue with him and was
able to convince him that stingarees
had caused him the loss of hooks and
lines.
1t was such a fish that Sparrough
caught Thursday night. The fish put UP
when it finally was landed 1t was found
to weigh nearly forty pounds. Three
dozen trout. q few hardheads and q
number Of spots also were caught
Capt. Tobe Shorter hopes tho supply
John F. Murrell and HE friends return
for another outing. v. L. Tickner and
J. A Donohue Of the war risk insur-
ance bureau were guests Of the party.
William Beahm and Charles Kennon
making up the i've members.
Saltwater fshing Ii different from
the fishing We have in Michigan" said
Mr.. Tickner. -but the outing was an
enjoyable one, although Beahm insisted
upon catching all the toadfish."
Capt. Shorter took the party six or
seven miles below Benedict, believing
the fish had left the vicinity Of the vii
lage for a vacation. The five anglers
succeeded in getting considerably more
than ten dozen.
Sixty-five hardheads and three trout
= a.I xhok 49, knI at
ton. although the perch and spots fur
nished splendid sport, and as for the
toadfish, said Murrell: We'll, Wen say
nothing about that"
r. H. Garren. an enthusiastic angler.
who has a cottage at Chesapeake Beach.
is loud in sounding the praises Of the
sport at that resort. incidentally, the
sportsman's thumbs are sore as a result
Of his unsuccessful efforts to land four
monsters that took his hook. line and
sinkers.
They must have been big Iocknsh."
the ANGLER declared, telling Of his excit-
ing experiences.
-Four big fish came along within one
hours time" he said. land each car
ried away two hooks. part OF my line
and the lead"
Garren has caught numerous trout.
spots and perch. fishing from the pier
and the small spots, he said. furnish
the best bait for the trout.
Robert G. Shaddick Of Boston. ac-
companied William A. Lynch to Chesa-
peake Beach for a short outing.
I'VE did not find it necessary to
go out in q boat in order to have
sport" said Lynch. I'VE fished from
the pier and made a better catch than
those who went some distance out in
the bay aboard launches"
The sportsman explained that he and
his friend fished to the south of the
steamboat pier, where two piles are
driven a short distance from the pier.
They baited with soft crabs and land
ed fifteen trout, five hardheads, two
founders and numerous perch and
spots.
I'VE did our fishing after sundown,"
said Lynch. when very few excur-
sionists were on the pier"