Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

WI hSA GU dIS ing CoHlcSI uCAu Ol l. Gil
haven. several miles north of Chesa-
peake Beach. the last week end.
Hugh A. Kane, John w. Hurley and
Charlie Porter, each admitting him.
self to be among the most successful
anglers. were the participants. while
De Sales Lyons was a spectator.
Lyons declined to take part in the
ing the past few years.
Capt. Ben Manifold was in charge
of the boat. He dropped anchor at a
point near one of the numerous black
ouoys in that part of the Chesapeake
bay. but only small fish were in evil
dence there. and, adopting Charlie
Porters suggestion, he moved TO the
edge of the big oyster bar.
Kane was first to score with a four
pound trout and it was more than
thirty minutes before the second fish
of that species. one caught by Porter.
was landed. making Hurley a poor
! third. Porter and Kane soon had a
the laugh was on the unsuccessful
thlrd member of the trio until after
lunch was served, when Hurley got in
the going.
Then it fell to Kane to break the
! record with a catch of two fish at a
time. one trout and one spot Porter
came along with two toadfiSh att a
| time. while Hurley brought in toad.
hsh and founder, making honors
easy SO far as catching two ii sh at a
time was concerned.
What about the hogfsh?" asked
Kane, recalling that very few such
fish are caught off Fairhaven.
His companions admitted a slight
lead on that account. but when quit
ting time came it was agreed that
each hor ha
Der of trout, combined catch of more
than fifty large fish, and the contest
was admitted to be a draw.
| Sportsmen returning from angling
trips to Rock Point. Fairhaven, Chesa-
peake Beach. Benedict and other salt
! water resorts tell stories of what they
heard and saw in the line of game,
suggesting the laying aside of fish
| ing outfits for the gun.
I've heard the 'bobwhite' call of
| hundreds of quail said one of the
| sportsmen, "and seen scores of rab-
| bits. the Dummies seeming to delight
| in frolicking on the roads about SUM-
! rise"
Reports from the nearby counties
/ of both Maryland and Virginia con-
tain encouraging information for
sportsmen. it being stated that game
is plentiful in both states, and that
sportsmen should have splendid
sport. 1t was thought the long siege
i of severe weather last winter had
played havoc with the game, but re-
| ports do not bear out that sugges-
! ton.
! 1t is only a matter of three weeks
before gunners will be able to par
| ',icipate in their favorite sport in
| Virginia. the law fixing the opening
of the season at November l. while
in Maryland it does not open until
ten days later. Possession of game
enumerated is permitted in the Dis
| trict the day the season in Virginia
| opens. No shooting is permitted in
the District.
Col" John w. Hurley the success
full veteran sportsman, has a rival in
the Hurley family in the person of
J. e. Hurley an enthusiastic colored
much fishing as the former. it is
stated. and probably has as MANY
fish to his credit.
The colored sportsman recently
! went to Nomini. Va. where he was a
| guest of Thomas Taylor. a prosper
Gus farmer in that section. who owns
q motor boat.
I'VE went over to Eaggedy point"
| he said. where we were told rockf1Sh
and big white perch were plentiful.
and just raked in big fish.
Hurley says in all his fishing trips
on the Potomac and tributaries he
found rockfish more plentiful in the
vicinity of Nomini than at
place.
"At low tide he stated. was
]. f. Buckingham. one of the best
known anglers in this city. who has
been interested in the sport the past
fifty years. last week went to the
Virginia end of the Highway bridge
nd tri 1i1n fnr arTh
the first time in ten years he had
fished with anything but artificial
bait.
His trip reminded him OF the days
when he fished at Four-Mile run
/ with Jesse Middleton and members
of the theatrical club there, only the
fish he caught last week were much
larger than those he caught years
ago.
Il caught sixty-six large. yellow
perch he said. land enjoyed the
sport. They weighed from one-half
to three-quarters of Il pound
This afternoon Buckingham went
to Aqua creek. Va. with George Bos-
well to join Walter johnson, Dick
Peed Charles Simons and Tom
Brown in bass fishing trip.
Many of the anglers who enjoy
night fishing have abandoned the
sport for this season on account of
the cool weather. n. l. Pulliam this
Iweek accompanied three friends to
Annapolis and spent the night on the
water. but reached the conclusion
that daylight fishing should satisfy
the most enthusiastic sportsmen.
Frederick Eherly, Harry Peyton and
E. T. Stunkel accompanied Pulliam.
1t was surely night of watchfui
lWaiting. with the exception of the
Time the quartet spent trying to get
a nap on an improvised bed with no
downy covering.
1t was not until daybreak that the
ticular one took the bait on Harry
. Gordon's hook. Quickly the others
; became deeply interested. They
; caught a string of trout and perch
presenting an attract picture. Pull
liam says some of the perch were the
largest fish of that species he ever
saw caught with hook and line.
! Capt. W. J. Seitz of No. "a en-
CINE company. Sergt Harry Swami
and Private S. L. Callahan, also Of
the fire department, and Howard
Hixon, a friend. composed fishing
party at Rock Point. Capt. Tom Stein
took them some distance below Rock
Point. anchored between two islands
and the sportsmen soon learned he
lad made no mistake in the selec-
ton of the fishing grounds.
"It was case Of catching fish," said
Capt. Seitz. land not talking about
what we didn't catch. We landed
f1fty-one trout" he added, land 227
of as fine a perch as one would want
to catch"
Capt. Seitz expects to repeat the trip
before trout stop running.
Ward Sturgiss surprised a number
of anglers several days ago on his re-
turn from a stroll along the towpath
of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal near