Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-28
ROD AND GUN

Compliance with the request to re-
frain from the use Of gasoline on Sun
days has resulted in the conservation
Of fish in nearby rivers and the Ches-
speake bay. Hundreds Of sportsmen
who participate in week end outings
to fishing resorts have respected the
gasoline conservation request ,and re-
Trained from Sunday outings. Others
have made trips to resorts saturday
afternoon or night. remained over
Sunday and returned Monday morn
ing.
Compliance with the request" re-
marked a sportsman. has resulted in
heavy losses by owners Of resorts. but
none of them is complaining. They
seem perfectly willing to lose the
money under the circumstances.
"Sportsmen also seem perfectly sat-
isfied to refrr \ from Sunday trips.
After all" added the sportsman. "it
Is possible for anglers to reach GER
. tain fishing resorts without resorttng
to the automobile as q means of con-
veyance. River steamers stop at the
principal resorts along the lower Po-
tomac and tributaries. while steam
and electric trains run to other points
on both fresh and salt water. giving
anglers the benefit Of q full days
sport"
The last week end many sportsmen
patronixed the river steamers to tho
lower river landings, others went to
tried their luck in the vicinity OF An
napolis. Some returned Sunday night.
while others delayed their return I'M
til Monday morning.
Rock Point did itself proud for q
party Of four Washington sportsmen
who were there the week end. Mem
bers of the party were Al J. Bueche-
Ter. Charlie Porter. A. c. Thour and
Edward Vautel.
more than one hundred trout" re-
marked member of the quartet, not
counting long string Of white percn
and a few spots were taken"
It was just such a trip that MEM
bers of the party had been anticipat-
Ing. Several other trips to salt water
resorts failed to bring the desired re-
suits, and earlier in the season there
was not much doing at the Wicomico
river resort
Now is the time for the big fish to
bite" said one of the quartet. IF they
are ever going to bite. and I'm willing
to take chance"
He was not alone in his willingness.
reaching Rock Point in time to turn
In for good nights sleep at Stone
streets Their morning effort was
disheartening. but from . o'clock In
the afternoon, until shutdown 1t was
case of pulling in one fish after an
after midnight.
George Lewis Turner, Ave years old,
is the proud possessor of photo
graph of himself and string of fish
he caught while on an outing at CO.
his hooks so rapidly that he kept
others in the boat busy batting for
him. George lays no claim to having
caught horses" nor does he say the
biggest OF them got away. He did
catch a string Of several dozen spots
ture to show for it
John S. Turner and Mrs. Turner. the
child's parents, Otto Hauschild. Miss
Harriet l. Hauschild and Miss Carrie
Morris were members Of the fishing
party aboard Mr.. Turner's yacht, The
Bird. They were at the beach moro
than a week, during which time they
tried their luck several times.
"And each time we went out" said
one Of the enthusiastic ones, I'VE
brought back fish"
D
ing participated in several trips to
Solomons Island for trout and hard
heads, this week changed their base
of operations to Aqua creek, where
many catches Of bass, pike and yell
low perch were reported last week.
High and muddy water greeted
them. conditions which frequently in
terfere with sportsmen at fresh water
resorts, but in spite of the adverse
conditions they tried their luck.
Even with bad water" suggested
John Schroth. I'VE probably would
been for the troublesome garf1sh. The
CARS actually grabbed for our bait be-
fore 1t touched the water"
The anglers landed eight bass, two
pike and two dozen yellow perch
Perch don't count" one ct them
catch them"
Tony Schroth. as A. T. schroth is so
familiariy called by host of friends.
has sent out a call to his angler
friends to visit him at his lodge near
Blackstone Island. Members Of his
family have returned for the winter,
and he is desirous Of entertaining his
sportsman friends.
Trout a yard long are being
his son, Elmer Schroth. who recently
returned from an outing at his
Several parties Of friends have Wis
tied him this season, enjoyed his hos
pitality and accompanied him on the
river, where many long strings Of fish
were caught. Some of them who Wis
tied him were Karl Achterkirchen
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. William A
Hettinger. Louis Hodges. John w.
Hurley, John Detweiler. Herbert
Ofenstein and family, Chat Towers
and George Taggart.
one Of the most enthusiastic gunners
and anglers in this section. Occupy
Ing quarters near the south end of
Highway bridge, the sportsman is
able to get on the river almost every
day, doing much Of his cunning and
fishing where Detective Edward Wee
don has shot many birds and caught
many fish this season.
Ills sight is perfect" said Detec-
mans ability to sight birds on the
marsh.
"And when he comes in without fish
or birds" Weldon added. ITS because
there were none to be caught or shot.r
This week the sportsman landed q
number of bass, a few catfish and
strings Of perch.
Rev. A. H Zimmerman, pastor Of
ter. advocates fishing and hunting as
a means of preserving health and
mot only am I doing BOTH" he re-
marked. "but make it a point to cut
down a tree every morning before
breakfast breakfast and the exercise Is veay
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