Evening star., 1918-05-25

ever made or ever expect to make"
John B. Schroth, on his return from
a week end trip to Solomons Island.
mouth of Patuxent river, told of a
string of 1873 hardheads.
| Some were as big as shad," he as
serted.
| Accompanied by Benjamin B. Hunt
and William Staub. the sportsmen
motored to the mouth of the Patux-
ent Saturday afternoon and register
ed at Capt. George Condin's. Arrange
ments were made for Capt. Tom Mar
tin to take them on the bay early in
the morning. The start was delayed
by dense fog.
When they got started they steam
ed out to oyster Jumps of Drum
Point light Before the anchor reach
ed the oysters Schroth was pulling
in a hardhead. Hunt broke the rec
ord, catching two at time. A few
toadfish and eels were attracted by
choice soft crab bait.
I'VE saw a number Of small crabs
in the water" said Schroth. land were
told that they probably would be
plentiful in a week or two"
George Boutellier. Frank P. Hall.
Deutsch were members of a party Of
anglers on a week end trip to Bene-
dict, where Capt. Beach boated them.
II don't know one place from an
other" the captain admitted. when
one of the sportsmen suggested an
choring on feeding grounds. But
well catch them il they bite"
| A hollow on the Calvert county
side is regarded by resident anglers
as a favorite spot. Not many fish
made, and. finally. the captain drop
ped anchor some distance above the
resort.
| There they made good catch.
H. A. Garren went to Chesapeake
Beach early in the week. taking
| Henry Carter with him to help put his
bungalow in readiness for early oc-
cupancy. While there the two men
visited the pier and tried their luck
| Their experimez> proved so success
full that a telephone message brought
prompt response from Hugh A. Kane.
| one Of East Washington's successful
sportsmen: Monday night the trio
had splendid luck.
| Kane stayed over Tuesday. when
! they repeated the catch of the night
J before.
| The three landed fully $50 pounds
of fish.
Albert Chandler. Wilmington. Del.
| was a week end guest of A. B. Lank,
| his law: John F. Murrell and
William n. Beahm on a fishing trip to
| ernoon outing.
| The party left here Saturday after
| noon at 3 o'clock. Two hours later
! their boat was anchored on an oyster
| bed some distance below the resort.
Fish were plentiful" said Murrell.
I'VE got hardheads and eels and toad
fish,"
A shore dinner was partaken Of.
| The anglers were home at bedtime.
George Wells. fishing near the south
end of Highway bridge. on a week end
| outing, allowed a fish to get out OF
his boat after he had caught it. He
had pulled in two Mississippi catfish.
and a third one that weighed four
times as much. The two smaller fish
! were dropped in the boat. where they
remained without protest. The big
fellow steadied itself with its tail and
Topped back into the water.
Charles C. Simons. DR.. Walter B.
Silliman, Tom Brown and Frank
Meredith motored to Benedict for the
were there to fish. attractsd by re-
ports Of record catches of hardheads.
Early in the morning the sports
men were anchored over an oyster
bed dropping fed When Fsa
anglers started homeward in the
afternoon they had more than $50
hardheads.
N. L. Pulliam and DR.. F. B. Bright
we'll were at Fletcher's early Tuesday
morning trying to get some OF Pat
rick Riordan's horses" rockfish that
weigh from five to fifty pounds.
They had been on the river but a
short time when along came a fish
that put. up fight enough to suggest
it was of the kind that was much
wanted. When taken from the water
1t was found to be only a four
pounder.
tored to Point Lookout the past
week. He waded the rivey long
enough to pick up three dozen soft
crabs. brought them home and pre-
sented a dozen each to Clarence and
Fowler found the road was in fine
condition all the way to Point Look |
out.
John F. Murrell tomorrow morning will
leave for Salisbury. Wicomico county. |
Md, his home town. where he will spend |
q. week or ten days on the Wicomico |
river. HIS mother Will accompany him. |
Il want to catch the grandfather of /
the nine-pound prize winner 1 caught
last year." said the sportsman. referring |
to the largest plymouth bass ever
caught in the Salisbury section with |
hook and line.
Edward o. Craig, one Of the most sue
cessful sportsmen on the Potomac. this |
week caught number of rockfish be- |
tween Aqueduct and Chain bridges. He |
landed nine fish Tuesday, the largest one |
weighing six pounds.
Il like to get the smaller ones to get |
my hand in before the big ones come |
along" he said. He hopes to get one |
Weighing at least twenty pounds.
Al Buecheler was on the river near |
the steel plant Monday morning fishing |
for rock. AL thinks the vicinity Of the !
steel plant is the best place to catch the |
gamesteras although he caught only two |
fish on his last trip.
Little disappointing" he remarked. |
but I'm going to keep on trying until |
l get Few large ones. =
N. L Pullism. w. e. West. c. n. cald.
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