Evening star., 1918-06-01
ROD. AND REEL.

, Rock Point early in the week, ''and
big perch are plentiful"
Baatmen at the resort have been
able to get plenty of bait this week.
Soft crabs and peelers were late put
ting in appearance, but now they are
fairly plentiful and much cheaber-
plentiful enough to avoid the neces-
sity for taking such bait from the
city. Bloodworms always should be
taken along. however. as most salt
water fish will take them. more espe-
heads. They are easily handled and
remain alive a long time.
A number Of anglers have formed
, q club and will participate in an ef-
fort to capture prize for the largest
stipulated that the fish must be
caught in the Potomac above Aque-
duct bridge with hook and line, the
season to close June Is. Howard A..
French has consented to weigh and
measure the fish at his place Of busi-
ness. Entries closed last Monday, the
entrants being S. ]. Held. N. L. Pull
liam. Charlie Fletcher, A. Wagner.
A: J. Sahda1a, William Mooney. F. H.
Wright. William Sturgess. C.. E.
cher. e. Q. Craig. Frederick Wheeler.
Howard A. French and A. Henderer.
Should the water clear in the near
future" said W. P. Bowie, who is
managing the contest. some espe-
ciaily large rockfish should be caught.
least twenty pounds
Many sportsmen spend the week end
at Chesapeake Beach. Those who
went to the resort Saturday and hshed
from the pier at night reported large
catches Of hardheads. while those who
did their fishing from boats made
larger catches.
Numerous Sunday excursionists
Joined the boating parties. some going
as far as Plum Point in one direction
and Herring bay in the other, and all
returned with strings Of hardheads
and eels. Toadfish were not much in
evidence.
John N. Clingan and Charles r. Hol-
man spent the week end at Aqua
creek. where Holman has a bunga-
low and war garden, The fishing sea-
son does not open until June Is. but
Holman found plenty Of work in his
garden to occupy his time and was
too tired to go on the river.
Clingan and Billy Knoxville. the lat
ter resident Of the Aqua creek
neighborhood. went on a frogging ex-
pedition on the creek Saturday night
and caught fourteen big frogs
nOlIHAH COUtQH noIp CAICn LncLn,
said his companion. but was able to
do justice to them when they reached
the dinner table,
Frank B. crovo, W. I. Dyer. Domi-
nick Crovo and Aubrey Crovo were
members Of a week end party at
Benedict. They made a successful
catch Of hardheads and were envied
by numerous other anglers who saw
them land three large rockflsh. Frank
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coming in at the same time, and per-
sons fishing from nearby boats neg
lected their lines to witness the ex-
citing episode. Dominick Crovo land
cd the third dsh.
Mr.. and Mrs George Boutellier. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Deutsch and Miss Re
becca Seamon were members Of
week end party at Benedict. where
they they caught tL seventy pounds Of hard
winner Of the party. landing the
largest fish and greatest number. the
largest fish weighing two and one
quarter pounds and the number total
ing twenty-three.
mot such an unlucky number after
all, his companion commented.
William Frazier and c. E. Heard were
among the numerous sportsmen who
fished from the pier at Chesapeake
a large catch of hardheads.
Mud or no mud" remarked n. L.
Pulliam. piscatorial expert. I'm sat
tsfied the big rockf1sh will be here
And" he added, "Il1 be there with
them"
He has not had much success this
week on account Of the muddy water.
he stated. landing one rockfish nnd
six dozen catfish one Afternoon. while
the next afternon he caught only
three catfish Pulliam learned that
many hardheads have been caught
from the docks in Annapolis.
Neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar c.
Snyder. 1112 Fairmont street. were
especially fortunate when the couple
returned from a week end outing on
the Patuxent river a week ago. Hus-
band and wife made q big catch of
hardheads and rockfish and kindly
distributed them among neighbors
fishing on the river about five miles
above Solomons Island.
DR.. A. /. Harris hopes to participate
in trip to Rock Point in the near
future. having received letter from
Thomas Stein telling of big catches
impaired by Mr.. Stein was that hard
heads. perch and catfish are being
caught in large numbers.
Bernard Harding has not missed a
single opportunity to try his luck at
Benedict since the hardheads appear
ed there several weeks ago. and he
has the reputation of being one Of
the most successful Of the hundreds
Of Washington sportsmen who have
visited the Patdxent river resort.
The reason many anglers do not
have better success" no stated, "is
because they do not understand the
tides. When the tide Is coming in