Evening star., 1918-06-15
ROD AND REEL.

Bass anglers will be happy as soon
as the water clears. 1t is believed
by most of the rod and reel experts
that there are not many of the game
stcrs in the river. although some OF
them think the long freeze last winter
and the highwater this spring will be the
means Of bringing many fish from the
upper river to points easily reached
by Washingtonians.
Today marks the opening Of the sea-
son for catching bass in nearby Mary
probable that many sportsmen will
be on the Job tomorrow. They will
do an amount Of searching to find
water clear CROUCH in which to try
their luck. some on the upper river.
where only the small-mouth bass at
tracts them, and others on the creeks
emptying into the lower river, where
big-'nouth bass. pike and crappie are
found.
Sportsmen who enjoy angling for
rockfsh are almost satisfied that the
big fish Of that variety will not be
here when the water clears. w. P.
Bowie. regarded as being an authority
on things piscatorial. does not agree
with his sporting friends.
With the settling of the mud" he
remarked. Il think some of the big
gamesters will be caught"
A. Wagner. fishing in the muddy
water opposite the mouth of Plimet
run several days ago. landed a rock
fish that weighed 4A pounds.
Just the proper size for bait when
the water clears" remarked Bowie.
Wagner entered the fish in the pool
for the season prize.
Clarence Meyer of Cincinnati was
given formal Introduction to the
sport OF salt water fishing on a week
end trip TO Solomons Island The
young man has become member of
the National Army and soon expects
to participate in the conflict for his
country. and John r. Schroth and
benjamin Hunt took him on the out
ing. 1t was the Ohioan's first effort
at angling in salt water. He watched
his friends and quickly learned how
to bait his hook and attract the fish.
Not only did he learn how to do
the batting and attracting" said
Schroth, his host. but he caught as
many fish as any Of US
The lower Patuxent and Chesapeake
bay are literally filled with hard
heads. said one of the trio. and it is
only a question Of making the effort
II one wants to get them.
Seldom did the bait reach the bot
tom of the river before fish took it,"
said Schroth. land when we lifted
anchor we had catch of III hard
heads"
A broken wheel sent them drifting
in the direction Of Drum Point light
house. and they were picked up by a
passing fisherman and towed ashore.
Ben Hessler. Hugh A. Kane. Charlie
Porter and John w. Hurley were
members of an all-night fishing party
on the Chesapeake for the week end.
Kane and Hurley reached Chesapeake
Beach early in the day and fished the
pier, but without experiencing much
luck. In the afternoon they landed a
good string of hardheads some dis
tance below the resort. fishing from a
were Joined by Hessler and Porter.
Capt. Phipps took the quartet out
for the night trip, dropped anchor in
front of what is called the red house"
and the sport was on. Hessler. seated
astern the craft. quietly pulled in
hardheads. while the other anglers. in
the bow. were participating In con-
test for honOrS.
From time to time during the night
hardheads came in schools and few
there was a general gathering of the
fish. and it was impossible to keep
them participating in a lively scram-
BILE for the bait offered them.
When anchor was lifted. shortly be-
fore o'clock in the morning. the
anglers had catch Of something like
200 hardheads. Kane caught the
largest of the 200. fish that weighed
about three pounds.
DIR. Frank w. Braden proved him
self to be champion toadfish catcher
on a recent trip to Solomons Island.
I'm ready to go again." was his re-
mark, showing he was well satisfied
with the trip.
Inspector Harry L. Gessford. Chief
Clerk Edwin B. Hesse and Detective
Harry Evans of the police depart
ment and Henry Hesse were other
members of the party. 1t was the
first trip the five anglers had made to
Solomons Island. and when they
reached there the Hesse brothers re-
manned ashore to enjoy their outing,