The Washington times., 1921-07-17


week was the first time. fish has
broken his line. II knew II was Q
big one. 40 let him have plenty Of
there's no more to tell. Mr.. Fish
was on his way"
A true sportsman IL . clean liver.
A party of washingtonians In
GLIDING Charles T. Montgomery, son
and daughter. Frank J. Montsom.
cry, T. II. cohill. Harry II. Hensel
weeks stay, July s-1o, down al
scotland Beach, scotland, Nd, near
Point Lookout on the Chesapeake
Bay. where they had n wonderful
week of fishing. Harry says trout
and perch are biting freely and
hardheads-well. they are simply
taboo. Thursday evening we were
out about half an hour and return
cd with enough trout 10 supply the
hotel; in fact we caught enough fish
to supply the hotel and then some
for the entire week"
FishinG affords recreation and
health. What could be fairer'
Blair Mackenzie and a party OF
friends fishing at Piney Point last
week. landed a string of trout and
founders that would make many
anglers turn green with envy.
Winchester Angler Makes Big Catch
OF Bass.
Fish bit too fast yesterday for
Harry II. Woodward, local barber
near Castleman's Ferry on the Shen
andoah river, and he returned tc
his home here In the afternoon q
bit put out because OF his streak OF
luck. He said they came too fast
for him, and he had no time to sit
on the bank and smoke his pipe and
nod Woodward and two friends
went to the river during the morn.
ing. the stream having cleared. after
a rain. and he put out two ordinary
lines. After landing seventeen
black bass he reelsd up and came
home. saying he had too much luck
for one day. One OF the bass weigh
Cd little over five pounds. and the
others ranged from three to four
and half pounds. His two friends
caught seven between them. When
Woodward laid the fish on the floor
at his barber shop. there was a gen
eral crAning OF necks, and today
the place whore he fished yesterday
was visited by many other anglers
but with no such luck as stfuch
Woodward
WILLIAMSPORT, Md, July le--
FISHERMEN are again enjoying a
period OF fine sport fishing for bass
IN the Potomac river in this section
The stream was muddy and swollen
for over two weeks and is now
clearing and bass are hungrily tax
Ing bait, as a result OF which good
catches are being made. Bass weigh
Ing three and four pounds each and
many of smaller size have beer
caught during the week by w. y
Taylor. William Bush, Ira Ruth
rauff. Charles Corby, Frank Wine
Frank Spigler, and others. Mr.. Tay
lor had the unusual luck of catchine
a pike Weighing about two pounds
Pike were put into, the Potomac
river some years ago. but they are
rarely caught.
During the time the river WA,
muddy large numbers OF Mississipp
catfish were caught by fishermen
and camping parties. These fish
weigh from three to twenty pounds
and some of them have been seer
in the river and estimated to weigh
twenty-five to thirty pounds. Thest
cats are very paiatable and havs
become a favorite fish They wers
placed in the river about six year,
ago and have accumulated yery
rapidly. The cats" are usually
found in deep water.
CAPE MAY, N. j., July It'll. e
Derby shire, retired Philadelphia man
ufacturer, who a short time ago had
a battle with a shark while fishine
off Cape May. one afternoon since
after having caught three channe
bass that weighed thirty-five pound,
each, had the experience Of his fish
ing career with a ray.
The ray after being hooked started
up the bay and Derbyshire, who wa,
fishing from his seagoing cruiser
Cycle, battled more than an hour
before the fish. which weighed more
than 400 pounds. was brought along
side the cruiser. Ii took the com
bined efforts OF the crew to get the
big fish upon deck