The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
FISH BELOW TOWN
BITING NOWADAYS;
MUDDY ELSEWHERE
DoFr River the Waters
Are Reported to Be
"a Clear.
BY DICK PEED.

The upriyer conditions are un-
favorable. with the Potomac muddy
and the Shenandoah cloudy. Below
Washington the waters are clear
except in Occoqusn Creek and the
cooler weather should improve the
sport. In salt water the fishing
should be good but there is a tend
ency to rough water which mars
the sport for the timid
The annual outing of the PotO-
mac Anglers Club attracted more
than 400 persons to Chesapeake
Beach last SUNDAY. The day was
fine and regardless of poor fishing
the big crowd had a good time.
Don Murray made catch of nine
bass in Little Hunting Creek the
early part of the week.
Get Forty-hye BASS.
Casting artificial bait in the fresh
water streams a short time ago. Ed
ward Kemper and Henry p. Wild
ener landed forty-ive small mouth
bass. Twenty-three Of the game
sters, weighing sixty-One pounds.
were taken. and the remainder re-
turned to the water.
On a recent trip down the Poto-
mac the writer saw a fisherman with
a bucket of mad toms leave the
train AT POwells creek TO waste his
time fishing for big-mOuth bass with
halt. Of this character At Aqua
Creek he also saw a venerable gem
tleman fishing with Dowajiac
minnow. Can YOU beat ito
Two big Ones.
William F. Adkins causst
seven and one-quarter pound small
mouth bass in the Shenandoah n
few days ago. the big fellow TAX
ing a mad tom \ day or two later
the same angler captured Ave
pounder. using 4 large tadpOle for
bait. The weight Of the big fish is
authenticated by several witnesses
and will be entered in the Field aud
Stream COntes'.
Grover W. Tribble made his first
try for bass at AQuia Creek and
returned with nice sUrrms which
was distributed among friends
Joseph Byrne reports the catch Of
good string Of bass in Little
Hunting Creek early in the week
He tells of one of the natives
catching niuety-five bass in three
days in these nearby waters.
A snake story.
Owing to the tfmid disposition Of
one OF our local anglers withhold
his name As to the truthfulneSs
Of the incidents his friends will
bear me out. This angler shudders
at the picture OF snake. and
when near a live one. regardless Of
size or species. he loses no time in
rapid flight Recently about dusk
he was vending his way along the
foot path above the Great Falls
rne'litating upon the possibilities Of.
bass fishing The next morning. his
equipment consisting Of two steel
rods and a bucket Of mad toms.
suddenly he threw away his bucket
Of bait and was letting out yells
and going through gesticulatiOns
that would OutdO a COmanche In
dian at a war dance His friends
ran to his rescue and found him
heating wildly with his steel rods
his foot and ankle around which a
dislocated garter was trailing.
1t required some argument on
the part CT his friend to convince
him that his loose garter was not a
hoa constructor and to stop him
from further mutilatinE his foot A
potion of a spake-bite remedy OF
long standing restored the equili-
brium of the frightened angler. but
he still shudderS at the sight of a
snake. even though it be Of the
garter variety.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. p. Thompson
spent the week k-end at Aquia Creek.
returning with a fair catch Of bass
and a couple Of rock fish.
salmon Trout Reported.
Several catches "f salmon trout
have been reported from the brack-
ish waters below Washington re-
Gently. Commissioner Smith. of the
United States Fish Commission. is
much interested in these reports
and would like a sample Ash or an
accurate description from any
angler who catches one or more OF
these new arrivals. in order that
he may Identify the fsh as enc of
species that was liberated in the
Potomac and Patuxent two or three
years ago.
Garfish are thick as hops in the
lower Potomac and its tributaries.
and prove a real nuisance to anglers
using live bait.
Capt. Charles G. Simons is home
= from the lower Potomac. awaiting
cooler weather and the consequent
abatement of the plague OF the
gsrfish. Simons reports several
good catches of bass
Perch on the Patuxent.
Billy Hettinger came up from his
place on the Patuxent Friday. He
tells of fine catches of big yellow
perch all along that river
George Burch returned Thursday
from a three-day stay at Gunstcn
Cove, bringing a great catch Of
bass. He reports more than soc
fyke nets in the water there and
more being set each day. When the
water cOols and the grass is gone
these nets will make a clean up Of
bass and every thing else in a few
days.
Henry Hartung. who recently
spent a vacation on the upper
waters Of Delaware River. reports
several fine catches of bass. He