The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23

Catfish up TO twenty POUNDS
have also been caught by anglers in
search of the battling rock and,
indeed, it is clever angler who
can distinguish between the two
when first hooked.
The angler out after the PAN
sized rock has had his troubles
with the smaller clan, as the river
il infested with the little fellows.
Last Sunday Ed Craig, landed
twenty small rock on blood worms,
the largest going one pound and
a half. Only eight out of the num-
Der caught were retained, the bal
ance were below nine inches and
were given their freedom.
George Burch and Uncle Bill"
Toppan tried their favorite spot
opposite the Steel Plant Sunday
and returned with twenty-foEr
Incapable" pan rock.
Fred Fletcher, angling editor
of one of New York's dailies, ac-
companied by Tom McWaters,
visited ChincOteague, Va, last
week and landed some monster
striped bass.
The first day out they caught
two fish, eighteen and twenty
pounds. During their stay their
best days catch was thirteen, four
of the fish going over forty pounds
apiece. Fletcher's best bet was
fighter weighing fifty-one pounds,
that took him over twenty minutes
to land.
Eugene Davis, accompanied by
his friend Stone, played a return
engagement on the upper POtO-
mac last Sunday at Edwards
Ferry. Finding the water in a
milky condition they decided TO
try their luck in the C. and o.
canal.
To his great surprise Davis hook
ed and landed a big mouth bass
nineteen and one-half inches long.
The gamester weighed four and
three-quarter pounds. The fish was
lured by a red ibis fly.
Lester J. Kelley, connected with
the Capital Traction Company, ac-
companied by his wife and nephew.
are camping in the northern part
of New York State. Up to date
they have landed 222 trout. On
a postal to a friend he writes ION
our first night out we were visited
by an inquisitive deer, but being
out of season the best we could
do was to shoot a picture"
The passing of Charles H. w.
Pennyfield, for the last twenty-five
years lock tender at Pennyfield's :,
was a shock to his many friends
who have visited the famous black
bass fishing grounds during the
past quarter of a century.
The lock, named after his father,
George w. Pennyfield, sprang into
fame when Grover Cleveland made
it his stopping place in quest Of
the little-mouthed bass.
Frank Simons on his initial
bass trip of the season landed
five gamesters opposite Potomac
Park.
The National Military and Sport
Shop, of 742 Ninth street northwest,
are offering a SIS reel or rod to
the angler landing the largest weak
fish or salt water trout during The
season. The fish to be caught On
rod and reel or hand line. The fish
to be weighed at the establishment
not later than tWenty-four hours
after being caught.
A. H. Heinzman and A. L. Ames
of the office of Bauman and Heinz
man, spent the weekend at Cedar
hurst on-the Bay and succeeded in
landing siXty-one hardheads of I'M
usual size. They report fishing
excellent at this fast growing resort.
For the accommodation of non
resident Virginia anglers, the At
las Sporting Goods Store, 927 ID
street, have been granted the
right to issue fishing and hunt
ing licenses for the 1923-24 sea
son. Two dollars and a half Sc
cures a fishing permit that all
nOn-residents of the Old Dominion
State are required to procure be-
fore fishing the inland waters.
Laid Plumley, in Field and
Stream Magazine, declares that
strong smelling cheese like linn
burger, would attract catfish when
other bats were not alluring. Plum
lev asserts that fish have nostrls
and the sense of smell in fish is
for every fisherman, lot
ONLY for the bait fisherman, but |
for the fly fisherman.
While it is conceded that linn |
burger has not the sweet fragrance
of milady's sachet and that all the
poor fish are not baited in ball |
rooms, still the true fisherman re |
mains undaunted. If strong smell |
ing cheese is an attraction there |
will be added. demand for it on this