The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-13

70 visiting anglers.
John Buckingham made his initial
trip Of the season to Pi6cataway
during the week and caught q
few of the Fighting clan via the
artificial lure route. Buck" says
''the water Is in excellent baSsing
condition and by the end Of the
month some record strings should
be taken"
Last Sunday proved q banner day
for bass fishing in Little river.
According to the count, thirty.
eight gainAsters were boatNd in
the neighboring waters.
The writer slipped away for q
couple Of hours last Monday after.
neon and fished the waters of the
above stream. A two.pouAAer
measuring fourteen and one-half
inches in length was taken On live
bait.
Everything Is let for the twelfth
annual public fishing excursion Of
the Howard A. French Sporting
Goods Company. 10 be held e.
morrow ct Chesapeake Beach.
Fully coo fishing enthusiasts. In.
Gliding about $50 women, are ex.
pocted. A special train will leave
the District line Of $3.50 a. M, re.
turning from the resort at $50 .. m.
Twenty notorboats, under, com.
rnAnd of Captain William Webster,
win carry the fishermen to choice
fishing grounds. Fish will be
weighed In on the boardwalk be-
tween 5 and o'clock and three
prizes will be awarded, one going
g the woman catching the largest
John j. Ernst, manager OF the
French store, is in charge Of ar.
rangements. The excursion will
be held rain or shine, but those
persons who purchase tickets In
advance and do not use them will
nave their money refunded.
The following Sunday, Seutem.
Der 81, the Potomac AnkIers' AS.
eociation viii held their fifth an.
Mual excursion ut Chesapeake
Beach.
Prizes to be awarded on the Pc.
tofnAc Anglers outing were an.
nounced last evening and are as
follows:
Grand sweepstakes prize offered
by The Washington Times, $1,000
order on any sporting goods house
for the largest fish caught of any
species.
one.gAllon, unbreakable Stanley
jar to the lady catching the largest
fish Of any species, given by s.
Atlas and Sons.
First largest trout-Ocean City
reel aNd 1OO-yaFd lire from Ma.
tlonaI Military and Sport Shop.
Second largest trOut-lOO-yard
reel from SakS 4 Co. Third IarR-
est trOut-Bait bucket from How.
ard French.
First largest hardhead-Salt water
dshing reel from w. F. Roberts
Co. Second largest hardhead-Steel
rod from D. N. Walford. Third
largest hardhead-Bait bucket from
The Vim.
:. Largest rock--l5o feet silk line
from H. A. Garren. Largest taylor
--26o-yard Pontiac reel from Sport
Mart.
; 4 joint excursion is to be given
on Sunday, Octob9r s, at Chesa.
peake Beach by the National Mill.
tary and Sport Shop and the vet
eran waterman, Noah Hazard.
Prizes worth trying for will be
awarded on, this two-ply oUting.
For the largest trout . KinKflsher
Onlh hau1hOo Salt.watAV P0d Win
be given.
To the lucky angler landing the
largest taylor a P1euger saltwater
reel will be awarded. A KingfisheF
green heart saltwater rod goes to
the winner in the hardhead class.
One hundred yards Of National
Cuttyhunk line will be presented
the angler boating the most select
rockfish.
All for the ladies. To any mem
Der of the. fair sex landing the lare-
est fish Of any species goes q steel
rod equipped with all-asate guides.
There appeared this week the
first bulletin Of the National Confer
, ence on Outdoor Recreation. This
initial four.page circular contains
Information OF much Importance to
the lover Of the great. o0t-ot-docrS.
Under the heading, "Coincidtnces,"
Ne. read with interest the following:
Y At the tins the conference con-
vened several important conseFVa-
ton measures were pending, no.
tAbly the Upper Mississippi wild
Life and Fish Refuge bill, the
Clarke, McNary forestry bill; the Oil.
Pollution bill, the Alaska Fisheries
bill, and the bill to place control
over Alaska game under the Depart.
HnAnt Of Agriculture. All Of these
became laws before Congress- ad.
5olIrned, except the last one named
and only the legislative jam pre-.
vented that from passing.
One must wonder whether d dem.
anstration Of keen public interest in
constructive measures for the con-
eervation Of natural resources, such
As that afforded by the conference,
does not have a part in promoting