The Washington times., 1924-07-26

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Cf bulldog and the cunning of
true son Of Sir LEAK, always rea
mans chance for freedom. Ny Of
BY the ringside to witness one Of
the rivers tideless waters.
The gamester, Il member OF tho
small -mouthed bass tribe. weigh
ed an even five pounds after hav-
ing been out Of the water near on
to two hours. His length was
twenty-five inches and his girth
measurement was one foot. one
inch
The monster, for wen he might
be called such, was taken below
Bald Rock, near SWANS lock, on
the Maryland side of the Potomac.
This memorial spot, for 1t will
linger for years to come in the
captor's memory, is situated only
short distance, as distances 80,
beyond Great Falls.
Al nadtom was the lure that
brought the fighter to his down
fall / might say at yhis point,
that poison catfish or nadtoms,
as they are called, are the best pos
gible bats to be used for small
mouthed bass. Being natural en-
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gamesters will attack the horned
bait. not always with the idea Of
satisfying his hunger, but to XIII.
Dick Peed, writer and angler.
was an eve witness to the battle
and he said, lit was one Of the
cieanest conflicts ever waged on
the Potomac"
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The fish has been entered in the
Atlas 1924 contest. The record
shows the outfit with which the
bass was taken consisted of a
Bristol steel rod, Shakespeare
standard professional reel, number
nineteen Cincinnati bass hook and
q Black Wonder, eighteen pound
test line.
-Four other bass were brought
to net on the same day by Angler
Mock, who said 1.-THE river was fun
Of hungry gamesters and If clear
water remains for any length OF
time anglers should have little diff
ficulty in getting the daily bag
limit,
At the present writing, no basser
has approached the five-pound
mark, set by Mock, this season.
There has been several runners-up
with fish weighing neigh on to
three pounds, among them being
Dale Sheriff.
Last Monday, fishing from the
dam at Great Falls, Dale landed
eleven fine specimens Of the
bass family, among them being
two fish Of Out-Of-t ordinary
size.
Sheriff was angling under a
handicap as he found it impossible
to procure any 9nadtoms. He took
along the next best bet-niIl
roache. Not caring to over-crowd
his bait bucket he only carried
twenty-five scale bait. His catch
compared with the bait was a
fifty-fifty break.
Running shy of bait Dale decided
to use the head of a roache whose
body had been taken away by one
of the rayenots gamesters. This
proved his trump card, for the
morsel had no sooner hit the water
than it was taken by one of the
waiting fighters This only goes
70 show how hungry the fish arc
in sthe upper river.
William O'J3rien. son of w. J..
O'Brien. well-known Navy Yard ex-
pert with rod and reel, accom-
panied Sheriff on his successful
trip. The young angler shared
In the catch and he is now a cor
verted fan to the pastime.
Looking back over the last few
years we find some record fish
taken from tie. broken waters OF
the upper Potomac. In the year
1914 all records were smashed
when Amos Hunt, an employee of
the Government Printing Office,
landed q six and three-quarter
FOUNDER.
The fish was caught from the
dam at Great Falls. The fight,
which lasted one hour, was finally
brought to close when Amos
beached the. big fellow, finding it
impossible to draw him into his
landing net.
The fish measured twenty-five
and three.quarter inches in length
and eighteen inches around his
girth. His measurement around his
body below his lower fins was
sixteen inches.
Hunt cleaned up all prizes in the
small-mouthed bass class and Field
and Stream declared 1t to be tho
largest fish caught in the United
States for the year 1914.
In the year 1921 we find w. T.
Knowles leading the field with a
fourp0und three-ounce gamester
landed at StuberfieId's Falls. The
fish was landed via the live bait
route, ON October 8.
The year following, 1922, Ed
Kennper showed the way to his
competitors when he landed 3
beauty to the tune Of three-pounds
and thirteen ounces. It was on
November IL at Pennyfields that
Ed had ell his luck.
On November 20, 1923, Louis
StabIer had the. thrill that comes
but once in a lifetime. Angling
from the rocks at Harpers Ferry.
Louis hooked and landed game
ster Weighing five ana one.haif
pounds. The fish caught on live
bait measured twenty.one inches in
length and thirteen and one-half
inches in girth.
Just who will carry off the hon
! ors for this year is vet to be seen,
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