The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-11

river run % clear @S ~ the p2eSen
The temperature Of the water Is
the tabinR.hold qualities Of the Il
/ believe they are inpbued with n
water is in q warmer state, OF
the scrap that the small brethren
employ only light tackle.
The perch thus far have been
of q mixed variety, running from
fingeflings 70 near,p0undete. Ang
lers fishing with choice bats, such
as live small minnows. craDs an =,
bIoodyEOrx1s, expecting to grab OF
with consistency nothing but -,
Iect fish, have been sadly disap-
pointed, for their catches have
been on q par with the fellows
using tbs loWly angleWorTns or
class WIN tell and eventually
when the yeiIoW,fin perch put ~
their appearance. with appetites
that are q BIT fussy. the boys using
appealing baits wifi reap the haf-
vest. Therefore, it Is always best
to carry a varied assortment OF
fish food and try them all out,
for one never knows Just which
lure will draw the fish TO his
THE best catches recorded during
the week fell to anglers fishing
the waters In the neighborhood OF
Fiefchere. Joe Fletcher, authOF,
ity on things pistcatoriai between
Yey bridge and Little Falls, rec,
Commended the Grounds between
Dixie landing and the pump mouse
~ any number Of parties and they
ali had fine catches on their r.
turn.
Tides, Of course. aEe N 70,
pOFtanf factor when out atteF
big catches 81 perch ana ~
eafe % say that MI strings worth
while. taken Ssince Palm eun1e1s
have been fured on IN lne0mln@
change 81 water. The ti0es tOr
tomorrow are ANYTHING Dug
pealing, but the angler pp eaLg
Or who stays late WlA nays hno
advantage.
Low ttde ....,.... 1859. D'aV b'lH'
catfishing continues strong and
anglers ont after perch have laI1d
Cd any number Of worth-W nile SID
fish. Bill Bailey, Of Soldiers
Home. transferred his affection frotn
sI1aA CUTS to cut herring ana was
successful in landing two catIys:
one of the fish weighed nine aho
one,haif pounds and the otner
Tuned the scales at an even seven.
This ali happened one day IN ApEu'
Doctor Angelo and his DAD, run.
Ming true to form, had their usual
. con1 I,,cls / last sunday. Fishing
n the neighborhood of B0tun3
Rock. they ! landed over ninety
no.,eds of fighting catfish. the
doctor In of tbs opinion that catty
1iahinR will, continue exceAent
while the water remains IN its
ar with the old and on with
the new is the policy of the Perron
brothers. Joe and John have tor
aalxen the catfish game TO take up
Derching. On the very first Gay
Of the big run they were successIu;,,
IN landing over a split basket tuH
of. medium sized fish.
The Reverend George EsFnhaNn:
Don whitman, r. d. Wilson ana
Che writer Of this column loFneu
the quartet Of anglers who on
last Monday caught the Waite
perch in = receptive MOOD. WIEN
the fish were gathered yogesnct
Il was found that they Just
filled q split basket. The tish
were distributed among Twelve
'sick for fresh fish" families
Clarence Porter and Al Beatier
were on the river Thursday ana
caught the tide just right. sixty
five perch and seven catfish WAs
their record on the incoming water
w, r. WorsteP also made an cx-
cellent showing On the same Gay.
His basket contained about utty
medium.sized perch and his punch
of cats numbered twenty.
Congressman Ed Garrison, OF
Texas never misses an opportunity
when fish are running. His luck
on ThursdaY was only fair. having
hit the wrong tide, so he decldeu
IN give the fish a return visit OIL
the morrow. Just what sort OIL
. showing he made this column
has not heard, but it's an even
hrealx that the lawmaker got ms
share of silvery fish.
The lions share Of perch fell
to the boat of Rabbit Frye on
Thursday and when fish We're
counted he was leading the bunch
with 1876 good. sized fellows. the
fish were taken in the neighbor-
hood of Atlas rock.
Mrs. HaIsey, !. LADY Of the
Lake." considered one OF the
hest WaltOnians i'm this section OF
the country, has been up and ut
'em no less than three days dur
ing the week. Her big catches
have been the seed for gossip
among the fisher folk who FIRE.
0uent the river along the pals.
AIDES of the Potomac.
Fred wilkins and his better hail.
were numbered among those pres
emit when the first run arrived on
sunday afternoon. Their Stat
basket was more than half filled
when they locked to call 1t a day
worth while.
Seven rock fish, averaging five
pounds each and a string of white
perch, known as yellow fins, were
the days total for a party OF
Washington anglers last Sunday
in Potomac creek. The fish were
all taken on live bait and accord,
Ing to Frank Simonds, one of the
members who motor.boated to the
lower Potomac water. the stripera
hit as though they had not had
meal in weeks.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Potomac Anglers Association
will be held on Wednesday even
ing. 1t is the desire OF the Of