Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

Y VIRGINIA stepped to the front in
our September hsh contest when
one of her sons entered q small
mouth black bass caught in
Broad Run Weighing pounds ounces.
The lucky angler was E. c. Splitter Of
Nokesyille, va. In landing shis prize
Splitter used an oxford rod and
Pneuger' reel with bass plug. Other
bass entered in the September contest
ranged from pounds, landed by A. B.
Carpenter Of 3115 N street northwest;
pounds and ounces, landed by Z.
C. Kemper; 3 pounds Z ounces, landed
by Charles C. Elder, down to one
weighing 2 pounds / ounce, caught by
John Harvey, l4l6 Shepherd street
northwest.
In salt water during September much
larger fish were entered In our contest
than during previous months. At the
outset Of the contest we specified fieh
eligible for prizes In salt water-rock,
trout and tayiors. The largest salt
water fish entered was q sheepshead,
weighing pounds, landed by Ralph
c. Duley Of 2s46 Belair place north
cast. We congratulate this angler on
his catch, but it Is not eligible for .
prize.
Fred ]. Wemple of 4306 Third street
northwest carried of the honors in
the saltwater class with trout weigh
ing pounds 2 ounces, caught Sep
TENDER "a OF Sharps Island, Md.
Rod and Stream congratulates the
winners in the September contest and
asks that they come to room 1913 Star
once to receive their prizes. This is
the last month Of The Stars fishing
contest.
TALKING with an angler who fishes
i OF the Florida Coast in Winter I
mentioned that on q recent trip I
lost many taylors trolling. He observed:
II viii tell you how TO avoid losing so
many strikes. Keep o match under
the hook until 1t burns itself out, then
pull the hook out with plyers little
and see If you don't get better results.
I lost great many myself until I bent
the hook out g little way and since
then have lost only few"
This angler said when trolling 1t was
well to attach your weight to piece
OF string He said the weight TO take
your lures down to the fish often caused
them to get away or be difficult to bring
into the boat. A blue will cut the
string holding the weight almost at
once and then all you have to do Is to
bring in your fish.
THE newspapers recently announced
i the publication of "A Remedy for
Disappearing Game Fish" describ-
ing the delight Of fishing, by President
Hoover.
The division Of information of the
George Washington Bicentennial Com
mission, established to formulate plans
nlAt@y fna tNa
of the 200th anniversary OF the birth OF
George Washington, points out that
the first President was also an ardent
fisherman.
Washington fished as sport and
a business While at Mount Vernon he
supervised the fishing for herring, white
fish and Shad. The Potomac River
offered these fish in great quantities.
After removing a sufficient amount for
the people on his plantation, Washing
ton bartered the rest for other goods
or sent to market.
But it was fishing as sport which
gave him relaxation. In his diaries
are numerous references to fishing
parties Under the date Of August 30,
1853, We read: Went TO Machodack
Greek fishing" Again on September
ming a-fishing with my brothers Samuel
and Charles"
In September of 1884 Washington left
Mount Vernon on q business trip to his
lands west of the Appalachian Noun
tains. We find that his fishing lines
were included in the equipment.
On May 10, 1870, Washington be-
came severely i'll. For a time it was
not expected he would live. A short
vacation was mandatory, and what
could be better for q convalescent than
sailing trip combined with fishing.
On June Z, Washington, accompanied
by Thomas Jefferson and several other
friends, set out.
The Pennsylvania Packet Of June IA,
1870, reports the trip as follows:
Yesterday afternoon the President of
the United States returned from Sandy