Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-30

William P. Bowie's best friends failed
to recognize him when they met him on
the street Thursday morning.
And his only disguise was the mud
and water he accumulated while on
trip to the wilds of a nearby state in
quest of madtoms," friend later
explained.
1T was not a trip on the River Of
Doubt, the friend added. but 1t was
considered doubtful If he would sue
coed in his undertaking. He did sue
coed, however. and now there is great
rejoicing among the expert anglers who
are fond of bass fishing"
Mr.. Bowie, unable to get supply
Of madtoms from the shippers in Mary
land because of the operation of the
law that was recently enacted by the
legislature and signed by Gov. Colds
borough, went into the two nearby
states and seined streams to ascertain
If the favorite live bait could be found
And I was successful" declared Mr.
Bowie. adding:
Il guess the Washington boys will
not have to bow to the people who were
interested in having the bill passed by
the Maryland legislature, but in all prob
ability they soon will have to do the
| bowtng'
Bowie went from stream to stream
| until he finally located a place where
| madtoms were plentiful He was able
to bring home about 300 of the bait, but
next week. with a better equipment, he
says. he will be able to get bait enough
| for local sportsmen and will have some
| to ship to the section in which the
trainers of the Maryland law reside.
| Practically every local sportsman who
enjoys fishing is on the water today, the
| law making it possible for them to catcf
bass and crappy today and to carry
them home without fear of being mo
Tested by the police.
Decoration day probably is the great
est day In the year for Washington an
| glers.' commented one of the more en-
| thusiastic sportsmen. for it is the frs
day after a long rest that bass may b,
caught, and some Of the anglers, want
ing to be the first to catch a bass, wer,
on hand at the basin last night at thu
stroke of r."
II never think of missing the first da,
of the season." said Sam Kendig yester
day, land always manage to get on tn
job at the basin in time to begin castinl
at midnight Last year 1 was there or
time and fished all day. but all I caugh
was dead fish,"
Scores of anglers left the city yester
day afternoon to spend their vacations
on the nearby rivers and Chesapeake
bay. Angling for rocktish is the spor
that proved attractive to great man!
| anglers who went to places on the lowe
river and Chesapeake bay, Chesapeake
Beach and Colonial Beach, it is stated
promising sport in that line. Many O
the stay-at-homes contented themselve,
| on the river near the city.
"And the stay-at-homes probably viii
have better sport than some of thos,
who go far away" commented an angler
who landed a string Of rockfish neal
Middle Rock yesterday morning.
More than a score of anglers who wer,
on the river near F1etcher's Wednesday
afternoon were given a drenching Early
| Wednesday morning several fishermen
made killings" and the news. flashed
about rapidly, reached all sections of the
| city in time to enable sportsmen to gel
on the job without delay.
| The hot weather that preceded the
storm made it possible for the anglers to
| discard much of their wearing apparel
and those who left their apparel under
shelter were able to return home with
| some degree of comfort.
But it was rough on the Others" said
Mack Sparrough, one Of the fortunate
| ones.
| When the anglers saw the storm ap.
preaching they left the river and found
shelter in time to escape the rain. and
after an hour spent under cover telling
| fish stories, they ventured back to where
| they expected to catch fish.
They always take the bait better after
a rain" said John E. Buckingham. the
| veteran angler. who prophesied clear
skies for the remainder of the day.
Hurrying to their favorite spots, the
anglers had hardly made their boats fast
before the sound of thunder in the far
west gave a warning that the weather
prophet probably had made mistake.
That's not coming this way" was the
| cheering advice of John w. Hurley
| Cant you see it's going around to the
| north?'
| Later reports had it that the storm did
| go to the north, but enough of it remained
| to the south to drench the anglers. In
| cluded in the party on the river were w
W. Deal, J. F. Buckingham, Joe Fletcher
| C. A. NJ. Wells, Pat Carroll. Mack Spar
rough, ]. w. Hartung. John w. Hurley
Ringgold Hart. Charlie Fletcher and C.
| S. Barteman.
| Edward o. Craig made catch Monday
| morning that won the admiration of q
party of anglers gathered at Will Rey-
| noldS' boathouse when he left the river.