Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-23

TEEN, Two weeks ago, when it was re-
ported that he had sent the so-called
mad-tom bill to the waste basket, the
governor was highly praised, but since
that time the anglers learned that he
signed the bill that promised to In
crease the price of their bass bait. and
which means that decreased shipments
of mad toms will be received from
Washington and Frederick counties.
| It is stated that the bill, made a law
| by the governors signature. provides
against the shipment Of mad toms from
the two counties of other than those
takne from inclosed ponds. Most of the
bait Of that species received In this
city the past few years, 1t is stated,
came from the two counties men
toned, and many of them were from
| open streams.
W. P. Bowie, local sportsman, went
to Annapolis as a representative Of w.
P. Roberts and fought the bill. He made
SO much Of an impression, he stated.
that he was certain the governor would
veto the bill. and he was surprised and
disappointed when he learned that
contrary action had been taken.
| 1T appeared that the measure would
handicap the Washington anglers.
stated Mr.. Bowie to Star reporter.
but 1 have found another source Of
supply. and will not have to depend
upon the owners Of inclosed ponds in
MARYLAND for mad toms.
There are plenty mad toms in Vir-
ginia," he added, land the persons who
are propagating them are well salts
fed to ship them here, and the local
anglers will not have to patronize their
Maryland friends"
| Anticipating a scarcity of mad toms
at the opening of the season. which lie
May 80, scores of anglers put in orders
| for bait as early as May 1. They are
happy over the prospects for a goo6
! supply of the bait and resting easy
live bait will be plentiful enough tc
supply all the sportsmen who want tc
try their luck the opening day.
Harold Dermeule, Joseph wilkins
Ellsworth Cozzens and John Johnson
fishing companions, are interested in
the brook trout that were put in
Squirrel creek several weeks ago. ant
Austin Savage will have to look to his
faurels when the fish get big enough
to catch if he does not keep an eye or
the quartet.
where is Squirrel creek?" was the
| inquiry made by one of the quartet
thinking it was time to catch the trout
| Squirrel creek is in Maryland" Saw
age says, land I know the state covers
a large area of territory. 1t probably
would be all right to let sportsmer
know its exact location. but If chill
dren in the vicinity of the creek knew
the pretty little trout were there P;T
afraid they would seine the stream
until the last trout had been taken.
Never mind" added the angler who
stocked the stream, when the fish are
large enough to catch there will be nc
and mouth are"
The four anglers were on the river
several days ago fishing for white
perch. rockfish or any other species OF
the finny tribe that appeared. There
| was no complaint to make about the
water or weather conditions. but the
fish simply did not seem to appreciate
| the bait that the anglers cast over
board.
But a few of them came along" said
one member of the quartet, "and we
caught about a dozen that were big
enough for table use. There were five
big ones on the string
4 It was the poor catch that suggest
ed a trip to Squirrel creek.
MACK Sparrough put it all over the
boys catching fish," said one Of his com
panions. relating the story of last Sun
days trip Of the Runaways to Glymont
but he missed one Of the finest plank
shad dinners that was ever spread on the
shores of the Potomac"
| Because of an oversight on part of the
chairman of the excursion committee, /,
is stated. no prize was provided for the
man who made the largest catch on the
lFlD OF the season, Uul the OIL
thusiastic anglers did not put away thei1
lines on that account
Gus Herrler, H. G. Albrecht and MAJ
kahler were three anglers who occupied
one small boat and they had caugh,
three rockf1sh and several small perch
when the music of the dinner bell made
them give up all notion to continue the
sport, but Mack Sparrough was not tt
be tempted to quit fishing by the ho
planked shad served by the chefs. anG
when he finally landed at the launch
Gambol he surprised his friends by ex'
hibiting string Of fourteen rockfish.
Those who enjoyed the outing included
w. o. Short, Gus Voigt, J. II. Timber.
lake. II. G. Albrecht. A. F. Broker, A
Herrler. A. Joyce, T. E. Krake. j. p. Nc
Keen, Max Kahler, r. X. Ogle, III. A
Owens, DIR. Randall Parsons. Louis Re
mund, II. A. Reed. Eugene Saunders. o
Schleischert. r. P. Stuart. B. K. Saul
August Schmidt, Richard Smith, Max A
Schmidt. Mack Sparrough, F. w
voltz. J. R. Wilson. A. B. Clark
Walter Keeton, D. II. Noonan. Julius
Duehring, Warren Reed. w. A. Crawford
w. S. Jenkins, Jacob Dougherty. Marty
Egan, ]. o. Bobee, William Schleumanr
and J. S. Giusta.
Commodore George Lewis, who is
called commodore because he is COM
mander of his launch. Fade Away.
should put in a claim for Carnegie
medal. his friends say. because of his
/ daring rescue on the river few days
ago. when he responded to an IS. o. S. =
! early in the day the commodore and