Evening star., 1914-02-21

While grain growers in the nearby
states welcomed the snow and hoped 1t
would remain the fields to help in
crease this years yield. local anglers
were much disappointed and anxiously
hoped warm weather and rain would
/ carry it away in a hurry.
In other words" remarked one of the
enthusiastic anglers. we are just snow
ed in
Several local anglers went to Florida
about the time the cold weather set In,
and. according to reports. they are en-
| joying fishing in inland waters and along
| the coast of that state. The Inland
rivers and lakes furnish splendid bass
| fishing. while the waters along the east
and west coasts abound in numerous
varieties Of saltwater fish.
| In the clear water along the east
coast are found the Spanish mackerel,
| bluefish drum iIngfish, baracouda,
bonito and amberjack, while in the
! cloudy water off the west coast are
drum, sheephead, channel bass sawfish,
yellow tail, snapper and pompano-
| Norman Pruitt one Of the more en-
| thusastic gunners, is loud in his com
| plaint against the provision of the fed
| eral game law which deprives gunners
| ing.
| LAS l understand the federal law" he
! stated, there Is to be no more spring or
summer shooting in this section. but
why such a law was passed l cannot
! imagine.
THE law should permit snipe shooting
! this month"; he added. land should
| permit the shooting of woodcock IN the
summer. Enforcement of the law SIMPLY
means that the birds are to be fattened
| al Ia
nish sport.
Mr. Pruitt thinks the season for reed
birds and ortoian opens too early. Under
the District law. he explains, the snoot-
ing season on the marshes opens Sep
ternber l, while on the Patuxent river the
shooting of marsh birds is not permitted
until September ~.
The season really should not open until
the latter part of September said the
sportsman. for early in the month the
birds are too poor to kill, and they are
hunted from place to place after the
season opens and are not given time for
feeding.
And what is tho result?' he asked.
THE result Is that by the time the birds
are in condition to kill they leave here
and go south.
r. Lee Van Horn, member of the Mary
land legislature from Prince Georges
county thinks the cunning laws for the
represents should be uniform. especially
the law which permits the shooting of
marsh birds. In order to make them
uniform he has introduced bill in the
legislature which provides for the OPEN
ing of the season on the Patuxent river
and other sections of the county Septem-
Der !.
Under the present Maryland law, it is
stated, the season for shooting reed
brids and ortolan does not open until
September 13, and each season, local
gunners say. scores of residents of the
nearby counties of Maryland are on the
local marshes enjoying the sport.
NO license fee is charged iii the Dis
trict'' remarked a local sportsman. but
if "A Washington man goes to Maryland
it is a case of paying heavy license
tax or going TO Jail If he gets caught.
Local anglers are deeply interested in
bill recently introduced in the Mary
land legislature by Senator Zihlman of
Allegany county. The bill provides that
there shall be no fishing in the Potomac
river in Allegany county until June 1.
1916.
The bill further provides that after the