Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

John +. Murrell, one of the eity's mos
enthusiastic sportsmen. escaped the biz
card weather that visited Washington the
past two weeks. He went to Florida be
fore the thermometer took such a sud
den drop and while his friends were
| keeping fires hot and sidewalks cleared OF
snow he was enjoying the balmy air in
| the neighborhood of Miami and Palm
Beach.
1.-The weather is fine and fish are
| plentiful" he wrote to a friend so l
should worry.
barrel partly filled with Spanish
| mackered, amberiack and king fish was
received by friends of the fisherman sew
eral days ago. They reached here when
the supply of sea food was short and
| were thoroughly enjoyed.
One day last week when the Potomac
was coated with ice and snow was sew
eral inches deep, the temperature along
the Florida coast was Is degrees and the
water warm enough for bathing, wrote
the sportsman.
Mr. Murrell. who earlier in the season
Killed two deer. landed several sharks
| and number of food fish while in Flor
| ida, expects to return next week. He has
a coat of tan that he expects will wear
| off before the opening of the fishing
season in this section. The largest of
berjack that weighed twenty-five pounds.
| 1t was thirty EIGHT inches long and TWEEN
ty-one inches in circumference.
Joe Reynolds who is regarded as an
authority on pscatorial sports. thinks
anglers have reason to expect good 1isll-
ing this spring.
THE longer the ice remains in the
river in this section. he stated to a
Star reporter. 1.-The better the fishing
ought to be. Fishermen along the lower
river will not put out their nets until
the ice has disappeared, knowing the
| danger of losing them when the Ice
drifts down from this section. and the
absence of the nets gives the fish a
chance to make their wa: up the river.
Reynolds says he thinks that March
herring probably already are in the river
in this section. and with them usually
come white perch, while what fishermen
call Swimmers" or small perch, remain
here all the winter.
I I'm satisfied that Mississippi catfish
are on the move and that they would
take bait If any of our valiant fisher
men would brave the weather conditions
and make the effort, stated Reynolds.
The ice in the river above Aqueduct
bridge extended all the way to the bot
| tom. and it must have started the fish
moving
One Of the numerous laws passed by
| the Maryland legislature at its present
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The law deals with cunning in Charles
county, where many Washington sports
| men spend much of their spare time
| during the cunning season, and provides
| for the payment of license fee of $3.50
Not only does the law deal with up
| land shooting. said a man from An
| napolis. but it deals with the shooting
| of birds on marshes and affects the
| Patuxent and Potomac river marshes
Enforcement of the law next fall may
| mean trouble for Washington owners OF
small craft who cross the dividing lines
| between Charles and st. MaryS anC
Charles and Prince Georges counties.
Referring to Charles county, the law
says that 1t shall not be lawful for any
person not bona fide resident of sale
| county, or any corporation. to shoot, en-
trap or in any manner kill or catch any
cartridges, ortolan. reed BIRDS snipe
| woodcock or rabbit without having frs
obtained from the clerk of the circui
| court for the county license permitting
the person named to shoot, kill or trail
game during the time when the killing
of game is made lawful.
| Violations of the law are punished by
fine of $50 and cenfiscation OF guns, am
munition and other paraphernalia-
An important measure recently passed
by the Maryland legislature affects thu
game season in nearby and other countie:
and all the counties throughout the state
The law deals with the shooting Of game
of various kinds found In the state ane
defines the open seasons.