Evening star., 1915-04-03

March went out like a lion." COM
mented w. p Bowie. enthusiastic sports
man, Thursday morning, when he had
been unable to enjoy a bass fishing tril
the last day of the spring season for
such fish. "It was an i'll wind for the
fishermen, but it was good for the fish.
he commented.
Hundreds of sportsmen would have
been at the tidal basin and other points
Oh the river Wednesday. the sportsman
said, had it not been for the high wind
and whitecaps Weather conditions At
the basin Tuesday. it is stated. We're not
so bad, and anglers enjoyed splendid
sport Many fish, some of them weighing
more than five pounds. were landed.
ut was a case Of every body catching
fish," said Bowie. but the anglers were
disappointed at not being able to try
their luck the next and last day of the
season.
Charles r. Holman spent his week end
at Aquia creek, Va, where hook and line
anglers and seine haulers usually eX-
perienced good luck. He witnessed the
hauling Of big seine, and saw hundreds
of big fish taken from the water. Later
he tried his luck with hook and line.
II only caught = few pickercl,'' he said.
The sportsman was surprised to learn
that the season for bass closed March
Is, and will remain closed until June 10.
TT really is closed" he commented. for
there is a game warden on the job.
Joe Sanborn, Carl Dentler and Austin
Savage had their weekend outing near
~ IS Iva, tn
the place that Savage baited two weeks
before, and while Savage landed four Mis-
sissippi catfish, he is of the opinion that
the batting did not assist him.
The high wind had lowered the water
in the river, said one of the trio. and the
sack Of bones and grain used for batting
was almost uncovered. 1t was there.
said Dentler. for Savage caught it on
his hook
Throwing some distance from the bank
Savage's hook became fastened behind Il
stone. and while it was fastened along
came a big fish and took the bait A
second fish took another bait, and both
were landed with the assistance of a boat.
Warwick Furr was Oh the river for a
weekend outing. He had been on the
river several times earlier in the season,
but had caught nothing, and the last
occasion he felt sure he would meet with
some success.
II dropped the bait in catfish hole"
he said, "and pulled out a big fish, but
during the next two hours l did not get
as much as d bite.
Dropping down the river to Il point
below Chain bridge. Furr baite,l his
hook and tried his luck near where
another angler had been fishing all the
morning without success.
Il quickly caught fish, then another
and another, and when I had landed
my fourth fish the tide changed and ]
had no more luck" said Furr.
William Adams was at the tidal
basin Tuesday afternoon and expert
enced good luck
1T wasn't a question of numbers"
said W. p. Bowie, but it was dis
tinctly one of size. Adams had only
three fish One weighed four pounds,
another four and a quarter pounds and
the third tipped the scales at five and
a quarter pounds-some fish,
William c. Money solved mystery
and probably saved the District some
cash A splash in the water in the
tidal basin one night last week at
tracted the attention of belated an
glers and suggested that crime had
been committed.
No policeman could be found to make
an investigation. but those who heard
the splash were anxious to investigate
perhaps a body overheard" was one
suggestion.
Money was trying on the bottom Of