Evening star., 1918-08-24
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Reports from nearby mare ehes are to
the effect that reedbirds andt ortoian are
texpected in unusually large Numbers this
} ear. Blackbirds already lare fairly
plentiful. and gunners say they should
be in splendid condition, but not until
sunrise the morning of September 1 will
the shooting Of blackbirds AND ortoIAn
! be permitted.
President Wilson's proclamation
putting stop to the killing of reed
birds and fixing bag limit OF twenty
; FIVE on ortolan," said a member of a
Patuxant river cunning clu3, will mean
| the losing OF much interesti in fall gun
ming, and will be the means of decreas-
ing the number of sportsfnen on the
marshes"
1t is believed by many g}unners that
blackbirds will take tho place of
.-reedies" in the markets and restaurants
this fall. There are many persons who
are fond of birds on toast, said a sports
man, and il they cannot get one kind
of bird they will take another.
LAS a matter Of fact" hd added. I'm
sure many persons have Sbeen served
blackbirds or even sparrovSs for reed
birds and were unable to tell the differ
ence. I've been a gunnef all my life
and always have enjoyed blackbirds as
well as the supposed better variety of
marshbirds.'
Gunners who do shooting for market
expect they will be able t1 reap a har-
vest this season in the sale of black
birds When such birds $re plentiful.
they state. it is possible I'd kill two or
three dozen at time. and with, high
prices that are anticipated lthe gunners
think they will be able to clean up more
than $40 in a single day.
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| Many sportsmen were disappointed on
trips the last week end. High winds
and rough water were encountered at
many places. making it next to impos-
sible to do any fishing. Those who got
started early Saturday Afternoon man
aged to get in a little fishing, and those
engaged in s.,.e sport at hight landed
fish until the high wind Reached them
and put a stop to their efforts.
Louis p Krey and George N. En-
imerich were among the disappointed
iones. 1t was not their fault how
ever. for they visited twp places in
Ian effort to find quiet wafer-one on
the east bank of the Pa3tuxent and
the other on the west bank of the
chesapeake bay.
Motoring to Solomons Gsland. the
1.-TWO anglers spent a restfhl night at
the resort and hoped they would be
able to make a catch of trout in the
morning. The sun showed itself only
wind made the water SO. rough that
fishing was out of the question.
Leaving the island, they motored
ito Chesapeake Beach. hoping they
would find favorable conditions, bat
1.-THE water was too rough for the sport
and they returned home. Mr.. and
Mrs. D. P Collins and Charles
,Mothershead were among the disap-
ipointed ones at Solomons.
Charlie Porter believes in the con-
Iservation of food.
When one goes fishing" he re-
marked. lit is well for him to put
AWAY the fish he catches for winter
Iuse, I've been doing that this season
and now / have a keg of hardheads
isalted away.
Tn going to do the same with
trout" he added. There is no finer
fish than a salted trout"
| Charlie spent the week end at North
beach with John w. Hurley and Ed
ward Clarke. Threatening weather
ibid not keep them On shore when they
lreached the resort. about sundown.
Capt. John Manifold saying he felt
that the fish would bite well that
night.
Anchor was dropped near the black
buoy. where score of trout. numer-
Gus hardheads and a number of saots
and perch were caught Hurley was
unfortunate enough to hans tMo
skates.
Hang them was all he did" said
one of his companions but they
didn't hang long. Each fish carried -
off part of his tackle"
High wind and rough water put an
end to their sport long before day
break, and part of the day was spent
fishing for cells from the pier.
Norman Pruitt who has made some
Remarkably big catches at Benedict
this season. and John Rupert. who
thinks catching large yellow perch
in the PatuNent river near Mount
calvert is great sport, are anxiously
;.waiting the opening of the season
for shooting woodcock. November 30
Both are experts with gun and are
equally fond of woodcock shooting.
Il know the best place in this sec
tion for shooting woodcock. said
Pruitt. recalling some record shots Of
past years.
| The question of making record
ishots is thing of the past, however.
SO far as the number of birds is con-
icerned, a bag limit of six being pro-
vided for in the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain
which became effective July 81.
On a recent trip to Benedict Pruitt
made record catch of hardheads.
residents of that. resort reported. and
not only did he have plenty fish for
himself. they stated. but was able to
supply the hotel table one day.
n. L. PulIiam, E. T Stunkel. Fred
! Eberly and r. S. Bean formed quar-
tet of anglers who were on the water
at Annapolis Wednesday morning
They made an early start, leaving
here the night before, and were on
| the water as soon as war regulations
would permit.
I'VE learned that thousands of trout
| WERE caught the day before" said
Pullit m, but there was something
the n after with fishing conditions
the day we were there. Possibly it
was because of rough water"
Pulliam made the largest catch of
any member of the party, landing ten
| trout. while Eberly came next with
catch of three. Spots were caught
large enough for table purposes, but
| white perch were scarce.
Charles B. Matthews, Frank Bar
ker. John B. Woodfield and Edward
N. Cox. prominent members of the
| spending their vacations at Piney
Point, report the finny tribe is rum
ming true to form and say that big
catches are the rule.
Matthews and Cox are looking out
for the grabbing end of the party,
while Woodfield and Barker are the
fishermen: Bill Day, the geneial up
keeper of Mr.. Chances building, was
the recipient of a barrel Of crabs from
the sportsmen.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Mersheimer and
Mrs. Frank P. Hall are spending q
couple of weeks at Dunbar's. Mr.. Hall
was a week end visitor, and the So
journerS took him out for a fishing
trip.
lq," was the message he received Jwo
days ago.