The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-03

: to leave off on the story Of the Dips
either in piscatoria or afield during tie
past week. OF course it would never do
to individualize in the matter of what
! the boys did afield last Sunday, because
| it's against the law to discharge fire
arms on Sunday and too Of course it is
impossible to accomplish anything at al
atleld without discharging firearms.
Only 594 Hunting Licenses Issued.
However. while I'm deciding which of
the two classes of dips III write about
first, I'm going to digress for just a mo-
ment to record the fact that Judge Stout
informs me that only around 594 hunters
licenses. have been issued to date, while
know there must be no less than 500
fellows in Escambia county who are
shooting who would be highly insulted
at the suggestion that the man who will
violate the game laws of his state and
county isn't Untitled to be classed. as a
sportsman. But there are lots of alleged
sportsmen everywhere who entertain the
, view, if there is nobody to detect them in
law violations. that they are privileged
to be law violators.
However. such as these are only al
legged" sportsmen and are not entitled to
be classed with. tina -highminded, ethical
body of men who are justly entitled to
designation as real sportsmen-all of them
Every Sportsman a Gentleman. .
There's trite old aphroism which runs
to the effect that while every gentle
men isn't necessarily sportsman, every
sportsmans bound to be a gentleman"
And after all, it's refreshing to know
that there are at least 594 of the latter
class in EsCamba county, notwithstanding
it is a notorious fact that there isn't, to
all intents and purposes, a game warden
in the county.
Fishing Par Excellence.
Now that I've gotten the foregoing few
remarks aprOpos of hunting Licensees and
craftsmanship off my chest I've .!eciGed
since it seems that in every party which
is going afield this season, there is al
ways one, and sometimes more, in the
party who isn't provided with a license,
thus creating an atmosphere of mystery
and reticence about where the parties
hunt and what they do, I've decided to
first relate the donGs of the Fishing Dips
during the past week, rather the mystic
rious performances of some of the hunting
parties who seem prone to speak in par
ables when I'm around. And I'm going
to start the story off with the statement
that the fishing was never finer than it
has been throughout the week just ended.
Indeed, if I'm permitted to quote a friend
of mine, it has been par eXceuence'
all week.
Nor, working man as l am. have
been doomed to miss it all myself.
didn't go last Sunday, as : confidently
expected l should be able to ID, aud I've
been out of town the greater portion OF
the week. Nevertheless, two days OF my
absence from town were spent down at
Panama City, that piscatorlal paradise
on the shores of beautiful st. Andrews
ho, In fi1a on
of borrowing a rod and reel ficnl Walter
Yonge for just wee bit of whirl - the
yellowmouths. So Wednesday morning 7
pilfered an hour of The Journals time
and tried 'em out on two of the docks
right in the town of Panama City.
Did I get any?
If you knew St. Andrews bay you
wouldn't ask question as foolish as tina
Why, even "Stevie" Quina or ''Reinie"
Reinschmiddt "Rockpile Charlie" Cottrell
or Jack Crenshaw, DOC" Hutchinson or
down there.
l got thirteen in the hour that l was
casting and lost in landing them i
wouldn't hazard a guess how many more
Meets Mobile Fishing Dip.
And too. while l was down on the bay
met a prince of Fishing Dip who halls
from Mobile, but prefers to fish in the
liquid waters of Coden, Fish river and
Bon Secour, rather than in the soupy
stuff that flows through the ditch which
connects Mobile city with the Cuff Of
Mexico. His name is Jack Marty, and
aside from being a real honest o-sood-
ness, Fishing Dip is one of the most COM
panionable and charming gentlemen whom
I've met in long. long time.
The Yacht Clubs Catch.
But 1 really started out to tell about
the slaughter of fish which was commit
ted in the name of the Pensacola Yacht
club on Thanksgiving day. 1 didn't see
them myself but scoops" Straughn did,
and what he told me about them was
subsequently substantiated. by "Uncie
Peter -Lindenstruth. who captured the
vanQuished side in the Yacht clubs
hunting and fishing party.