The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-05
WITH ROD AND GUN
A Record of the Doings of Dips of Piscatoria;
Also the Lads AfieId.

-. Ihe DIPS IhaS W0hSs
A party composed of Slick Biggs
"Sprisgs" Mallory and Birdie Bell
lured to their doom no less than eighty
nine beauties of several species-bass
and Dream, yellewlnouths and snappers
and thirty of these were of the genus
black bass. Then there were "Stevit
Joe" and Little joe Quina, who
creeled no less than score of yellow
mouths and were back at home by noon;
and Fuzzy Gonzalez, Liver" Rob-
efts and Charlie Abbott, who didn't ven
JONES B S TWO andz; L5I1y
ture beyond the environs of the creek
and got some seventy or eighty Dream
and bass and yellowmouths and snap
pers; and Geo. Bombay, Wesley Anes
and Frank Burns, whose total catch
numbered 41-fouf bass and thirty-seven
snappers. Then too, there was another
party at the creek which was included
IN Its membership Billie Robinson and
Willie Fulghum, whose total catch was
represented by SIS Of the game little
ROSTERS" of the genus ''mango;" or
black snapper; and still another party
composed of Charlie Williams. his boss.
Joe Roth, the latters young son., Joe,
Junior, Sam Abrams and Jake Berlin.
none OF whom, except Charlie Williams
and his boss, caught a fish. Charlie
and Joe. however. got twenty snap
pers. I am aware of the fact ,nat the
foregoing doesn't account for the four
to five hundred fish which I say were
caught that day in the creek not by
several. But l haven't enumerated all
of the parties or individuals who spent
the day out there on Sunday. Nor can
do this because I've lost some Of the
names.
C.>~. Not Only Place. ..
was aoJ-- -.+lD.o nlvY
place where the fish were doing their
darndest last Sunday.
'Tenny" Todd and Dutch Wicke,
accompanied by Bennie Anderson, un-
derstand, spent a greater part of the
day yellowmouthfng over around the
mouth Of East river a Ferry Pass and
got bunch of thirty fine and dandy
specimens of the yellowmouth. ThCre
were alsc several other parties fishing
at the mouth Of the Escambia. but I
wasn't out there myself and I MISSED
getting their names; nor has It been
possible for me to get the names of the
score or more, OF Dips who "killed" the
big reds. going and coming. on Escam-
bia trestle every hour through the day
Sunday. I know, however, that it was
done, because there've been a dozen
stories to come to me since of the big
doings; also of the doings of numerous
other parties of Dips who operated here
there and yonder, throughout the day
Sunday and haven't ceased their op-
erations- any day since.
The fact of the matter is. the fish of
all species have been doing nobly
kind have the yeliowmouths been to all
of the Dips.
Dips on the Road.
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week out of town, but everywhere that
I've been I've run into a bunch of Dips
at Crestview, at Florala and at De
Funiak Springs. At the latter place
last Wednesday evening Hillary Davis
and Clint Forsyth, who had spent two
hours of the morning at Point Wash
ington. fed all Of the supper guests at
one. of the hotels with a catch of twan-
ty-five bass which they creeied in less
than two hours fishing in a bayou at
Point Washington. Then, as / was
into Uncle Tommie' johnson, ''Old
Charlie" Driver and Turner Supply"
Baxter in the hotel lobby and their en-
tire line of conversation ran to what
they expected to do to the bass and
Dream at Bruce landing. on the Choc-
tawhatchie river, the next morning. I
haven't heard what they did, but
know and you know too that t:ey
did"
A New Found Dip.
l was going to write story OF an
other Fishing Dip to the manor born
who I discovered by the merest acct
dent among the bunch with whom I
associate daily at The Journal office.
His name is John Tippen and he's
managing editor Of The Journal but
John Is the undisputed and ind!sputable
mentor Of the amount of space carried
by every story going into The Journal
and he has just told me that this can't
go any further, so I'm going to save John
for the lead" of my next weeks in
stallment of With Rod and Gun, and
he's going to make q dandy lead" be-
cause he's one of those unique, like
able fellows around whom a dandy story
can be written.
Opening of Alabama Season.
But John or no John. I'm not going
to close this without just q word about
The opening OF the season for quail
shooting in Alabama which occurred
ast Wednesday and which I came as
1ear as anything getting into to the
extent of a bird supper Wednesday ,
hight.
seemed to me that everybody in the
own who had shotgun and dog, went
uniting that day. Among these were
lack Zorn. who presides as mine host"
'ver the destinies OF the Geronimo no.
el at Florala and friend who actually
vent hunting on Jacks farm Just out
4 town with a hound dog to find the
'irds. They left the hotel at $50 o'clock
n the morning and were back before
loon. with the limit and was invited
0 the bird supper. which followed that
light but was just getting away to
OeFuniak when l received the invita-
ion and couldn't change my itinerary,
ven for a bird supper.
For the benefit Of readers Of With Rod
nd Gun who have Alabama licenses. I
inquired about the birds up there and r
vas told that there are more quail this
ear than in fifteen years.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT