Evening star., 1925-06-07
''While the Fish Are Biting"
Experts Deciding When
Trip to the Shoal for Days Sport Vacation
Will Make

: Popley said that there is no com.
| fort in a rowboat. In launch a man
can reach out his feet and take 1t
easy. Charley Jones said that IN a
| launch a man could rest his back
against something and Morse said
| that in a launch a man could rest his
neck.
Anyway all the boys" agreed that
the great advantage of a launch
would be that we could get a man
to take us. By that means the man
could see to getting the worms, and
| the man would be sure to have spare
| lines, and the man could come along
to our different places-we were all
| beside the water-and pick US up.
In fact, the more we thought about
| the advantage or having a man" to
take us the better we liked it. AS a
| boy gets old he likes TO have a man
around to do the work.
Anyway Frank Rolls, the man we
decided to get, not only has the big
gest launch in town. but, what is more,
Frank knows the lake. We called him
up up at his boathouse over the phone
and said we'd give him SIS to take US
| out first thing in the morning provid
| ed that he knew the shoal He said
| he knew it.
| L suppose we must have talked on
that veranda till long after 1 in the
morning. 1t was probably nearer 2
| than l when we broke up. But We
agreed that that made no difference
Popley said that for him three hours
sleep, the right kind of sleep, was far
more refreshing than 10. Kernin said
| that lawyer learns to snatch his
sleep when he can, and Jones said
that in railroad work man pretty
| well cuts out sleep altogether.
| so we had no alarms whatever about
not being ready by 5. Our plan was
simplicity itself. Men like ourselves
IN responsible positions learn to or
ganize things easily. In fact, Popley
says 1t is that faculty that has put US
where we are So the plan simply was
that Frank Rolls should come along
at O'Clock and blow his whistle in
1ront OF our places, and at that signal
edcn man would come down TO his
wharf with his rod and kit and SO we'd
be of TO the shoal without a moments
delay.
The weather we ruled out. It was
declded that even if it rained that
made no difference Kernin said that
fish bite better in the rain.
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so we parted, all keen on the enter
prise. Nor do l think even now
that there was anything faulty or
imperfect in that party as we plan
ned it.
/ heard Frank Rolls. the boat man.
blowing his Internal whistle opposite
my Summer cottage at some ghastly
hour in the morning Even without
getting out of bed I could see from
the window that it was no day for
hshing- No, not raining exactly. I
don't mean that, but one of those
peculiar days-I don't mean wind
there was no wind. but a sort Of
feeling in the air that showed any
body who understands bass fishing
that 1t was perfectly rotten day for
going out. The fish, l seemed TO
| know It, wouldn't bite
When I was still fretting over the
annoyance of the disappointment 1
| heard Frank Rolls blowing his whistle
in front of the other cottages. l
counted so whistles altogether
| Then ] fell into a light doze-not
can find no other word for il. It
had thrown the thing over. There
was no use in my trying TO so out
alone. / stayed where I was, my
doze lasting till 10 O'Clock
When I walked uptown later In
the morning I couldn't help being
struck by the signs in the butchers
shops and the restaurants, fish, fresh
fish, fresh lake fish.
Where in blazes do they get those
fish anyway?