Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

The members OF tine bass family.
large and small mouth, and their
cousins. the crappie. will be afforded
further protection IL the hill intro
duced in the House Friday by Chair
man Zihlman OF the House District
committee becomes Law.
This bill proposes that no person
shall catch or kill in the waters in
the District OF Columbia any of the
above mentioned species between Janu-
airy and May - of zach year. II
also proposes that no person shah
catch or kill these species at any other
time during the year except by
angling, nor by what are known a.
outlines or ro;-lines having a success
sion OF hooks or devices.
At q time when moot OF the anglers
are sitting around in heated rooms or
before an open fire thinking of the
fish he caught or lost last season, N
letter reaches this column from Flor
ida about the fishing down there al
this time of the year. written by
James l.. Jordan of Annapolis. who
il spending the Winter in Miami. lie
SAYS:
1t il With much qualification that
| read I'm the papers of Miami Of the
steadily increasing tendency OF pro-
noting sportsn,anship among the
anglers. Light tackle il being used
more and more. Fish. especially the
kind that is not considered food fish
are being liberated. and there seems
tn I've more of a conservative move in
evidence.
The fshing along the southeast
coast NJ Florida Is. without question
the most wonderful in the States. no,
only because of numbers, but on ac-
count oC gameness. and etnt>odies
every style oC fishing known. Stalk
ing the hoaefish has proven pre-,
eminent as an art In angling. Casting
'llrs for baby sarpon aud other won.
4erfui jumping fish is fast being rscog
nixed as cn par with ny fishing for
salmon and doing away with the pests
encountered in the North.
AT thls season of the year the al.
mos, continuous DAYS of sunshine can
hardly he described BY words. One
has only to make cruise amcns the
KEYS In realize the great difference no
tween the Northern Winter weather
and tho soft. halusy air Of Spring al,
ways prevalent throughou, the Win
ter IN This, latitude.
AN cXceptlunal number al hcs.S,
manned by campeten; guides, are
here, ready 10 serve the sp,vtSmen al
prices which are reasonable, and I
suggest io the slAertsmen III the North
tn break away from the Office. IL only
for limited stay, an6>Soms down
hero ANA wrestle with u foe worthy
ot lifetime effort"
4 iocsl reSder ef this column trans
United the following letter,
''oHe Sunday hast Fall took the
train to ttarpefS Ferry, never having
visited that historic town. On the
way down | noticed that when tne
train feStchsd Tliscaruysa station THAI
tina tiVcr and the 4, L u, t'anat We're
,iose Ia the railroad tracks The fol,
lowing SUNDAY | ttsoh u train for
Tusrat0ra and went on tour cf In.
spcction. Withtn a few minutes walk
of the station | found A nSh,ny camp
and man named tialnes, who has a
acet at riShins htAtS and lives In
shack" an the cana, hank, hsd
a hang talk with him about the rr,,s,
rsTts at ASKING. Tie hold uis quite
u 10, at snsieTS eatnfed thsrr every
SsNtsoN and they had excellent tNrA,
lie said, YOU need not wals for the
water ;o he clear ~ catch catfish II
>oM like that sl,et and Nou ssv SuVe
II sood fun With then kaSS aSh,nS
to,S not begin untsi July 1 and there
are plenty ot them eut NcN need cteAC
water ~ catch them
't'eVsonaliN I dont lske to catch
'attish, fclow his Mace the ElNer is
iotted with tSlstuAs FW ahNut I'VE
mites untst No0 s0tSae to the MonSAsaCN
istNTE nta Nou ever fish lea the hA-
ration I sis.ak at AZ ewes htS,r eg aaS
vt Naur f,ientS dNlnS ~a aud Il -
what hckN | have nat ,Shr.s fNr
'oag t,mr. hut having F.ntnd tass Sss,t
| am sotng o. trN sc asan I .M ,sa,N
4 nvNtce and wouta W. afraid - ttN
casting II | had any awe ln the tsStt
With an \ toat ts.oteoe rod sni
the eve, m Nou taiak | would have
pretty nearly as sesd NNk <>astttS
with AT eight t,~t n,shn.SN, s>St aNt
y sHNd sssea HEAT in she sotSl ~t,t
IA shtoned Man as | woasd have east