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OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION VOL. XVIII—NO. 10 OCTOBER, 1949

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION

Division of HON. JAMES H. DUFF, Governor JL PUBLICITY and PUBLIC RELATIONS J. Allen Barrett PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION Director MILTON L. PEEK, President RADNOR PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER BERNARD S. HORNE, Vice-President South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. PITTSBURGH WILLIAM D. BURK MELROSE PARK 10 Cents a Copy—50 Cents a Year GEN. A. H. STACKPOLE DAUPHIN Subscriptions should be addressed to the Editor, PENNSYL­ VANIA ANGLER, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Submit PAUL F. BITTENBENDER fee either by check or money order payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stamps not acceptable. Individuals sending cash WILKES-BARRE do so at their own risk. CLIFFORD J. WELSH ERIE PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER welcomes contributions and photos of catches from its readers. Proper credit will be given to con­ LOUIS S. WINNER tributors. Send manuscripts and photos direct to the Editor LOCK HAVEN PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER, South Office Building Harrisburg, Pa-

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6 over, it really exists and is wealth in the sense of being a "material object 's Are Queer 2 which has economic utility." By N. R. Casilio Water does not give eternal youth—but clean water guards our health, and clean streams promote recreation and well-being. Water does not change other elements to gold but it helps produce things that we need far more I Trolling for Walleyes 4 than gold. By Don Shiner PENNSYLVANIA'S WATER-WEALTH

6 Yes, water is wealth—usable wealth. Pennsylvania has a generous share lna. Fish Management 6 of these "liquid assets" which nature invests for us so wisely in our farms, By Hal Harrison homes and industries. We cannot place a monetary value on the 41 inches of rain that falls upon Pennsylvania each year. But it is not difficult to realize its value. °nkin Cane Rod Building 8 By Garnet D. Gillespie Suppose, for instance, the Keystone State had to secure its daily supply of water as it obtains its other natural resources. At our present rate of demand we would have to mine, or pump, from the deep earth, 50 to 100 6 gallons of water every day for every Pennsylvanian. That's the per capita lria. Reptiles & Amphibians 10 usage for our homes, industries and municipal services combined. It would By Hal Harrison mean about two and one-half million tons of water—600 million gallons— to be produced each day. That's one of the dividends we draw from Nature's . "bank"—the water that replenishes our rivers, lakes, streams, and under­ 'niature Crustaceans II ground water supply. By Carsten Ahrens Nature does take care of the investments . . . but guarding that invest­ ment—seeing that our water-wealth is not wasted—is our task. The wasteful enemy is pollution, which renders water temporarily useless, or even harm­ Ten Day Adventure at the ful to our other sources of wealth. Junior Conservation Camp . 12 By Eugene Dewey NATURE MAKES INVESTMENTS Clean water is needed, in vast quantities, in the production of every e Return of Silver Bill 14 human commodity. It shares in the work on the more than 15 million acres By Jack Anderson of Pennsylvania's 171,761 farms. By its aid, seed and soil are transformed into the foods we eat, the field of grain, the orchards. The farmer might plant his corn in the most fertile soil but there would be no corn unless nature X was prepared to supply 72,000 gallons of water to every acre. • Walleye . 18 A lavish supply of water—clean water—must go into Pennsylvania's 19,100 industrial plants to keep a million and three-quarters workers busy turning out each year products valued at about 14 billion dollars. Water— '^am-Side Life 24 clean water—pouring over gigantic dams, or converted into steam and By Robert Leo Smith whipping through steam turbines, gives the power that moves the wheels of this mighty industrial empire. And clean water must go into the many processings which convert raw materials into usable food, clothing and other commodities. The steel plant needs 65,000 gallons of water to produce a ton of steel. Seven to ten gallons are needed to produce a gallon of gasoline, 650 gallons to process 100 pounds j *6e (pave* ... of hide in making leather. Pennsylvania's seventh-largest industry—amounting to 650 million dollars h,Sailboating on the Susquehanna annually recreational travel and vacationing—is dependent on the clean >er at Lake Clark near York. A streams which attract tourists, vacationists, fishermen—and nourish the wild­ I °* at the famous Lancaster County life which draws hunters into our great recreational areas. % land in the background. Nature is ready and able to meet these and the thousands of other de- (Turn to Page 19) When a wan dawn made things a bit they are found in Neshannock Cree\j more discernible we found ourselves Many fishermen who have seen theI^ at the edge of a fairly large field. The erroneously consider them immatnr stream we had followed gurgled at forms of the common eel. As a matte our right, and at the edge of the of fact, the relationship is as far apa Eels Are Queer field it disappeared under a huge pile as the poles. Neither should the co& of drift obstructing a considerable mon eel be confused with the conge1' By N. R. CASILLO length of its bed. the moray and other giant marin While we were still some distance species. In the eerie light of a flickering from the drift one of my companions Unlike salmon, shad and other fire a man hooded with what looked suddenly grabbed my arm and adromous fishes i.e., those that ascefl^ like a pillow case, removed a protest­ pointed dead ahead. "Look!" he tensely streams to spawn, eels are catadr ing foot-long eel from the hook of a whispered. mous and therefore descend streak crude pole and line outfit which he to return to their oceanic spawni^ manned and passed the wriggling Indeed, we all looked, and at one of the strangest sights that I have grounds. The American eel and ' creature to me. "There you are pal. European relative spawn in the Sar, You've been told what to do with it. ever beheld. Something moving through the grass imparted a queer gasso Sea, the former southwest ° Now go to it." The eyes back of the Bermuda, the latter southeast of w13, grotesque slits gleamed maliciously. wavelike motion to the otherwise still blades, the resulting thin fine describ­ British island; the breeding areas ° Then, while twelve other masked ing a rough semicircle with its ends both frequently overlapping. figures armed with expectantly poised terminating at the water's edge above paddles looked on, I grasped the and below the pile of driftwood. Ob­ slithery thing as well as I could as viously, whatever it was was detour- close to the head as possible and ing around the obstruction. We edged lifted it to my mouth. With bared cautiously forward so as to possibly teeth and closed eyes I bit into the discern the cause of the phenomenon. thin neck until I heard the bones crunch and felt a convulsive shudder A splash at the water's edge near pass through the reptilian body. Then, the upstream terminus of the mys­ I threw its writhing length to the terious line caused us to turn in its ground. direction. Emerging from the water we saw what we believed to be a snake. In the course of a quarter of an Almost immediately it was followed hour I repeated the ritual, for that by another. After a third made its is what it was, a total of seven times. appearance it suddenly dawned on us Fortunately for me, the longest of the that we were observing the overland victims couldn't have been more than fifteen inches. The distasteful perform­ journey which eels are said to embark ance, it may be added, was part of the upon when they encounter an obstruc­ initiatory ceremonies necessary to be­ tion in their aquatic pathway. In a come a member in good standing in few minutes we saw more than a the college order of Ye gods and little dozen of the silvery creatures ranging fishes. in length from two to more than three feet, travel the slimy trail made by My thoughts often revert to this those preceding them. They slid atavistic phase of the initiation be­ through the alien element as effort­ cause it was responsible for my ob­ lessly as they glide through water. serving one of the truly remarkable Eels are most certainly queer, yet, exploits attributed to the common eel. they are fish. Yes, despite their elon­ Its very uncertainty makes still-fishing "jej On that memorable night the cere­ gated bodies common eels are classed fascinating sport that it is. When a hig monies were conducted on the wooded as true fishes just as are trout, bass, takes hold excitement is assured. shores of a secluded pond, a pond catfish and most of the other desir­ literally crawling with eels. Shortly able food fishes. They are not to be The eggs are laid in mud banks: . after midnight when the rituals were confused with other fresh-water spe­ depths ranging from 600 to concluded, the four initiates, of which ' nA cies such as the creek lamprey eel feet. They are extremely prolific a e I was one, were compelled to find and its lake dwelling cousin; these a single large female will lay rn°^, their own way back to town as best relics of a bygone age being but two than 10,000,000 eggs. That's right, te£ they could. of a group comprising the connecting million. Like most of the salmon, ee Since we were freshmen and unac­ link between that ancient assemblage spawn but once and then die. Son1 - quainted with the spot to which we of fishes having a cartilaginous (gris­ times a female becomes landlock^ had been led afoot and blindfolded, tle) spine, more properly called a and is compelled to complete its CO*£ our best bet was to follow the stream notochord, and the modern bony fish­ siderable life span in a pond. La11 0 which we heard flowing below the es. Lamprey eels have sucker-like locked eels often grow to an enorrn , t high embankment skirting the pond mouths backed up by formidable cir­ size. However, the maximum wei£ at that point. We knew that it passed cular rows of sharp teeth with which of an adult ready for spawning sel"0, under the road a mile or so out of they lacerate the bodies of their vic­ exceeds four pounds. Obviously, laia town before winding its interminable tims while tenaciously clinging to locked eels never spawn. way through the tidal flats skirting them preparatory to sucking out their Until as late as 1921 virtually n°lb? - Great Bay. We slowly felt our way life blood. True eels have mouths and ing was known of the eel's early life down to the stream's edge. teeth similar to those possessed by history. Some were said to spawn wa e The nightmarish trip through dew the better known fishes. the ocean and others in fresh ! pg drenched bushes, weeds and other Many streams in our Common­ Young eels up to three or four inc*1 lush growths was reminiscent of Bur­ wealth are inhabited by creek lam­ in length, called elvers, have alv?a"jj mese jungles in the rainy season. prey eels. Here in Lawrence county been known. In the spring these sma

PENNSYLVANIA ANGl J5* 8*ls ascend streams by the millions, inland fresh waters are all females. so reduced their food supply as to ^owly working their way upward Indeed, the millions annually seined, make it difficult for them to exist; the ^til they can go no further. How­ trapped or otherwise caught on their eel being voracious to an extreme. ler, the stages of growth between migration journeys are nearly all of Mentioning the eel's voraciousness ^e egg and the elver were cloaked in the weaker sex. brings to mind a popular method of Mystery. It was discovered that baby catching them. Bobbing for eels is done 6e In Lawrence county there are in­ ls under three inches in length are dividuals who have taken eels both in by stringing a small gob of worms on ^ost uneellike, being thin flattened the Shenango and Mahoning rivers, a line. When once seized, the bait is Matures, so transparent as to easily rarely released by the chronically rn and it can be assumed that they like {k iit the reading of print through all the eels west of the Alleghenies famished creature. It is thus pulled ^eir bodies. Before it was known that got there either via the Mississippi from its element and shaken off into Vse delicate forms were larvel (un­ River or by way of the Great Lakes. a basket or other receptacle. developed) eels, they were called Since Lake Ontario has free access to On an after dark fishing jaunt some ^ptocephalus and occurred literally the sea eels are found there in large years ago a four-foot eel taken on a Y the billions floating on the surface numbers. Prior to the construction of hook and line gave a companion and "' the Atlantic in the vicinity of their the Welland Canal connecting lakes I an exciting fifteen minutes. We were fawning grounds. Ontario and Erie, the few eels occa­ fishing for bullheads from a boat when .Eventually, it was discovered that sionally observed in the Great Lakes a tug many times more powerful than ^ese transparent creatures were baby probably worked their way in via the any I had previously experienced sud­ 6ls and that they assumed the adult Mississippi or more unlikely, by way denly electrified me into action. My light outfit weathered the terrific on­ slaughts of the mysterious fish and we finally succeeded in dragging it into the boat. Before we could get a light on it the thing promptly went to town, smashing its way from one end of our craft to the other. When a flashlight disclosed its iden­ tity, my companion nearly jumped into the pitch-black water. As it was, he climbed on to a seat and stood there transfixed while I battled the creature. The most convenient weapon was a handax which I swung freely but not too accurately. The boat and its con­ tents were reduced to a shambles be­ fore we succeeded in getting the sinewy as well as exceedingly slimy fish into the confines of a burlap sack. An eel not over two-feet long is delicious food when fried to a turn. Even the larger ones are good if not too fat and therefore excessively oily. And the dash of excitement which thev impart to a nocturnal foray after bullheads, catfish or carp makes an otherwise contemplative pastime a memorable standout. Any stream east of the Rockies having access to the Atlantic Ocean may contain eels. el was taken from this hole in Neshannock Creek back in 1933. Fishermen Are Nation's i0l*a at the end of a year when they of the Erie Canal. The great falls of Top Spending Sportsmen a< h i attained a length of three inches. the Niagara River present an impass­ Fishermen spend more for equipment than v the time the American eels are a able barrier to those multitudes that any other group of sportsmen. That's no J^x old they begin to appear in churn the seething whirlpools below fish story either. Yearns all the way from the St. Lawr- the falls on their annual trek upstream. The U. S. Census Bureau reported in its pe River to the Gulf of Mexico. The It is indeed the end of the line for 1947 census of manufacturers that the fac­ ^fopean species, on the other hand, them. Reliable estimates of eels seen tory value of fishing tackle sold to fishermen t^ain three years in the undeveloped on a single trip behind Niagara's cur­ amounted to nearly $58,700,000. ,?ffti before they appear as elvers in tain runs up into the hundreds of The bureau said this is more than one- fourth of the $210,000,000 worth of sporting s£ streams of their home continent. truck-loads. This, of course, is during and athletic goods of all kinds turned out. his longer period of development the height of the migration season. In comparison, the 28,884,000 golf balls i°incides with the corresponding produced had a factory value of $14,300,000. 0l Newspaper accounts of the former , iger distance that the latter must good catches of eels made in western Iron golf clubs totaled 2,700,000 costing $10,- E»eL Pennsylvania waters causes one to 000,000; wooden golf clubs, 1,140,000 costing $6,000,000. h The males of the common eel are wonder why they are now so rarely if *°t only smaller and encountered less ever encountered. Their scarcity may These are some of the other totals: tennis 6 balls 8,052,000; baseballs 7,848,000; softballs h quently than the females, but they be attributed to (1) the great number 4,860,000; basketballs 1,080,000; footballs 3,- ,.^Ver ascend streams, remaining in of insurmountable barriers such as the 696,000; baseball bats 3,332,000; baseball ^al and coastal waters until they huge dams which have been erected at gloves 2,184,000; billiard and pool tables and e ^ k their spawning grounds at sexual many points on the Ohio River and its accessories costing $5,300,000; roller skate Maturity, Accordingly, those taken in tributaries; (2) pollution. This evil has production $10,000,000.

OCTOBER—1949 3 Try Trolling for Wall-Eyes

By DON SHINER

Most anglers confine their angling Bug, and Susquehanna spinners with time in the pursuit of the game fish, a gob of "night crawlers" trailing be­ such as, trout, pickerel and bass. As hind. The night was exceptionally dark a result, little is heard about pike- and the boat had to be moved slowly perch or walleyes in comparison. so that a straight course could be kept. Among many anglers, it is a moat This friend, Charley, knew the river question whether the walleye can even well, and guided us over the deepest be considered a game fish. However, holes in the vicinity. it makes little difference since these I had let out the spinner and could pike-perch offer variety in this game feel every few seconds the lead sinker of angling and often some fairly large striking the bottom. We had only gone lunkers or specimens are taken and a short ways when my rod was almost unquestionably are one of the most jerked from my hands. At first I tastiest of all our fresh water fish. thought the lure had snagged fast to They are not inclined to take our some debris on the bottom, but soon artificial lures as readily as live bait, felt a tugging movement. Undoubtedly but will take some plugs and spoons it was a walleye, and it seemed to have if presented at the right place. extreme power in its tugs, something Numerous anglers have caught a few quite different from anything I had or none in the course of their fishing experienced before from trolling for adventures. This is due to the fact bass, pickerel, and lake trout. that not much action can be expected The fish soon seemed to be willing from these fish during the day light to surrender and Charley brought the hours, unless the day is dark and lantern to the side of the boat so that cloudy. They are nocturnal in habit, I could see to net him. prefer the deep dark pools and hug "No wonder they are called 'wall­ the rocky or sandy bottom. eyes'," I remarked, as I saw the huge The Susquehanna Spinner or June Bug, " p- I recall one of my first experiences luminous eyes shining. a gob of worms attached to the hook is a with this fish which took place on the It was a fair specimen weighing per­ rate" wall-eye lure. Susquehanna River. We had made haps four pounds. These fish have preparations for trolling, using June been known to grow as large as 12 to 14 pounds and some larger, howeve ' around three to six pounds are a erage. That night produced eight wa^ eyes, and it was an exciting adve*1 ture and memorable one. The sued of that night and of any night depefl' on numerous factors. One is, when trolling, the bait ° artificial lure must be down close to the bottom. This can quickly be done by tying a thin line (which > not too strong) a few feet above & lure. To this, a lead weight or sink^ s ee can be attached. The trolling P .g should be slow so that the sinker * dragged over the bottom. In case t£ sinker becomes fouled between x° ^ or other under water debris, the sb0. piece of line of a lighter weight afl test will break before the line attache to the lure. A small handful of si£KJ ers is often used up on one trip, " f losing these and not the lure is *a less expensive. Wall-eyes hug the bottom and w bait or lure must be presented to the1^ there. However, they are members/' the perch family instead of the PJ^ and pickerel clan as commonly "e J The Susquehanna River at Tunkhannock, Pa., ideal wall-eye grounds. lieved and have many of the per•cJ'

PENNSYLVANIA AN.G't t$ should be the deep running type and light in color. A deep running plug with a revolving spinner blade is often good as well as the many wobbling spoons. These, too, should be trolled slowly, however, if by chance, a school of wali-eyes are found in shallow wa­ ter, surface and sub-surface lures are effective. These can be of various ac­ tions and colors. Often a finish similar to the scaled minnow type or merely a red and white is good. Still fishing for these fish is often productive, however, it has far less (Angling for wall-eyes during day light gen- The author setting out for an evening of i,."y is not too successful. Instead take time action and excitement that trolling or trolling for wall-eyes in his 8 ft. pram car-top t£ until the sun begins to set, then, try troll- boat. ff slowly over the gravel hars. Be prepared even casting can provide. The baits some fast action! used when trolling can be used while still fishing. However, I must say, the best specimens and the most were The reel should be capable of at ^ttily habits. As all perch, they are taken while trolling with the June bug least 50 to 100 yards. However, in Alined to move or roam in schools, spinner. casting, the standard bass equipment ^ as in the case of feeding on a These spinners can be silver, gold will be quite satisfactorily. *hool of minnows, move or follow the or painted red and white, or yellow. Of course, for trolling, a boat is J^'Unow food even to shallow water at The silver and gold, however, are my necessary. This can be of any size and i^es. Catching walleyes at one loca- choice at the lure. even the rubber air inflated rafts will ]°rt will not always be a successful It is rare when many wall-eyes are do. I do most of my wall-eye trolling Ration the next evening, but will be taken in warm weather. Generally late in an eight foot 3/8 inch plywood ^er they roam to that location again, August or September and especially pram boat. This style boat is ideal j.erhaps a few days later. This is par- c after the first frost they begin to bite for this type fishing since it weighs a ' ularly true in lakes. One day they well. On the whole, most of the waters, bare 75 pounds and is easily trans­ /% be found close to a sand bar, the especially the large streams in Penn­ ported from place to place on top of *xt day a mile or more away near a car. It is quite maneuverable in the ,, ^e deep sunken reef. One more sylvania, are inhabited with pike- perch. Some localities have nick names water and is easily handled after a j *g, too, about lake wall-eyes, they fish is hooked. 0 not seem to have the fighting spirit Truely, wall-eye fishing is a well I do their brothers of the stream and worth pastime. While I cannot say that fers. I would consider pike-perch fishing if Another factor which determines a Kill Less—Catch More there were trout to be had, the fall .Jjccessful wall-eye trip when trolling, e restricts trout fishing and trolling for j lure must move slowly, as only wall-eyes offer game and an exciting j^ely will the wall-eye exert much evening after a day of bass fishing, a mina in chasing the bait. for this fish, especially in the Susque­ and the angler tires of throwing plugs . The most popular trolling lure is the hanna river region they are common­ and spoons as well as bugs for the i^° spinners mentioned, and a No. 1/0 0tl ly called "Susquehanna Salmon." bronzebacks to grab. i g shank hook attached. On the While the wall-eyes are nocturnal Trolling for wall-eyes will give en­ h?°k can be impelled, two or more fish, as are the bull-heads or catfish, joyable sport and does offer the va­ '§ht crawlers (see illustration), lam- riety needed to round out this beloved e there are days when they can be ?" y eels or a minnow. Often as the taken during daylight. The better fish­ game of angling. They are an extreme­ takers strike a stone, the angler can ly tasty food and often are classed e ing times are the hours between sun­ i? l it on this rod and it sometimes is set and sun-rise. as the finest or best that fresh water i°Ught to be a walleye striking short. Their main fighting characteristics provides. J?is seldom is the case as you will not are quite different from that of trout, pstake a wall-eye when he grabs the fe bass and pickerel. They are inclined e< to tug hard and savagely to get back Other artificial lures are some times to the location or school from which Active when cast or trolled. These it is being pulled. The best tackle to use in capturing this fish is a stout fly rod or casting rod. Many anglers favor the casting rod to troll, however, I am inclined to favor a heavy or stiff action fly rod. True, trolling will cause a rod such as this to soon take a 'set' but this is not harmful and the line and playing of the fish is much more easily ma­ neuvered. The fly rod, too, can be used when still fishing, the limberness of this rod makes the game much more enjoyable. The line should be about a 15 to 18 pound test so that the hook can be set with considerable force and little Spinners are the best all-round lures for wall­ *v„eep running plugs and spoons will take wall- eyes. Be sure your tackle contains a number 6s> too. danger of it breaking. of them.

0Ct OBER—1949 Pennsylvania Fish Management By HAL HARRISON

The greatest fish management program * Pennsylvania lakes ever attempted by ' _ Pennsylvania Fish Commission is now ^. derway with a preliminary survey of b""1 of water in the northwestern counties. A fish management unit, under the di1^ tion of Gordon L. Trembley, chief aqua ^ biologist for the commission, has comply its preliminary work on Lake Pleasant, & County; Canadohra Lake, Crawford Coun V Conneaut Lake, Crawford County; and now at work on Pymatuning Lake in Cra• ford County. Other lakes included in t 1949 program include Edinboro and LeBoe both in Erie County. ( its This is the first systematic survey oi _ > kind ever to be attempted by the comirllf sion. Fundamental purpose of the plan lS ascertain as accurately as possible the Pre. ent status of all lakes from a fish and fis\ ing angle in order that a fish manage!*16 plan may be established on a sound baS for each lake. , To that end, the commission has p'aC \ at Mr. Trembley's disposal a permaneI1_ assistant and a summer staff of three b1 logical assistants. Edward F. Westlake, '*vI^ took has masters degree in fisheries manaS ment at Pennsylvania State College! assistant. Others are Chuck French, son of the e*' ecutive director of the commission, who * return this fall to study veterinary medic111 Trap netting is the most important activity of the fish management unit of the Pennsyl­ vania Fish Commission in ascertaining fish populations in Pennsylvania lakes. Here the entire at the University of Pennsylvania; and V management crew checks a morning catch on Conneaut Lake. Fish are returned to the water after they are weighed, measured and marked. Adair and Dick Reppert, both students Lehigh. As road equipment, the management u has a 28-foot mobile laboratory, a one-1 panel truck and a personnel car. Asked what specific plans might evolvt e from this survey, Mr. Trembley enumerat several. "To begin with, we will have a v

st As Ed Westlake pulls up the plankton "rCs While most fish caught in trap nets are examined and returned to the water by the fish net in Conneaut Lake, Chuck French P^iatt management unit of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, a few are retained for further study. to take a sample of the contents. This is Pail Ed Westlake discusses a small-mouth bass with Gordon L. Trembley in the doorway of their of the fish management unit's program on 28-foot mobile laboratory at a campsite near Conneaut Lake. Pennsylvania lakes.

PENNSYLVANIA ANGL E» In The Open

COUNTRYMAN MAKES TRIP TO THE BASS FISHING COUNTRY

By SASSY FRASS

A slow, soaking, misting rain shrouded the shelving ledges beloved by smallmouth the August countryside. Long after day­ bass. break the rolling fog masses were still but The rod responded happily to the pull of halfway up the wooded ridges on their way the level line and the hellgrammite dropped to join the rainmakers in the low ceiling close against the far bank. After a short overcast. The weeping skies had even sinking float the line quivered and moved drowned out any semblance of breeze, and upstream. I waited a moment, then tightened the wide bottomlands gratefully absorbed slowly and struck hard. A shining, silvery the life-giving moisture. fallfish came clear in a surging splash, I rolled along the old familiar roadways, looking like a tiny tarpon. I brought him to hunting out breakfast which I finally located land, measured him at slightly under 14 in a hamlet not too far from the bass coun­ inches, and released him. try. Fortified by country bacon and country Another 20 feet and the cast brought the Kpera1 werl gare , members of an ancient family of B? taken in trap nets in Conneaut eggs served up in delicious country style, I jerky strike of a sunfish. The hook was k* by the fish management unit of the Penn- i inia Fish Commission, headed by Gordon L. was ready to cope with any minor contin­ large for this little fellow, but I gave him SftMey, shown here. gency, such as a little rain. plenty of time and nipped him just enough Twenty minutes later I pulled off the to bring him in. He was a husky long- basis upon which to project our roadway by the modern bridge, which spans eared sunfish, and he went back to the j^e stocking plans. We will not guess as the famous fishing stream. A heavier shower depths none the worse for wear. By this time I was in good bass water, but three ^hich species and how many should be immediately came along but I accepted the e hours later I had not raised a single small- I ° d in a lake, we will know from this challenge and soon emerged booted to the mouth. qy which ones are needed and which hips and otherwise protected by a volumi­ L^ are not needed. We will be guided nous slicker. The stream was still running Perhaps the well-worn path along the '^rdingly," Mr. Trembley declared. almost clear, since the steady drizzle had stream was the answer. I went back to the ., We may be forced to reduce certain not reached run-off proportions. car and drove up to the point where the , ''-abundant species in some instances," Taking a hoe and a minnow seine from trout waters start, hoping to find a bass or , biologist continued. "Obnoxious species the car trunk I plowed through the weed two not yet coralled by the army parading P have to be controlled for the good of tangles and came out in the shallow beneath the banks. I went in at the big red rock, and then worked the pockets in a channel species. In some instances, we may the bridge. A scrutiny of the beams and caused by a break-through in an old rip-rap it advisable to stock forage fish for girders revealed big splotches of hellgram- mite egg clusters, looking like the splashings dam. Control of water levels may be found of a careless whitewash job. These splotches e good management in some places. We The first cast hung up in a tree behind me, indicated good hunting on the riffles below. .Sht even find it advisable to install fish and cost all the terminal tackle. The second if? to control migration. Taking a stand where the creek broke try got safely under the overhang above the ,, here are so many ways in which we can fast across the shallow rips I spread the pool and the clipper headed for the bottom. I J* better fishing conditions after we know net, anchored the bottom with a flat stone Then the line moved off down stream and li,Jt we now have to work with," he said. and hoed up the stream bed as far as I kept right on going. I fed slack to the HI* we even hope to establish a policy of could reach. When the silt and debris had 20-foot run and pulled hard. Up came a Locally telling fishermen where the best cleared there were three big hellgrammites surging bronzeback, shaking his head as the lTl,lg is in each lake at certain times of in the meshes, as long as my finger and hook stung home. perfect lunch meat for the bass I hoped to I Season. It is conceivable that we can I measured him at 16 inches and let him find in the pockets upstream. L'Se fishermen at what depths to fish go. Two more casts brought two smaller I,;..511 our analysis tells us where ideal con- bass to hand and then I left the fishing coun­ I °ns exist," Mr. Trembley concluded. try and drove off through the rain, back to There proved to be a bumper crop of the the prosaic world of telephones and type­ big clippers. After a half-dozen hoeings I writers and headaches. was baited for a full day's casting. The hoe and the net went back to the car trunk and I moved up to the next bridge, which also ''des Anglers for Six Weeks marks the site of a large stone mill, still 200 Fishing Rodeo Prizes Awarded 0f six weeks the monster rolled around operating. Total of 182 Ground Awards Made at Second the surface, defying the fishermen who The creek splits into three narrow chan­ Annual Youth Event Saturday p up never-ending casting and trolling, nels below this mill. I rigged the fly rod ,J,1g to induce the whopper to take the for hellgrammite work, tying on a No. 2 Upwards of 200 prizes were distributed on 3 Finally, an artificial bait, a South sneak hook, and waded down along one of Saturday Aug. 26, among the 375 Chambers- x?^ Pike Oreno, fooled the big fellow into these channels. The magnificent cardinal burg area boys and girls who participated •jl nS- An exciting and different scrap flower glowed like burning coals in the in the borough's second annual fishing rodeo. Sred. marshy edges. Here also were the big blue While the major awards were presented »."6 muskie never surfaced during the lobelia, the monkey flower, and the pretty to boys and girls listed as winners in the [W e> apparently depending upon its great yellow sneezeweed. A jagged rock cliff various fishing contest, a total of 182 of the and strength to break itself from the towered up to my left, covered with poly­ prizes were distributed as ground awards. •^e. The fish will be mounted, along pody fern and the leathery rock tripe. The top ground award—a new tank-type % the rod and reel which eventually con- Where the channels converge a long pool bicycle—went to Herbert Faust, 10, of 33 fed the sockdolager. waits out the placid days. I moved into West Washington street. AK, ° doubt, many people will see the re- casting position at the head and worked my Sponsored nationally by Better Fishing, | ^s of the new world's record musky, as it way slowly through the eddy. Pondweed Inc., the rodeo was staged locally under the k nned to exhibit it at many of the 1950 has choked up one side leaving a wading promotion of local sportsmen's organizations Omen's shows. strip between the clinging vegetation and and cooperating merchants. % <*0 BER—1949 pleted the five strips for the butt se tion of your two piece rod. Mark off on the block with vffj* crayon, the point you finished tn ferrule end. Better still, do this frf", Tonkin Cane Rod Building the beginning so you know at *" point to finish. „ e By GARNET D. GILLESPIE You are now ready for the tip £ sections. Work same as for butt, the v through to No. 4 and No. 3 gr°° fe' then two and one. Be careful on lP Build your own fishing rods if you You are now ready to space the fine end of tip so as not to get the like to tinker! Listed below are the nodes of your %" strips. too fine. , tools needed for the work. r< Select five strips (if you are build­ Draw a diagram on paper of a ^ (a) One combination steel planing ing a five piece rod) for your butt about the size and weight you wou V block, having 5 strip grooves on the section. Place them on the table as like to have. Mark off 6" intervals & other side (60° angle). shown in diagram No. 4. Mark strips size of each strip that goes into ttt (b) One linoleum knife. on enameled side from top to bottom five piece rod. See figure 5 on diagra 1-2-3-4-5. This numbering is done so page) (c) One Stanley (No. 220) plane - -pCe that you do not mix them in the glue­ 1 with two extra cutters. Have cutters ing process, and you will not have any When you have the two five V > reground to 70° angle. sections ready to glue, place No. 1 nei„ node opposite another. If you did not 0 (d) One plane bitt honer for sharp­ stagger the strips in a like manner, to 2, then 3, 4, and 5. Tape both e* ening bitts, and keeping even level. together. , and two or more nodes would be at e This may be purchased from McLaren the same alignment you would have a Assemble the pressure win° / Industries, Inc., Troy, New York. weak spot that may break under un­ fasten to table and prepare for wi? ing strips without glue to determ in£e (e) Two bastard files; fine and due pressure or a hard flick of the rod. if they fit tightly together, having n medium cut. u Saw off on dotted line. open seams. If this should occur, y£e (f) One micrometer. The next procedure will be to place will have to rework them to mai^ (g) One 64 gauge. your planing block on the table; the them fit. When you have this accoi^ (h) One roll cotton cord, No. 8 or small grooved end to your right, with plished, you are ready to glue. C5 10. the fine strip groove side up. (See glueing diagram—figure 3). t (i)Sand paper. illustration of the five strip block). Cut the tape, you have bound a (j) Cassine glue. ee Now you are ready to plane your each end of strips, on seam betw (k) Small steel saw. 1 strips. Select No. 1 of the five strips, one and five with both ends the saU (1) One pressure winder. alignment. Lay them apart as a^oy„t (m) One %" gauge, curved. to plane. Place glove on left hand to prevent cutting your fingers. In case tape holding them together. (See to (n) Masking tape (cotton back). they do not come loose and get mi*e.' (o) Alcohol lamp. your strip should slip or be pulled g through your fingers, you would have Prepare glue and spread over eny (p) Borred corks (%" bore). l a severe cut that may prevent your interior surface of strips. This 8 (q) One %" rat tail file to increase 1 working for a few days. should be mixed to a heavy crea^ bore of corks, if needed. consistency. (r) One pair of leather gloves. Tape The five strip side of your block has eight grooves in pairs of 72° angles. At this point, fold or roll the & thumb and finger ends of left hand to strips back together again. , keep planed strips from cutting your Place the strip in groove No. '8 which Place pressure winder belt ar°u j fingers. The strips are as sharp as a is nearer to you standing to the left. a razor blade when planed. With the skin or enameled side of the strips two turns away from you ,j (s) One small plastic mallet. strip, (by all means do not plane the lay glued strips on winder belt. * enameled side of the strip), to the cotton cord to and under left t°Tj Beginning Rod Construction front, press down with the left hand of belt. Start the crank handle to rig and presto—your glued strips move Start with one piece of 8" cane 1W fingers and plane a few shavings off gbt the small end; thin, fine shavings only. the right pulling rod section to ffl to Wz" thick. File the leaf marks or seci Turn the strip to No. 7 groove and and winding to left end of j°,a nodes smooth like the other part of There will be even spiral wind1 ° cane (remember, nodes only). Set plane a few shavings (remember very thin and fine shavings) and back again throughout whole section. Start your linoleum knife in center of top wind at heavy end. end of cane. Tap it with the plastic to No. 8. Continue this planing in No. It Cut off cord, fasten with two *•h-a mallet to start split. Twist knife and 8 and No. 7 until you have covered a drive and twist same until you have the entire strip so the angle shows hitch knots. Repeat this process add five more pounds of weight to Ji the cane split in half, then into throughout the full length of the piece 1 quarters. you are working. Continue this pro­ crease pressure of second spiral w , cedure with the remaining four strips Instead of winding the belt aw^ At this point take gauge and mallet v and cut the nodes from the interior. until all are roughly alike. from you on the second wind, u The quartered pieces are now ready The next step is to move to groove make two wraps or loops toward V and pull cord through left hand 1°^ to be split into Vsths. No. 6 and No. 5, turning the strip each ei To do this, lay top end of strip on few cuts to keep a perfect angle. Start Start crank handle to right, as ^ °fe. The second winding will overlap ^ table, pointing to the right. Drive the planing at about the center of No. 6 0 linoleum knife through the first node and No. 5 groove so that you may tween the first winding through and twist it until it splits to the end. work your strips from end to end. entire section. Cut off as bef° Insert knife again at node and twist Measure your strips with the micro­ fastening both ends with tape. to left just half way to next node; then meter or 64th gauge (whichever you To insure more pressure, wet . to the next node and repeat so on choose of the two), at the six inch entire cord or winding with wet r ° through. You will get a good follow intervals. or sponge. When dry it will increa through in this style of splitting. You should now have about com­ pressure.

PENNSYLVANIA ANGl' 15* Holl the wound section on table to Force the corks together, glueing ^naove curves and kinks. Flex in each one and pressing together as you Fig. X ^nds until straight. Hang section with put them on. Slip a piece of lead pipe Large End Small End eight attached for a few days. over the end of the rod sliding it down, After about a week, remove cord resting it against the last cork to in­ findings and store for three months, sure pressure and to keep the corks Five Strip «. Plane Toward p. ^ter which time the glued strips together. Let them dry for 24 hours. Block Small End J^ould be correct for finishing except The reel seat and handle are now °r a set or so. This can be removed by ready for the finish to any pattern you bating over alcohol lamp flame and desire by filing and sanding into shape. The Grooves on 5 Strip Block are in Pairs Ending straight. You may have either a screw lock­ First Rough Plane the 5 Strips in Groove's 8-7 , The sections are now ready for the ing device on the end or the French Then 6-5—4-3—2-1 Until They are the Proper "Ashing product. ring design. Thickness Throughout the Entire Strips Sand the skins from the two sections File only the corners off the glued section so the furrel will go on a little •My until fiber lines show. Smooth Fig. XI *lth steel wool. Place the drilled corks hard with the furrel bond. Heat after ver the small end and force down it is on and it will stay in place. ^ butt end that has had a little glue Next, place tip guide. Measure °1 to hold cork No. 1. If the corks spaces for other guides and wind them Diag. of One Strip 5f on evenly with a rod winder and rest. e a little hard to force into place, Mark in at 6" Intervals the Calibrations You Want ^e the round rat tail file and make You may varnish the entire rod or at guides only. Wax and rub rod. The Strips to be ?e corks a trifle larger. About 18 or Make All 5 Strips the Same J" corks are needed to make the han- You now have a better fishing rod They Will Fit Perfectly When You Assemble R and reel seat. (Turn to Page 17) Them Together

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°CTOBEE—1949 9 PENNSYLVANIA REPTILES ^AMPHIBIANS

(Edited and approved by M. Graham Netting, Curator of Herpetology, Carnegie Museum)

No. 7 . . . Snapping Turtle

NORTHERN SNAPPING TURTLE (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) JAWS OF SNAPPING TURTLE . . . Covered with sharp-edged, » I t0 eS e . . . Characteristic is the walking stride of the snapping turtle with sheaths; "snapping" turtle well-named, for this largest and "„3t)I its shell held well off the ground; characteristic, too, is the saw- of all local turtles strikes viciously at its prey and enemies; is c^„ ifs s eC toothed tail which makes an ideal handle for carrying; may be dis­ of inflicting painful and serious injury to humans; this aquatic gucK- tinguished from all other local species by its very small phastron (bot­ is both beneficial and harmful, at times taking a heavy toll "•.jc-a"- tom shell); average adults weigh 15 to 30 pounds, maximum about 60 lings; important predator of dam-tunneling crayfish; econoi"1 pounds; probably occurs throughout the state. most important as the principal ingredient in turtle soup.

SNAPPING TURTLE LAYING EGGS . . . Above is photograph of a SNAPPING TURTLE EGGS IN NEST . Above photograph i; c0,m s female snapper laying her eggs at night in a cinder bank bordering a taken when female was removed from nest after • layinIavinigr was comP/*eeS' ais-' marsh; flask-shaped cavity to receive eggs is constructed by digging 30 eggs in this nest; usual clutch 24 to 40 spherical, hard-shelled ii> with hind feet; nesting sites are varied (muskrat houses sometimes resembling half-sized ping-pong balls; June is usual laying nW" bt>j are used) but general requirements are moisture and an open sunny northeastern states; hatching may occur in September or October* ^ area; laying completed, female covers eggs carefully and leaves, never variations are considerable due to different seasonable conditions ,ji£ to return to her nest; incubation proceeds from natural warmth of sun. varying nest temperatures; eggs may carry over the winter, -y emerging in the spring.

SNAPPING TURTLES HATCHING . . . Photograph taken in Septem­ TRAPPING SNAPPING TURTLES . . . Snapping turtles are ""{"frf ber of eggs collected in June; besides man, large turtles seem to have tected in Pennsylvania; popular method of capture is in net gs'1 r no other non-parasitic enemies, but young turtles are relished by with funnel-shaped openings; traps are baited with raw meat °'oU)a crows, hawks, various mammals and even large fish; migration of entrails to which turtles are attracted by sense of smell; Pop fis& newly-hatched snappers to water is believed guided by open horizon, method of taking very large turtles is hand-line fishing "*•£,* o> humidity and position of sun; in winter snapping turtles hibernate heads or raw meat bait; M. Graham Netting demonstrates met""" in mud, body functions slowed by numbing cold. handling reptiles in photo above. THE MINIATURE CRUSTACEANS

The term Crustaceans means to most of us By Carsfen Ahrens What's New "*ose larger well-known members of this f ° oup 0f animals: the marine lobsters and *abs, the freshwater crayfish, the aquatic arid regions where only temporary bodies of Reviewed by Hugh Johnson imp, and the terrestrial sowbugs. But water exist, it is believed that they dry up "j16 waters of the world abound with their and are carried about by the wind during ^y relatives that are usuall less than 3 mm. this resting stage. ^ length. These are the Daphnia and the Although these animals are very minute, in Fishing Books "Mops. they are extremely important in an economic , If the creature is oval, begins with a beak way. They are a most necessary cog in a ONE THING: the rest of us can put away elow the head and ends in a sharp tail complex balance of nature. Their food con­ our typewriters now, and set up our rods :?Wne, it is apt to be one of the Daphnia, and sists of bacteria, algae, and the smallest of and head for the nearest stream. There Protozoa. In turn, they become the food of * commonly called a "water flea." All of won't have to be any more hooks on trout water insects, small fish, and these are '- ^em have powerful branching antennae fishing. Dan Holland has said the last word. preyed upon by larger organisms. This goes Phich are their chief organs of locomotion. on, up and up, until man is involved. Since P'rong muscles snap the antennae forward, Those are the words of Corey Ford and these tiny crustaceans occur in prodigious Alastair MacBain in their Foreword to Trout . fusing the little animal to skip or leap numbers, it would be difficult to over esti­ pbout in the water. This hopping about has Fishing by Dan Holland (published Septem­ mate how important a factor they are in the ber 1949 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, jSiVen them the name of "water flea." Most food chain. Should they suddenly disap­ j* them are enclosed in a shell that seems N. Y.—$5.00). Ford and MacBain have ap­ 0 pear, the entire food scheme of the fishes, parently fished all over the North American be bivalve. The six pairs of feet are not amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals used for locomotion but lie within the shell continent with Dan Holland, and a note of would have to change. extravagance in their endorsement of their Biological supply companies, pet shops, fishing buddy's new book is to be expected. and fish hatcheries usually keep rich cul­ However, while Dan Holland, in Trout Fish­ tures of Dahpnia and Cyclops on hand be­ ing, has not said "the last word," any more cause they are the standard "baby food" for than anybody in a book or in fireside con­ small fish and many other water animals. versation will ever be permitted to have They are easily reared in gallon jars to the last word on trout fishing, he has never­ which lettuce leaves are added. Care should theless come up with a book that is quite be taken that leaves and water are renewed extraordinary in its scope, both geographical frequently, for the colony will die if the and topical, and at the same time is meticu­ water becomes stagnant. lously informative about all the important aspects of trout fishing. Trout Fishing is physically big—457 pages (including 16 pages of photographic illus­ Reserved Seat For Trout Anglers trations and a beautiful full-color frontis­ piece), and it is big in concept. From the It is now, in its most delightful phases, a Newhalen River in Alaska to the Brodheads period during which the mind and the of Pennsylvania, from the Big Hole of Mon­ muscles of which we are made can be put tana to Pierce Pond in Maine and back to to a different task than the winning of the the Duckabush River in Washington, Hol­ bread, no matter what the endeavor requires land takes us in Paul Bunyan strides all of the individual angler. While he is trying over the U.S.A. fishing map. It leaves us to place a bivisible grey hackle on exactly a little short of breath but with a glow of one of the tens of thousands of square inches pride in America's resources and an un­ of surface of a favorite pool, he is resting solicited tribute on our lips: "Brother, this from any and all cares which may have guy has been around! annoyed him "back in town." He's a differ­ ent man while he's there—and in most cases To a greater degree than any other book he's a different man when he goes home. I've ever read, I felt, with every page, that I was out in the great open spaces with rod And he's storing away memories which in hand—catching those fabulous Arctic char will stand him in good stead in place of the north of Nome, the 18-incher on the Batten- actual excitement during those months when kill, and the 16-pounder out of Lake Pend ^d keep a steady current of water passing he can't fish. And if he improves enough on Oreille. And yet this thrilling tour of the ltl and out of the shell. This stream supplies what actually happened, he might even have continent's big and little trout waters is v * gen and carries food. one good enough to tell the boys. All fish­ simply backdrop for the main presentation , If the creature is slender and streamlined, ermen are liars—and I've even caught min­ —the author's description of the kinds of pks shell, has well-developed swimming isters stre-e-e-etching things just a little trout, the life history and senses of trout, a bit after a few angling expeditions. *Ss, and has a solitary eye, it is one of the troutfood and habits, and complete how-to- ^Vclops. But most important he's getting hepped do-it information on the catching of trout. , The miniature crustaceans have been up over something out of the ordinary from Dry fly, wet fly, nymph, streamer, spinner "own and studied for almost as many years the daily grind. He's also making plans for fishing, spinning, bait casting, bait fishing ^ the microscope is old. The first of the the future—because no matter what one's (in about that order of Dan Holland's pref­ J:aphnia was described away back in 1669; faith or ideas about the hereafter, it is com­ erence) are all covered, and he winds up with some pleasantly discursive chapters ^e Cyclops, a little later. They are com- mon knowledge that a special place in Para­ such as "Fishing in the Rain" and "Con­ ™ex animals possessing well-developed ner- dise is being held for fishermen. servation and the Future." He tops it all °us, locomotive, digestive, and reproductive The trout fishermen, moving slowly and with a little last-chapter-essay called "The ^sterns. But though complex, they are so quietly along a remote streamside also gets Str Evening Hatch" which is, in prose that is »all that often they are eaten by one-celled plenty of opportunities to study many forms close to poetry, a neat expression of the ^imals (like the stentors) which though ex- of wildlife as they call themselves to atten­ be-all and the end-all of trout angling. femely simple are larger than the "water tion by a sudden flicker of a tail, a call, or leas." a splash in the water. But these are the The chapter-head drawings by William J- , The miniature crustaceans are aquatic al- interruptions one welcomes in the day's Schaldach, America's foremost angler-artist, hough a few get along out of water if the business of catching trout. They don't ordi­ are an extra bonus in this superb book—an ^bitat is damp. Most of them prefer still narily spoil the fishing, like the interruptions absolutely essential book for the collector, ^ater; they are commonly found in weedy made by the chief trout stream spoilers of and highly recommended for every trout "°nds and lakes. Since they often occur in all. fisherman.

OCTOBER—1949 11 laden with its enshrouding burden °, fog which swirled about our tents 3° "A Ten Day's Adventure at the Junior tempted the lazy sun to drive it aw^' Then in the washrooms, sleep-ladeI* eyes brightened as cold water &e Conservation Camp" them. This was invigorating and ^., enjoyed it. By this time the first be for breakfast had usually rung aIJ By EUGENE DEWEY 1 had brought us filing into the dini ^ room. Another fine meal, who1 hearted fellowship around the tableS> A Junior Conservation Course; and the expectancy which acco& these words struck no chord of special panied each new day, all had the | interest in my mind when I first heard part in making those mornings u11 them. Of course I'd known about con­ forgettable. servation for a long while. As far as I was concerned it involved such prac­ This was an average day's P*j? gram. Directly after breakfast ™ ' tices as preventing erosion, eliminating tis waste in the use of our forests and Ridenour, our oamp director, gave the schedule of the day's activitieS' minerals and perhaps more remotely, u helping our wild game reestablish it­ Following this we had about an ho to make beds, clean tents, or catc self in depleted areas. Beyond these a up on a little sleep which we h t rudimentary ideas, my conservation oS concepts were rather vague. somehow missed. By this time m ^ of us had become rather well a Nevertheless there it was. The Con­ quainted with the camp life and wjt solidated Sportsmen of Tioga County each other. Those common ties whi£ had announced an essay contest bound us all in a mutual love of & through which boys for this course out-or-doors, now seemed to draw u^ would be selected. I thought about together as a group, making us de the whole thing for quite some time. EUGENE DEWEY of Mainesburg, Tioga County termined that we would learn aI1^ At length I concluded that perhaps Eugene is the author of this article which he 3 lived at the Junior Conservation Camp. absorb these principles of conser^ conservation wasn't such a remote tion. And now we were about to se subject after all. I came to realize that duced to one of the exceptional fea­ how this training would be presents every sportsman and lover of the out- to us. of-doors must directly link his recre­ tures of the camp. We sat down to ational persuits with conservation prac­ tables laden with an abundance of The next day after we arrived tices and that where these practices wholesome and well prepared food. camp consisted of an introductory were neglected the sportsman must This somehow stimulated our raven­ woodcraft course given to us by ™ ' suffer. That very evening I sat down ous appetites and soon a brigade of Ridenour and the Dittmar twins, °Y\ milk pitchers and empty dishes were counselors. We called it "survival 1^ and began putting some of these earn thoughts on paper. streaming into the kitchen for the the woods" and through it we l lj refills which were there for the tak­ a few simple operations which wot1 It was still with some measure of a ing. Perhaps fifty percent of the enable a man to keep alive in the f apprehension when, several weeks er e morale of a group is dependent upon of adverse conditions. We made ° later we wound through the Pennsyl­ gency fishing leader from Indian ^e,' vania countryside and came in sight the kind of meals which are served. At any rate we all agreed that they we drank water from a cut grapevxn > of the camp where the course was to and watched the Dittmar twins v° be held. We had come only a few miles played a big part in making the camp a success. water in a paper container. In . outside of State College when we saw 1 afternoon we were given instructic* the signs directing to the camp and After supper we assembled on the he» at length the camp itself appeared as back steps of the main building and in the use of map and compass vfO^' s plotting courses. We later put thi we came over a little knoll and looked met with our directors and counselors Aeiet knowledge to practical use by ' across the valley. In only a matter of who briefly outlined the camp pro­ a minutes we were registered and com­ gram. It seemed that from that night mining the angle of direction to a P fortably settled in our tents. Then on we began to consider ourselves as ticular point about a mile from cart* we had time to look around a little. one big family thrust into common and then hiking to it. First we went through the main build­ paths of opportunity and circumstance. This was all extremely interest^" ing, a handsome rustic structure with We realized that the extent of our and we'd made quite a day of it- * J. tent flaps were pulled rather early tn ^ a spacious dining room and large fire benefits derived here was dependent u place. Adjacent to the dining room upon our cooperation with our di­ evening and the next morning f° was the office of Charles Ridenour, rectors and with each other. After us eager for some new adventure. our camp director, who at the moment this meeting we filed back through the The ten day's program was c°. was registering the rest of some forty- main building, glanced at the bulletin ducted by the various state depa , six boys who attended the camp. board to see who shared tomorrow's ments of the Commonwealth whJ assortment of duties, and then will­ are concerned with wildlife and c° I guess all of us had that anxious a and expectant look when we first got ingly sought our tents where welcome servation. These included the G J?e, there. This sort of thing was new. cots awaited us. Commission, Fish Commission, £jj None of us had ever heard of conser­ Those mornings at the camp were partment of Forests and Waters, &° wonderful and inspiring ones. Some­ Conservation Service, Sanitary Wat vation education in this form before. 0 Yet there seemed to be a mutual times though it was a little hard to Board, and the supplementary ser^i . leave those comfortable cots when one of the Mineral Industries and WiW^* determination among us that our stay ta at the camp and with each other would of the counselors would call us. But Research departments of Penn ^ be a profitable one. as we looked out the tent flap we Space doesn't permit a detailed a That very evening we were intro- were met by the cool morning air count of all the activities under t* 12 PENNSYLVANIA ANGl j •direction of these departments, but I With such an administrative group Mil dwell briefly on some of the more things were bound to be accomplished. ^ipressive points of each. There was Through their combined efforts we , some thrill in seeing and hearing these were introduced to these concepts of Representatives of the state agencies conservation, one of the most import­ jjbout which we had heard so much. ant among them being the develop­ i ^hat remote light in which we might ment of finer human resources within i have regarded their functions before ourselves. Ms brushed aside as we learned how The activities of each of the state j'heir activities affected us personally. departments had its precise part in the The day flew by so quickly, each one course. Lectures, hikes and bus trips ' lacked with wholesome and interest­ were fitted like clock-work into the ing activity. It didn't take us long to program. Under the Department of appreciate the swell job our directors Forests and Waters we visited the **id counselors did in managing the c State tree nursery at nearby Green­ ourse. Here is a brief sketch of the wood Park. We visited a fire tower, ; &art played by each one in making the saw the cutting of a fire trail and the °ourse memorable and its significance methods used in modern fire fighting. ; "idelible. There was C. W. Stoddard, We learned more about trees common sJate chairman of the camp who made to Pennsylvania, their habitat and [ 'he program arrangements and came their relative importance to conserva­ '° the camp at intervals to talk to the tion. Our field trips were conducted Si'oup. Then there was Mr. Perez of by men who had made the study of ^e Engineering Department. We all wildlife their occupation, who had 1 catne to like him real well especially learned the habits of wild game, and Mien we saw him coming up the road could present this knowledge in an Mth a truck of food on those days we unforgetable manner. s Pent away from camp. Then there Fish Commission representatives Ms Charles Ridenour, wrestling took us through the Pleasant Gap phampion and ardent sportsman who Hatchery where we saw the fish used j^d. charge of the actual administra- to stock our streams in the various i j'on of the camp. And to make this stages of their development. Next 'eam complete, there were the Dittmar Dr. A. Byrl Runkle, of Sandy Lake, displays we saw the bass propagation program a fine 19" large-mouth black bass from the 'Mns, John and Jim, who served as throat of which he has just removed a full and in the afternoon fished in the fa­ grown sparrow. j^r counselors and through their ef- mous Fisherman's Paradise. Each I '°rts found a place of admiration and evening the department in charge Aspect in the hearts of each of us. showed movies illustrating their ac­ sisted of a bus trip to a point desig­ tivities or related subjects. nate by the Soil Conservation Service The Wildlife Research Department about sixty miles south of the camp. of Penn State conducted two hikes Here had been practiced conservation through the college forests and showed measures which had not only in­ their methods of wildlife and forest creased agricultural production but management. This demonstrated the had nearly doubled local game num­ interrelationship of the entire course. bers by providing adequate food and Under the direction of the Game cover. This is typical of the farm game Commission we were shown the frame­ management which could be practiced work of that agency and the integral by any landowner who might be part that its functions have in relation brought to realize the service he could to Pennsylvania game. We were given render wildlife through this program. instruction in gun handling and safety And so with this our course ended. and in the afternoon a small bore Yet we feel that its import will never shooting match was held. A trapping end. We feel that we've been privi­ demonstration was also part of their leged to be a part of this great move­ program. ment at its beginning. Such a presen­ In the program of the Mineral In­ tation of conservation facts could dustries department of the college we never die in the minds of those who saw the vital part that the mineral heard them. Rather it may be a per­ resources of the state played in its petual forward stride, an invincible economic importance and our result­ element seeping into every section of ing peril should we not safeguard the State, dispelling the darkness of them. The Sanitary Water Board misconception and illuminating our presented to us the criminal facts con­ road ahead, our path of victory. nected with stream pollution. The Reluctantly we packed and finally Board representative spoke of the dev­ wound out the road that had brought astating conditions which sewage dis­ us to the camp. Yet we rejoiced to posal and industrial waste had have been a part of this institution, wrought in our waters and the re­ this place where minds have caught sponsibility of each sportsman to join a vision of fields to conquer, where in the struggle to make Pennsylvania hearts have ignited with the deter­ Vjj, seph Balutis, aged 16, who lives in Girard- irie. proudly displays a fine large mouth black again the state of sylvan streams and mination that through our efforts the jJSs weighing 14% lbs. and measuring 20!£". sparkling waterways. natural wealth of our State and Nation hi? caught this fine fish in Fishing Creek near '"ornsburg on August 12, 1949. The last day of our program con- will rest secure.

°CXOBER—1949 13 With skin like plucked geese twelve members of Trout Creek Angling As­ sociation fished for junk and built The Return of Silver Bill rock shelves in water that had been bitten the night before by early October frost. We worked like beavers; By JACK ANDERSON that is, like beavers who had brains enough to occasionally rest. During one of these breathers Johnny Green jittery pickup truck. We dumped down mud paths trampled by our weeks stepped onto an eroded creek bank. the muddy liquid and got to work. work. I watched the stream churning white-lipped around gray rock ®e' He gazed through coffee steam and "This the fifth or sixth load of junk we fished out?" Johnny Green hooked Hectors we had patiently erected. orange, late afternoon sunlight down R the small, restless stream. "We'd do a gnarled rust-scarred tea kettle from In a few minutes the junk W - the tin cans, bottles, old shoes, and loaded and we wearily agreed to ca this for nobody but Silver Bill," he o1 said. assorted flotsam on the stream bank it a day. I had another job to do * In hunting clothes and hip boots we and loaded it onto the truck. the project. "Sixth." Ed Roland tossed an old Alone, I nudged my car over to tn stood there, hot coffee cups caressing 1 numbed hands. Silently we nodded. automobile tire with a disgusted Samson Truck Manufacturing Con ' Since the work was my idea blood grunt. pany. touched, my cheeks like a hot hand. "If Silver Bill'd a seen this crick, "I got your card and was expecti^ Maybe I was too much the sentimental­ he'd of died." Johnny Green turned you." A slim balding businessrna" ist. Before too much of such thinking, downstream, and I followed his stare introduced himself as Sam Melvin a" though, Jim Forrest rattled up with a along the browning meadow, with its invited me to sit down in one of t^ soft leather chairs of his office. I cal«• attention to my muddy clothing- ^, 'Id hoped, he shuddered aside &fj. fears. Eagerly I wormed my th'e muscles into the chair. We had . cigarette together. "I represent Trout Creek Angling Association," I began. "I came to se you about Trout Creek." "Trout—" Bewilderment climb^ into large gray eyes. "What's that- Suddenly the cigarette's red e^ jabbed toward me. "Oh. You m^ that little creek winding back of olJ plant." I nodded. "It goes through the heal of Pleasant Point. Before industry moved on its banks and rows of hous were built along it in our south en ' it was a nice trout stream." Sam Melvin smiled. "Now it lo°kS like an open-mouthed sewer." "Looked." I took a draw at t& smoke. "We've been cleaning u|\ We're going to try to get the state restock the creek and open it to ns ing again. That's why I came to se^ you. Since we've been working ^e . seen milkish liquid coming from V° disposal pipes and seen suckers gaSP ing for air and rolling over on the backs." Again the smile. "I don't 6.0^ That's a chemical we use in our Pair> ing department." a That straight-from-the-shoulder

ten years and said nothing. 111 But an instant later I was Sa Melvin's friend. this He was saying: Of course _.„ cl plant has always prided itself in fi cooperation. This matter will be ta A beautiful stream untouched by pollution. up with our engineers, and believe S» 14 PENNSYLVANIA A N G k by the time you are ready to restock "And William Lester—" Sam Melvin pleasing Bill. I went into the house °ur noses will be clean." began. forgetting to close the garage door. I'd won my point. As we were shak­ "Silver Bill got asthma so darn bad Anyhow I got bit by the bug to get ing hands the businessman asked: he had to go West to Arizona. He's things done. I took off a few days from What brought this on? Everybody been teaching out there for years— work and struggled around in the Ground here goes up to the mountains math in a high school, a promotion creek. for trout fishing. Who—" over our one horse school." I got Driving to the creek one morning I tamped out my cigarette. "Ever goose pimply. "He oughta be a college I saw workmen unloading a septic hear of William Lester—or as he's psychology prof for all the human tank in Jim Forrest's yard. known better, Silver Bill? ... No, I nature he knows. . . . He's retired now, "By God! So Jim was one of those guess you wouldn't have. He used to and I got a letter he's coming back fellows got sore when the town teach school here in Cross Fork. to Pennsylvania, on what he calls a couldn't extend sewage over his way jVlost of us guys around here were in last visit. He can't stay on account of during the war. He connected his bath his room. He was our favorite teacher. his asthma." room to the storm sewer." On the opening day of trout season Sam Melvin nodded, squeezed his It was surprising. And I winced, re­ he'd take us out on Trout Creek and smoked cigarette into a tray. He didn't calling bits of paper we'd seen gliding teach us how to catch brookies. He say any more till I was leaving. in Trout Creek's rapids. had the school board on his neck, I What he said then gave me thought But Jim Forrest's tank was buried know now, but he didn't care. while I was driving home. "What you when I went to see Fish Warden Jeff "Finally he got us kids interested fellows are doing is cleaning up the Bailey. lli a fishing club. We called it the Trout creek for the sake of your old teacher." Fat, genial Jeff took me into the Creek Angling Association. The outfit The thought wormed into my brain cluttered parlor that also served as an kinda grew with us, till today it has that we were merely trying to scratch office and listened quietly to my story. fifty members." sand over our mistake, not really "Ain't no reason why we couldn't get the state to restock brookies in Trout Creek," he said, jerking a mechanical pencil from his checkered shirt pocket. "I'll write to get the biologists to test the creek." I stopped Jeff's hand before the pencil could meet the yellow memo pad. "Can't you phone and save time?" We'd like to stock as soon as we could, so's the trout could get wild by next opening day." Jeff grinned. "I'll see what I can do." . . . It was November when the state fish truck arrived from Bellefonte with five hundred sun-splashed brookies, fat and wild and wriggling. Watching them slip into the creek, old memories touched my heart. Jim Forrest yelled: "Lookit that big one go! Back for that old stump where I used to get so many strikes!" That winter we were like kids. We walked along Trout Creek on mild days to see our trout streaking for cover. On long winter nights we swapped stories about Silver Bell, anxious now for his coming. "I used to wonder what it was made his gray eyes light when he talked about going fishing," I remarked to Johnny Green over a mixed drink one night. "I don't wonder any more. I can see now why he'd risk one of his asthma attacks for a day along the creek." I paused then, a warm hand brushing my heart as I thought of Sil­ ver Bill's many years parted from streams he loved. I recalled that I'd said the old guy was getting cranky the school term before he left. I'd said he wasn't the good guy he used to be. "How he'd burn me up when he got me up to the blackboard on a math problem," Johnny Green said. "Usu­ ally I couldn't hit the right answer, and he'd only say 'Think. Think! I'd (Continued—next page) Stocked trout can be wiped out by one pollution blow.

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A ing day that I inquired in an offhand "Here you are," I told myself, "letj way about Silver Bill's health. ting that old man risk his health. Aojj Over a new line that he was wax­ for what?" Quietly I resolved to teli ing the old teacher said: "I'll have the whole truth . . . and then saw t»e asthma all of my life. I can control savage jerk on Silver Bill's rod. it by living in a dry climate. I wanted I felt that jerk at my heart. *** to come back here, sure—to stay— mind was digging frantically for a» but a New York specialist supposed explanation when the biggest bi"°0^ to be the best in the country told me trout I'd ever seen in Trout Creel* wrenched himself on the surface, even a visit was inadvisable." net He went on with his waxing, and I saw Jim Forrest running with the ' said nothing further. I had a sudden three others at his heels. feeling, however. Silver Bill had seen "An old timer gradually got imniune a New York specialist—and he hadn't to that poison!" I exclaimed, stum^ seen him before he left originally for ling downstream. "An Silver Bill ha Arizona, I knew. I was rolling the enough faith in the stream to fe&e whole thing over in my mind, grin­ him out!" ning a little, when Jimmy Forrest An old timer he was, that brookie"' and Johnny Green tapped sneakly and he was up against an old time • He zoomed for roots, lashed with to like on my window. Unobserved I v hustled outside. current, sulked; always with Sil ^, Johnny Green wildly waved his Bill keeping steady pressure. It hands. "Cripes. It's happened!" wasn't until the old native was in W Three nice brown trout. My weight seemed to slam into my net that I realized Silver Bill ^aS feet. "Now what?" having a severe asthma attack. i rather have you see the mistake than "You know the big boss down by He had a doctor's prescription aI\ for me to tell you.'"... the auto factory said he'd see no more stuffed a couple pills down his throa ^ February came. Like all good trout chemicals were dumped into Trout But we all knew he had enough fisJr fishermen, we got our tackle together. Creek. Well, somebody forgot." As ing for health's sake . . . That opening day nervousness was I gasped: "Yeah, that's it. Dead trout Silver Bill left Cross Fork two day5 creeping up fast by the time Silver all over the crick. I doubt if one is later, the receipt for his brook tr°u ' Bill landed in Cross Forks. It was left. The big boss—Sam Melvin I with the taxidermist's signature, oii April 9th, six days before the season guess his name is—promises to re­ thing he checked along with his bag^ opener. place every trout at his expense and gage ... to make sure. When to When Silver Bill had walked in stock five hundred more besides—but black engine puffed into the statio > years before I'd always felt a deep for tomorrow, we're licked!" I had a bitter thought: I wouldn't se stirring inside. This sensation re­ Like lightning my temper struck, the old teacher again. It made it to1?^ turned when he stepped from the tightening my muscles and locking to stare at his silver hair, his crinkle train. my jaws. Then I sighed. face, to watch those gray, smiling eye ' "We worked hard on this thing. rt Out of my childhood came the "That stream's been a big pa .,i°s thought that here was a man too wise The old man is looking forward to his my life." It was part of Silver Bi^ to be fooled. More stooped, the silver fishing. We'll go out tomorrow as if last speech before he got on the ^x%., nothing happened." hair more sparse, with his pants still "It's meant a lot to fish it again. f** hanging down too far, his suit crinkled There were weak nods. When the pecially to be as lucky as I was- as ever, there was that old sureness old man started stirring inside the A little while later, when the trai about him. The laugh was there in house, the gang scurried like fright­ was struggling on a distant hill, I r. the gray eyes, still reluctant to move ened trout. membered some thoughts I'd had 0s into the open on his lips. At six the following morning we ing Trout Creek that opening da^ Within ten minutes Silver Bill was were all there, assembling our tackle how I'd figured where fish would Pe ^ telling us how anxious he was to try in a cold, frost-painted dawn. While there'd be fish, how I'd felt I was bag the old holes. His first trout fishing feeding line through my fly rod guides with an old friend who I'd badly since he'd gone to teach in desert I glanced toward Silver Bill. down. country. Waters murmured, dim and steady, We let him get settled in the special as I caught two sparkling gray eyes room at my house, then took him by against the dawn light. They say car down to Trout Creek. beauty lives only in the eyes of the Well I'll tell you, there is no pleas­ beholder, and I believed it then. Sky ure deeper than observing an old and stream and meadow were in Sil­ friend's happiness. I'd felt guilty about ver Bill's eyes. He didn't have to hiding the truth from Silver Bill, but speak. I knew. He was thanking God I forgot guilt when I saw gray eyes for this morning. lighting as they swept the clean mea­ But pain screwed into my heart. dow and fresh-scrubbed creek. What a disappointment this was to be! Silver Bill banged a withered fist We fished. That is, Silver Bill fished. into the palm of his hand. "That The rest of us played at fishing. We stump down there—that's one of my weren't trying; we knew it was use­ favorite spots! An' down by that bend less. —say, I've got to tie up one of my Silver Bill moved quietly along Trout Creek specials. They're the real stream, searching out his favorite holes McCoy for this creek!" with his old familiar care. It was damp along the creek, and I sadly shook my Time danced by like a swollen river. Snapping turtle: like pollution, the aDS It wasn't until the night before open- head as Silver Bill wheezed slightly. enemy.

16 PENNSYLVANIA A N G I> * Ed Roland was talking to the dis­ tance. "Too bad Doc's asthma will be .Memorial. peeping him away from the crick. That's really going to be fun when we Twas a sad day, that morning of Friday, Set it stocked up again." August 5 when word flashed over the wire Johnny Green nodded. "Yeah. Hey, from Reading to Harrisburg telling of the you know, Silver Bill ain't changed sudden passing of State Fish Warden Wil­ toach since the days he was showing liam E. Wounderly. ^s our mistakes, has he?" "Bill" as we here in the office liked to We all nodded. But I was the only call him was a native of Reading and had 'ellow who spoke. "No, he hasn't served the county of Berks over a period of 26 years as its efficient and understanding Ranged. He still knows his boys like warden. Bill was 71 years old, a native of ^ open book." Reading, he was a son of the late John and Amelia A. (Moyer) Wounderly and spent his boyhood on a farm near Lenharts- ville. Fred Weller Dies THE PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER somberly pauses The PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER reverently an­ to pay its last signal salute to the passing of nounces the passing of Fred H. Weller, Jr. a grand man and public servant.

OCTOBER—1949 17 eye as excellent eating. Since its na' ture causes it to seek out the cleaneri swifter waters the walleye is consist' ently delicious. THE WALLEYE FOODS . . . Nearly anything that moves or flashes will attract the wall' eye, thus any small aquatic anim3' In spring, the fisherman's fancy feeder, and as night approaches it will such as minnows of all kinds, frogs* turns to walleyes, especially those who leave the deeper holes to feed around crawfish, worms, etc., fall prey to these appreciate excellent eating along with the shallows, particularly sand or busy jaws. a highly enjoyable sport. While not on gravel bars and the flats below dams LURES . . . Nearly any active under­ the spectacular side, the walleye is a or rapids. water plug, particularly one designed solid denizen of the deep with sufficient RANGE . . . Originally, the walleye to go deeper than average, which has attractions to boast a tremendous fol­ was found through eastern Canada to a good wiggle at slow retrieve, wiW lowing among sporting anglers. Alberta, and from Minnesota south­ produce. In weedy territory, spoons Probably because of its numerous ward through the Mississippi Valley and weedless pork-rind lures are needle-like teeth, the walleye is at and Great Lakes basin. However, due better, while surface plugs will pr°' times erroneously called a pike. This to the fact that the walleye is so easily duce in late evening. After dark, any is a definite misnomer for the walleye propagated by artificial methods, diving plug with a violent motion wijj belongs to the perch family and not transplanting has brought this fine bring in more walleyes than those wit*1 the pike. Fortunately, the modern fish to nearly every state in the Union, a fluid motion. Feathered minnows, angler is also a willing reader who with the exception of the far west and small spoons, spinner combinations, prefers to use the proper terminology, extreme south. It is particularly plenti­ large flies and bass bugs are favored and each year finds increasing num­ ful in the T.V.A. area. by the fly fishermen. bers calling this fish by its correct name Walleyes prefer moderately deep, METHODS ... For bait casting, the —walleye. clear, flowing waters with rock, gravel same tackle used for bass fishing lS The walleye is heavily fished for be­ or sandy bottoms. Usually the best ideal. That is, the light or medium cause of its high food value and will­ fishing will be found in those deeper action tubular steel rod such as the ingness to strike nearly any lure. How­ holes where the swifter currents bring "Pal," lures in the % ounce—or under ever, nature has equipped it to hold in food, or under falls and below —class, lines testing 10 to 15 pounds its own for the walleye is one of the rapids, as well as along reefs, ledges and light action reels such as the most prolific spawners of all game fish. or along rocky shorelines. "Pal." A 10 to 12-pound nylon leader Some large females will produce as SIZE . . . The world's record wall­ will prevent lost fish from frayed many as 300,000 eggs, each of which eye was taken by Patrick E. Noon, lines, but even this should be changed is comparatively small, or about 1/12 using rod and reel, at Fort Erie, On­ whenever it shows signs of becoming inch in diameter. tario, Canada, on May 26, 1943, and weakened. Especially in lakes, walleyes are weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces. The el schooling fish and once they are lo­ The most popular lures are Riv country over, the average weight will Runts, Go-Deepers, PunkinseedSj cated, fine sport and finer eating are approximate 2 to 5 pounds, but in cer­ n the rewards of a successful search. Vamps, Chuggers, Lucky 13's a _ tain sections, because of more favor­ Crazy Crawlers. For pork chunks °* NAMES . . . The walleye is blessed able conditions, the average will run live bait, the Stanley Weedless Hoo* —or cursed—with an abundance of higher. is an outstanding favorite. aliases, most of them colorfully de­ FLAVOR . . . Even the most par­ For trolling, the same basic tackle scriptive. In Canada, especially the n French-tinted areas, it is called dore ticular gourmet would class the wall­ is used except that heavier lines a ° —meaning "golden fish." In this country, most of its names inaccurately connect the walleye with the pike family, while some align it with the salmon group. The most common are: blue pike, dory, glasseye, marble-eye, gray pike, green pike, yellow pike, jack, jackfish, jack salmon, sauger, susquehanna salmon, walleye perch, walleye pickerel, walleye pike, white- eye, yellow pickerel and yellow pike perch. CHARACTERISTICS . . . While varying water conditions will affect the coloration of the walleye, generally it is dark olive mottled with yellow, and the blending of the two forms in­ distinct oblique bars on the back. The belly and lower fins tend to be pink while a characteristic black blotch usually is distinct on the membrane of the dorsal spines. The walleye is easily distinguished from the pickerel, pike or muskellunge because it has both a front and rear dorsal while the members of the pike family have but one dorsal fin. The walleye is a heavy noctm-nal Renovo High School boys assisting in the stocking of trout on Youngwomans Creek.

B 18 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE eaders together with a slightly heavier are favored. CLEAN STREAMS , Flycasters use the same basic tackle !°r walleyes that is used for bass fish- (From Page 1) ^g. When lighter lures are used, a ^ss-trout action is preferred; when he heavier lures are used, particularly 111 fishing against heavy current, the mands on Pennsylvania's water supply if we do our share in preventing Power-plus actions are better because pollution that destroys water's usefulness. p more backbone. Here again, nylon PROTECTION—THE CITIZEN'S TASK ;6aders of 8 to 10 pound test should e used—and watched, for weakening Water becomes polluted in doing its many tasks, just as our hands and s>gns. garments become soiled. We cleanse our hands and garments—and we should cleanse our water—which must be used over and over to provide our Still-fishing or live bait tactics re­ needs. We do not wash our hands or garments in the water we intend to hire the same simple outfit that most drink. We should not pour our sewage and industrial wastes into the °* Us learned to fish with. A cane pole, streams from which other communities must draw their supply for human pikers, bobber and a can of bait. A and industrial use. '^fte-bug spinner with trailing night- f Today there is a fuller knowledge of the fact that water is wealth— f awlers is deadly whether still fished and that wealth takes many forms. There is knowledge that pollution is a J current or trolled behind a boat. destructive enemy of that wealth—that in destroying a stream's beauty and ^t times, the walleye bites gently—so recreation value, pollution robs us of a wealth as real as does its destruc­ ^the hook should not be set too tion in killing fish, corroding boilers, and eating away bridge foundations. jj^ickly; give the quarry time to get Pennsylvania has enacted laws designed to remedy the effects of stream ^e bait completely into its mouth. pollution in the past, and to abate pollution at its source. The Sanitary Sometimes the walleye is confused Water Board is enforcing those laws. It has made strides which have given ?'th its closely related cousin, the Pennsylvania leadership in eliminating pollution. In so doing, the Clean ?A.UGER (Stizostedion canadense). Streams program is guarding the wealth of every citizen of the Keystone he sauger is also called sand pike, State, for WATER IS WEALTH. ray pike, pike perch, pickering, °i"sensh and jack. Its eye is smaller ^d average weight is less than the 'valleye and its game qualities are DEFIANCE OF THE PEOPLE °ticeably inferior. Two Pine Grove residents have paid $100 fines and costs on charges oj It may take considerable scouting r interference with a fish warden in the performance of an official duty. i °und to locate "old marble eye"— More specifically the charge was that the defendants tried to take from the once you find the spot which rates 1e fish warden several fishermen he had in custody. J walleye's favor for that particular This case is important as a warning that interference with an officer of %, you have uncovered a bonanza. the law is serious business. When an effort is made to wrest from a police­ , It is conceded that a lake walleye man or other lawful officer men in his custody, the offense is not against ^°es not have the fight of a stream the individual but against the Commonwealth,—against all people. ^lleye which battles current nearly v Such contempt for the law, of course, dare not go unnoticed or unpunished. | ery second of its life. However, a To do so would be to encourage defiance and disrespect for law, a condition h'^Heye from any part of the country much too prevalent now. Editorial—Hbg. Evening News. consistently desired as a table fish \ °re than the other species found in 6 same waters. But I do think the idea of zoning certain Calling All waters has merit—if for no other reason than to keep the purists and live bait Outdoorsmen fishermen out of arguing distance at least while they are fishing. By Jim Mitchell In checking the recent winners of a na­ tional fishing contest with 17 classifications, I have spent a good many days this sum­ 13 prize fish (ranging from bass to trout) mer fishing with "purists" who frown at the were taken on artificial lures while four mere suggestion of fishing with live bait. winners caught their fish with live bait. And, too, I have had a lot of fun "dunking" So I see no reason for the purists to get live bait with the minnow-frog-grasshopper alarmed: they're taking more than their clan trying to outwit finny gamesters. share of the glory—and big fish. Frankly (hold the brickbats, puristst) I Maybe all this arguing is what makes happen to belong to the school of fishermen fishing such an interesting sport. If every­ who like variety—both in fishing methods one liked the same species of fish, the same and species of fish. And I can see no need fishing method and use the same type of for the heated arguments that often develop equipment it would create a serious problem. between the purists and the bait dunkers. So don't worry about the current variety It's every man to his own liking, with no of styles and customs. It's all grand sport. questions asked as far as I'm concerned. This subject, however, has led to numer­ Trusted and . . . Tried, Maybe ous discussions recently of zoning certain "I understand," said the questioner, "that streams or lakes, with a part for the purist Mr. Smithers who was with your firm was a and a part for the bait fisherman. In some tried and trusted employee." states certain streams, I believe, are closed The banker looked at the visitor coldly. \V - catcChristiannh of channea Wisslerl catfis, ofh Lancasterwhich sh, ean tood ak to all types of fishing except fly fishing with "Ah, yes," he said reminiscently, "he was ' Vt e Lower Susquehanna River near Peach I's „tom. Fish Warden Bob Greener, of Lancaster, artificial flies. I have never fished one of trusted—and he will be tried, if we're for­ fesponsible for the snapshot. these spots. tunate enough to catch him."

0c*OBER—194 9 19 rules and regulations of Spring Creek 20.0° Boas, Urban, 401 Center St., Johns­ Pennsylvania Fish Law Violations town, Pa. Reckless operation of motor boat 10.00 Cases settled during the month of August 1949 Grembi, John J., Nanty Glo, Pa. Il­ legal operation of motor boat 10.00 Grembi, Premo, Nanty Glo, Pa. Il­ ADAMS COUNTY zelwood, Pa. Operating motor boat legal operation of motor boat 10.00 Gembe, Charles R., E. Berlin, Pa.. without a license 10.00 Griffith, John J., 318 Homer St., Fishing in a closed stream $25.00 Weismiller, Leo, Mt. Oliver, Pitts­ Johnstown, Pa. Violation of the Gochenour, C. E., E. Berlin, Pa. Fish­ burgh, Pa. Fishing without a li­ rules and regulations of Spring 20.00 ing in a closed stream 25.00 cense 25.00 Creek Mauston, James W., 264 S. Washington Woleslagle, William F, 207 3rd Ave., McQuilken, William W., 1907 Meno- St., Gettysburg, Pa. One undersized Carnegie, Pa. Operating motor boat han Blvd., Johnstown, Pa. Illegal 10.00 game fish 10.00 without a license 10.00 operation of motor boat Zeigler, George E., E. Berlin, Pa. Fish­ Woleslagle, Harry R., 53 Calhoun St., Restic, Mike, Hastings, Pa. Violation ing in a closed stream 25.00 Mt. Oliver, Pittsburgh, Pa. Four of the rules and regulations of Zeigler, Ralph, E. Berlin, Pa. Fishing undersized bass 40.00 Spring Creek 20.00 in a closed stream 25.00 Wood, James, 300 Marsonia, Pitts­ Sharpe, Roy, 128 Market St., Johns­ burgh, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .. 10.00 town, Pa. Violations of the rules ALLEGHENY COUNTY Woodruff, Richard C, 508 Yale Road, and regulations of Spring Creek .. 20.00 Black, Howard L., 424% Pacific Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Operating motor Wiklewicz, Anthony J., 409 Main St., McKeesport, Pa. Operating motor boat without a license 10.00 Gallitzin, Pa. Using illegal devices . 20.00 boat without a license 5.00 ARMSTRONG COUNTY Yahner, John C, 202 Pershing St., Bruening, William M., 6344 Walnut Gallitzin, Pa. Violation of the rules St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Fished with DiPento, Frank A, R. D. # 1, East and regulations of Spring Creek .. bread at Spring Creek 20.00 Brady, Pa. Operating motor boat 20-00 Clary, Thomas Louis, 1307 Miss. Ave., without a license 10.00 CARBON COUNTY Dormont, Pa. Fishing without a li­ BEAVER COUNTY Gray, Charles F., 119 E. Patterson St., cense 25.00 Corona, Thomas, 418 Duss St., Am- Lansford, Pa. Illegal operation of Confer, Walter S., Russelton, Pa. Fish­ bridge, Pa. Fishing without a li­ motor boat 10.00 ing without a license 25.00 cense 25.00 Kressly, Clifford, 38 E. Water St., Daker, James, 675 Valley View Road, Lintz, Joseph E., 135 Morado Dwelling, Lansford, Pa. Illegal operation of motor boat 10.00 Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fish­ Beaver Falls, Pa. Fishing without ing without a license 25.00 a license 25.00 Dugan, James H., Jr., 103 Hodgson CENTRE COUNTY Ave., Ingram, 5, Pittsburgh, Pa. BERKS COUNTY Cunkle, Harry, 225 Front St., Philips- Fishing without a license 25.00 burg, Pa. Violation of the rules and Stacherski, Leon, 915 Greenway Ter­ 20.00 Fisher, Iva, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fishing race, Reading, Pa. Using illegal de­ regulations of Spring Creek without a license 25.00 vices 20.00 Gette, Claude A., Sr., 407 Pine St., Haberlain, James, R. D. # 2, Allison Phillipsburg, Pa. Violation of the Park, Pa. Operating motor boat BLAIR COUNTY rules and regulations of Spring without a license 10.00 Culp, Martin S., 1317 4th Ave., Dun- Creek 40.00 Haller, Martin, West View, Pittsburgh cansville, Pa. Fishing with bread Hoffman, George L., 106 N. Front St., 29, Pa. Operating motor boat with­ in possession at Spring Creek 20.00 Phillipsburg, Pa. Violation of the out a license 10.00 English, Mrs. Mary E., 804 3rd Ave., rules and regulations of Spring Hart, Marvin, 360 New York Ave., Altoona, Pa. Violation of the rules Creek 20.00 Clairton, Pa. Illegal operation of and regulations of Spring Creek .. 20.00 Packer, Jack R., Blanchard, Pa. Thir­ motor boat 10.00 English, Robert L., 804 3rd Ave., Al­ teen undersized trout 130.00 Hensel, Samuel D., 903 Maple Ave., toona, Pa. Lending badge and li­ Shawley, Donald C, Box 58, Miles- Turtle Creek, Pa. Operating a mo­ cense 20.00 burg, Pa. Violation of the rules and tor boat without a license 10.00 Frey, Bernard, 600 Third Ave., Dun- regulations of Spring Creek 20.00 Keil, Albert J., 249 Southern Ave., cansville, Pa. Operating motor boat Pittsburgh, Pa. Exceeding creel without displaying license plates .. 5.00 CHESTER COUNTY limit 10.00 Harf, E. G, Jr., 1012 Hiland Place, Al­ Gibson, Paul W., Parkesburg, Pa. Ex­ Kijanka, Albin J., 2322 Sidney, Pitts­ toona, Pa. Violation of the rules ceeding creel limit 20.00 burgh, Pa. Fishing without a li­ and regulations of Spring Creek .. 20.00 Moyer, Leon L., Cochranville, Pa. Ex- ^ cense 25.00 Hoover, Cletus E., Martinsburg, Pa. ceeding creel limit Kunis, Albert E., 531 Pacific Ave., Using illegal devices 20.00 Forest Hills, Wilkinsburg, Pa. Op­ Newman, Taft H, 1904 10th Ave., CLEARFIELD COUNTY erating a motor boat without a li­ Altoona, Pa. Violation of the rules Henry, Allen A., Dubois, Pa. Using 00 cense 25.00 and regulations of Spring Creek .. 20.00 illegal device 20 Lemmon, Grant J., Jr., Box 153, Per- Shaffer, George L., 803 6th Ave., Juni­ Hoover, Warren R., Houtzdale, Pa. rysville, Pa. Illegal operation of ata, Altoona, Pa. Fishing without Violation of the rules and regula­ 20.00 motor boat 10.00 a license 25.00 tions of Spring Creek Mueller, William C, 2 Oak Crest. BUCKS COUNTY Houston, Abe P., R. D. # 1, Morris- 20.00 Drive, Millvale 9, Pa. Operating dale, Pa. Two undersized pickerel • motor boat without a license 25.00 Godshall, Clarence I., Broad Street, Perry, William F., 327 Bothwell, Pitts­ Colmar, Pa. Using illegal devices .. 20.00 Hutchins, Earl, R. D., Brockport, Pa. 30.00 burgh, Pa. Operating motor boat BUTLER COUNTY Three undersized trout without a license 10.00 Bahme, William H„ 500 S. Main St., Rowles, Harry W., Olanta, Pa. Two 20.00 Ross, Robert E., Box 82, Gibsonia, Pa. Zelienople, Pa. Illegal operation of undersized bass Operating motor boat without a li­ motor boat 10.00 Rowles, Paul R., Olanta, Pa. Two20.0 0 cense 10.00 Fazzino, Sam., 398 W. Wayne St., But­ undersized bass Savalle, Andy, 138 Boundry St., Clair­ ler, Pa. Operating motor boat with­ CLINTON COUNTY ton, Pa. Exceeding creel limit 50.00 out displaying license plates 10.00 Turner, James, 261 Cemetery St., Eliz­ Brickley, M. Stewart, 235 East Church abeth, Pa. Operating motor boat CAMBRIA COUNTY St., Lock Haven, Pa. Operating mo- without a license 10.00 Austin, Henry W., 948 Lloyd St., boat without displaying license , j0 Usher, Robert E., 3916 Lydle St., Ha- Nanty-Glo, Pa. Violation of the plates

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^ CUMBERLAND COUNTY Pa. Violation of the rules and regu­ Yonsetto, Peter, 1837 24th St., Cata- °&Hnison, Jack, W. Fairview, Pa. Il­ lations of Spring Creek 20.00 sauqua, Pa. Fishing without a li­ 5.00 cense 25.00 legal operation of motor boat JEFFERSON COUNTY ^singer, George I., 122 W. Green St., LUZERNE COUNTY ^echanicsburg, Pa. Violation of the Rockoski, John, Stump Creek, Pa. rUles and regulations of Spring Violation of the rules and regula­ Howe, Robert, Fox Hill, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Interference with officers 100.00 Creek 20.00 tions of Spring Creek 20.00 fr Konnick, John, 624 N. Main St., "oodring, Robert P., Lemoyne, Pa. JUNIATA COUNTY Wilkes-Barre, Pa. One undersized "legal operation of motor boat .... 5.00 Bowersox, Harry O., Oakland Mills, bass 10.00 ^ELAWARE COUNTY Pa. Violation of the rules and regu- Laboty, Joseph A., 54 S. Main St., tions of Spring Creek 20.00 Pittston, Pa. Illegal operation of faster, Lucy, 1812 W. Second St., Yorks, G. W., Mifflintown, Pa. Vio­ motor boat 5.00 Chester, Pa. Fishing without a li­ lation of the rules and regulations cense 25.00 Loborda, Joseph, 521 Perry St., Nan- e of Spring Creek 20.00 ticoke, Pa. Fishing on Sunday with­ aster, Oliver, 1812 W. Second St., out consent of owner 25.00 Chester, Pa. Fishing without a li- LACKAWANNA COUNTY Stepanski, Benny, R. D. # 2, Wilkes- , cense 25.00 Rinaldo, Joseph, 428 Breck St., Scran- Barre, Pa. Operating motor boat °Uy, Floyd, 20th & Providence Rd., ton, Pa. Illegal operation of motor without displaying license plates .. 10.00 Chester, Pa. Transfering resident boat 10.00 Heiner, Marshall G., Muncy, Pa. Vio­ , fishing license 25.00 Zaydon, Joseph, 219 N. Main Ave., lation of rules and regulations of ekly, Frank M., 132 Corre Ave., Es- Scranton, Pa. Illegal operation of Spring Creek 20.00 sington, Pa. Fishing without a li­ motor boat 25.00 Stanton, Robert L., R. D. # 3, Muncy, cense ' 25.00 Pa. Operating motor boat without ^K COUNTY displaying license plates 5.00 '^ckey, Fred, Bennezette, Pa. Two McKEAN COUNTY Undersized bass 20.00 Felts, Lyle W., 3 Martin Ave., Brad­ °Ung, Sebastian, St. Marys, Pa. Il­ ford. Taking frogs without a' li­ legal devices 20.00 cense 25.00 plE COUNTY Felts, Lyle W., 3 Martin Ave., Brad­ ford, Pa. One frog in possess'on in ^Ison, George B., R. F. D. # 5, Wa- closed season 10.00 terford, Pa. Lending a fishing li­ Linblad, Gordon C, 25 Onefria St., cense 25.00 Bradford, Pa. Fishing without a li­ ^cQuistion, Hal., 1225 Arlington Rd., cense 25.00 ^rie, Pa. Fishing without a li­ McBride, Richard L., 1 Washington cense 25.00 Place, Bradford, Pa. Taking frog AYETTE COUNTY without license 25.00 feci, Nero, P. O. Box 33, Fairbanks, MERCER COUNTY f,,°a. Illegal operation of motor boat 10.00 Sproul, Clifford M., 26 Franklin St., ebis, Tony, R. D. # 2, Smithfield, Greenville, Pa. Operating motor boat **a. Operating motor boat without without displaying license plates .. 10.00 iva license 10.00 nugh, Harold, 389 Braddock Ave., MIFFLIN COUNTY ^niontown, Pa. Fishing without a Innis, Richard S., 412 W. 5th St., t, 'icense 25.00 Lewistown, Pa. Operating motor dinger, Boyd, 134 Union St., Califor­ boat without displaying license nia, Pa. Illegal operation of motor plates 5.00 boat 10.00 Joe Byham, of R. D. No. 3, Saegerstown, and MONTGOMERY COUNTY the fine Great Northern Pike which he caught ^NTINGDON COUNTY Payne, Leo G., 521 York Rd., Abing- 6t in French Creek near Cambridge Springs. The ters, Earl, Six Mile Run, Pa. Fish- fish measured 37" and weighed approximately ton, Pa. Violation of the rules and 11 lbs. Joe, who hails from Venango, took the "ig on Sunday without consent of lunker on an artificial plug. regulations of Spring Creek 20.00 landowner 25.00 Root, Chester, 454 Old Elm St., Con •°»iig, Howard W., Burnt Cabins, shohocken, Pa. Exceeding creel **a. Two brook trout in closed limit 10.00 Reason 20.00 Zimmerman, Morris, 536 Moosic Rd., Stewart, Tena, 210 River Road, Potts- Caverling, Harold, Six Mile Run, Old Forge, Pa. One undersized town, Pa. Lending a fishing license . 25.00 **a. Fishing on Sunday without pickerel 10.00 Whitsell, J. Robert, 315 Sterigere St., ^ ^onsent of land owner 25.00 LANCASTER COUNTY Norristown, Pa. Operating motor 6 'anko, Steve, Six Mile Run, Pa. Cooper, John, Salunga, Pa. Illegal boat without a license 10.00 *ishing on Sunday without consent operation of motor boat 10.00 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY °f land owner 25.00 Lehman, Lloyd, 253 N. Second St., Columbia, Pa. Illegal devises 20.00 Groff, Warren G., R. D. # 1, Bethle­ J^IANA COUNTY hem, Pa. Operating motor boat with­ ^alo, Stephen W., Box 384, Homer LAWRENCE COUNTY out displaying license plates 10.00 ^ity, Pa. One undersized brook Lanza, Eugene, R. D. # 2, Ellwood Heckman, Earl, 2710 Freemansburg j^out 10.00 City, Pa. Operating motor boat Ave., Easton, Pa. One undersized l^hs, Mike, Waterman, Pa. Snagging without displaying license plates .. 5.00 bass 10.00 20.00 Sirimarco, Sam, 1122 Center Ave., t>M Ellwood City, Pa. One undersized NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY '.^s, Mike, Waterman, Pa. Exceed­ Surzinski, Joseph A., 217 Melrose St., 40.00 bass 10.00 ing creel limit Keiser, Pa. Two undersized bass .. 20.00 j person, Robert T., Altaian, Pa. LEBANON COUNTY j U 1e undersized bass 10.00 Albert, Charles R., Palmyra, Pa. Fish­ PERRY COUNTY ) ?Combs, John T., 328 Water St., ing in a closed stream 25.00 Baker, Arthur R., R. D. # 1, Duncan- &1airsville , Pa. Six undersized non, Pa. Violation of the rules and yBou t 60.00 LEHIGH COUNTY regulations of Spring Creek 20.00 j 3C mbs, John T., 328 Water St., Knoppenberger, Robert C, 216 Ameri­ 0 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY b^lairsville, Pa. Illegal device 20.00 can St., Fullerton, Pa. Fishing with j ^y, Charles, R. D. # 1, Penn Run, a borrowed license 25.00 Bond, Carl, 6319 Baynton St., Phila-

^OBER—1949 Zl delphia, Pa. Fishing without a li­ SOMERSET COUNTY Dudgeon, Elmer, R. D. # 1, Belle cense 25.00 Fortney, Irvin M., Confluence, Pa. Il­ Vernon, Pa. Eight undersized bass . 80- Cassidy, John J., 121 Reed St., Phila­ legal operation of motor boat 10.00 Dudgeon, Elmer, R. D. # 1, Belle ^ 2 delphia, Pa. Lending a fishing li­ Gochnaur, Forrest, 1117 Graham Ave., Vernon, Pa. Exceeding creel limit . cense 25.00 Windber, Pa. One frog in closed Guder, Paul E., Box 254, Speers Hill, Coleman, Ruby, 1605 W. Diamond St., season 10.00 Charleroi, Pa. Illegal operation of ~Q Philadelphia, Pa. Fishing without a Koval, Charles, 6th St., Box 356, Cairn motor boat * license 25.00 Brook, Pa. Illegal device 20.00 Homa, Henry, 84 Allen Plan, Donora, ^ Lynch, Bernard, 705 Mine 37, Wind­ Pa. Exceeding creel limit ^ Dankanich, John, 2830 Snyder Ave., ber, Pa. Two undersized bass 20.00 Stralaski, Alice, Prospect Ave., Char- ^ Philadelphia, Pa. Fishing without Manges, Alvin, Central City, Pa. Ille­ leroi, Pa. Fishing without a license . 25- a license 25.00 gal operation of motor boat 10.00 Walton, Hassel, Box 354, Lawrence, ^ Heintz, Fred, 3122 Wellington St., Miller, Clarence P., R. D. # 2, Rock- Pa. Violation of frog law 25' Philadelphia, Pa. Fishing without a wood, Pa. Fishing without a li­ WAYNE COUNTY license 25.00 cense 25.00 Hoffman, Harry, M & Bristol Sts., Smail, John, 765 Mine 37, Windber, Bertree, Frank, 416 Chestnut Ave., ^ Philadelphia, Pa. Fishing without a Pa. Fishing without a license .... 25.00 Hawley, Pa. Two undersized bass . 2 license 25.00 TIOGA COUNTY WESTMORELAND COUNTY Hoffman, Robert, 731 Sauger St., Cole, Raymond R., Watrous, Pa. Ille­ Philadelphia, Pa. Lending a fishing Carota, Emello, 311 Miller St., Latrobe, ^ gal device 20.00 license 25.00 Pa. Failure to sign license **' Losinger, Russell M., R. F. D. # 4, James, Charles, 1312 S. 47th St., Phil­ Daniel, Gordon, 211 Bessemer Ave., Wellsboro, Pa. Forty-seven trout in E. Pittsburgh, Pa. Fishing without ^ adelphia, Pa. Fishing without a li­ closed season 470.00 cense 25.00 a license ™' Losinger, Russell M., R. F. D. # 4, Maleski, Melvin, West Newton, R. D. -Q Lafayette, Mrs. James, 1312 S. 47th Pa. Illegal device 2Ui St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lending a McGrogan, Charles, West Newton, «j fishing license 25.00 R. D., Pa. Illegal device 20 Palchcik, George, 2829 Jackson St., Nicewonger, Robert L., Greensburg, ~Q Philadelphia 45, Pa. Fishing with­ Pa. Fishing in hatchery waters . • 1" out a license 25.00 Slilasy, Cliff, West Newton, R. D., Pellegrino, Vincent, 2428 E. Fourth fl0 Pa. Illegal device 20' St., Philadelphia, Pa. Fishing with­ Winebrenner, William, Bradenville, ^ out a license 25.00 Pa. Exceeding creel limit ° Sadowy, Joseph, 136 E. Moreland St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lending a fishing YORK COUNTY license 25.00 Rudacille, John, R. D. 8, York, Pa. ^ Sandroni, Alfred, 1545 S. Stanley St., Illegal device Philadelphia 46, Pa. Fishing without Shrader, Allen J., 513 E. Philadelphia a license 25.00 St., York, Pa. Operating motor boat -j PIKE COUNTY without license plates Smith, H. D., Glen Rock, Pa. Exceed- -g Guccini, Naldo, Greentown, R. D., Pa. ing creel limit Using dealers license tags on rented boats for pleasure 10.00 OUT OF STATE Spatz, Jay E., Camp Wallenpaupack, Watley, Lucinda, 2008 Nicholas St., Greentown, Pa. Operating motor Atlanta, Ga. Fishing without a li- ,QQ boat with wrong license tags 10.00 cense Watley, Rufus, 2008 Nicholas St., At­ SCHUYLKILL COUNTY lanta, Ga. Fishing without a li- ,ffi Calvin, Joe, Barnesville, Pa. Illegal cense operation of motor boat 10.00 Amey, Joseph, R. D. # 2, Sienezione, ^ Curvey, Frederick, 122 Schuylkill Ga. Fishing without a license Ave., Tamaqua, Pa. Illegal opera­ Deters, Paul H., Soldier, Kentucky. tion of motor boat 10.00 Violation of the rules and regula- QQ Fiddler, Robert, Summit Station, Pa. tions of Spring Creek One undersized pickerel 10.00 Mike Orlando, of New Castle, and the fine Bowser, Charles D., Selbysport Twp., -go Galinus, John, 234 W. Mt. Vernon St., rainbow trout which he caught on the Slippery Md. Fishing without a license Rock Creek near Rose Point. The trout measured Shenandoah, Pa. Illegal operation of 23" long and weighed 1% lbs. Joy, Walter E., 67 Glenwood Ave., motor boat 10.00 East Orange, N. J. Fishing with- ^^j Gaydos, Joseph F., 274 3rd St., Coal- out a license dale, Pa. Illegal operation of motor Kluss, Walter A., 277 High St., New- ^ boat ..' 10.00 Wellsboro, Pa. Fifteen undersized ark, N. J. Fishing without a license • Gaydos, Stephen, 124 Ridge St., Coal- trout 150.00 Kolanka, Joseph, 306 Cyril Ave., Fair- dale, Pa. Illegal operation of motor Losinger, Russell M., R. F. D. # 4, lawn, N. J. Operating motor boat ^ boat 10.00 Wellsboro, Pa. Fishing Cushman without license plates Branch of Slate Run 100.00 Kunigonis, John A., 418 E. Market McDonald, Clair, R. D. # 1, Ceres, fl0 St., Mahanoy City, Pa. Illegal op­ Starkey, Frank W., Middlebury Cen­ N. Y. Ten trout in closed season • • * eration of motor boat 10.00 ter, Pa. Five undersized trout .... 50.00 McDonald, Clair, R. D. # 1, Ceres, QQ Mitchell, Edward, 1 N. Line St., WARREN COUNTY N. Y. Fishing without a license Fraekville, Pa. Illegal operation of Pittman, P. H, 3 Biddle St., Warren, Cullen, G. A., 106 Jefferson St., En- motor boat 10.00 Pa. Operating motor boat without dicott, N. Y. Allowing motor boat Mitchell, Joseph, 1 N. Line St., a license 10.00 to be operated without displaying g 00 Fraekville, Pa. Illegal operation of license plates motor boat 10.00 WASHINGTON COUNTY Fasolino, Anthony, 4312 52nd St., Norbert, Narciss R., 134 Swatara Rd., Cushey, David C, Box 96, Finleyville, Woodside, Long Island. Altering , Q0 Shenandoah Hts., Shenandoah, Pa. Pa. Exceeding creel limit 20.00 non-resident fishing license Illegal device 20.00 Cushey, David C, Box 96, Finleyville, Frye, Guthrie H., P. O. Box 206, Ra­ Stickler, Raymond, 123 Schuylkill Pa. Violation of the rules and regu­ dio City, New York. Fishing with- ,$ Ave., Tamaqua, Pa. Illegal opera­ lations of the Pennsylvania Fish out a license tion of motor boat 10.00 Commission 20.00 Severance, C. M., 75 East St., One-

22 PENNSYLVANIA ANGt* 00 °nta, N. Y. Operating motor boat .Without a license 10.00 THE SPORTSMEN'S CORNER *'egenthaler, Walter R., 2116 Novarre %d-, S. W., Canton, Ohio. One un­ Abundance of Small Bass Observed in North Branch of Susquehanna dersized bass 10.00 That Means Good Fishing in the Future larter, Ira H., Hubbard, Ohio. Oper­ ating motor boat without a license . 10.00 "Ver, R. Dwight, R. D. 2, Lowell, By Dick Fortney Ohio. Fishing without a license .. 25.00 irady, Clifford H., 1515 Maple St., A new crop of bass is growing in the if it can, just what causes this splendid Wickliffe, Ohio. Operating motor popular north branch of the Susquehanna situation. boat without a license 5.00 River. Fishermen who have visited the Rapid Growth Observed |Bd, Cecil, Bruston, Tennessee. Fish- stream this year have been impressed by one fact: Not in years has there been so large By studying scales from bass, fish scien­ 'ig without a license 25.00 tists are able to estimate accurately the age eed, Cecil, Bruston, Tennessee. Ille- a number of bass less than the legal limit of nine inches. of a bass. The rapid growth of bass in the Sal fish in possession 10.00 north branch has been proved by this means. It's disappointing to an angler, of course, The obvious conclusion is that the small to catch only small bass. But the disap­ bass which are being seen by fishermen ^em's Mighty Fine Eel! pointment is eased to some measure if the this year will be of legal size next year or ^ron State Fish Warden Harry Z. Cole of angler realizes that the small fish he sees the following. '^rristown we learn of the catching of some this year mean catchable bass in the next Because of drought conditions, the north j^ghty large eel from Penn Manor Lake. couple of years. branch has been in better condition than IB Warden certifies that Elmer Fluck, a Important, too, is the fact that what bass usual this summer. Right now it is pretty ^al attendant at Point Pleasant, has caught of keepable size are being caught are, as bad with algae (which anglers call moss) *o exceptionally large eels, the one meas- a rule, fat as butter. which is floating in the more quiet pools Pd 43" long, 10" girth and weighed 6 lbs., and which "decorate" bait and lure and [ijile the second measured 46" long with Fears Allayed Now line and reel as well. girth and weighed 6 lbs. 10 ozs. These In the early part of this season anglers But the bass, even though they may run 'U were taken on July 9 and July 30, 1949. who visited the river were dismayed at the small, are active and frequently may be lack of fish. They began to wonder if seen feeding on the surface of the pools. something—like the pollution that has ruined ^nds 34-Inch Carp the west branch of the river—might have Plenty of Food Too The good condition of the fish is explained Relieved to be the largest fish caught this occurred. But the angling has improved a by an apparent abundance of natural food son in Berks waters is the 34-inch carp since early July, and the abundance of small bass indicates the water still is free for the fish. ^ded last week by Herbert Anderson, of The riffles are well stocked with helgram- j, Warren St., Glenside, in the Tulpehocken of pollution. te mites, and the pools contain minnows and ek near the Keystone Bungalow. C. R. Buller, chief fish culturist of the crawfish. Stonecatfish also are plentiful. /Anderson caught the monster after a 20- Pennsylvania Fish Commission, told this Jftute struggle. It bit on a hook baited writer one day that nowhere in Pennsyl­ Spinners and midget plugs have been tak­ vania do bass grow as rapidly and maintain ing some good fish from the river in recent !^h cornmeal mush. The fish weighed more weeks. Bait fishermen are the ones who V 20 pounds. such good condition as they do in the north branch of the Susquehanna. So obvious is have been annoyed the most by the under­ sized bass. .the latest thing in men's clothing . this condition, in fact, that the commission is making a study of the river to discover, And the river is getting a normally hard °

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much, those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.

Provide For Waste Disposal or Quit Mining Five more coal operators have been ordered to cease at once the discharge of mine drainage from their mines to the streams. The order requires them to dis­ continue any possible pollution until they have received a permit for their operation. The Clean Streams law stipulates that it is unlawful to open or reopen any mine with­ out a permit. The operators receiving the order are Elliott Coal Co., Philipsburg, strip mine in Decatur Township, Clearfield Co.; John J. Cable Coal Co., Holsopple, strip mine in Jenner Township, Somerset Co.; Blair Bloom, Martin Beam and Vern Bloom, deep mine in Brady Township, Clearfield Co.; Dahlin Brothers Coal Mining Co., strip mine, De­ catur Township, Clearfield Co.; The West End Coal Co., West End, deep mine in Green- tree Borough or Greentree Township, Alle­ 'The fish is delicious, dear—but I wish you had removed the hooks." gheny Co.

°cTOBEE—1949 23 1*6 In those areas where the streamsides * STREAMSIDE LIFE relatively steep, the muskrats prefer to d their quarters in the bank. The entran . The Muskrat Lodge is always under or close to the water leV but the chamber is constructed well ab° the high water line. . , ' By Robert Leo Smith In the spring when the muskrat famin abandon the lodges the females take tne In November the streamside is desolate By this route they enter and leave the over for a safe retreat in which to S1 and silent. The heavy frosts and the cold lodge. If they build their house on a rather birth to their young. winds have turned the lush thickets into dry place, the muskrats must dig an under­ brown, withered vegetation. The insects are ground tunnel from the bottom of the lodge gone, and the scores of singing birds and the to the water. Paper Mill Abates Pollution deeped-voiced frogs. But standing con­ As the lodge grows the muskrats keep With the New York and Pennsylv^ spicuously in the still, cold water are the pulling some of the material away to make Co. engaged in an anti-pollution prog13 |j muskrat lodges, the winter homes of our good living quarters within. To complete involving the expenditure of about one a most abundant streamside animal. the house they plaster the coarse, twiggy one-half million dollars at its sprawl-^ The muskrat lodge is a conical affair, three wall with mud and water-soaked vegetation. paper mill at Johnsonburg, great impr0^ or four feet high and several feet broader Inside the lodge is a dry, single chamber, ment is expected soon to be seen to Jf*e at the base. It may be built in a foot or occasionally with several alcoves, that serves Clarion River which flows through v j more of water or in a relatively dry spot on as sleeping and feeding quarters for a musk- famous Cook Forest, a highly develop a mass of flags or willow sprouts. If the rat family. Here these little animals store recreational area. Since the Clarion e^P'lL muskrats select the former site, they gather roots and willow tips for winter use. If into the Allegheny River from which Pjt j dead sedges, cattails, arums and other vege­ they wish a change in diet, the muskrats burgh gets its water supply, reduction tation for the foundation. Down through leave the lodge by the plunge hole and pollution from the paper mill will na this sturdy, water-soaked base, the muskrats swim under the water and ice to feed on beneficial results for that city. j the succulent roots of arum, iris and sedges. prepare a plunge hole to the water below. There are about 20 million gallons water used daily at the mill in the man ^ facture of paper. In the manufacturing Pr°* cess four major types of wastes are Pr.° duced. One of them is black ash from soda mill, wastes resulting from the deinkIcin •g of used paper, which in addition to f° due'' pulp it utilized in making the new pro Under construction at the present time are two different types of systems to treat V"' • tions of the four major wastes produc at the mill. A settling tank 40 feet * is feet to have a capacity of 400,000 gallons being built, patterned after a similar tan constructed some time ago for experimeI1. * purposes and which is now in use. A *» j tank will be built later. These tanks ^ provide treatment for about 13 million £a a Ions of wastes daily. The clarified ~^ he will be discharged to the river and *j"* sludge will be pumped 1,700 feet to a ° acre lagoon on a mountain top to which »•* waste water from the deinking process also pumped and where that water is cla fled through sedimentation and aeration. , More than three million gallons daily ^ waste waters from the paper making l0 chines, showers, etc., will be treated m 60-foot diameter cylindrical tank with J*1. chanical sludge removal equipment which now being built. „ In one process of pulp manufacture, D tween 15 and 20 tons of black ash is P* duced, all of which formerly went to river. This pollution is now eliminated e tirely, the waste being discharged to a ba which was recently constructed. The c° j, D pany also eliminated pollution from -t wneI1 sulphite liquor several years ago f0r began the preparation of that waste use as a road binder, for which it is no* — — _ , — .. — u being sold. When there is a surplus il. pumped to a series of lagoons. The C'3' River is one of the waterways where c°. j plete treatment of sewage and indust wastes is necessary, still more work rn be done at the paper mill in polWt- control. IVeto Play George (at football game): "That fel^ out there playing center will be OUT P man before the season is over." '' Jeannette: "Oh, George, this is so sudde £ff 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANGl>

^ A BIGGER AND GREATER

"PENNSYLVANIA WEEK"

OCTOBER 17-24, 1949

"FOR THE LORD DOES NOT DEDUCT FROM MAN'S

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Washing your automobile in any stream, pond or lake of the state is considered an act of pollution and is punishable by law.

Any fish which is accidently foul hooked must be returned to the water. $20.00 fine.

To possess a net larger than 4 feet square or 4 feet in diameter a permit is required. $100.00 to $200.00 and 30 days in jail.

' " _J- .— Chubs are a specie of minnow but under the law are T~ classified as game fish and therefore can not be taken by a minnow seine. They may be used as bait if taken with hook and line. 15 is the daily creel limit. •—-"N _5 7TL -" -j ——' . 1

The penalty is $25.00 for fishing without the license certificate on or about your person. The same is true for failure to have the button displayed on an outer garment while fishing.

Law Enforcement Division. . . Penna. Fish Commission