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OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION VOL. XVIII—NO. 7 JULY, 1949

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION

Division of HON. JAMES H. DUFF, Governor A PUBLICITY and PUBLIC RELATIONS * J. Allen Barrett PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION Director MILTON L. PEEK, President RADNOR PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER BERNARD S. HORNE, Vice-President Fred E. Stone PITTSBURGH Editor South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. WILLIAM D. BURK MELROSE PARK

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office of Harris­ burg, Pa., under act of March 3, 1873. C. A. FRENCH, Executive Director ELLWOOD CITY IMPORTANT! H. R. STACKHOUSE The ANGLER should be notified immediately of change in sub­ Adm. Secretary scriber's address. Send both old and new addresses to Pennsyl­ vania Fish Commission, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Permission to reprint will be granted if proper credit is givers C. R. BULLER Chief Fish Culturist THOMAS F. O'HARA Construction Engineer Publication Office: Telegraph Press, Cameron and WILLIAM W. BRITTON Chief Fish Warden Kellter Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Executive and Editorial Offices: Commonwealth of ROBERT P. DEITER Comptroller Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Harris­ burg, Pa. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA The Greatest Good For the Most People ^ISH COMMISSION Conservation is the opposite of sin—practically everyone is for it. HARRISBURG, PA. But few are at all sure what they're for, says an editorial written for the May Hunting and Fishing magazine by Editor Aaron Sternfield. And he concludes his essay, one of the most enlightened that ever appeared in a commercial outdoors magazine, with these words: We have been selfish for too long. We have often been conserva­ tionists only when it served our interests. Conservation isn't im­ proved habitat for wildlife, it isn't restocking, it isn't predator control, it isn't pollution control, it isn't better agriculture, it isn't the wise The Angler use of our resources for making goods. It isn't any one of these things—it's all of these things. It's not the parts—it's the whole. Unless we can see the whole picture—and see it right now—we (4,t& *?44Cie . . . might as well forget conservation, because we don't know the mean­ ing of the word. We're at the crossroads. We can travel our own selfish way or we can take the other way and the road marker says I Low-down on Pymatuning "The Greatest Good for the Most People." Ashing 2 By N. R. Casillo Now, these are stern words; they would not be likely to appear in a publication that was devoted solely to hunting and fishing, to methods of taking game. They may seem slightly less than spec­ n9ling for Black Bass tacular here, but they are shocking in the commercial field, or were By Don Shiner until outdoors editors began to develop a social conscience. Here are words that show an awareness of facts, a realization that con­ servation is composed of many problems with a multitude of answers. "led Dynamite Mr. Sternfield is asking his readers to lay aside their guns and rods By Jack Anderson for a moment and face the complexities of their great sport. These quotes above are the conclusion of a long essay detailing the diverse points-of-view of sportsmen, politicians, businessmen and farmers in this matter: they're all for it but they don't agree on what | Wafer—Friend or Foe By Howard M. Ernest it is. The editor takes a crack at defining (or redefining) that much- abused word: Conservation is that use of soil and water resources which assures the greatest good for the most people. Reptiles & Amphibians ... 10 This is not original—nor does Mr. Sternfield pretend that it is— By Hal H. Harrison but he is correct in the need to emphasize that definition again and again . . . "the greatest good for the most people." The plow de­ stroyed the prairie chicken, but the greater good demanded that the *Wn Rises II plow be retained—if it be used wisely, in the best interests of the soil By Albert S, Shimmel rather than the species. But Mr. Sternfield fails to define "conservationists" when he writes that: ub Activities 12 Conservationists alone cannot show us the way because conser­ » vationists don't always understand fully the needs of sportsmen, businessmen and farmers. ."lrnon Sense in Trout Stock- He's on tricky ground here. If a professional, well-rounded con­ ">g 14 servationist doesn't understand the manifold needs, who can? He By Louis W. Stevenson must, in performing his duties, consider wildlife, industry, farming, power projects, public relations and a great many other phases of daily existence. If he cannot form a synthesis, a center about which f^sylvania Streams Stocked all interests can gather, then where shall one be found? Shall a Pth Bass 22 historian be ignored because he did not create the events he interprets? But nothing will be done if it must be done solely by professional conservationists; nothing will be done until all of us understand Aaron Sternfield's basic thesis: that the answer lies in considering that which assures the greatest good for the most people. sL^bolic of July, ba ss fishing and the Dan Saults—Missouri Conservationist nfj rod with which many kinds of lures are lisd 6d to the scrappy warm water game s b6 - The rod handle and plugs have 4 11 molded from the plastic Tenite. on the Pennsylvania end of the CaUSi) way is chosen. Most fishermen tr° down about three miles, gradual swinging westward until they are J** As off of Burch's Landing on the 0*^. The Low-down on Pymatuning Fishing ,u* side. Let me hasten to add that V° • (*ci to le By N. R. Casillo Pennsylvania license entitles you , an fish anywhere on the lake so lc"" to you confine your activities to a •Mi A Pennsylvanian or any other vfi. ITH a happy grin bespreading his Mt their choice of baits. Some assiduously resident for that matter, cannot $* face, one of the quartet standing of W believes that nothing can touch the from the Ohio shore without an ™ before me announced, "Well, we fin­ so-called flatfish plug with a yellow ^e non-resident license. ,. %a ally slayed 'em." finish while others are just as positive 1 of the efficacy of junebug spinners The large basin fronting Burc* ^ The scene transpired at Pymatuning Landing is a favorite area. Many b?* %1 Museum where I hold forth on week­ trailing a nightcrawler. In my case, I have tried both and have yet to ply its waters almost constantly <*& ends for six months of the year. ing open season. Another favo*"* "Were they nice ones?" I asked the record even a slight "bump." A couple of years ago opening day walleye area is off the islands ac*\, e happy fishermen. the lake from Pike's boathouse. * s devotees of the gentle art really had &C "Come on down to the car and de­ usual procedure in both of these V^ -^ cide for yourself," came the invitation. a field day. Nearly every one caught walleyes. One hothouse is said to have as elsewhere is trolling, usually ^ f "Fair enough," I remarked as we forty to sixty or even more feet headed for the parking area on Ford registered 800 fish. I was one of the e few failing to connect. For all I know, line and be on the alert for snags Island. pecially when trailing longer leng On the way I could not help but re­ I may have been the only dud. No, come to think of it, Ray Sickles, mana­ of line. As elsewhere mentioned, , 1 call that this was the quartet's third flatfish in a variety of finishes and y trip down from Cleveland. On the ger of Pymatuning Game Refuge, also got skunked. Incidentally, that's the junebug trailing either a nightcra^ first two sallies they had caught ex­ or a minnow are considered tops. <. year that Crawford county's Fish 1 actly nothing. cidentally, walleyes are freque* ., Warden "Tid" Sheldon's wife mas­ 3 Nestling in an ice-ribbed box in the caught by still fishermen who liter lear compartment of their car were terfully played and landed a nine- pounder. fine some sections of both the Ca** four walleyed pike ranging in weight, way and certain shorelines, as I subsequently learned, from seven For those of you who wish to give the walleye fishing a whirl, try the I have neither experienced nor g| to twelve pounds. better crappie bass fishing anyWbe* "We were scheduled to vacation in approved spots south of the Causeway UCLLCI ^ictppic uoaa nailing ^ :t,-, ^ I ) connecting Espyville, Pennsylvania than may be had practically anyw*^, J jo Canada next month, but we're coming on the reservoir; this between the t**r here instead," volunteered another of with Andover, Ohio. Line up your e boat with either of the two under­ the ice leaves until well toward " the delighted foursome. e passes where the channels are sup­ end of June. Favorite but not nec fj As a postscript to the immediately sarily best spots for these mew"^ tii] foregoing, I might add that the twelve posedly located and troll down the lake, keeping from two to four-hun­ of the sunfish family are anywhere days spent by the four fishing the 0 dred yards offshore if the underpass the vicinity of Pike's at the Jamest most celebrated spots as well as many end of the reservoir, along both sia~[ untried ones, proved absolutely fruit­ of the Causeway, and in the vicinity , less. The men, of course, confined the boat livery at what is knoW^a their efforts to the No. 1 game species "the-end-of-the-road" on the Lines**" of Pymatuning Reservoir, the wall­ end eyed pike. - aiiy 3 In eight tries in 1947 my score was A log-jammed cove practic ', exactly zero. Of the six different in­ across the way from the pillared Jy^ dividuals accompanying me all but one seum entrance is one of the bus* caught fish, i.e., walleyes. The con­ and "fishiest" spots on the lake d^j ing the month of May. Scores and ** j, clusion derived from my observations 3 is that Pymatuning walleye fishing is quently hundreds of fishermen j . ance themselves on the floating *^ like a popular gaming device, one can 1 never tell when the jackpot will spill fishing the leads, pockets and ot* . openings in the jam itself as well out on to the floor. In the meanwhile, 1 an occasional good fish helps sustain in the open water beyond. Actio* interest. always brisk and frequently furi° » Needless to add that the best bait On a mid-July day in 1946, while a small minnow obtainable at any. skirting the angler-lined shores of a the several minnow hatcheries in " cove just across from Pike's boat area. livery just above the dam, one out of It is my candid opinion that the P* • every six fishermen had caught one fishing for bass that Pymatuning or more walleyes. This, it may be capable of producing will not 0" added, was by actual count. Other into its own until the turbidity of ® species observed on strings included water is reduced to the point w^; some nice cats, crappies, carp and a the bass can readily discern the p*1;' few yellow perch. Singularly, on that Secchi's disk, a white disk somev/"; particular day not a single bass was less than eight inches in diameter **s to be seen. f Landing a nice one in the channel off of the by biologists in determining the tr3**l Espyville boat livery. Many bigger ones are Those fishermen who swear by the taken annually. The record walleye taken in parency of water, completely diS^j walleye fishing are just as ardent in Pymatuning was close to fifteen pounds. pears when submerged to a deptl*

PENNSYLVANIA ANGt '»! ^Proximately seven inches. Of course ••.••.• ?ete are quiet and protected areas •UH.'., 5at are not as turbid as open waters. i? a matter of record, for a young ?«e, Pymatuning is clearing at a satis- •. ^ctory rate. Also, the turbidity is • ^Used largely by organisms essential I fish life. The organisms will de- '^ish to a more satisfactory point /th the reduction of organic matter ^hich the lake still has an abund- "ce - Bear in mind that scarcely more %an - a decade and a half ago areas j Jv comprising the lake bottom were a*j ' Pastures, cleared woodlands, ^ bogs. Pymatuning has indeed i J^e a long way. The reservoir at- jjj^ed its 15th birthday in January this year. ^ow, don't think for a moment that %er (i e are no bass in the reservoir. !iatly of the lunkers in its productive peters would make many a better «ing lake green with algae. Even |p? some plug casting may be had. (,v5tlV a fine bass is taken in the log- I °ked and stump-dotted shallows be- Employes of the Fish Commission's Pymatuning Hatchery stage a seining operating for *eeri Clark's Island and the Penn- students of the Game Commission's Training School. r*vania railroad tracks, the latter "Who's that?" I more or less asked My eyes widened. "He does?" Sitink g th^ e 0isit^e Woif UIXtheC war»«1Um, wateWC-Cr V^ hatchery now under construction, myself, but loud enough for my host "You'll see for yourself in an hour ntls. of course, is on the Linesville end to get it. or so. Although Bill is not too sociable f the lake. My host chuckled. "That's Bill Gal he'll stop on his way home to trade t0ne evening chance permitted me lagher," he finally answered. a word or two." 1 rUn across a fisherman who regu- Where does he fish?' An hour and ten-minutes later by AM plugs the aforementioned area. "In the cove at the end of the lane— my watch, we heard a shuffling step on c dusk he furtively passed a lone that is according to him." the porch. "There's Bill now," ob­ [.,, tage at the end of a long lane a I knew the area for what it was. served my host as he cast aside a (,i e or so northwest of Linesville. I "Why, there's not enough water there newspaper and stepped to the open ail a ced to be a visitor at the cottage to float even a medium sized bull­ door. I was right behind him. w5 sP°tted the fisherman as he head," I remarked. "Well, how did you make out to­ J^ked past the row of evergreens "That's what I thought, too, but he night, Bill?" ^rig the front yard. gets bass, big bass." "Oh, all right, I reckon," Bill ans­ wered with a shy grin as the porch light played on his almost emaciated face. After introductions we walked to the evergreens and played a flashlight on the fish lying on the fragrant needles. A low whistle unconsciously escaped my lips. The four large mouths were practically identical in every re­ spect. They weighed exactly two- pounds apiece "What did you use?" I asked. "A crippled minnow," came the re­ sponse. Next morning we had two of the fish for breakfast. In a few years the opportunities for good plug fishing will be practically boundless. That vast comparatively shallow part of the reservoir lying north of the Causeway is ideal for the five-eighths ounce plug. Even now those literally unfished waters might pay off. Unfished? Virtually, as the area is closed to outboards. Since its inception Pymatuning has been synonomous with the prodigious number of carp found in its waters. 5ift 4 sample of Pymatuning shoreline in the area above the Causeway. Looks ideal for plug­ s' The crappie Ashing on the far shore is extraordinarily good. (Turn to page 20)

****-• 1949 Angling for Black Bass By Don Shiner

Part I cavating several inches of sand from the stream or lake bottom near the (Angling for Bronzebacks is one of the most widely practiced sports in Pennsylvania during the shore line. The eggs are laid in rib­ vacation months. Here are the most popular bon-like masses in May or June. The methods for talcing this game fish, both on live female may lay 1000 eggs or as many baits and artificial lures. Part I deals with live as 5000. However, soon after the fe­ or natural baits, the second part which will follow male deposits the eggs in the nest, she deals entirely with artificial lures of all types, color and action.) departs to deeper water. The male continues to guard the nest unceas­ HERE exists today two distinct ingly until the roe hatches, which is T and controversial groups of anglers generally within two weeks. —trout puriest, and second, those ad­ The large mouth variety of black dicted with the bass game. While bass grow to greater proportion than each are really the King and Queen does the small mouth. Aside from of game fish, the really rounded out size, there are other ways of distin­ angler should not turn up his nose at guishing the two apart. In the large mouth bass, the maxillary bone (the The author landing a nice bass from Wul> , H, either! However, it is good for each ingdon Creek. *l to have his own ideas on angling, the upper jaw bone) always passes beyond discussions which generally follow the eye, and of course, this character­ minnows, crawfish, salamanders, ^e, seem to keep this sport ever growing istic is not found in the small mouth. grammites and other insect larva, 9 and alive. This is one of the easiest ways of well as the common angle worm. I quickly distinguishing the two species. We are indeed fortunate that both Since hellgrammites and craW^ The small mouth prefers clear, mod­ constitute a great part of the broi^ species of these fish inhabit our streams erately cool and clean flowing streams. of Pennsylvania and in our immediate back's diet, it is logical to assume tB| Generally they choose the rock and these baits are effective when used & streams which are accessible to every stony bottoms to harbor near and angler. the angler. It is best to use a la$ usually avoid muddy bottoms. After hook and hook the hellgrammite uD'j The close of trout season usually the spawning period they become ac­ the collar directly behind its head (a', finds the angler devoting his angling tive feeders and remain so until ex­ or through the tail (b). This latf* time to the many streams and lakes treme cold weather sets in. method is best, too, for attaching cr*§ which have a fair population of bass. The large mouth prefers the weed fish to the hook. Both are fished pr3j There are two species of bass, the beds and lily pads for their choice lo­ tically the same, that is, cast to ^ large mouth (micropterus salmoides) cations and like the small mouth ac­ likely looking spot and allowed to S*3 and the small mouth black bass (mi­ quires much of their food from the to the bottom. The bait should i cropterus dolomieu). Both can be surrounding aquatic creatures and also moved every few minutes to pre"v"e found inhabiting the same water but from the surface of the water. It is r the hellgrammite or crawfish f ° t generally each seem to group toegther quite common to hear of small duck­ crawling under a rock thus being °U and seldom can both large and small lings, large mice and birds being de­ of sight of the fish. mouth be found living in the same voured by this game fish. e Once a bass grabs the bait, it g * area. They of course are the largest 8 Any one who has angled for bass to erally runs a short distance, stops ^ members of the sunfish family and are any extent knows that frequently arti­ i nest builders during the spawning then swallows the bait and make? ficial lures fail to produce and often second run. This second run is ® period as are all members of that it is necessary to resort to live bait. family. time to strike or set the hook. E&S The bronzebacks are not too choosey ever, striking a bass which is taK^ The male parent participates in ex­ eaters and gorge themselves on frogs, a hellgrammite is an uncertain prop sition. Sometimes it seems almost tf\ possible to miss no matter when ^j angler attempts to set the hook, aK at other times one must try all soi of tricks to hook them. ( If the striking bass really ro&K business, his run will be sure, ste^j, C and strong. Other times they P f up the bait, run a short ways tPj drop it, these are the bass that |*j one's patience. Sometimes teaS^ helps when they take the bait tP' way, that is, if the bait is deliberate • pulled away from the fish it seerriS j enrage the fish so that they s&* A spinner placed in front of a minnow and slowly trolled behind a boat is an excellent way more savagely. j, of taking black bass. Of course, the small mouths o#e

PENNSYLVANIA ANGt f . °ve to the current and fast moving j^ters of the stream to feed. This i only true in creeks and rivers, not e t^ s since there is little or no cur- ie^t present there. At this time a e ^m^- %rammite or crawfish cast up and i l^Jr^ ^^ J*°ss stream and allowed to be car- / L-J^%<;:-5) *d along by the current brings re­ J =is mits. When they seize the bait, they \_ jtp\ \i*?c »- * "*****'** ^^ i^1 up or down stream and time should J&*\ \_^^^^* 3 allowed before striking for the \ J^f ik B. ^Qzeback to mouth the bait entirely. Allowing these fish to run, taking so ..^y yards of line often causes con- i Arable amount of trouble setting the s£°k. If the fish takes the bait down jTeam and runs toward you, there is A A eii a large sag or belly in the line. s 'tempting to strike when this is in j>vJdence only seems to signal to the Hellgrammites can be either hooked under collar (B), or through tail (A). ^ that something is wrong and the y^t is quickly dropped. To correct a nymph stage and is often affective. the worms slightly above the bottom, j ls> after the fish has completed the Turning the hellgrammite, thusly, is and it gives a delight close to dry fly ^. the line should be retrieved slowly achieved by cutting the head and col­ angling to watch the dobber's move­ j^til it is nearly in a direct line of lar from the body, starting the point ments when a strike occurs. rG fish and a steady throbbing can of the hook at the tail, the tail is When a cast is made ahead of the of felt. Then the angler should set pushed through the body, the insect boat and the wind pushes the boat ^hook hard and swiftly, is then inside out. It is rather a sim­ slowly towards the dobber and bait, jj^he bass found in the fast moving ple process and one that should be the line should be retrieved so that H*eams are less hesitant in taking among every angler's bag of tricks. there is no sag or belly in the line- i £ bait once they strike; those of the Crawfish are ideal bait for bass in Greasing the line so that it floats j/^es seem to play or take a longer lakes. The bass often nose among the greatly facilitates this method of fish­ *jipd of time to swallow the bait. rocks looking for them. When using ing. i -There are numerous soft rubber them, they should be fished on the bot­ e Casting the bait behind the boat is (r s on the market which resemble tom and moved frequently so that they trolling rather than drift fishing, and a e hellgrammites and crawfish, but to don't hide away. e while it is another productive way of u Writer, they seem of little value, Ordinary worms, especially large taking bronzebacks, the drift method {j^less they are used so that when a night crawlers, are good baits for small 1 is a superior way of fishing providing Sti . strikes at one, the hook can be mouths. The worms should be hooked the drift is not too fast. « ' immediately, or they quickly expell lightly so that they remain alive and e After the drift is completed, the « imitation. Perhaps I do not know active. Often, two or more night boat should be returned to the starting i^ best methods of using these rubber crawlers on the same hook brings point and begin again. This should Stations, but I have given them more action due to greedy nature of be done if on the course of the drift u Serous trials and generally draw a the bass. This bait can be fished on atl a bass was taken. Another drift over s k or only a few fish for the pre­ the bottom or cast out into midstream that section will probably be success­ sage of striking fish, and retrieved slowly. ful again since it was probably over t^ften times bass will refuse these One of the best methods, especially 0 a good bass location. natural live baits and often re- for lake, is the drift fishing method. Worms are not the only bait which Mr-e worms, frogs or minnows or ar- This method is best when a boat is can be fished this way, but minnows, °ial curiosity lures to arouse any accessible and a light wind blowing. one of the very best live baits for bass, JCerest. At such times, I generally Merely allow the wind to push the fiv,e used this way generally gets good ; it one more try with a hellgram- bait slowly while the worms are cast results. It can readily be seen why Hi; e turned inside out. This gives it a ahead and allowed to remain there lll this method of fishing usually brings tish appearance which resembles until the boat is nearly on top of the good results when compared with an­ worm or insect emerging from bait. A dobber can be used to keep choring the boat and still fishing. About 75 percent of the water in the lake contains few or no fish, and if fishing constantly in one place, that particular spot may not be suited for bass occupancy. If conditions allow only still fishing, then by all means change positions after twenty minutes or so of inactivity. Minnows are best hooked under the skin behind the dorsel fin or through both lips. The latter method will cause the minnow to live longer and be more active. However, be sure the hook is placed through both lips and not just through one as this will result in the minnow quickly drowning. °°king crawfish in the tail as shown is one of the best methods when angling for black bass. (Turn to page 20) Finned Dynamite By Jack Anderson

HE chain pickerel, found only in toward us. This action is of course Tthe United States from Maine to the same as a spoon with pork rind, Florida east of the Alleghenies, into and today I sincerely believe it is more the Mississippi Valley to Texas, in effective. southern Missouri and the Tennessee We'd skitter peacefully for many iliver system in Alabama, is the only minutes, perhaps dozing, or plotting game fish pickerel in the World. a raid on a green apple tree. Then, He's a little fellow as the Pike zoom! A green snake would flash from Family goes, rarely beating seven the shadow of a pond lily. A sudden pounds, with the usual catch about strike, and the battle was on. two or three pounds. He has a long, If the pickerel wouldn't fall for this, thin body, bulldog like jaws, and we tried our second method. This was green and cunning eyes. Usually his slower work and much to our liking color is green, but this color differs if we could get under friendly willow according to the colors of vegetation. trees on a hot summer's day. The When full grown his markings are method was fishing with a cork and the most distinctive and certain of any live minnow, in the deeper water on A surgeon's clamp is a handy pickerel t°' pike: his dark lines form a definite the outer edge of the weeds. net, or chain. dropped his spoon to the bottom. *| We remember him from boyhood Back in those days we landed many soon as he felt the hit, he jerked, «* days: our wicked little friend of the pickerel by either method. And we ing the lure about a foot from botto1* mud pond or shallow creek. Usually learned some points about the Chain Then he retrieved slowly with occ he lays like a stick in the water. But Pickerel. sional upward sweeps and a pauS, he is pent-up dynamite. Ever watch­ We learned, for instance, that move­ while the lure wriggled again to b" ful of prey, if something demands his ment is the most important single torn. His movement was the slow? attention he shifts slightly, ruffling his thing about pickerel fishing. A still possible. fins—the first warning of interest. If object holds no fascination for a killer. And that slow retrieve was ^ I he decides to strike, his movement is We noted that after sitting for hours answer on that particular day. It ^3\ almost too fast to catch. And his aim without a strike when cork or minnow the difference between a packed d"e is deadly. fishing, we could provoke action by and empty hands. Having the Pr°P-f. As kids in Pennsylvania we had two twitching the rod to excite the min­ lure is half the battle—fishing ^ now. The pickerel, we came to realize, a methods of fooling the Chain Pickerel. proper lure properly is the other k f, The first and earliest method is some­ had been motionless shadows in the Back on the pickerel ponds of b0^ thing I shall never forget. Steel poles water until their greedy eyes detected hood, we learned about the importai^ signs of fright. UIX or sticks cut from the woods, knotted of movement, and grasped the f .ti, lines, and cranky reels, were standard We also learned this motion had to mental faults of minnow fishing vfl.j fishing equipment. And we used perch suit the mood of the fish. On some cork. One of the gang innocently ^ fin with a chunk of white belly as bait. days the movement had to be lazy and on a solution. .j The fishing technique was merely erratic; on other days swift. I've I think he was getting ready to <3}j. to flip the perch belly among the marvelled about this down through for the day. He was reeling in, doUP. weeds or pond lilies and skitter it the years. When one pickerel feeds less coaxing along a worn-out 1^,1 on slow moving bait apparently they for we fished then with our iathe* all do. They seem to have this school cast-offs. Suddenly a pickerel struck i fish characteristic, even though pick­ the first strike of the day. A g°°, erel are lone wolves. Many theorists fight followed and a nice fish ^ believe air pressure has much to do creeled. So our friend tossed in aga with this. and began the same slow retried/ Several friends were fishing a Again a strike; again a fish. A "-1 Pocono lake and took a marvelous covery had been made which was lesson on the importance of searching be our greatest boyhood strategy for the proper movement of a lure. We learned from that expend1 ^ All happened to be fishing red-and- you can double your pickerel catc white spoons commonly called dar- when using the cork and minO°i devles although Dardevle is really a method by tossing out your bait ^ trade name for a particular brand of slowly retrieving. For this purpose . red-and-white spoon. Of the fishing is best to hook your minnow throtf» party, Earl Rothrock fished the same the nose, although it is possible to u' territory with the same lure. By noon the dorsal fin technique. . t, he had picked up the pickerel limit, and Several years ago Hank Wallis, R1 ., hard fighting pickerel up to twenty Weaver and myself fished pickerel ° eight inches in length at that. The Blue Ridge Lake, Monroe Courw' others had creeled a few scattered and Pennsylvania. It was a cloudy mistiy, scrubby specimen. Why? day, cold for September in that la The red and white spoon—pickerel and pike killer. The answer was simple. Earl tude.

PENNSYLVANIA ANGL*' I \he lake was small and shallow, a fellow with stubborn ideas about y a Pical Pocono lake, about fourteen tangling himself in the pond lilies. He t res of water with an almost uniform and I argued the point and that day ^ feet depth. It was ideal pickerel I won. He rolled in to net, a nineteen ater, with pond lilies fringing the incher: an average pickerel, a grass Uthern shore and swamp thickets green fellow with clear black lines Lpiing beyond the water's edge on locking in a perfect chain and with other sides. blood red pectoral fins. Quickly >j Since Hank and Rich liked still stringing him I rebaited and pushed ^ i^g, they took one boat and I the boat to resume the fishing journey. pother. We had brought a can of Doesn't it seem that attitude has filers along and I decided on a something to do with the day's catch jj Vhood stunt. I rigged up bamboo of fish? Ever start out feeling like / rod and cable leader and number & really fishing and find everything < hook, set a cork at about three seems to go your way? Well I had .i6'- Then I rowed about ten feet on e that feeling on Blue Ridge Lake, and I outer edge of the pond lilies. I before another five minutes had my minnow about fifteen feet passed was hooked into the second s ^ the stern of the boat and slowly, pickerel. i ,°othly worked my way around the This pickerel was slower. He took the cork to bottom and held steady. ^ j^nutes dragged by uneventfully. ll I gave him plenty of time before set­ t ght east wind fanned in, brushing ting the hook, then pulled into a solid t y Waves against the gun whales; just home. Plenty of action followed the °ugh wind to keep me glued to the *ti set, ending with twenty-three inches | to avoid grounding on lilies. Rich of pickerel on the string, an above • . Hank had slipped anchor in . average fish. ml6 t cove, and now and then mumb s Now I worked into a cove, where l{ § tumbled along with the wind ^ their direction. thickets grew several feet into the Two enthusiasts cork fishing for pickerel. tk Quarter turn around the lake, and water and I imagined I could see pick­ to Ji. m^ cork dipped, jumped back erel sprouting from the weeds. Eagerly about fish wardens and such. We W surface, and walked across the I resumed my slow minnow trolling managed to toss a few fat fish out on er and hadn't gone ten feet when some­ shore. And then we spotted some \v ; . I propped the oars on the gun- Dj jes and took up my rod. Quietly I thing struck again. greater prizes. t^red the minnow. The something was a yellow perch. We saw two large pickerel in a pool of the creek. To our boyish ji0 ^d picturing that minnow is an im- Picked up three nice yellow perch ihj taiit thing. If you have a two inch along those weeds; then a bass. But eyes these wicked looking warriors Si^oc w you can set the hook pretty the pickerel fishing was over and the were prizes too delicious to resist. One of the gang salvaged an old wire If it's a four incher you've east wind grew stronger, spraying a screen from a convenient dump and tL !° §ive the pickerel time to mouth fine mist ahead of it. I decided to n m mm take advantage of the wind. Rowed the chase was on. MM, *. ^ y d's eye I saw the Somehow or other we nabbed one v'terel swimming along with the down to the east end of the lake and C W permitted the boat to drift, dragging of those pickerel. Looking back I 'OH?° across his mouth. When the guess he wasn't more than fourteen IL stopped I visioned him flipping the line behind. I had picked up northern pike this way up in Michigan. inches long, but he was a monster L ttrinnow in his jaws so that the then. We took him to our woodland ^ ^ Pointed down throat. When he But the pickerel were sleeping. Soon e I met Rich and Hank on the boat dock. hut and decided on a fish fry. p^ d out again I set the hook. But something stepped between us **e pickerel was on, a fast moving They had been anchored in the cove all morning. Their eyes popped at my and that wonderful pickerel. The fel­ catch. They had two perch between low doing the cleaning announced he them. was full of bugs. I took my look and "Maybe you got something in this saw what looked like bunches of yel­ drifting business," Rich said. "It's low grapes on the inside of the fish. more work, but—" It was so odd that we put them in a "The old story," Hank said. "Move­ jar and took them into our village. ment gets the pickerel." Followed our first lesson in conser­ As kids we made many observations vation. on the habits of the Chain Pickerel, An old fisherman told us what those although at the time we were just hav­ tiny yellow grapes were. They were ing fun. When the ice was rotting eggs and we had killed not one, but and breaking up on lakes and ponds perhaps hundreds of pickerel. Those we ran the shorelines looking for the two pickerel, the old fisherman said, unusual, the Spring sap astir in our were "running" the creeks to spawn. veins. It was a fascinating story and we One of the gang happened to see wanted to see more of it. We fol­ fat suckers working upstream, moving lowed the creek bank then, studying sluggishly and working their mouths the pools. along the rocky bottoms. This was a We didn't see any more pickerel that challenge. We straddled the narrow day, but in following years were alert places and tried our luck with our for the pickerel run. There were pick- eral in the feeders to our dams and creek, southeastern Pennsylvania hands. It was great and innocent ^fel Water. sport for kids who had never heard (Turn to page 21) ^ -1949 water handicap of scaring fish, care Jl! the selection of fly size is of great m portance. Unless matching a hatch, flies "\ Low Water - - Friend or Foe larger than 12s should be used W bucktails or spinners tied on hoo"? By Howard M. Ernst bigger than 8s. Incidentally, ho® these latter lures, if properly fish*"1' may prove deadly in low water. HE alibis of the angler are many. upstream and you prefer to fish wet There are of course situations d^' ing the summer months when tro|> TIt is unfortunate that within the rather than dry, remember a wet fly 1 bounds of our ever extending areas may be effectively fished up stream may be found resting in pools deV of population the all too frequent just as well as the floater. If in spite of even enough current to move a $ empty creel constantly requires the of your precautions you visibly scare fly a foot in an hour. Sometimes the* self defense of reasonable alibis. Many the trout, study the situation, quietly pools are located in the center of ^ of them are justifiable. A lot of them back away from the stream and return river and are subject to full sunlit. are mere expressions of thought to in an hour. The fish by this time will Should it be a calm day, such a sit^! bolster the courage and faith of the have resumed their former position. tion is hopeless but as is most alw^ angler in his ability as a fisherman. Then profiting from the previous ex­ the case, if there be some shade, .| Personally I prefer to believe that in perience, you should be able to suc­ slight ripple on the water or a sfl>?. current, the pool can be fished most instances failure has been due cessfully present the fly to them. 1 to my own inability to properly diag­ executing your casts with care a* Leaders and lines cast shadows as deliberation. Instead of casting m°f, nose the stream problem presented or frightening as the human body. Use c to perform with the sufficient skill re­ or less straight out and at the tro^J a leader no shorter than nine feet nose, you direct your fly to a sp° quired to deceive my quarry. Making or as long as you can comfortably 1 excuses for yourself will never im­ several feet in front of him and wit* handle. It should be tapered to 3X slight upward effort somewhat as ' prove your fishing and eventually may or finer and well soaked, so as not to sour your disposition. bait casting, aim a foot or so in ^ float. This minimizes the frightful air, you will find that a fly size 12 ", One of the most overworked alibis shadow a leader can produce on sunlit smaller will gently drop to the vf^i for empty creels is the trite complaint water. Do not hesitate to risk a losing without creating any surface distur"J of high or low water. Actually it is battle with a big fish because of fine ance. Naturally, before casting e$e a moot question as to whether low taper. I have landed a nine pound a floating or submerged lure, it is VL water isn't a condition much to be salmon on 3X gut. I admit such a per­ sumed that you have taken all possi^ desired. formance is not to be normally ex­ precautions to eliminate undue m In general when streams are run­ pected but the consciousness of using or drag. In low water, both are dea^-. ning low and clear they present, in extremely light tackle with the odds If they occur, don't make matte' comparison with the reverse condition, thus in favor of the fish, will greatly worse by hastily retrieving the &% several distinct advantages as against add to the thrill and sport of fighting Let the fly run its course, then lig^ only one disadvantage. Furthermore, each trout. In addition you will at all cigarette and rest the pool for a *e with skill and care, the greater part times be keyed to a high pitch and minutes. of this disadvantage may be nullified. thus forced to careful handling and quick thinking. Under such circum­ By this time you will be wonder*'* Let us first consider the single ad­ stances the angler will be amazed at how, if all this care is required J verse aspect of the situation. When the remarkable feats he will be able properly present a No. 12 fly to a W° \ the river is running full or in medium to perform with his delicate tackle. at low water, it is possible to fish f height the possibilities of disturbing spinner or bucktail. There is °J fish are at a minimum. The depth and Continuing the discussion as to ways 1 and means of overcoming the low answer in the case of the first lure? , speed of water eliminate to a great two in the case of the second. Tj?j degree the necessity of fine leaders, are rather simple ones. The >% delicately cast small flies and care in (which applies to both) is, do not ¥e> u their presentation. In addition one rnit the lure to drop near the tr" ]f need not pay too much attention to When making your cast, aim at S^, J shadows. Reversing the conditions, it point on the water several yards f ' s is evident the one and only problem where you expect the fish to be reS^ presented by low water is to place but at a point from where you c^\ your lure before the trout without conveniently draw the lure across JV frightening him. However this is not trout's line of vision. The distant P1^) an unsurmountable obstacle. If you and disturbance of the spinner can cast well enough to cover the bucktail as it hits the water's s § ground in a river in flood, you cer­ face will often times arouse the J tainly will be able to handle the line terest of a lethargic fish. . translated into economic terms, low The elimination of the element of a John R. McKee, Jr., president of McKee ter affords the maximum of effic- doubt is a boon to the angler. If the Industries, of West Newton, Pa., and an leu c y in angling. There is no need for action of his fly is visible at all times, ardent fisherman in his own right, at first jeste>ai d motion or time. Every cast if the character and conditions of the developed the case for his own use, later 3?s a definite purpose and is directed water clearly indicate that which will deciding to manufacture it upon advice of a fixed objective. In other words, scare or fail to interest the trout, if some of his fishing cronies.

1949 PENNSYLVANIA REPTILES ^AMPHIBIAN*

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

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li, tt W k NORTHERN MUD TURTLE (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) MUSK TURTLE (Sternotherus odaratus) h . . . Maximum length )' .• inches; a small species which bears yellow inches; normally has two yellowish lines on each side of head dots or mot Mings on the sides of the head; has much larger plastron above the eye, the other below the eye; plastron small giving tt*[Sa (lower shell) than the similar musk turtle; sometimes mistaken for protection to legs and tail; occurs in quiet fresh water where it »e?S small snapping turtle, but, like musk turtle, has shorter tail; frequents on snails, earthworms and dead fish; name "musk" comes from mU»*' h fresh water, but may be found in brackish water also; lives on food odor of a fluid secreted by scent glands; fewer than 10 eggs laid \l N found on muddy bottomed waters; lays 2 to 5 eggs; has been found June or July in sand, stumps or muskrat houses; recorded from in 8 southern counties. counties in non-mountainous regions. 01 in b,

cbe SPOTTED TURTLE (Clemmys guttata) . . . Maximum length 5 WOOD TURTLE (Clemmys insculpta) Maximum length 9 in inches; easily recognized by the 20 to 90 round, bright yellow spots on U its black carapace (upper shell); shallow streams, margins of ponds, a large, semi-aquatic turtle easily recognized by its orange-red 1?S lakes and marshes are favored haunts; diet is chiefly insectiverous arid and its rough sculptured shell; may be found wandering on land oU | the species deserves protection; lays two to four elliptical eggs in ing the summer, thus the name "wood turtle"; also found in streaJw sand, cinders or dirt in June; found in 2D counties in non-mountainous feedinsmall gnumbe on insectr of selliptica and carrionl eggs; imaken grouns and idearecordel pedt fofror mchildren 47 scattc; **£$re portions of state. counties - *. *.. t

BLANDING'S TURTLE (Emys blandingii) . . . Maximum length 10 EASTERN BOX TURTLE (Terrapene Carolina Carolina) . . . Maxin»u£ inches; distinguished by its brilliant yellow chin and throat, and by length 6'4 inches; only Pennsylvania species which can withdraw ' j its domed shell which is covered with streaks and spots of yellow or head and limbs completely within its shell and fold both halves " olive; although essentially aquatic, it has marked terrestrial habits; its plastron to form a tight "box"; hinge running across the plasf"^ feeds on snails, crayfish, earthworms, fish and carrion; lays 6 to 10 divides it into a front movable part and a hind part; may be f°u!r' elliptical eggs; occurs in Lake Erie principally, although there are long distances from water but likes to soak in mud in hot sumBJf ' published records, possibly based on escapes, from Union and North­ notoriously long-lived; lays 2 to 7 eggs in ground in June or J"" umberland counties also. recorded from 44 Pennsylvania counties. JN OUR modern competitive world the demand for speed and effi- /'ftticy in daily life becomes a fixed ^bit to such an extent that we have .^ost lost the art of relaxation. It v true that our time on the stream is /J^ited and we must of necessity ?ake the most of the precious hours ^t come our way. If in the process j.e turn recreation into wreck-recrea- l0l and laid my catch on a bed of fresh pools on the famous Pasture Stretch i then the value of angling is lost, wood fern gathered from the profusion of Spring Creek. Our pipes were bi my early days astream the ob- S at hand. The pool above was still and going well and the canteens of after- j sion to cover the largest amount the odor of the blossoms mingled with lunch tea were conveniently near, as | territory with the greatest number the curling smoke of my pipe. A we sprawled in the shade. The whistle / casts amounted almost to a mania. small moth tempted to gluttony by the of the cardinal was broken by the /• day with the trout left me on the er richness of its banquet dropped to the liquid notes of a Baltimore Oriole re­ ge of physical exhaustion. My shallow water where it struggled for splendent in his orange and black. ^^ipanion who operated under the ai a few seconds then disappeared. What His more sedate colored mate gathered L *ie theory was in the same state, angler can resist the urge to cast over among other things, the twine which l.^e, we took trout and fondly be- an actively feeding trout? The Honey had been discarded from our noon ^yed we were having a grand time Spider fell like a bit of milkweed- sandwiches, to weave into her cradle, *Mn the truth of the matter was a down, a few inches from the bank, that swings in plain view from a high j? t we were missing much of the trembled a moment, then disappeared. Silver Maple branch. We watched in­ insures of the sport. Age and time The fight was short due to the con­ terestedly until the rings of rising 9Ve driven home the lesson that tinued angry leaps of my quarry and fish marked the beginning of the after­ °uth would not learn. when he lay in the net his short length noon sport. Many of the best catches of the was compensated by a heavy girth. A few weeks later we visited the ?ar cannot be brought home and dis- After returning him carefully an in­ same spot and had the pleasure of j|layed on an oaken panel or served vestigation showed a deep pocket seeing a fledgling sitting on a dead j5 the dining table. These are the framed by the roots of the honey­ weed stalk a few yards from his nest Incidental happenings that form the suckle. The water within yards of tree. In his muted juvenile plumage ^ght woof by which the fabric of his den was so shallow and unin­ there was but a faint hint of the colors Ogling is held together. teresting that the average angler that would be his. It was with pleas­ .How can we capture the pungence passed it by without a second glance. ure that we examined him carefully } bruised evergreen twigs that line Each time I passed that way for at close range then passed on, much J16 creel; the bright opulence of a the next two seasons "Chunky" to the relief of his mother who scolded ^set; the pearl gray of the even­ greeted me with a willing rise and us roundly from an overhanging ts mists as the air chills above the exciting fight. He became a person­ branch. at er at dusk or the pepper taste of ality to be treated with due respect. The first fly of the evening hatch , ater cress that garnishes our lunch His size increased from a scant eight 6 dropped from the overhang of alders f side the stream? The easy cora- inches to a strong thirteen during the a< and danced for a few brief seconds ieship of angling friends or chance three seasons of our acquaintance. above the pool. Another joined it PlUaintances and the interesting Then one day he was gone. Whether and another. A rise marred the mir­ jpnpses of the abundant wild crea­ he came to his end in a landing net ror of the pool and for a second the tes are the by-products that are as or fell prey to a predator will prob­ nose of a brown marked the spot Suable as the fish that grace our ably never be known . . . The White r where a drifting natural disappeared. *el at the end of the day. Honeysuckle still guards the tiny My rod lay fully rigged on the gray The White Swamp Honeysuckle is pocket and other trout rise on oc­ 6 sandstone against which I rested com­ j^ of the fragant flowering shrubs casion but none have the personality fortably. Glancing at my watch I J/^t has an appeal to both eye and of "Chunky." noted the time five thirty-five. The j^strils. Growing as it does on the One of our favored luncheon spots ari trout rose regularly then the willows c ks of the freestone streams in asso- is a walnut tree which overlooks three lE parted and a doe stepped with dainty c *tion with the hemlock and its grace into the pool. With alert head j^sin the Rhododendron and bloom- she watched silently for a few mo­ u§ in late June or early July, its pale ments then dipped her head and drank. j ^ssorns contrasting sharply with its A few dappled sun spots that filtered fi ge and the surrounding greenery. 6 through the overhang turned her sleek blossoms furnish a luxurious store red summer coat to patches of vivid >>tSweet s judging from the number of orange. Satisfied at last she raised * °ths and other insects that lay claim her head shook a few clinging drops .its bounty. from her muzzle, then silently dis­ J ^be sweetness of the perfume came appeared again into the leafy screen 4°>n from the White Honeysuckle of alders. My trout ringed the still hundred yards above. Slowly I made pool again and this time I reached for •J? Way up to the moss covered log, en the idle rod to begin the business of. ft * ding to wait for Chet, who was the evening. 'Stjivlln. g- somewher1e1 above. Thml_ e early ^*ve,*iin g hatch had gone from the Four evenings, during my stay at ater leaving it undisturbed but the camp I had watched this little scene, tj,eel at my side held a trio of fair a prelude to the evening fishing. The J^t. Complete contentment marked first evening as I stalked the pool she ^ mood as I unsnapped the basket (Turn to page 24)

11 Sportsmen Transfer Fish Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming Co. 2,500 Catfish Released by Clubs The Club has authorized the purchase of Nanticoke sportsmen, under the supervision a wire recorder for use in club promotional A shipment of 2,500 catfish were rece°* of Jack Opachinski, special fish warden, work. The apparatus will get its first use as released in five favorite fishing spots drained Hillside Pond and transported many an aid in the showing of movies of junior Berks County. Daniel Boone Rod and « of its fish to Lake Nuangola. sportsmen's activities in the various high Club members released 600 in Carsonia ™ '. The pond, which had been stocked with schools of the area. and 400 in Lake Antietam; the Izaak WaK° fish by Nanticoke sportsmen for the enjoy­ League put 500 in Bernhart's Reservoir; " | It is planned to hold the annual picnic at 1 ment of youngsters in the area, was drained the Sportsmen's Memorial Grounds on the Mohnton Fish and Game Protective Assoc * because a Coal Company is starting to strip- last Wednesday in July and on the following tion released 500 in Angelica Dam, and mine the pond area. Saturday. That will be July 27th and 30th. Womelsdorf Rod and Gun Club put 500 Equipment for draining the pond was fur­ The work of improving this fine piece of Charming Forge Dam. e nished by John Kolitva, who operates the property is progressing steadily. The drive The catties were put in Charming *° s bait fish hatchery near Lake Silkworth. ways have been recently surfaced with lime­ Dam because so far they have not ° j State Game Protectors Henry Rodeghiero and stone. affected by pollution which is cleaning ^ Raymond Doersbacher aided in the drainage this beautiful stretch of stream of ^ work. of its fish life. e Carbon County Sportsmen's Assn. Included in the haul were 1,000 sunfish, Fish Warden, Bill Wounderly stated tbf ranging from 3 to 7 inches; 500 catfish from Crippled children at Camp Daddy Allen, catfish, received from the Torresdale hold11" 3 to 8 inches, 300 perch from 1 to 12 inches; Hickory Run, will be able to add fishing to ponds near Philadelphia were the nicest j 250 shiners from lVz to 7 inches and many their outdoor activities this summer. Meet­ ceived in 26 years. Many of them wei£n polliwogs. ing in Lansford recently the association voted more than a pound. Mr. Opachinski reported that the sports­ to stock a pool with fish for the sport of the men are expected to haul more fish from the handicapped children. Perlciomen Valley Sportsmen's Assn, pond before the drainage work is completed. Peter Murray, Beaver Meadows, was elected president; Walter Shemansky, Tres- Willard Townsend, chairman of the Fg skow, vice president; George Fogelman, Committee, reports that a nice lot of #** 2100 catfish were stocked in the Clinton County Fish & Same Assn. Palmerton, secretary and Theodore Koehler, Weatherly, treasurer. and Skippack Creeks on May 17. The Association held a dinner the week members who assisted in the w• r f 2 before the opening of trout season at which ork me t truck from the State Hatchery, ' AePde 21 members who had sold 50 or more mem­ and War Harry Z. Cole, at Kulpsville, e berships in the club were the guests of honor. West Chester Fish & Game Assn. from wl> ' The increase in the cost of the memberships The Executive Committee unanimously they proceeded to streams in that sect*"' in conjunction with other factors has consid­ endorsed a contribution of $20.00 to the Con­ for the planting. erably slowed down the membership drive so servation Workshop Advisory Committee in that by that date the membership was less recognition of the fine work that this group Morrisville Fish & Game Protective Assn. than half of the more than 4,500 who held is doing. c memberships last year. The Association will conduct a fishing - test for the 1949 fishing season. Trop1^, Louis S. Winner a member of the Pa. Fish Daniel Boone Rod & Gun Club have been donated by George Case, * Commission, spoke on the changed restric­ c 8,000 fingerling brown trout for nursery known Trenton sportsman and will be tions on the Right Branch of Youngwomans tested for the following class: (1) The l^, Creek. pond were received from Lamar, Pa. State Hatchery. The club hauled them in milk est trout caught in the open waters of I.u R. P. Tanner, superintendent of the Fed­ sylvania; (2) The largest bass caught in cans. Don Haggerty, Joe Sweeney, Bob eral Fish Hatchery at Lamar, was present and open waters of Pennsylvania; and (3) Mock, Harry Heath, Del Newman, John spoke. largest edible game fish caught on the Stout, Gordon Fox and three other club 3 This club is sponsoring a boy at the Con­ Jersey Coast. Certified members of the A ' members constructed a 40 foot long trough servation Camp this summer. sociation are eligible to participate in for receiving and rearing the trout. contest and it will be necessary to prese-pii^t sworn statement showing the weight, KisKi Township Sportsmen's Assn. and length of the fish so caught. Columbia County Federated Sportsmen Officers of the Association at Avonmore are listed as: Carl A. White, president; Glenn The Columbia County Federated Sports­ King, vice-president; Larry Laurenti, secre­ men are cooperating to the fullest extent in Lackawanna County Fed. Sportsmen's Clubs 1 tary; and Arthur M. Lockhart, treasurer. the "Boy Scout Fish Derby" and arrange­ Persons 12 years of age are now elig y < {i ments are being made to award prizes for for membership in the Lackawanna -'° ,-ni all types of fish. The contest is set to coin­ Federation of Sportsmen's clubs, accord * cide with the National Fish Derby. The to a motion passed during a recent mee • North-Central Division—F. S. C. o> I Things are popping in the North Central Federated Sportsmen are also planning a of the group at the Scranton Chamber Division, especially in membership growth. A number of Farm Fish Pond stocking pro­ Commerce building. The organization, aS a bulletin dated April 10 reports that the mem­ grams. These ponds will be set aside for the ported by Secretary Frank Galonis, has bership has increased from 8,478 to 17,873 and exclusive use of children. Committees have made provisions to send three boys to , that it would no doubt go to 20,000 this year. been appointed to plan for stream improve­ Junior Conservation camp as conducted jj. ment work which will be undertaken as c They are aiming at 25,000 members in 1959. the State Federation. Lackawanna °® )i,e Seventeen new clubs have recently joined the soon as the streams are low enough to make are also willing to sponsor a fourth if Division organization. the work feasible. other quotas in the division are not filled- 12 PENNSYLVANIA ANGl* Chosen for Conservation Camp Federal Aid in Fisheries , Suss Buggey, Jr., and Sam Magowan, Jr., Restoration Bill Proposed ^ve been selected to go to the Junior Con­ dition Camp, August 3 to 13, near Penna. A Bill which will do for the fisheries of • *ate College. They will, in a sense, be the the states what the Pittman-Robertson Act ePresentatives from the Southeastern and already has done for wildlife has been in­ ^Uth Central divisions of the Penna. Fed- troduced in the House by Representative lotion of Sportsmen's Clubs. Mrs. Ellen John D. Dingell of Michigan, the Wildlife ; 'etrich is in charge of the Southeastern, Management Institute reports. *hile Mr. Charles Allen has the South Cen- The Bill (H. R. 1746) authorizes the Sec­ ?a'- Each division is sending approximately retary of the Interior to cooperate with state boys who will be trained for firearm fish and game departments in fish restora­ ^ety, trapping, fishing, soil conservation, tion and management projects. To be ^dlife research and stream pollution. eligible for aid, a state must have laws governing conservation of fish, and must not Holmesburg was the only club to have two r; divert license fees paid by fishermen to any oy s selected through their qualifications; other purpose than administration of the this is quite an honor for the club, reflecting state fish and game department. Projects its Prestige and activities, covered by the Act relate to the restoration Beautiful pool on Cowanesque River in Tioga Camp Director for the course is Mr. -amp Director for the course is and management of all species of fish, in County. Varies Ridenour, instructor of Physical Edu­ salt or fresh water, having material value ction and Athletics at the Penna State Col- for sport and recreation. lege. Pennsylvania's Streams To carry out the purpose of the Act, an amount would be appropriated equal to the I've caught fish in many places, "'tiesburg Fish & Game Protective Assn. revenue accruing from the excise tax im­ And though some may highly rate, Sunday, October 2nd is the date set for the posed by section 3406 of the Internal Revenue I've still to find a better stream, r^Ual Fall Outing of the Holmesburg Fish Code on rods, creels, reels, and artificial lures, Than in our own great state. Game Assn., with rain date set for Oc- baits and flies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and each fiscal year there­ I've trolled for tuna off the capes, ,°ber 9th. Prizes will be awarded to all And fought a shark or two, , ky participants in the various affairs after. No more than 8 per cent of each annual appropriation would go for the ex­ Had a run-in with a stingaree, Warmed for that day. In addition a Grand And gaffed a fighting blue. tl2e drawing will be held and prizes will be penses of investigations, administration, and Warded. Friends, relatives and neighbors execution of the Act, and the remainer would I've worked the bays for stripers, all members are cordially invited and be apportioned among the various states. And foiled the channel bass, Pie parking facilities will be provided. Apportionment is based on the following I've cast up North plugged down South, formula: 40 per cent in the ratio that the And left no chances pass. state bears to the total area of the United 8av«r Falls Sportsmen's Assn. States, and 60 per cent in the ratio that the Tried most all Western waterways, And Eastern streams galore, h^ lease was signed recently giving the number of paid fishing licenses bears to But when it comes to fishing, eaver Falls Sportsmen's Association long- the total of all states. Where the apportion­ There's but one state I adore. •J*1 rental on the A. W. Carnegie farm. ment to a state under the Act is less than . 6se grounds will be for the sole use of $4,500 annually, the Secretary of the Interior There's where I seek enjoyment, 6tnbers only. This picturesque farm, with may allocate not more than $4,500 to said Where the streams are swift and wide, , ^'ce stream of water, is ideally located a state when the state certifies that it has Where the sturdy bass are waiting, u.0rt distance west of Beaver Falls off the set aside not less than $1,500 from its fish And the wily trout still hide. • aUace Run road. The officers and msm- and game funds. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto ts hold forth high ideals for its develop- Rico, and the Virgin Islands would receive Oh, I'm sure to find more pleasure, »e,1t, hoping to make this one of the finer proportionate funds. Be it early spring or late, clubs in the state. Already they This Bill is actually a long-delayed com­ In our own great fishing playground, L e busy getting the place in shape. The panion proposal for state fishery restoration The good old Keystone State. Ftl j is to be turned into a club house, a projects. It has been referred to the House G. Earfe Thompson. iaU*1 w^ ^e constructed to form a casting Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish- 6 s,* > traps will be set up for Skeet and trap °oting and a rifle range constructed to- Check List Still Available "*er with a picnic grove. A limited supply of the excellent reference booklet, "A List of Common and Scientific Ten Rules for Fishermen *" Buffalo Sportsmen's Club Names of Better Known Fishes of the United States and Canada" still is available. The Or, °* ^e Club are working daily 1. Buy a fishing license. 2. Obey the laws. result of over 15 years of research by a « _tiie construction of a large fish pond on panel of the nation's foremost fishery ex­ j, ,lr 55-acre tract of land near McVille. 3. Report all violations. 4. Cooperate with conservation of­ perts, this booklet, published by the Ameri­ hoped that the pond, which will meas- can Fisheries Society, covers 571 species of e ficials. s 100' x 200 feet, will be completed this American fish and is completely indexed. rner 5. Save small fish and return fish of^ - There are now 240 members in the about to spawn. Fishery students, anglers, and biologists will Sanation which is three years old. Offi- find it invaluable. Copies may be obtained ts 6. Don't be a hog—leave some for the Vj are: A. Brink, president; Mack Carr, other fellow. for 25 cents from Dr. William Beckman, ^""President; Leslie Woods, secretary; Sid- Museums Annex, Ann Arbor, Michigan. y Arnold, treasurer. 7. Respect private property, close gates, don't break down fences, don't leave rubbish along the '8rn Clinton Sportsmen's Assn. streams. Warden Cross Reports: M considerable number of trout will be 8. Avoid accidents. The biggest trout caught in Clinton Co. fL ed in prepared ponds and raised to 9. Respect the rights of your fellow so far is a brown trout 25 inches long ^Serling sJ2e for fajj planting. Sentiment sportsman. weight 5 lbs. 4 ozs. caught by Buck Walizer, ^ ^s to be growing in favor of setting aside 10. Be a real sportsman—don't com­ of North Bend, Pa. on Youngwomans Creek, t), ection of a trout stream near Renovo for plain or brag about your luck. en a dry fly. Buck claims that he was 35 exclusive use of children. minutes landing the big fellow.

St*-.-1949 13 The job of transferring the trout * the cans was finally completed and tP( trucks departed for the vario^" Common Sense in Trout Stocking streams in which the trout were * be stocked. In some instances & streams were nearby and the wate By Louis W. Stevenson in the cans did not have time to reac, s temperature above which the tro", could not live. Other trucks ha HIS story begins in a parking lot were clean. With such proper pre­ longer distances to travel, fiftee^ T near a post office in a small town cautions there naturally should be no twenty, thirty or forty miles. Sort5 in northern Pennsylvania. A large loss. of the trucks travelling the longer di> truck, with several large tanks on it I wish that the story could be con­ tances had them who realized ^, and bearing Federal License Plates is tinued thusly: The men filled the cans, danger of high temperature water a1? parked in the lot. Surrounding the hurried to approved streams, released stopped and placed chunks of ice * truck are several small pick-up trucks the trout under satisfactory conditions the cans, or added cool spring wate. loaded with empty milk cans. The where they grew to legal size and were Other trucks, however, did not st°> men who accompanied the smaller a great contribution to the fish supply and soon an observer could have se® trucks are busy transferring fingerling on our streams. Unfortunately, such trout floating belly up, others feev. trout from the tanks on the Federal was not the case. swimming or floating listlessly in t£ truck to the milk cans. The scene The true picture of what happened tepid water. Eventually all the true* could be duplicated in nearly every here and elsewhere is very likely to be reached their intended destination. county in Pennsylvania and in many of an entirely different nature. What The first truck had traveled but ^ states in the U. S. A. really did happen? Here are some few miles, the water in the can JJJ? The trout that the men are trans­ typical examples: still cold, trout in good condition. T<> ferring to the milk cans could have The milk cans into which the trout cans were carried to a likely look*** been raised in any one of several Fed­ were being dumped had been obtained pool and the trout dumped into JS eral Hatcheries. Sportsmen's Clubs, from farmers or from milk plants. stream. Now what was wrong? ™, whose representatives were present, Some had been thoroughly cleansed, trout lay in the stream in a sch°°) obtaining the trout, had applied to the others had some stale milk, a residue barely moving, a moment before the' U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for from the last time they were put to had been darting around in the cfl§ trout to stock streams in the areas in their intended use, remaining on the full of life. There had, unfortunate^ which the clubs were interested, and inside. Others bore traces of strong been no tempering of the water, J after passing through various channels disinfectant that had been used at a which the trout were carried bef0^ the applications had been approved milk plant and which had not been dumping them into the stream. ^e i and the fish were being delivered. thoroughly rinsed out of them. The perature of the water in the cans w The trout were healthy, three to five minute the trout were transferred to been 45 degrees, that in the stream ^ inches long, brook and rainbow trout. these unclean cans they became sick. 65 degrees. -The trout could not ta" In the special tanks in which they No, none of them floated belly up, that the sudden temperature change. r could come later, but they were break­ w ere transported there had been no Another truck traveled for a longe loss. The water was agitated, iced ing the surface of the water, they before leaving the hatchery, the tanks didn't like their new unclean home.

on . carborundum stone furnished by the Carboys dum Co. of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and is V, 1* to break up the bubbles of oxygen so that ' ^p Photo shows how easily the complete unit can be picked up and placed in either a trailer absorbed by the water. Note further that $ *$ or small truck. Men in the photo are, left to right, front: Kermit Moore, Leland Cloos; in the off valves enable use of either one or more °^ rear: Charles Yahn and Louis Stevenson. without difficulty.

14 PENNSYLVANIA ANGl* t* ^'stance. The water had been iced to our trout fishing that is taking streams are at their lowest level. tbe J*t the temperature had crept up to such a beating from the hundreds of Often small feeder streams in which r degrees, still the trout were O.K. thousands of fishermen, who visit our fingerling trout are stocked have oi'': ;*e dumping procedure of above was streams every year. stretches where the streams may flow ^Plicated. Again the fish reacted in It should be the obligation of every under ground for short distances dur­ 0 11 Unnatural manner. This time how- group of sportsmen or every sports­ ing low water periods and movement Ver the trout were dumped from men's club, who intend to apply for of fish up and down stream is limited. ater of 68 degrees into water of 50 and stock federal fingerling trout, to Others have stream obstructions of J e •oi;: grees, again too sudden a change. find out the proper manner in which other types that interfere with the hfl': •A- third truck came to a halt beside to carry out such stocking. free movement of the fish. They must lother stream. This latter stream The writer knows of one club that spread out over a considerable dis­ as not on the list of streams ap- has purchased tanks, oxygen, etc., tance, if many are released, if there is t!i' ijfoved by the State for fish stocking. and has built a fine outfit for the dis­ to be reasonable survival and growth. f e 3n ttiperatures during the low water tribution of trout. They can be carried The amount of fish food in a small » Q6riods rose as high as 85 degrees. for several hours in the tanks without area is limited. Further, concentration tef ccasionally pollution entered the suffering any damage whatsoever. The of large numbers of fish in any given itof • feam from various sources, indus- cost of the outfit is approximately area means also a concentration of lal> sawmills, etc. However, the men $100. A full description of the stocking creatures that prey on the trout, water <{* this truck knew how to get around equipment is given with the accom­ snakes, raccoons, etc. 6 State Fish Commissions objections panying photographs. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service ^.stocking the stream. They had ap- Other clubs contact their local Fish that controls the raising and distri­ |?ed for trout to stock another stream Warden and definitely determine from bution of Federal fish has working t was on the approved list, they him if the waters they propose to stock agreements with the various States W obtained the fish and now they are suitable. If he gives a negative under which they will only furnish o°uld show the Fish Commission that reply they devote their efforts toward fish for streams that the State has ap­ e s, y too knew something about the stocking streams where the trout will proved as being suitable for the j^sms in their own county. Here have a chance. Men from these same species to be stocked. The approval Sain, the trout were released in the clubs carry a thermometer with them. or disapproval of any stream for stock­ oream and tomorrow every one of They take the temperature of the ing purpose has been determined only i ei*i would be floating dead, miles be- water into which the trout are to be after a careful stream survey has been «^ the stocking point, that is those released. If the temperature of the made considering all factors, food con­ a to t had not already been eaten by water in the cans and the stream differ ditions, water temperature, danger of ^^ter snakes, kingfishers, crofs, etc. by more than five degrees they will pollutions, etc. No trout should be j/10 easily caught them as they slowly slowly add stream water to the can placed in any stream unless it def­ Ija in the warm, polluted water. until the temperature is nearly equal initely is approved for such stocking. i -thousands upon thousands of strong, to that of the stream, then and not This job of fish propagation is one ealthy trout leave the hatcheries until then will they release the trout. 6r of common sense application to a few y year and in many, many cases Another important point that must important points. It doesn't take a -i.'fte to an untimely end under con- be considered when trout are stocked u great deal of "know how", just the j[ °ns identical with those that are is the exact point of release of the determination to do a good job and bribed herein. These trout, if prop­ trout in the stream. Unfortunately do it right. s' handled, would mean a great help most fish arrive during months when

50-60 Pound Leader Material Now Available for Salt Water Use The Du Pont Company is producing com­ mercial quantities of nylon monofilament in 50- and 60-pound tests to meet certain re­ quirements in leader material for salt-water sport and commercial fishermen and charter boat-captains. Availability of monofilament in the heavier diameters will enable all salt-water fisher­ men, who frequently use 6-, 10- and 15-foot leaders for certain types of fishing, to take advantage of nylon's strength, flexibility, and resistance to rust and kinking. The new diameters will be found in tackle stores and sporting goods shops all over the country in 10- and 100-yard coils, the com­ pany states. This means, it was pointed out, that fishermen now have a choice of con­ tinuous length nylon leader material in pound tests ranging from 2 to 60 for all types of fishing. Fishing tackle manufacturers already are producing ready-to-use trolling and casting leaders in the new 50- and 60-pound tests for striped bass, channel bass, tarpon, sail fish and many other salt water gamesters. lela * to right: Charles Yahn, President of the Nessmuk Rod and Gun Club of Wellsboro; tH,*n(1 Cloos, Tioga County Fish Warden, and Kermit Moore, Past President of the Club. This Snelled hooks in the heavy pound tests also uto shows the fish stocking equipment placed on a small pick-up truck. are available.

^*-1949 15 me to point up the idiosyncrasies ot New Laws Enacted by '49 Legislature and fishermen much more cuttingly and hum" ously than does the text.

Recently Signed Into Law by Governor Duff The Scientific Category The following are the only bills concerning making appropriations to the Treasury De­ The Ways of Fishes by Leonard P. Sen* fishing which passed both the House and partment out of various funds, to pay re­ and Edith M. Stern (D. Van Nostrand C| Inc., 250 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, N- *' the Senate and were signed by the Gov­ placement checks and adjust errors. This $4.00) is a complete picture, for the layi11^. ernor, together with their effective date Act is known as Act 38A, signed May 19, of the kinds of fishes, why fishes behave and act number: 1949. they do, their feeding and breeding haw1 House Bills No. 657—This bill was introduced by Senator their contribution to the world of "jj No. 533—This bill was introduced by Repre­ Wolfe of Union County, and provides that and nature. There is not as much emp"a sentative Tompkins of Cameron County and Pennsylvania may enter into a contract with on material of particular interest to ™ the coastal states to assist in the regulation s provides that certain costs are to be paid sports angler in this book as there i ., of specific fisheries in which they have a by the Board of Fish Commissioners includ­ The Life Story of the Fish by Brian Cu*l common interest, etc. This bill is known as ing $1.00 per day board for persons com­ (reviewed in the April ANGLER), but * Act 260, signed May 9, 1949, becoming effec­ v mitted to jail. This bill is known as Act 120, Ways of Fishes is more readable and tive immediately. ue signed April 18, 1949, becoming effective treatment of the many unbelievably 1 l Sept. 1, 1949. No. 786—This bill was introduced by Senator kinds of fish life reads like something n °, No. 793—This bill was introduced by Messrs. Wolfe of Union County, and is an Act for Weird Tales. In fact, some of it makes V° Kline and Watkins of Schuylkill County the protection and conservation of shad in hair stand on end—such as the story of "^ the Delaware River and Bay and their candiru, a tiny South American catfish (* | and provides that terrapin can be taken on o!> Sunday. This bill is known as Act 110, tributaries by regulating the take or catch the dubious distinction of being the i signed April 18, 1949, becoming effective thereof. This Act is known as Act 366, vertebrate parasite of man) who wiggles September 1, 1949. signed May 11, 1949, and becoming effective way inside a human body, in the most dis- December 1, 1949. llll' No. 828—This bill was introduced by Messrs. gusting fashion imaginable, and wreaks speakable damage. The illustrations Goodling of York, Shoemaker of Schuylkill, e: Elder of Lycoming and Yeter of Berks superb and the book is altogether a spl .of*. Counties, and changes the method of com­ buy for the man who wants to know i°' puting payments in lieu of devices at dams What's New about the fish world than the number to enable fish to migrate by amending Sec­ trout remaining in his favorite pool in ™ tion 185 of the Fish Law increasing the Reviewed by Hugh Johnson The Easy Chair Category maximum amount payable from $4,000 to The Great Outdoors: The Where, W'f* $6,500 per annum. This bill is known as and How of Hunting and Fishing, edite" ' Act 135, signed April 20, 1949, becoming Joe Godfrey, Jr. and Frank Dufresne (" <« effective September 1, 1949. in Fishing Books tlesey House, 330 W. 42nd St., New York *S No. 982—This bill was introduced by Messrs. N. Y, $6.50). This big book of twenty-^, Goodling of York and Shoemaker of Schuyl­ instructive, entertaining articles by naW°. kill Counties and changes the Administra­ ally know hunters and fishermen, was P tive Code by setting up a Pennsylvania Fish 1U*' Occasionally a non-fisherman gets into my vately printed a few years ago in de Commission instead of the Board of Fish den, looks aghast at the shelves of fishing leather binding and bore a price tag Commissioners, and provides for an Execu­ books and says "What! All those books $15.00. It was good enough to sell out 5 tive Director, etc. This bill is known as les just about fishing!" If he continues to gasp that price and now it is reissued for Act 180, signed April 25, 1949, becoming I carefully explain that I don't by a long than half the original price. It has eve' effective immediately. shot, buy all the fishing books that are thinuung thatiutit thLiiec Ccliueiearlier. truiuuieditionl hanat-dl anan*d- g No. 1192—This bill was introduced by published, and that fish and fishing are binding, although not leather, is hands" Messrs. Goodling of York and Shoemaker of a very large subject comprising many differ­ and just as strong. There are 16 pageS j Schuylkill Counties, and provides there shall ent categories, each with a literature of its full color illustrating game fish, birds, be no fishing between the fourteenth day of own. For example, three new books pub­ animals of North America; over 65 pk°.„£ March and five o'clock antemeridian on lished during the last few months: graphic illustrations of fishing and hun'ti w the fifteenth day of April in any year except in action; a dictionary of sportsmen's ten in rivers, ponds, and lakes not stocked with The Light Touch Category tables of fish and game records; and a (Ji trout, and in streams emptying into Lake In Calling All Fly-Fishers (David McKay, of the major waterfowl flyways of rJ° ,j South Washington Square, Phila. 5, Pa., Erie within the confines of Pennsylvania America. All this—in addition to the e from the mouth of the stream in a southerly $2.00) Alan D'Egville, the author, kids the articles by such top flight people as s direction to State Highway Route No. 5, a pants off fly fishermen and takes them and Wulff, John Alden Knight, Ray Ho^ distance of approximately one-half mile. their quaint habits for a merry frolic—but Nash Buckingham, Ollie Rodman, Ben £a This is known as Act 65, signed April 13, he does it with a sort of loving hand because Lou Caine, etc. It's worth the price. 1949, becoming effective September 1, 1949. he is obviously a fly fisherman himself. Ex­ ample of the D'Egville humor (in his essay Senate Bills on the importance of disguise and camou­ flage in approaching a trout stream): "To Violators! Please Note No. 55—This bill was introduced by Senator & Wolfe of Union County, and provides for attempt to disguise oneself as a cow or a In 1948 to and including April 30th, a minnow trap which shall have two open­ tree, laudable as it may be, is found to be wardens made 224 arrests, collected %1$l '.,= ings one inch in* diameter instead of one. impracticable. A man dressed as a cow is in fines, lost 3 cases and gave out 41 ds>f This bill is known as Act 4, signed February always liable to have a little trouble with in jail. 16, 1949, becoming effective September 1, the odd bull, and it is somewhat embar­ In 1949 to and including April 30th, ^ 1949. rassing to have to explain things to a milk­ made 263 arrests, collected $6,775.00 in #j), ( No. 475—This bill was introduced by Senator maid. It is difficult, too, when disguised as lost one case and gave out 1,605 days in ' Robinson of Susquehanna County, and is a tree, to get through gaps in hedges, climb one case appealed. $ an Act making an appropriation from the trees and avoid being perched on by short­ Therefore, they are ahead in '49 W^ sighted birds who have not been thoroughly Fish Fund to the State Employe's Retire­ arrests. Behind in fines by $521.00. " house-trained." Well, there it is. You won't ment Board. This Act is known as Act days in jail ahead. a learn anything about fly fishing but you 37A, signed May 19, 1949. There may be a few cases pending jp may get some laughs from it, particularly No. 476—This bill was introduced by Senator the first four months of this year of ^ from the cartoon drawings which seem to Crowe of Monroe County, and is an Act we have no record in the office.

16 PENNSYLVANIA ANG^ Method For Untwisting Line The Amoebas Fishlines that are carefully untwisted each time they have been used give long life By Carsten Ahrens and fewer backlashes. There are many ways to straighten out twisted lines, such as trolling them behind the boat, or trail them along the grass, but these methods have

e several drawbacks and do not straighten ., " Amoebas are surely examples of the the line as well as the professional method J*t«nent that the meek inherit the earth. here described. e free-living species are found in all ar The end of the line is tied to a support, tti's waters, from the ocean to mountain- which should be about waist high. The line ,,& lakes. The parasitic species frequent is held in the right hand at about a foot 6 intestines of many animals. They are from the reel or spool. In this way, the numerous that thousands of individuals reel, or spool, with its click on, swings "r^y be found in a single cup of water. Yet freely, acting as a bob, and by walking I 6y cannot swim. They lack limbs, mouth slowly backward, paying out a bit of line /^ alementary canal, gills or lungs. They with each step, it will twist about in the &roduce by simple cell division. direction opposite the twist that may be of them are extremely minute, the become four . . . the four, eight . . . the in the line. When the reel stops turning, ^gest being about 3/5 of a millimeter in eight, etc. Apparently this goes on endlessly, the twist in the line between the hand and Pgth. monotonously, immortally. the spool is removed. . *he majority of the Amoebas are nakid, Then, by sliding the fingers down to the . %-like droplets of protoplasm. The "jelly" To restore the waterproofing of waders, reel, two more feet of line are pulled off transparent about the margin of the thin rubber tire solution with a little gaso­ and the same procedure is followed. 6ature but becomes less so toward the line and apply two coats. Waders should, It is important that the process is accom­ iter. Usually in the middle there is a of course, first be thoroughly cleaned of all plished in small steps—not over two feet ark area, called the nucleus, which seems grease, dirt, etc., which can be accomplished between the reel and the hand. control the activities of the one-celled with gasoline on a clean rag. It takes only a few minutes to straighten Pmal. out a line by this method and little room •Now although the Amoeba cannot swim, A split-bamboo salt water rod when is actually needed. By following the pro­ does have locomotion. The animal can warped can be straightened by heating it cedure each time a line has been used, long thru,s t out a finger-like projection in any gently over an open flame and flexing it in life and fine performance is assured.—O. «tActio n it chooses. Such a temporary pro­ the opposite direction until the warp has B.C.A. vision is called a pseudopod, a false foot. been rectified. However, as this is a delicate "en the animal has pushed out a pseudo- operation, it is not suggested for those who Wife: "Believe me, there's better fish in °(t> the protoplasm flows into the new part, know little or nothing of the peculiarities the ocean than the one I caught." e elastic cell membrane adjusts itself of split bomboo. Husband: "There's better bait, too!" c°rdingly, and movement has been accom- Often a number of pseudopods are | ''t out in a number of directions. Some- ^es a projection is pushed out north and pother to the south, and the animal seems STREAM-SIDE LIFE ^ stretch almost to the breaking point. K*& it apparently makes up its nucleus "ere it should go . . . and goes. Pickerelweed and Burreed "*ost aquatic creatures have gills for ^tygen getting. A few have lungs, so they By Robert Leo Smith ^Ust make trips at regular intervals to the Urface for the vital element. But as the ..^oeba oozes along, it acquires oxygen Along the edges of ponds, lakes, marshes which has ribbon-like leaves three to six //^ugh its cell membrane by osmosis and and quiet stretches of streams, where the feet high. In June and July the flower , ^s itself of carbon dioxide in the same mucky soil is building up to form a new heads appear. The fluffy staminate or male shoreline, grows a variety of plants. Fore­ flowers and the pistillate flowers both are borne on the same plant, the former being i ts table manners are something to be- most among these plant invaders of the produced somewhat above the female flower D'd. Xhe animal has no eyes, hands, mouth, watery areas is the pickerelweed, Pontederia heads. The flowers are followed by green digestive system, and yet it eats, digests, cordata, growing from one to three feet high. Familiar to many anglers, especially those burs of closely packed wedge-shaped nut­ . d eliminates wastes. Its food usually con- lets, which are relished by wild ducks. iB8 of algae or bacteria, occasionally an- who fish for bass, the pickerelweed is <%e r protozoa. When some tropism advises quickly identified by large solitary, heart- .,6 Amoeba that nourishment lies ahead, shaped leaves with hounded bases, and the . e creature sends out two pseudopods that spikes of violet-blue flowers that bloom avel forward and flow around the desired from June to October. The individual kit. Since there is no mouth, any part flowers on the spike are funnel-shaped and . the outer membrane may be the point of two-lipped. The anthers—the enlarged tips ^Sestion, and after digestion, any part of the stamens in which the pollen is formed ay be the point of excretion! —are so placed that no insect can enter the flower without brushing against them j ove life for the Amoebas doesn't exist. f and carrying some of the pollen away. your lens shows a big Amoeba apparently Damselflys and dragonflys are common about ^g up a slender, graceful member, it the pickerelweed. The nymphs of these .^'t be love. More likely, one may be about 0 insects like to climb up the thick stems to encircle and devour the other. The /^llnals lack sex. When an Amoeba becomes shed their skins; and the adults find that .^tire, the nucleus splits. Then the entire the submerged portions of the stems are "^Unal divides, each part taking half the excellent places to lay their eggs. , Ucleus. The Amoeba loses its identity and Closely associated with the pickerelweed BURREED ecomes two daughter cells . . . these two is the giant burreed Sparganium eurycarpum

J t)LY- 1949 17 Pennsylvania Fish Lav/ Violations Clearfield County Wiley, Enlo C, R. D., Mahaffey, Pa. . Fishing without a license 25." Cases Settled During the Month of May 1949 Witherson, Ben H., 227 Maple Ave., DuBois, Pa. Violation of the rules . Allegheny County Mcllnay, Charles V., Johnstown, Pa. and regulations 20-" Babmo, William, 500 S. Main St., Three illegal trout 30.00 Zelienople, Pa. Violating rules and Sherry, Clair, James Ave., Patton, Pa. Clinton County regulations $20.00 One illegal trout 10.00 Martin, Andrew F., 5 E. Park St., Lock Chapman, William S., 97 Briggs St., Turnbull, Thomas, 117 Rose St., Johns­ Haven, Pa. Violation of the rules . Pittsburgh 7, Pa. Exceeding creel town, Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 and regulations 20-^ limit 20.00 Cameron County Crawford County Conlogue, George S., 2123 Duquesne Ave., McKeesport, Pa. Fishing in Petrazio, Eric W., 512 E. Allegheny Lenord, Elwin, R. F. D. 2, Centerville, Nursery Stream 100.00 Ave., Emporium, Pa. One illegal Pa. Possession of game fish in J closed season 1"' Falco, Salvadore, 206 Paulson Ave., trout 10.00 Pittsburgh 16, Pa. Exceeding creel Carbon County Cumberland County limit 20.00 Kern, Claude, 346 S. 2nd St., Lehigh- Heck, David, 210 4th St., West Fair- Hendrickson, Edwin J., R. D. No. 5, ton, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .... 30.00 view, Pa. Fishing a posted stream . Large, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .. 10.00 Magagna, Lester, 230 Allen St., West on Sunday 25-™ Movie, Peter, 2410 Riverview Ave., Si Hazleton, Pa. Taking trout less than Heck, George H., 210 4th St., West McKeesport, Pa. Fishing in Nursery 9" and having 4 of them in his pos­ Fairview, Pa. Fishing a posted . Stream 100.00 session. (Slate Run) 60.00 stream on Sunday 25-™ Stark, Ned W., Large, Pa. Exceeding Violation of Rule No. 3 on Slate creel limit 10.00 Run. More than one hook attached Dauphin County Stitz, Oliver, Maple St., Swissvale, Pa. to his line (Special fishing regula­ Fanus, Daniel, 191 N. 15th St., Har- One illegal brook trout 10.00 tions) 20.00 risburg, Pa. Fishing in a stream . Ullon, George T., R. D. No. 2, Mc­ Magagna, Joseph L., W. Hazleton, Pa. closed for 5 days for stocking .... 25- Keesport, Pa. Exceeding creel limit 10.00 Violation of Rule No. 5 on Slate Run. Fanus, Elizabeth E., 191 N. 15th St., Wassick, S. J., 503 Sterner St., Pitts­ Possession of trout less than 9 inches Harrisburg, Pa. Fishing in a stream 1 burgh 27, Pa. Eight illegal brook (Special fishing regulations) 20.00 closed for 5 days for stocking .... 25." trout 80.00 Reabald, Robert, 144 S. 2nd St., Le- Mayfield, Ermon P., 308 Main St., One trout over limit 10.00 highton, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .. 10.00 Steelton, Pa. Fishing in a stream . Rohlfing, Kenneth W., 346 S. 2nd St., Armstrong County closed for 5 days for stocking .... 25" Lehighton, Pa. Exceeding creel limit 10.00 Good, W. J., Jr., 616 Woodward Ave., Ellc County Kittanning, Pa. Illegal operation of Centre County Auman, Ambrose J., 446 Church St., motor boat 10.00 Johnson, Malcolm, Monument, Pa. Two St. Marys, Pa. One illegal brown Shoffner, John R., 318 Allegheny Ave., n illegal trout 20.00 trout 10.0° Kittanning, Pa. Illegal operation of Jonosky, John, Grass Flats, Pa. Viola­ Haberberger, Fred., 137 Neubert St., . motor boat 10.00 tion of the rules and regulations .. 20.00 Steim, John L., 740 Woodward Ave., Nadzon, Joseph, Grass Flats, Pa. Vio­ St. Marys, Pa. Two brook trout .. 20.0" Kittanning, Pa. Illegal operation of lation of the rules and regulations .. 20.00 Hauber, Vincent S., 479 Chestnut St., motor boat 10.00 McCalip, David, State College, Pa. St. Marys, Pa. One illegal brook . 0 Wading in restricted waters of trout 10- " Blair County Spring Creek, Bass Project 20.00 Maze, Luther, Jr., Wilcox, Pa. Twelve . Miller, Charles W., 1517 5th St., Jun­ 0 Waltz, John A., R. D. 2, Howard, Pa. illegal trout 12 ° iata, Pa. One illegal brook trout .. 10.00 One illegal trout 10.00 Myers, Reuben H., 1505 Allegheny St. Erie County Hollidaysburg, Pa. Two illegal trout 20.00 Mitchell, Dr. C. D, 1007 Chelsa Ave., J Stevens, Alfred C, 1500 Allegheny St., Erie, Pa. Three illegal trout 30-° Holidaysburg, Pa. Two illegal trout 20.00 Mitchell, Robert E., 3024 Marvin Ave., . Erie, Pa. Three illegal trout 3°-° Bradford County Kesson, Ray, Ulster, Pa. Exceeding Riazzi, Florenzo, 830 West 16th St., i creel limit 10.00 Erie, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .... 2® Wolfe, Gerald, R. D. No. 2, Columbia Fayette County Cross Roads, Pa. Exceeding creel Black, Leslie, Box 88, Waltersburg, limit 10.00 Pa. Operating a motor boat with- ^ out license * Butler County Freeman, Frank F, 239-2nd St., But­ Herring, Emmert, Gibbons Glade, Pa. ^. Using illegal device 20- ler, Pa. Illegal operation of motor boat 10.00 Herring, Lindsey, Gibbons Glade, Pa. „ Fishing without a license 25- Cambria County Albright, Gerald F., Box 413 Beach Franklin County Ave., Patton, Pa. > One illegal trout 10.00 Christy, Merle, Mercersburg, Pa. Fish- A Cangioli, Aldo, Colver, Pa. Four ing without a license 25- illegal trout 40.00 Huntingdon County Drushel, Lewis P., R. D. 2, Evans City, Angelo, Joseph, Dudley, Pa. Using „ Pa. Violation of Rules and Regula­ illegal devices 20- tions 20.00 Dull, Roy, 829 Park Ave., Johnstown, Barrick, Jack L., R. D. No. 1, Hunt­ Pa. Exceeding creel limit 20.00 Roger Reto of Pen Argyl and a large mouth ingdon, Pa. One walleye pike in 3 bass he caught the past season. The bass was closed season I"- Luczko, Thomas R., 417% Napoleon 22% Inches long and weighed 6% pounds. The St., Johnstown, Pa. Fishing without catch was made on a fly rod using a bass bug. Pearce, John, R. D. No. 1, Hunting- a We hereby nominate Roger for the championship a license 25.00 of the 11 year old class. don, Pa. One illegal pike 1"'

18 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL^ M'ana County 7! Shearer, Archie W, R. D. No. 2, Jer­ Weldon, James W, 160Y2 Blaine Ave, ^ton, Norman C, R. D. No. 1, Homer sey Shore, Pa. Exceeding creel lim­ Washington, Pa. Exceeding creel *ty, Pa. Possessing trout in closed it 10.00 limit 10.00 Jeason 60.00 McKean County Westmoreland County Wton, Robert O., R. D. No. 1, Homer Burt, Vernan A, R. D. No. 1, Smeth- Baughman, Philip R, Box 188, Greens- 'ty, Pa. Possessing trout in closed port, Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 burg, Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 season 60.00 Glesk, Cyril M, Catlin Ave, Port ardner, William D., Glen Campbell, Beverse, William, 1617 Broad St, Allegheny, Pa. One illegal trout .. 10.00 IA One illegal trout 10.00 Greensburg, Pa. Refused to show li­ Moore, Ernest E, Box 113, Anderson ^Ward, Frank, R. D. No. 2, Blairs- cense 25.00 vi St, Mt. Jewett, Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 to Ue, Pa. Two illegal trout 20.00 Carerelli, John, 1409 Broad St, al ls, Peter C, R. D. No. 1, Homer Montgomery County Greensburg, Pa. Refused to show "ity, Pa. Possessing trout in closed Kline, Homer, Pennsburg, Pa. Using license 25.00 season 50.00 illegal devices 20.00 Snyder, Emerson, R. D. No. 2, Mt. Nettles, Fred R, 826 High St, Potts- Pleasant, Pa. Exceeding creel limit 10.00 J^rson County town, Pa. Using illegal devices .. 20.00 Tpool, Harry D., R. F. D. No. 1, Sigel, Wyoming County a Mosher, Kenneth, 205 Spring St, West o - Two trout in closed season .. 20.00 Easton, Pa. Illegal devices 20.00 Sherwood, Foster, Osterhout, Pa. One nWer, Paul E., R. F. D. No. 2, Reyn- illegal trout 10.00 °'dsville, Pa. Fishing without a li­ Perry County York County cense 25.00 Stahl, Clarence, R. D, Blain, Pa. Pos­ k^art, William R., Box 104, West- sessing two illegal trout on March Brown Edward D, 513 North George v St, York, Pa. Using illegal devices 20.00 'Ue, pa. One trout in closed season 10.00 30, 1949 20.00 Downs, Mrs. Dale, R. D. 1, Broge- c ' «awanna County Potter County ville, Pa. Fishing without a license 25.00 avis, Roy N., 1120 State St, Arch­ McCloskey, Walter, R. D. No. 1, Aus­ Fink, Frank C, 629 Ridge Ave, York, ed, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .... 10.00 tin, Pa. Two illegal trout 20.00 Pa. Using illegal devices 20.00 J^tadt, Mike, 155 Drake Lane, Old Petrosewitz, Chester J, R. F. D. No. 0r Lowery, Clifford W, R. D. 1, York ge, Pa. One pickerel in closed 4, Coudersport, Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 Haven, Pa. Operating a motor boat , Season 10.00 Schuylkill County without displaying license 5.00 iorre, Joseph, 1216 Pittston Ave, Carten, Edward, 114 Rowe St, Ta- Canton, Pa. Wading in restricted Out of State Wa maqua, Pa. Two small mouth bass ters of Spring Creek Bass Proj- Mershow, William, 3201 Blandens- 6c in closed season 20.00 js t 20.00 burg Road, Washington 18, D. C. a j3esky, John, 313 Hand St, Jessup, Snyder County Non-resident fishing without a li­ a ' Exceeding creel limit 10.00 Moyer, Frank E, R. D, Beavertown, cense 25.00 Brown, Gordon, Honolulu, Hawaiian Jester County Pa. Two trout in closed season .. 20.00 Islands. Exceeding creel limit 30.00 ^eider, Paul, 218 Orchard St, Man- Somerset County Lenhart, John J., 307 N. Eastman St, ei«i, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .. 10.00 Bunk, Thomas, 314 5th St, Windber, Harvard, 111. Non-resident fishing Pa. Two illegal trout 20.00 .,Vyr«hC6 County without a license 25.00 p^an, Sam, R. D. No. 2, New Castle, Gnagy, Herbert, 113 Fuller St, Somer­ Tassai, John M, R. D. 2, Princeton, j> a- Exceeding creel limit 70.00 set, Pa. Five illegal trout 50.00 N. J. Exceeding creel limit 10.00 person, Andrew, 811 Blain St, New Persuhn, Lloyd, R. D. No. 5, Somer­ Judd, Ethan W, 453 Girard Ave, East a set, Pa. Six illegal trout 60.00 stle, Pa. Exceeding creel limit .. 70.00 Aurora, N. J. One illegal trout 10.00 Seudek, Edward, 1902 Cambria Ave, Swan, Ernest V, 226 Robert St, El- S a jj "on County Windber, Pa. Exceeding bait fish mira, N. Y. One illegal trout 10.00 Ubh, Richard D, Lebanon, Pa. Killed limit 30.00 Swan, William A, R. D. No. 2, Lenox n ° e trout out of season 10.00 Sullivan County Ave, Horseheads, N. Y. One illegal k. Green, Donald T, Box 7C, Dushore, trout 10.00 g 6rr>6 County Pa. One illegal trout 10.00 Zoerb, George, R. D. No. 2, Corning, tackno, John, 63 S. Empire St, Minier, Harry E, Laporte, Pa. Exceed­ N. Y. One illegal trout 10.00 ilkes-Barre, Pa. Two bass in closed ing creel limit 50.00 Grable, Mrs. Ida S, 130 Mr. Pleasant j^ason 20.00 Neuber, Charles, Lopez, Pa. Fishing St, Frostburg, Md. Non-resident !jalka, Leo, 744 Lehigh St, Wilkes- without a license 25.00 fishing without a license 25.00 h arre, Pa. Exceeding creel limit ... 20.00 Booth, Fred C, 1716 West 6th St, Ash­ Susquehanna County tabula, Ohio. Giving false informa­ j*Sousky, Francis, 940 West 4th St, Kost, John, Forest City, Pa. Fishing ^zleton, Pa. One illegal brook tion to obtain a resident fishing li­ ut 10 00 within 200 ft. of Beaver Meadow cense 25.00 C - Pond (State owned) 20.00 **, Clem, 8 Clark St, Hilldale, Pa. Tioga County 16 J J bass in closed season 10.00 Avery, Cora, Elkland, Pa. One illegal First book in English dealing on fishing, e g c, Michael A, 911 N. Locust St, brook trout 10.00 was written in 1486. It contained 12 artifi­ a zleton, Pa. One bass in closed Copp, Frank, R. D. No. 3, Wellsboro, cial patterns. Eleven of these early flies have 6a V son 10.00 Pa. One illegal brook trout 10.00 their easily-distinguished counterparts in ^chi, Peter P, 38 Railroad St, use today. Warren County Ukes-Barre, Pa. One bass in closed Zeeb, John R, Spring Creek, Pa. Vio­ ^aso 10.00 n lation rules and regulations. Using Some wise person tells us that the reason ^erman, William, 28 Ryan St, Lu- live bait in restricted area of Spring the dollar won't do as much as it once did er«e, p . Two illegal trout 20.00 9 Counta y Creek 20.00 for us is because we have formed the habit Cr'" of not doing the work we used to be willing Ue Washington County to do for a dollar. ^ r, Richard, 2677 Sortman Ave, Bruno, John, Richeyville, Pa. Exceed­ ]. uboistown, Pa. Fishing without a ing bait fish limit 50.00 t); ^nse 25.00 Hoover, Raymond, 74 Brookside Ave, ^olt, Charles, 114 S. Main St, Conservation Can't Wait Washington, Pa. Fishing without a U«cy, P . Wading in restricted a license 25.00 . aters of Spring Creek, Bass Proj- ct 20.00 19 ^*-.1949 gang hook, the bass should be give time to mouth the bait properly W| Angling for Black Bass fore setting the hook. | The equipment required for ha1 (from page 5) fishing is rather simple compared the necessary items carried when V*. ing artificial lures and the assortme11 of lures required. However, a discussion of artifice One more thing which should be lures will be presented to you in f1 to mentioned in connection with minnow next issue of the ANGLER. fishing is the type minnow used. The small stonecat or stony-roller catfish Hi is one of the finest baits. They live Pi longer on a hook, are easily trans­ The Low-down on k ported and are particularly well liked in by the bass. Aside from this baitfish, Pymatuning Fishing minnows of the chub, redfin or dace (from page 3) variety as well as small sunfish and other pan fish are excellent bait.

Large grasshoppers and crickets are 1 another very good bait for bass when It is this fish that has given the Sp ^ they are surface feeding. These should way between the upper (refuge) &m be attached to the hook by means of and the main reservoir its worldwi a very thin wire. The wire can be fame. But contrary to what fishermen are led to believe, the c&ji soldered to the hook prior to use, and Large mouth bass prefer mud bottom lakes and harbor generally near lily pads. are not taking over. As a matter then the hoppers are merely placed c on the hook and the wire wrapped fact, regular seining operations ° around its body, this keeps the bait ducted by the Pennsylvania Fish Co& securely fastened to the hook as well the gameness and savageness of the mission keep this prolific species un" as alive. These natural baits can be black bass. control. . < fished on the surface, that is, cast up The proper equipment for bass fish­ Carp are popular game with legi°. and across stream and allowed to float ing can begin a rather lengthy discus­ of Pymatuning fishermen. The brea* water fronting the Spillway, %, with the current, or cast directly down sion. However, there are certain items r which I will mention that I prefer. Causeway and numerous other sp stream and retrieved slowly. c :Ol>; The choice of many fellows is a bait along the 70 mile shoreline are °j j ^ I did not mention the use of frogs stantly occupied by carp anglers. & v and the method of using them due to casting rod, however, I have always favored a heavy action fly rod gener­ if they all could cook this coarse » < the fact that I have given up use of like the wife of the angler who treat them some years ago. Undoubtedly ally of nine feet length. It is far easier, to control a long line on a fly rod when me to a generous portion of it, they are a fine bait and often are the would have far more carp fisherm^ a hooked fish makes a long run, also cause of some fine specimen of bass be­ It was prepared with a kind of a S°,,j ing captured. But it is a most painful more pleasure is experienced in play­ sauce that was certainly a gourma11 job to place a frog upon the hook and ing a hooked fish. It is quite hard delight. M view the agony which comes across its work and it takes a fair rod to stand That the carp has enthusiastic * j countenance. Perhaps I am too chicken up under the strain, and often a 'set' lowers is indicated by the outfits u5^, hearted, but whenever the need arises is soon acquired in the rod. This 'set' by some enthusiasts. One trio ^ for a frog bait, I generally choose an does not harm the rod for bait fishing served had among other things, ch , artificial lure which resembles a frog and so it should be quickly overlooked. mium plated rod holders, £°}f!r in color, shape and action and I have An automatic reel is excellent for chairs, special lamps and a bewiW always had just as good results. How­ quickly taking in slack line, however, ing array of carp baits. f ever, if it is your choice to use frogs this type reel is not required and a That the piscatorial potentialities , wa you will find at times they are wonder- single action hand operated reel can this sixteen-mile long body of .i,e fulbaits. They can be fished on the be used. It should have a capacity for are not transitory is borne out by ' fact that the Pennsylvania Fish Co surface, that is allowed to swim, float at least fifty yards of line. c and kick about on the surface, or can mission is now engaged in the ° j Leaders are another important fac­ struction of the largest warm ^aU be used on the bottom by adding a lead tor. While bass are not as wary as sinker. Here again, after a bass takes fish producing plant in the ^^fy trout nor as gut shy, it is well to use They are going to utilize the Pr(L)i the bait, it should be given a little a four to six feet level leader about time to mouth the bait properly before a four to six pounds test to erase any gioucfirvncs quantitieniinntitioos or»-fF th+V»*ei natnrnnatural l •* .« setting the hook. suspicion in the eyes of the bass. food with which the lake abounds e Rather than a snelled hook being at­ produce more and better fish foiVvj, There are various other baits which tached to the leader, a size 1/0-1, 2 or fishermen of our Commonwealth. *|.j.J can be used and various other meth­ 4 hook can be tied directly to the don't wait until then. Give it a ^* ods which can be employed when us­ leader and thus eliminate the danger at your earliest convenience. ing the bait mentioned. However, of slipping knots. these listed are among the most popu­ Get worms down to the bottom, **Jj. Spinners should be included in the they can squirm around and look naf^j lar and probably the most productive r tackle as a spinner placed in front of Avoid a sinker whenever possible, f" ways of taking bass. Perhaps you have a gob of worms or minnow and slowly weight will hold the bait still. other systems which enable you to trolled behind the boat often brings capture many bronzebacks, in which results when everything else fails. Marriage is just like sitting in a bath ease, continue to use them and enjoy However, unless the bait is used on a After you get used to it, it ain't so ho*-

20 PENNSYLVANIA ANGt The answer was before our eyes! . . . Davey had an imitation frog in his Finned Dynamite kit and tied it on. It was a poor af­ (from page 7) fair, with little action and too much weight. Nothing happened. "I'm going to catch one of those ^es every Spring when the ice was pickerel!" Davey said with impatient .taking. Later on it got some of us turns at his reel. 0 Wondering, would pickerel spawn He got down in the grass and caught ^ thrive in a land-locked lake? a frog. He put in into his creel, then it* do not know personally of a lake changed rigging. I worked on my own l^thout a feeder stream having Chain outfit then, finally hooking one of the , ickerel. There is no doubt about the A pocono area pickerel pond. leopard frogs under the lower jaw Pbit of running the feeders to spawn with a small treble hook. By the time J? early Spring. However, I beheve tore the spoon from the line, pounced I was ready Davey had bounced his ^at any lake with an area of thin, on a pikie minnow with equal fury. frog on the creek and was tied fast ^edy water would be suitable for Thin, snake-like fellows, they danced to a pickerel. 'ckerel breeding grounds . . . on the water, shaking their bony jaws It looked like sport, although I must „ * shall never forget how one of the and twisting in the twilight gloom. confess I had a guilty feeling hooking ^g informed me one day that "it They were still at it, more furious than on those frogs. Frogs have been a ^?t scientific to catch pickerel with ever, when a thunderstorm broke and friend since childhood and something •^tuiows an' perch bellies." We were ended the sport . . . rebels when I abuse one. But a desire |st in that period of schooling where There is one last pickerel experience to hook into a pickerel was great. ;e word 'scientific' carried a heap of worth the telling. Davey Krauss and When finally I got my strike it was e 6, Jght. So I listened eagerly to his I were bait casting the Tohickon Creek against the shore. I jerked too quickly 'aboration of bait casting. without success on a warm late sum­ and the frog was ripped from the hook. j *t Was on a tiny nameless pond that mer evening. After while both of us I hunted another frog and hooked him lb s*ruc^ it lucky with an artificial switched lures. We couldn't seem on. A pickerel quickly nabbed him. Hp. It -was a hot, stickLckyy afternoon, to strike a killer although occasionally This time I was ready, allowed plenty *Ha -d I- went fishing because I had free a pickerel would jump water. of time. He finally came to net . . . J111^ and there was nothing better to Puzzled, I walked the stream bank. Yes, the pickerel has been a good I sat under a friendly sycamore Wading through high grass I noticed friend. Some call him coward and •j?** tied on a weedless silvesilverr spoon, great numbers of tiny leopard frogs will not term him a game fish. Actu­ /^n began a long session of casting hopping around. Several of them ally pound for pound there is little to Cp untangling backlashes, with the bounced into the creek and swam up­ choose between pickerel and bass. i*ter occupying most of the time. I stream. There was a sudden swirl in And his flesh is good to eat. Give him |?~**'t learned that the wrist, not the the water; a tail thrashed; and the a chance and the pickerel will prove i& does the work in bait casting. frog was gone. himself to be finned dynamite. s *o my surprise a pickerel finally spgged onto that spoon. The fish J-**ck as the lure hit water. He ^fted around the weeds for a while Rod Repair Kits W J* then rolled over, his white belly By Don Shiner guides, razor blade, an extra tip-top, paper L°Wing, and permitted me to reel Ever have the experience of breaking a clip, a small Vs inch drill and a small com­ P** in. Not much of a fighter, I rod while along some stream, miles from bination screw driver and wrench. All these ff°ught, carelessly pulling him toward items will fit into a small plastic vial or fte the nearest town? Unless a spare rod is bank. back at the cabin or car, chances are the tube. As for its added weight, it can never at was my mistake. The pickerel entire outing will be ruined. be detected when among the many tackle e out of his stupor, shook himself However, there is one method which can accessories. lb' . t°P °f the water, and spun my be taken to remedy such an occurrence, and You may be fortunate and never require the broken or disabled rod can quickly be the services of such a kit, but if the time . re int0 the weeds. He lay motionless an returned to a usable condition in a matter arises that it is needed, it is needed the * instant then quietly swam away. worse kind of a way. f ,°ld pickerel trick, and I had fallen of minutes. Q Assemble a few items, such as a spool of Suppose the rod is broken at the base of y nylon or silk thread, an ounce vial of clear a ferrule. The small drill can quickly be 0 ut I had snagged into a pickerel lacquer (clear fingernail polish), ferrule used to drill the section of bamboo still ty an. artificial lure and my hopes cement, a half dozen assorted snake or wire remaining in the ferrule. Once the ferrule j^e riding the clouds. I kept at it is cleared, the rod section can be scraped a afternoon. I hooked a few more down and the ferrule recemented in position. i^t I lost an(J landed a few. It was Even the beginner can reset the ferrule ^resting enough that I decided to well enough so that angling can be re­ iP supper. sumed. eky that did rd have miss Even a tip which is splintered can be th + * - ed repaired along the stream by wrapping (jj5* greatest thrill to the pickerel fish- thread around the split. Thus, reinforced, ?an—a wild feeding spree. v it can be usable again and the outing need L. e hit the feeding spree character­ not be interrupted for any length of time. 's c of the pike family several times Ce A small kit which includes these items, tlj > twice with that greater cousin or more if you so desire, will at some time v northern pike; but that first time prove its worth. You may be required to WS my greatest thrill. Those pickerel carry it dozens of times before any need ^j.1"6, bloodthirsty savages, true wolves arises, but if such a disaster occurs, this the trail of meat. They ripped kit will prove to be one of the most helpful "5t0 my spoon, and when one of them friends ever included in your tackle.

^-1949 21 K\ Pennsylvania Streams Regularly Stocked with BasiSil* t» A guide to the leading bass waters in Pennsylvania which are approved, regularly stocked—and open to the public fishing lis*"lis*'"*" 8, the major streams and lakes—size—county—location—highway routes, and points from which they can be reached. *• ^ Approx. Chester. County K Size of Brandywine Creek, E. Br. .Downingtown, Rt. 30 ^\ Name of Stream Reached at waters *l Adams County Clarion County . *i Bermudian Creek York Springs, Rt. 15 5 mi. Allegheny River Foxburg, Rt. 338 . 101 Conewago Creek East Berlin, Rt. 234 12 mi. Piney Creek Limestone, Rt. 66 . 7# Hi, Conewago, S. Br New Oxford, Rt. 30 1 mi. Red Bank Creek Rimersburg, Rt. 68 20 A* ^ Marsh Creek Cashtown, Rt. 30 11 mi. JU Clearfield County »e Allegheny County Clearfield Creek, Little O'Shanter, Rt. 453 ^ \ North Park Lake .Wexford, Rt. 19 47A. Sabula Dam Sabula, Rt. 255 .... 42 A \ Sandy Lick Creek DuBois, Rt. 219 . 8*"' , Armstrong County \i Allegheny River . • Freeport, Rt. 28 34 mi. Clinton County \ Y Bald Eagle Canal Lock Haven, Rt. 220 80 A « Beaver County Bald Eagle Creek Lock Haven, Rt. 220 \tt J, Beaver River, Little, N. Fork ..Darlington, Rt. 51 12mi. Pine Creek Jersey Shore, Rt. 220 5# » Brush Creek Unionville, Rt. 68 5 mi. He Connoquenessing Creek Harmony Junction, Rt. 68 13 mi. Columbia County Fishing Creek Bloomsburg, Rt. 11 .. I2i"!' U Bedford County Fishing Creek, Little Sereno, Rt. 42 it \ Bobs Creek Pavia, Rt. 869 7 mi. Huntingdon Creek Forks, Rt. 339 6«* Dunning Creek Cessna, Rt. 220 14 mi. U Gordon Lake Bedford Valley, Rt. 220 .. 275 A. Crawford County Raystown Br. Juniata River Everett, Rt. 30 40 mi. Oil Creek Centerville, Rt. 8 ... 9# Cl Wills Creek Hyndman, Rt. 96 9 mi. Canadohta Lake Lincolnville, Rt. 8 ... 169 A iCl Clear Lake Spartansburg, Rt. 77 250 A' Berks County Conneaut Creek Conneautville, Rt. 18 10 & Hopewell Lake Birdsboro, Rt. 83 62 A. Conneaut Lake Conneaut Lake, Rt. 6 925 A. \ Maiden Creek Lenhartsville, Rt 22 20 A. Cussewago Creek Little Corners, Rt. 98 . 8# \ Ontelaunce Lake Shoemakerville, Rt. 122 ..1083A. Drakes Dam Cambridge Springs, Rt. 19 10" A \ Swatara Creek, Little Bethel, Rt. 22 6 mi. French Creek Cambridge Springs, Rt. 19 4°^ Tulpehocken Creek Robesonia, Rt. 422 29 mi. Pymatuning Resv Jamestown, Rt. 322 5000 A u Sugar Lake Sugar Lake, Rt. 78 9°A Blair County ct Frankstown Br. Juniata River ..East Freedom, Rt. 220 14mi. Cumberland County Williamsburg Dam Williamsburg, Rt. 866 45 A. Carlisle Water House Dam Carlisle, Rt. 11 48 A Conodoguinet Creek Carlisle, Rt. 11 40 \j, Bucks County Susquehanna River New Cumberland, Rt. Ill " Bristol Pond Bristol, Rt. 13 55 A. \ Dauphin County % Lehigh Coal and Navigation \ Co. Canal Bristol, Rt. 13 23 mi. Conewago Creek Elizabethtown, Rt. 230 9i^ Neshaminy Creek Chalfont, Rt. 202 32 mi. 101"! Susquehanna River Middletown, Rt. 230 1 Neshaminy Creek, Little Neshaminy, Rt. 611 5 mi. Swatara Creek Palmyra, Rt. 422 10 J" ' Perkiomen Creek, N. E. Br. ... Sellersville, Rt. 309 8 mi. Wildwood Lake Harrisburg, Rt. 22 135 A Swamp Creek, East Quakertown, Rt. 309 5 mi. Tohickon Creek Quakertown, Rt. 309 21 mi. Erie County Warren Lake Revere, Rt. 611 40 A. Conneaut Creek .Albion, Rt. 6 N. 6 A* Edinboro Lake Edinboro, Rt. 99 240 A Butler County Erie Lake Erie, Rt. 19 .... St Connoquenessing Creek Butler, Rt. 8 12 mi. French Creek Mill Village, Rt. 6 &» Glade Run Butler, Rt. 8 4 mi. French Creek, S. Br Union City, Rt. 6 3< Sportsmen's Club Lake, French Creek, W. Br Wattsburg, Rt. 8 Harmony-Zelienople Zenienople, Rt. 68 15 A. LeBoeuf Lake Waterford, Rt. 19 70 A l« Slippery Rock Creek Elliot Mills, Rt. 108 9 mi. C Wolf Creek > Butler, Rt. 8 8 mi. Fayette County % Indian Creek Indian Head, Rt. 711 6*"' X Cameron County X Driftwood Branch Driftwood, Rt. 120 8 mi. Forest County X 1 Si Allegheny River Tionesta, Rt. 62 14 ^ Carbon County Tionesta Flood Control Dam . .Tionesta, Rt. 62 480 A Harmony Lake Blakeslee, Rt. 115 110 A. Tippet Swamp Nesquehoning, Rt. 209 45 A. Franklin County u Conochocheague Creek Chambersburg, Rt. 30 14 «t Centre County I, Conochocheague Creek, W. Br. .Greencastle, Rt. 11 Pi Bald Eagle Creek Beech Creek, Rt. 220 2 mi. Conodoguinet Creek Orrstown, Rt. 433 ... 30"*

PENNSYLVANIA ANGl^ Pn County McKean County ,?*an's Gap Dam Burnt Cabins, Rt. 522 .. 42 A. Oswayo Creek .Shinglehouse, Rt. 44 6 mi. Si !cking Creek McConnellsburg, Rt. 30 5 mi. Mercer County '«ene County M to Cool Spring Creek Mercer, Rt. 19 4 mi. h Wn's Fork Creek Waynesburg, Rt. 18 7 mi French Creek Carlton, Rt. 322 2 mi. |>&ard Creek Bobtown, Rt. 88 6 mi, Neshannock Creek Mercer, Rt. 19 7 mi. j^lkard Creek, Perm Fork ....Brave, Rt. 218 6mi Pymatuning Creek Clarksville, Rt. 18 7 mi. m Creek Waynesburg, Rt. 18 7 mi. Sandy Creek Stoneboro, Rt. 62 17 mi. m Mile Creek Waynesburg, Rt. 18 12 mi. Sandy Lake Stoneboro, Rt. 62 149 A. Reeling Creek, N. Fork Graysville, Rt. 21 5 mi. Shenango River Clarksville, Rt. 18 26 mi. Jjeelbig Creek, S. Fork Graysville, Rt. 21 4 mi Shenango River, Little Greenville, Rt. 18 15 mi. hiteley Creek Greensboro, Rt. 88 2 mi Wolf Creek Grove City, Rt. 78 2 mi. it b ""tingdon County Mifflin County )t u , gWick Creek Maddensville, Rt. 176 12 mi. Jacks Creek Lewistown, Rt. 322 5 mi. Si-*ata a River Huntingdon, Rt. 22 12 mi. Juniata Country Club Dam Newton Hamilton, Rt. 103 30 A. 1 h* ^ Central Dam Huntingdon, Rt. 22 576 A. Juniata River Lewistown, Rt. 322 24 mi. ^VSfr..*,ystow™n BrancT3« Ih. HuntingdonU J.Z ,J , RtTDJ.. 2O2O OC -^l n K ding Stone Creek Huntingdon, Rt. 22 10 mi. Monroe County '''ana County Bradys Pond Pocono Lake, Rt. 940 ..320A. Delaware River Delaware Water Gap, Rt. IZoning Creek, Little Indiana, Rt. 422 17 mi. Ml, 611 15 mi. ow Creek Indiana, Rt. 422 lOmi. Mill Pond No. 1 Tobyhanna, Rt. 611 .... 80 A. "Orson County Naomi Lake ."..Naomi Pines, Rt. 940 251 A. Stillwater Dam Pocono Summit, Rt. 940 .. 272 A. *d Bank Creek Brookville, Rt. 322 9 mi. J, Montgomery County ""'ata County j^iata River Mifflintown, Rt. 322 ... 21 mi. Macoby Creek Red Hill, Rt. 29 2 mi. Us Pennypack Creek Bethayres, Rt. 232 2 mi. carora Creek Port Royal, Rt. 75 ... 16 mi. Perkiomen Creek Schwenksville, Rt. 29 .. 23 mi. ^avvanna County Perkiomen Creek, N. E. Br Schwenksville, Rt. 29 8 mi. Perkiomen Creek, N. W. Br Red Hill, Rt. 29 5 mi cj>ylors Pond Fleetville, Rt. 407 100 A. Ridge Valley Creek Summeytown, Rt. 63 3 mi. ri^Pman's Lake DundafE, Rt. 147 98 A. Skippack Creek Collegeville, Rt. 29 8 mi. j>stal Lake DundafE, Rt. 147 191 A. Swamp Creek, West Gilbertsville, Rt. 73 10 mi. jj <* Lake Fleetville, Rt. 107 34 A. j>dsome Lake Fleetville, Rt. 107 25 A. Montour County s,^ton Lake DundafE, Rt. 147 112 A. ^eridan Lake Fleetville, Rt. 107 90 A. Chillisquaque Creek .Washingtonville, Rt. 54 15 mi. squehanna River, N. Br Ransom, Rt. 629 2 mi. Northampton County Ci>ster County Delaware River .Raubsville, Rt. 611 12 mi. r^kie% s Creek, Big Mt. Joy, Rt. 230 20 mi ,°calico Creek Denver, Rt 13 mi. Northumberland County Q ^-wsiog! 1estogaa ureeCreeKk i-iancasterLancaster,, mRt.. av30 50 mi Chillisquaque Creek .Montandon, Rt. 45 6 mi. K^owingo Dam Chestnut Level, Rt 6000 A. SltIt;v jJ? Wood Dam Pequea, Rt. 324 2300 A. Perry County J^dle Creek Rothsville, Rt. 722 4mi Buffalo Creek Newport, Rt. 34 2 mi. Q'Uddy Creek Terry Hill, Rt. 897 lOmi, ct Juniata River Millerstown, Rt. 322 10 mi. s oraro Creek Christiana, Rt. 372 20mi. e Shermans Creek New Bloomfield, Rt. 34 .. 13 mi. Sjf Harbor Dam Columbia, Rt. 30 6000 A. tyNuehanna River Columbia, Rt. 30 10 mi. Susquehanna River Marysville, Rt. 11 27 mi. 6tlgers Mill Dam Brownstown, Rt. 222 .. 18 A. Pike County ^ence County Big Tank Pond Bohemia, Rt. 590 80 A. ^aver River, Little, N. Fork . .Enon Valley, Rt. 351 .. 6 mi. Delaware River Milford, Rt. 6 63 mi. JH bannock Creek Volant, Rt. 278 9 mi. Fairview Lake Tafton, Rt. 6 110 A. U Pecks Pond Pecks Pond, Rt. 402 300 A. § an°n County Twin Lakes Twin Lakes, Rt. 6 235 A. fack Dam Myerstown, Rt. 422 ... 42 A. Wallenpaupack Lake Paupack, Rt. 507 5000 A. S^tarSi sa Creek Palmyra, Rt. 422 •nv 6 mi. White Deer Lake Blooming Grove, Rt 48 A. ;at ara Creek, Little Jonestown, Rt. 22 7 mi. L n2» Potter County t6r c H6 County j^mings Pond Orange, Rt. 43 A. Oswago Creek . Shinglehouse, Rt. 44 6 mi. Jjatvey Lake Alderson, Rt. 115 660 A. jyUHtingdon Creek Huntingdon Mills, Rt. 239 6 mi. Schuylkill County tl k* i Lake Sweet Valley, Rt. 29 .... 40A. Sweet Arrow Lake .Pine Grove, Rt. 443 150 A. $i,,angola Lake Nuangola, Rt. 309 98 A. gjsworth Lake Silkworth, Rt. 29 75 A. Snyder County Wvan Lake Sweet Valley, Rt. 29 81 A. Mahantango Creek, N. Br Mt. Pleasant Mills, Rt. 35 8 mi. timing County Middle Creek Middleburg, Rt. 522 12 mi. ^Valsock Creek Montoursville, Rt. 220 6 mi. Penns Creek Selinsgrove, Rt. 11 14 mi. {spoming Creek Williamsport, Rt. 220 7 mi. Pennsylvania Power & Light ^6 Creek Waterville, Rt. 44 .... 35 mi. Co. Dam Selinsgrove, Rt. 11 100 A.

^V-1949 23 Somerset County Washington County Laurel Hill Creek Dam Somerset, Rt. 31 . 55 A. Buffalo Creek Avella, Rt. 28 101 Youghiogheny Dam Confluence, Rt. 53 450 A. Chartiers Creek, Little Eighty-four, Rt. 31 Little Chartiers Creek Dam Morganza, Rt. 19 .. 80 A. Susquehanna County Ten Mile Creek Millsboro, Rt. 88 . 8U*' Comforts Pond Comforts Pond, Rt. 70 60 A. East Lake New Milford, Rt. 11 35 A. Wayne County Elk Lake, Big Elk Lake, Rt. 29 84A. Beach Lake Beach Lake, Rt. 106 .... 110A Fiddle Lake Burnwood, Rt. 270 61 A. Como Lake Lake Como, Rt. 247 85A Foust Lake Fairdale, Rt. 106 46 A. Coxtown Lake Starrucca, Rt. 239 109 A, Fox Pond Susquehanna, Rt. 92 25 A. Delaware River Narrowsburg, Rt. 106 .. 50 *" Laurel Lake Lawsville Centre, Rt. 29 .. 48 A. Fourmile Pond Shekawken, Rt. 570 70A Middle Lake Harford, Rt. 537 40 A. Fourmile Lake, Little Poyntelle, Rt. 182 52 A Montrose Lake Montrose, Rt. 106 50 A. Keens Pond Waymart, Rt. 6 86A Pages Pond New Milford, Rt. 492 96 A. Sly Lake Sly Lake, Rt. 249 52 A Quaker Lake Quaker Lake, Rt. 167 127 A. Woods Pond, Upper Cold Springs, Rt. 371 .. 75 A Tingley Lake Harford, Rt. 547 40 A. Upper Lake Harford, Rt. 547 45 A. Westmoreland County Wrighters Lake Thompson, Rt. 70 90 A. Bridgeport Dam Mt. Pleasant, Rt. 31 95 A Union County Keystone Coal and Coke Com­ 57 A Buffalo Creek Mifflinburg, Rt. 45 10 mi. pany Reservoir New Alexandria, Rt. 22 Laurel Park Dam Laurelton, Rt. 888 10 A. Wyoming County Millmont Dam Millmont, Rt. 888 24 A. 200 A New Berlin Dam New Berlin, Rt. 104 8 A. Carey Lake Tunkhannock, Rt. 28 .. Chamberlin Pond Jenningsville, Rt. 187 47 A Perms Creek New Berlin, Rt. 104 20 mi. 60 A White Deer Hole Creek Allen wood, Rt. 404 6 mi. Oxbow Lake Tunkhannock, Rt. 6 .... Susquehanna River, N. Br Meshoppen, Rt. 309 461 Venango County Tunkhannock Creek Tunkhannock, Rt. 92 .. 13 J*"' 198 A Allegheny River Oil City, Rt. 8 60 mi. Winola Lake Lake Winola, Rt. 6 .... French Creek Sugar Creek, Rt. 322 . 13 mi. Sandy Creek Franklin, Rt. 8 3 mi. York County Bermudian Creek Wellsville, Rt. 74 Warren County Conewago Creek Dover, Rt. 74 Allegheny River Warren, Rt. 6 30 mi. Conewago Creek, Little Dover, Rt. 74 ... Conewango Creek Akeley, Rt. 62 15 mi. Susquehanna River Goldsboro, Rt. 123

Between Rises its way laboriously toward a small A Violator is a Thief twig, was a wet rumpled looking insect (from page 11) The fish violator is a thief, taking form. A few inches away lay the rightly belongs to you or some other opened cocoon of an Actias luna or You wouldn't hesitate a minute to common Moon Moth. I lay watching the police if you found a sneak thief ma c with intense interest as it pulled itself off with your automobile. Why do you »e < \ had appeared at just the time when laboriously over the intervening tate to call a Fish Warden when you >" / t I was about to make my first cast. inches to the twig then up to the first him stealing your fish? * t Fortunately my position was well jutting leaf stem. There it clung and Nobody likes a squealer, but protect11 screened and I had noted the time. l seemed to rest. After a short interval your own property certainly doesn't fall t Each evening she appeared with a the rythmic pumping of the body and that category. ' punctuality that did not vary ten the fluttering of the immature stub minutes. wings marked the miracle of trans­ It has often been noted that directly formation. The wings expanded vis­ following the Shad Hatch that fishing ibly and their colors softened and Armed Services to be Fed Fish for trout excepting at evening is a lightened until after an interval, the s very uncertain proposition. There ugly bedraggled form had changed Members of our Armed Forces may is may be enough stragglers among the be enjoying a variety of fish and seal" ^ under my eyes to one of georgeous instead of the customary "gold fish" die^i foliage to furnish fair sport, when they beauty. Transparent eye spots, laven­ present plans of the Quartermaster's ^J return to the water at dusk. der edging, pale peagreen wings, yel­ partment materialize. Food technol'* ( We had miscalculated the hatch, lowish white "fur" body it was indeed Jack Mayer, a native Milwaukeean who e which due to the early warmth of the a marvel of perfection. Many times I specialized in seafoo- d products- • , -ha s b« . spring, had reached its peak two even­ have watched the emergence of moths instructed to create new seafood items aJ? e ings before, and had left only scat­ from cocoons gathered from the wilds prepare specifications for their use in * t tered remnants to arouse our hopes but this was the first time I had been ing our Armed Forces. This may lead i0.,, for an evenings .sport. An hour on the favored by the performance under much greater use of all varieties of lifeless, afternoon stream had shown natural conditions. our armed forces who are often stati^y the foliy of further effort, so I sought in localities where fresh fish is rea f a convenient retreat beneath the oaks, The perfection of nature as it comes available. In the past the use of &b i0 and prepared to wait with what pa­ from the hand of the Creator, leaves the armed forces was confined largely f tience I could muster, the will of the behind a feeling of awe and sober canned salmon. At one time during the e trout. humility. the Army was prepared to purchase ^^A quantities of smelt, but the diminutive j I had lain on the dry leaves for The intervals that come in our sport were stricken with a mysterious plague some time on that border line be­ can fill the creel, not with fish but production fell to a low point and the c°.e tween sleep and waking when a small with that which will enrich the sport mercial fishermen were unable to noise aroused my attention. Making and recreate the Angler. fill v' federal orders. 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANG&*1 *»!l!!] PENNSYLVANIA'S &NTI»P<01L1LUTI©N PROGRESS l!ll|iUllllll«lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!ll!llll!lll!l!lll!UlW

^°od Housekeeping Principles zerne Co., $3,150.56; Duryea, Luzerne Co., More Abatement Orders Given $596.17; Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., $2,000; An additional number of business estab­ Will Reduce Industries Problems Marysville, Perry Co., $1,706.96. lishments have been given orders by the ."In many cases industry can greatly reduce Up to the present time a total of $540,944.31 Sanitary Water Board to abate pollution of g problem of treating wastes, required has been paid to 97 municipalities. The the streams or submit plans for waste treat­ Jj^der the Clean Streams program of the grants are given after the plans are sub­ ment systems under the Clean Stream drive. Unitary Water Board, by applying the prin- mitted and approved by the Sanitary Water Ten of the concerns are located on the ,'Ple of what is well termed 'good house- Board and detailed check is made on the It, Schuylkill River or its tributaries, further­ Raping'," Dr. Norris W. Vaux, Health Sec- estimated costs of construction which are ing the intensive drive to clean up that river. farv and Board Chairman, declared in submitted with the plans. Payments are With the abatement of pollution from silt, ^'nting out that the program is actually one made from State funds based upon the under orders of the Board, through the in­ • , water conservation as well as one to estimated costs prevailing in 1942, and r n stallation of desilting systems by all the ' g back clean streams under the anti­ represent a percentage of the engineering anthracite collieries, thorough check is being dilution law. costs of preparing the plans. made by the Bureau of Engineering, State : There is no question but that in many Department of Health, of all smaller estab­ 'stances industries use water in far greater lishments which may cause pollution. Orders VolUrn e than is necessary in the course of for abatement or submission of plans for n9tiuf t e. This is largely a result of the Paper Co. Providing Treatment f ac ur treatment works have been issued to the _"UUre of the company to impress upon The Beach and Arthur Paper Co., Mo- major industries and municipalities on the J^Ployes, not only that unwarranted use of dena, Chester Co., is complying with the ater is costly but that it causes a greater watershed. Construction orders have been requirements of the Sanitary Water Board issued in a number of cases. more involved pollution problem And under the Clean Stream program by pro­ %6f e must also be a wider appreciation of viding treatment of the wastes produced in til, 6 necessity of conservation of our water the manufacture of sanitary paper products. Sewage Plant Built at Boys Camp applies to prevent possible serious consc­ The mill is located along West Branch iences. The ever increasing demand for Brandywine and abates pollution of that At a cost of approximately $45,000 sewers '*ter both from population increase and in- stream. have been installed and a sewage treatment ..^trial expansion is causing us to realize All wastes are treated chemically as they plant has been constructed at the boys camp at supplies are not inexhaustible. come from the mill and are then pumped of the Felix Fuld Camps in Dingman Town­ . °y cutting the unnecessary use of water ship, Pike Co., operated by the New Jersey 1 .fd in the process of manufacture there to tanks for the settling out of the solids. From the tanks the clear effluent goes to Federation of Y.M.H.A.'s., and Y.W.H.A.'s., Hi consequently be less volume to treat IQJ. with headquarters in Newark, N. J. The Pollution before it is returned to the the stream and the sludge is pumped to e lagoons. In addition to the regular type of plant is designed for a capacity of 100,000 arns and therefore a lower investment in gallons a day to serve a population of 750 ' treatment system and less cost of operation. treatment, the wastes are also treated to persons. The present population is about hi other instances 'good housekeeping' eliminate color which goes into making 450. The camps are operated about 8 weeks 11 be effectively applied by keeping cooling colored paper products. The treatment plant each year. Septic tanks were used previous , aters, and other waters which are not con- is designed to treat approximately 450,000 to the installation of the new treatment ^inated by the manufacturing process sepa- gallons o£ waste daily. e works which was made in accordance with | from contaminated waters which will also »e, cessarily result in a reduction of the the requirements under the Clean Streams VolUr program of the State Sanitary Water Board. ne to be treated and therefore in re- More Sewer Constructed by I« uCe d outlay in construction of treatment The treatment works is of the activated ferns and in the operating costs. Darby Creek Joint Authority sludge type. Before being discharged to . The necessity for 'good housekeeping' is Further advancement of the Clean Streams the lake the clear effluent is chlorinated. J ' confined to a few industries. Every in- drive of the Sanitary Water Board has been str j y will benefit greatly by making a made toward abatement of pollution of Darby „ tailed check of its operations involving Creek with the completion of construction of 3 Collieries Must Build Ponds 6 . Use of water. It will not only be plug- approximately 4,375 feet of intercepting Permits approving the proposed treatment , § up an important economic waste, but sewer along that creek by the Darby Creek works and orders for construction of those * the same time will be simplifying its Joint Authority, Delaware Co. The inter­ v/orks by specified dates, have been issued sPonsibility under the Clean Streams pro- cepting sewer system of the Authority now to three additional anthractie collieries, all Wam." comprises about 28,375 feet of main connect­ on the Susquehanna River or its tributaries, ing sewer and a large pumping station. by the Sanitary Water Board in furthering Plans have been prepared for a sewage treat­ the Clean Stream drive. ^nicipalities Given $38,997.71 ment works to be located at the site of The permit and order to the Ace Coal Co., C the pumping station in Darby Township. l2 hecks totalling $38,997.71 have been given Blakely, Lackawanna Co., requires the com­ I additional municipalities as grants-in-aid The sewage from the municipalities be­ pletion of the silt pond on or before April der the Clean Streams program. The longing to the Authority is now collected and 1, 1949. The operation is located on Hulls ant share made from State funds and rep- conveyed downstream by the intercepting Creek and Lackawanna River, tributaries of ent up to 50 percent of the cost of the sewer system to the pumping station where the Susquehanna River. 6Paration of plans for sewage treatment it is discharged into Lower Darby Creek. R. J. Emerich & Son, East Hanover Town­ jj r*s which have been required by the Above the point of confluence with Cobbs ship, Lebanon Co., located on Swatara Creek ard under the anti-pollution drive, Creek, Darby Creek is said to be now rela­ is required to have a silt pond in operation jr ne latest payments were made as follows: tively clean as a result of the cooperative on or before May 1, 1949. The order to the 6 Authority project. Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Co., ^, m0yne, Cumberland Co., $3,486.36; Penn L°wnship, Allegheny Co., $3,780; Shippens- Municipalities comprising the Authority for the Brookside Colliery, Porter Township, urS. Cumberland Co., $3,998.40; Norristown, are Darby, Springfield, Upper Darby and Schuylkill Co., requires that the projected 0tl series of silt ponds be completed before the c tgomery Co., $12,932.24; Springboro, Haverford Townships, and the boroughs of fa new colliery is placed in operation. The $] wf0rd Co., $600; Mount Wolf, York Co., Aldan, Darby, Collingdale, Colwyn, Sharon ,63 colliery is on Wisconisco Creek tributary of ^ 8.92; Glen Rock, York Co., $2,260.21; Hill, Yeadon and Lansdowne, and a section the Susquehanna River. VQ^a, Luzerne Co., $2,847.89; Dupont, Lu­ of Clifton Heights.

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You dare not operate a motor boat unless the metal license plates are displayed as required by law. The proper designated lights must be installed to operate a motor boat after dark.

The penalty is $100.00 if found guilty of interfering in any way with an officer whose duty it is to enforce the fish, game or forestry laws. This is considered a very serious offense.

If you lose your fishing license button, a duplicate can be made. If you lose the certificate a duplicate can and must be secured from the County Treasurer. If you lose both you must buy a new license.

No person may fish without a license uniess they own the land and reside upon it the year around. All hired help residing thereon must have a license.

Gold fish, of any species may not be used for bait in any stream at any time. Goldfish are considered undesirable to many of our streams and their use as a bait would tend to distribute them.

Law Enforcement Division . . . Penna. Fish Commission