AUGUST, 1970 PENNSYLVANIA J KeKeystone State's Official FISHINGBOATING Magutiiie... A *gw Single Cop;
fc VIEWPOINT by ROBERT J. BIELO Executive Director STREAM INSURANCE?
Fire, winds and floods have long plagued mankind. In the case of each of these devastating forces we have developed ways to protect ourselves. Usually fires are the result of someone's carelessness. Often weather conditions, drought and high winds, set the stage for a single thoughtless act that leads to serious loss of buildings, timber, wildlife habitat and often human life. Thus, much of our protection from fire is based on prevention measures. Examples being assurance that buildings are properly wired, that chimneys have suitable flue lining, that roof materials will withstand a few sparks, that lightning arresters are installed, that appliances have automatic overload devices and a host of other schemes, all designed to stop fires from happening- We cannot overlook the fact that fires do occur, regardless of all of the preventive efforts made—thus fire control systems from extensive sprinkler devices, city fire companies, volunteer neighborhood fire companies to single unit fire extinguishers are part of our effort to stop fire once it has started. In certain areas of the country where high winds occur with regularity, protection from their force is accomplished through screens of heavy trees, the use of shutters, sound construction and adoption of low profile structures. Little else can be done. Seasonal flooding of all size streams is common throughout the world. The amount of destructiveness of flooding is measured mainly in the damage that accrues to the affected properties. Thus it would seem a simple way to avoid flood damage would be to build up away from known flood zones. Un fortunately this solution to the problem seems against our nature, so we continue to develop directly in the pathway of flood waters. After the construction is complete, and sometimes before, we look around for someone to do some thing to prevent our homes and factories and roadways from being inundated by flood waters. Nor mally some public agency of the state and federal government falls heir to the chore of protecting those who deliberately build in the known pathway of flood waters. In this way the burden of protect ing these few is placed on all of the people and no individual really pays but a few pennies toward the overall cost of providing flood control dams, levees, and channels throughout our nation. Unfortunately this situation does not end here. Unlike fire and wind damage prevention measures flood control efforts frequently cause extensive environmental damage. Too often flood control measures turn once beautiful streams into ugly, featureless, barren ditches, useless for any purpose but to carry flood water. Too often flood control measures require high levees, that block off all scenic view and ac cess to the stream involved. Too often flood control is predicated on a single huge dam that floods out thousands of acres of useful land and forevermore leaves the stream below the dam to the whims or a continuing series of unrealistic and unnatural releases that eventually spell its death as a valuable fishing or recreational resource. These are but a few comments that readily come to mind on some of the unfavorable aspects or flood control work. My point in touching on this subject is that to date fire and wind prevention and protection measures do not incur serious damage to the areas placed under control. Such is not the case when flooding is involved. Quite frankly, there is urgent need for those agencies responsible for flood control work to recognize the destructive aspects, especially of flood channeling and design their projects to accomplish flood control needs while complementing the natural uses of the water course affected. PENNSYLVANIA BoEv)fECUTIVE OFFICE 1673—Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 Executive Director ROBERT J. BIELO Admi nistrative Secretary 4ssu RALPH PUTT Want Director, Fisheries ANGLER Assist (Vacant) Tin' Director, Waterways ^ApT- C. E. LEISING PENNSYLVANIA'S OFFICIAL FISHING AND BOATING MAGAZINE Assistant to Director BARREN W. SINGER Published Monthly by the Comptroller tw JOHN M. SMITH PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Raymond P. Shafer, Governor Ed^cation and Training WTT division Chief V1^LARD T. JOHNS PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION special Publications George Forrest CLARENCE DIETZ, President Bedford Audio-Visual Aids FRANK E. MASLAND, JR., Vice-President Carlisle r Jim Yoder Ons GERARD J. ADAMS Hawley DOUGLAS McWILLIAMS .. Bear Gap ervation Education MICHAEL MEAD Warren ROBERT M. RANKIN Galeton Steve Ulsh HOWARD R. HEINY . . . Williamsport R. STANLEY SMITH ... Waynesburg Engineering CALVIN J. KERN Whitehall
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•K!?hS^1S Somerset 15501 ^6i^ 'l7-4>;'711 CLAIR FLEECER D. THOMAS EGGLER, Editor / CHESTER A. PEYTON, Circulation Manager 57l Sweet Valle K^ Wr 7 ' • y !8656 : * ''^s'o MILES WITT POSTMASTER: All 3579 forms to be returned to The Pennsylvania Fish Com '•'3-^601, Ex. 86, Annville 17003 mission, Box 1673, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120. Marine Services on chie The PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER is published monthly by the Pennsylvania* Fish Commission, PAm"""A f ^L MARTIN, JR. 3532 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Subscription: One year—$2.00; three years—$5.00; 25 cents per single copy. Send check or money order payable to Pennsylvania Fish Commission. * echnical Services DO NOT SEND STAMPS. Individuals sending cash do so at their own risk. Change of address Dean Klinger should reach us promptly. Furnish both old and new addresses. Second Class Postage paid at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Neither Publisher nor Editor will assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or illustrations while in their possession or in transit. Communications pertaining to Real Estate manuscripts, materials or illustrations should be addressed to the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, ^Division Chief Box 1673, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Copyright © 1970 By the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. r All rights reserved. NOTICE: Subscriptions received after the 10th of each month will begin with AUL O'BRIEN the second month following. In another vein, may I observe what a change it iS , live where game and fish officers, their commissions a . staff are regarded with respect and appreciation. Wher came from, too often these men and their offices W thought incompetent if not corrupt. Peace! GORDON M. WICKSTROM, Lancaster
ENJOYS "NEW" ANGLER Gentlemen: the Just a short note to let you know how much I enjoy PROTESTS EDIT "new" Pennsylvania Angler. I was a subscriber many Je Gentlemen: ago but lost interest. I especially enjoy the fly tying * I must protest with all the energy I can Director Bielo's tures and the stories about animal life in and around Wa identifying himself, Commission policy, and readers of the by Tom Fegely. Angler with the silent majority and lending support to I!m on the road a lot and the Angler gives me ma J Nixon's "national and worldwide programs in the Febru pleasant hours of reading enjoyment. I could however ary editorial of the Angler. His position is extremely naive without the boating stories and my only other gripe is w for historically silent majorities, moved by their fear and this fine magazine isn't longer. bewilderment, support only the status quo—in the present Keep up the fine work! case a monstrous war and the "God-given" right to dese JOHN SHUPP, Williamsport crate the environment in the name of "Free Enterprise." Can anyone really believe that the Nixon-conservative thrust is toward preventing contamination of air and water DISGUSTED WITH LITTER by those large corporations that are his party's base of Gentlemen: trip power? My son and a friend and I took a three-day fishing By diverting our attention to Arizona and New Mexico, to Potter County last spring. We were disgusted! We have never seen so many beer bottles, whisW Director Bielo fails to come to grips with Pennsylvania's the industries and the suburban domestic clusters that refuse, bottles, soda bottles and cans. We were so sad to see L 11 in the name of their pocketbooks, to vote for sewer authori conditions along Route 44 and several routes which bra e ties and continue to poison the very soil their homes rest off into the beautiful mountainous areas of beautiful P upon. When will he speak about that raw gut of sewage sylvania. God has enriched our Commonwealth with that flows from Allenbury Park into the famed Yellow greatest scenery of all and man is wrecking it by his o Breeches? lust to satisfy his belly with beer, whiskey and soda. ^ j a The kids understand it better—they know that the war, How can a man identify himself as a "sportsman so justified to the silent majority, must end at once so that leave so much litter as these despicable cans along , l that energy can be re-directed to stop the devastation of highway? My son, who is 21 and cannot walk due ° Natural America. The silent majority cannot be prevailed birth defect, watched as my friend and I used five-gal upon even to end its own careless littering. Of course one paint buckets and walked along both sides of the highw'' must try to arouse this segment of the population, but it is to pick up the broken glass, bottles and cans. We a surely a mistake in tactics to appeal to the very character picked up empty cigarette packs, sandwich wrappers, istics that have created the problem—their silence, their until we filled five paint containers. . y, bondage to the forces that degrade their lives. A farmer, driving by in his pick-up truck, saw us P When I was a boy out West, pursuing the trout and ing up the pieces of glass on his land and stoppe" birds, I was conscious that Pennsylvania had "invented" thank us for the courtesy. scientific game and fish management, that Pennsylvania I promised myself at that moment to write you a let** had worked almost a miracle in its streams and fields Please print it and call these litterbugs "lousy sportsm against the odds of its expanding population. And now I Are they the "now" generation or are they from the ° read that the state is ready to identify its leadership with generation which is "beyond the gap"? I don't know the apathy of the silent majority! I feel Director Bielo threw the bottles and cans—but there must be many, & must take the Commission and the Angler out of the people doing it. Nixon-War-Silent Majority Camp, at least neutralize them I conclude, "I am ashamed of Potter County." and support the impulse among the young to find out and ARTHUR B. HEERE, Boyertown try to correct what has happened to this once so beauti ful country. As my daughter left for college, I told her to work to PREFER PENNSYLVANIA make the world safe for trout because then it would cer Gentlemen: Vetf tainly be safe, even blessed, for us all. She understood in The Pennsylvania Angler is a wonderful magazine. v , a way that would only baffle the President and his man interesting, especially when you read of particular a ^ HickeL with which you are familiar. It is nice to know v^na
PENNSYLVANIA ANGL# °°lng on in your home state. I have been in many, many FRUITFUL FISHING ates, in Canada and Mexico, but I still prefer Pennsyl- v Gentlemen: an•uiiai . Enclosed is payment for renewal of my subscriptitiocn With a bit of reluctance I enclose my check for $2.00 °r the next five years. for renewal of Pennsylvania Angler. Three years ago I DAVID MARONI, Verona took to fishing for relaxation since our truck camper pro vided great access to many fishing areas. A year later our ^COVERS ROD daughter was born after 8 childless years and she went Gentlemen: fishing at 5 weeks old on the first day of trout season. - t am a boy of 13 and like to fish. Last summer at Lake (Daddy doesn't fish yet). euben a man beside me got a nice carp on his line but This year my casting was a bit awkward on the first day Was playing a game of cards with another fisherman. as Susan's brother or sister will be born soon. I had my e fish pulled the rod right into the water. limit home and cleaned by 11 a.m., one being a big 16" , Meanwhile his pal got a carp on his line. After he had trout. ded it he discovered a line on his carp. He pulled on I don't know if I should do more fishing and less relax atld out came the rod his friend had lost. ing or quit the sport—I'm running out of bedrooms and space at our house! Vic POLK, Coraopolis Come to think of it—maybe daddy should take up fish ing. yREAT" JOR MRS. ROSALIE COUGHENOUR, Hopwood Clemen: think the Pennsylvania Fish Commission in general DOURLE LICENSE FEE . the Angler specifically are doing a great job in keep- Gentlemen: Is fishing and boating enthusiasts abreast of current *nts in the Keystone State. My suggestion may sound absurd to many, but I feel that Pennsylvania should give serious consideration to "eing an avjd fly fisherman I would, of course, like to .e more articles on fly tying, fly fishing and trout in the doubling the fishing license fee and instituting a two or o S^r. But anyway enclosed is my check for $5.00 for three day license for those who would seldom make use ^e more years. of their fishing privilege. ^eeP up the good work! I am a second-year teacher (certainly not a wealthy MR. THOMAS A. HOKE man), however, I am simply asking anglers to realize the outstanding work done by the Pennsylvania Fish Commis Q sion for the price of two movie tickets and then consider £rs GOOD IDEA the possibilities of a better endowed Fish Commission. Ten Clemen: dollars per year is a relatively small price to pay for the Ur> a reader of the Angler for many years, I have picked hours of recreation provided by the Pennsylvania fishing j£ a great number of good ideas from it and your Sea license. r § section in the April 1970 issue gave me another idea THOMAS SIPE, Greensburg I linking a better fishing boat out of my present boat. e s, d the seating arrangement, such as the swivel seats in ^ in the smaH runabout on page 25. I am interested Q^^hasing two seats of this type, any information your er readers might have would be greatly appreciated. JACK SEFTON, Pittsburgh
^AN UP OTHER THINGS en«emen: ast S0 spring a picture of a pollution appeared in the erse h0 t Daily American. As these things come closer , > it riles me up more than ever. ee \V0 ,^ k later the state was to investigate the pollution. ins it be investigated as it should be, or would the or ti0zT j he paid off by the owner of the stripping opera tion r°m where the pollution was coming was the ques- ^ e all asked ourselves. W> roust clean up our streams and polluted areas but ca aU~ i , .i i « . ii ». ald k° hetter clean up these areas where "money talks' e h0]i hig operator gets off easily and starts the v/ "MOTHER . . . AND I DON'T BLAME HER . . . °on problem all over again. WON'T COME ABOARD UNTIL SHE FINDS OUT ALFRED L. ONSTEAD, Central City WHAT THAT PLANK IS FOR." *u GUST-1970 Fissure 0VTL00B By.. Stan Paulakovich
New York released 10,000 Coho. 1**J COHO COMING UP more than doubled what had been P in for 1968 although we're still a 1°?& One of the most controversial topics started coming out of Erie of adult way from what was stocked in ka for discussion among Pennsylvania an Coho catches. The fish ran up to 26 or Michigan. In 1968 they stocked 7,00^ glers last year was the Coho Salmon in 27 inches and weights averaged be 000 in the fifth year of their prog&& Lake Erie. To the fisherman who fished tween six and seven pounds. Fishing Our spring stockings for 1970 na Erie last year, some found it excellent, was limited to the lake itself. Very few taken a significant jump and I'm s , others found it just so-so, and some if any fishermen knew the first thing that Ohio and New York have also V found it lousy. To us in the Fish Com about Coho behavior or how to catch creased their numbers. „ j. mission it proved one thing conclusive them. A visiting Conservation Biologist In the fall of 1969 most of the &? ly. That is, Lake Erie is capable of sus from Michigan made a classic statement taken by all methods were Penn 7 taining and maturing Coho Salmon to then when he said, "As far as I'm con vania's adipose fin clipped fish. '0 real good sizes. cerned, right now there are very few Ohio and New York fin clips, as well rec Back in 1968 Pennsylvania stocked Coho experts." undipped specimens were also °, -0 81,000 Salmon in tributaries to the lake In 1969 the Pennsylvania Fish Com ed. Conservation officers of both ° that averaged 6 to 7 inches in length. mission started to keep records of all and New York reported that they r,^ Ohio stocked another 30,000 in their fish netted from our streams and re corded goodly numbers of Pennsylva ^ streams. New York put 5,100 in their leased to inland waters, plus those that fish in their catches which proves \ feeder streams. As far as we know On were taken for eggs and milt. We also although the majority of the salin tario and the state of Michigan, which recorded numbers, weights and mea stocked will return to the point °* J also border the lake, did not introduce surements of those fish taken by sports origin, some of the fish are rebels a any Coho directly into Lake Erie, but fishermen if they were brought into the will show up elsewhere. le there is a possibility that some of Michi Walnut Creek access area or if they Besides the fact that so Htt ,g gan's fish could have come down from were checked by our Waterways Patrol known on how to take Coho in ,i Lake Huron into Erie. Pennsylvania, men. This total ran just under 4% of early summer and through the Ohio and New York clipped different what we had released. Certainly there there is another problem. That is . fins on the Coho when they were were plenty caught by hook and line size of Lake Erie itself. Erie is rougw stocked. Michigan did not fin clip their that we heard nothing about. One Erie 250 miles long by 50 miles wide. D^ fish. A few fish were taken in 1968 and angler took a good one and thought it est area is 210 feet with average dep 1969 that were not fin clipped. These would be too small to register—after it being 100 feet. This is a pretty g°^j could have been Michigan's fish or per was cleaned it still went over nine puddle for fish to swim around m aff haps Coho that had escaped from their pounds! For the purpose of numbers it it takes some know-how to locate the""' holding ponds before they were fin- is worthwhile to mention here that A Oc' clipped. Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania pro Then too, in late September ana In the fall of 1968 fishermen were hibited commercial netting of salmon in tober if the winds come out of the W catching Coho from Lake Erie that ran Erie but Canada did not restrict the northwest, or the north the lake e from 14 to 19 inches in length and Ontario commercial netters from taking pretty mean. Waves and swells up ^ from IVz to 5 pounds in weight. This them so tons * and tons of these fish six feet high are no place for a sflj> was fantastic growth from the 6 to 7 were brought into Canada by their net boat and it's almost impossible ters. to fish from shore. J inch fish that had been stocked just six During the past spring in Apr1' ,jy months earlier. Since no records were In the spring of 1969 releases of May fishing for Coho was excepti°n kept that first year, no accurate count young salmon were again made in good. Emerald Shiners came j can be given for that time. From re Erie's tributaries and these will return Presque Isle Bay and into the coves , ports of the fishermen who caught some this fall. Co-operative nurseries along bays along Erie's shores to spawn of them during that time it is probably Erie's shores had increased their hold the Coho followed them in. Coho's safe to say that at least 1,000 were en ings and through the efforts of these spring ran up to 21 inches in l <-' e taken. clubs and what we had raised 131,000 This was 3 to 4 inches larger than t In the fall of 1969 the first reports were released. Ohio stocked 95,000 and caught last spring. As the waters w
PENNSYLVANIA ANG L£ Ashing Outlook Continued- out of Michigan indicate that Coho pre Doc Beil another local took 32 Coho fer water of 55 degree temperature. If last year fishing mostly offshore, all in Wl the spawning is completed by the this range is deeper than 40 feet it will waters of less than 10 foot depths. He lr »ers, they will leave for deeper water be necessary to use lead core lines to used primarily a #1400 Wonderlure in an d the Coho's will follow their food get the bait down to them. Trolling silver. This resembles the two to three Pply. Best results this spring were speeds were just fast enough to give the inch daredevle with the paint scratched Itn a number 3 or 4 silver bladed spin- lure or bait action. Two to three M.P.H. off. I asked both these gentlemen of the ner with the red bead body. was recommended. possibility of taking Coho on bait early Pennsylvania's shoreline is about 40 Another popular method in Michigan in the season. Both reported that they , lles long on Lake Erie and there are is called mooching. Sufficient weight is had seen Coho caught last year by tter than two dozen tributaries that added to get the bait down to the 55 fishermen drifting along using night- °w into the lake in this stretch. Most degree range. Cut strips of bait fish or crawlers and a bobber. Live minnow these streams are rather small. Twen- the whole fish were used. Nightcrawlers and salmon egg clusters should also y Mile Creek on the eastern edge of and Salmon egg clusters in a mesh bag work. In Lake Erie there is also the pos "e state and Elk Creek, west of Erie over a treble hook may work too. The sibility of taking one of the lake run e the largest. Offshore from where same terminal tackle as was used for Rainbows that inhabit the lake. A 9V4 eams flow into the lake is where most trolling is hooked up. The boat is al pounder was erroneously entered as a the fishing is concentrated. The lowed to drift with the wind and the Coho last year in one of the contests ^mission has access areas at Walnut bobbing action of the boat imparts ac sponsored by an Erie sporting goods reek and at Twenty Mile Creek. There tion to the bait. A few pulls on the store. teii boat liveries and access available at oars or a run of the motor will add to During the summer and early fall Elk Cr, eek, Presque Isle Bay, Eight Mile the movement of the bait. Cr Coho are a pretty silvery color over-all. eek. Twelve Mile Creek and at Local angler George Baldwin last fall Heavy, beautifully proportioned fish, enty Mile Creek. caught 40 Coho trolling offshore. Best their flesh is that typical pinkish salmon Michigan fishermen employed various times for him were from sun-up to color. e e |hods for taking Coho during the around 9:00 A.M. and then again in the If you intend to fish Erie this summer .ar7 summer and fall months. For troll- evening until sunset. Most of his fish or fall do one thing before you travel ofii at ^P^s UP to about 40 feet, mon- were caught within several hundred any distance—call the Erie Coast Guard lament lines of at least 15 pound test yards of shore and he figured his lure station and get the weather forecast ^er,e used. A keel sinker of appropri- was running about 4 feet down. He al and current report. Lake Erie is quick ate Weight, with swivels on each end, ways trolled into the wind and waves ly changeable. It's no fun traveling sev s attached three feet above the lure near the mouth of one of the tributary eral hundred miles to find you can't get , bait. This got it down to the right streams. He used several different lures, on the lake. We hope to have similar Pth and also kept the line from twist- the silver flatfish in sixe 4x, a #3 Mepps information and the fishing reports |°' The leader from the swivel to the Spinner with nickel blade and a #3 available at our Walnut Creek station |r7\Was 25 pound test. Coho have a Mepps Anglia long with the orange as the season progresses. For more in tin °^ roumg over tne leader and cut- fluorescent blade. He surmised that the formation write for "Coho brochure" si) °r breaking it- Large streamers, Salmon were feeding in loose schools on Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Box A] r P'ugs °r spoons, whole Smelt or shiners and minnows. As the noise and 1673, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 or the Erie ^ »es or strips out from these fish activity increased along the shores the County Tourist and Convention Bureau § ® aH employed. Emerald Shiners or bait fish moved out and with them the at 1611 Peach St., Erie, Pa. 16501. See eIt should do well in Erie. Reports Coho. you this fall in Coho Country! HONORED The Pennsylvania Fish Commission's Engineering Divi sion has been named the outstanding small government agency in the state for 1969 by the Pennsylvania Society Or Professional Engineers. The Division, with headquarters in Belief on te, is com prised of a staff of about 45 headed by Edward R. Miller, chief of the Division. The Division is responsible for plan ning, designing, building, and maintaining new facilities for boaters and fishermen throughout the state. Agencies of 11 branches of government participated in the Society's evaluation program. Shown with the award are Commission Executive Direc tor Robert J. Bielo and Engineering Division Chief Edward R- Miller. 4u GU S T - 1 97 An Unexpected Pay Off DRY WEATHER WILD WATER BASS by JOHN C. REX
Labor Day, 1969, like the month of days preceding 11 "v;?R«. it, was hot and still and dry. Dusty leaves hung moti" less on the trees. A scorching sun shown through a heav mantel of ground haze. The dog-day doldrums were sO on the land. With time on my hands and love of fish^e in my heart, it seemed appropriate to celebrate the e° of the vacation season by challenging adverse conditio11 and trying for some action on a stream. Come mid-afte noon, I put on a pair of shorts, a pair of old shoes, fishing vest and, taking the fly rod, headed for the S«s quehanna near Harrisburg, where the expectation oi wetting seemed refreshing and the prospects of take's a bass promised some excitement—and where, in reality' I got the surprise of my fishing life. Driving north from Wormleysburg along the west shof of the river, I found a spot above the Rockville Bridge *° the car, near water with gentle riffles and rocky pocke which spelled BASS. "Hope springs eternal, etc." For an hour, I carefujv worked the pockets, changing flies and employing all v* techniques my "betters" had drummed into me. Nothing It was as still as a tomb. In disgust, I returned to
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mm;, PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE °ar, barking my shin against a rock and muttering a little bottom was no problem. The water, thigh deep, felt good as I waded out of the river. against my legs. Hope again was high. While wearily driving homeward and wondering why I reached the head of the fast sweep. What fly to try? Uch an apparently good habitat for bass should not pro- Upon opening the fly box, the first thing to strike my eyes ^ce a single rise, an idea started to generate. Weather was a white marabou streamer, No. 4, long shanked hook, c°nditions. That had to have something to do with it. I silver bodied, red hackled. On it went. °ught about the absence of rain and wind for the past The false casts lengthened. The shoot. The fly dropped ^°nth, the receding water level and how the oxygen con- nicely, directly across the wild water, fifty feet away. With ent of the water, through lack of agitation, must be ex- the start of the hand—twist retrieve, there was a swirl, a etnely low. It made sense. It could be that the oxygen- sun-lit flash of bronze, a pleasant, shocking jolt through wved bass were working so hard to pump enough water the rod. "rough their gills to survive that normal feeding habits I raised the rod high. He ran with the fast water, Were forgotten. against the drag of the reel, well into the backing. Next, Then, a hunch. On the trip up, I had looked with in- he jumped high, flaring tail, fins and gill covers. There erest at the bridge construction job not far from Enola, was an increase in my blood pressure. I recovered line. hich would ultimately carry Interstate 81 over the He made three or four more runs, then came to the net, usquehanna. A wide rock and earth causeway joined a reluctant until the last moment. A shining beauty, about rge island in the center of the river with the west shore, fifteen inches long. Ostructing the entire western section of the river. Along The next three casts produced three more smallmouths, Ae causeway, the bridge piers were rising. Through the twelve to fifteen inches long. Each charged down the fast avjseway, and this is the thing that gave rise to the hunch water, making the reel sing, justifying his reputation as s°ciated with the earlier reasoning, water was spilling in "inch for inch and pound for pound the fightingest fish torrent by way of three large pipes placed side by side. around." Upon reaching the site, I found my way across the I could not believe it. Pausing to light my pipe and "road tracks, down a road, ankle-deep with dust, to the look around, I expected to be charged under by a wave ^structio n headquarters on the river bank. Being a holi- of other fishermen. The place was still all mine. This was ay. the place was deserted. living! *r did not take long to park the car, pick up gear and During the next hour and a half, fourteen more small- ach the point on the causeway at the pipes, which mouths, running about eight to fifteen inches, came to the ere corrugated steel, about four feet in diameter. net. A couple of times, I lost fish, and while recovering the •I he water splashed noisily from the pipes into a large fly for the next cast, I had other fish take. This man- urning pool, the run-out from which was a fast sweep made areation of the soupy Susquehanna had concentrated ' °ut a hundred yards long. If there was a bass in the the bass in a ribbon of river water. er> and he wanted aerated water, this had to be the The sun had set when I returned to an understanding PQt- It was worth a try. wife—wet, tired and babbling with enthusiasm. The Several hundred feet back along the causeway was an hunch, following failure, had paid off. sy place to enter the river. The wading over a gravel There is more. The following day, after lunch, I re turned. The place was deserted as before. This time, I fished the churning pool and the fast sweep for a little more than three hours, using nothing but the white mara bou. I took thirty-two smallmouths like those of the pre vious day and they eagerly tore three streamer flies to shreds. How does a fisherman keep a thing like this to himself? He does not. That night, I spilled the story to a buddy. His eyes sparkled. Monday evening, he and his fishing wife visited the "pipe paradise." I waited for his phone call. It came well after dark. Except for a couple of small fish, they had done nothing. At that point, my stock with him was worth a nickel a share. We cast about for an answer and decided we had found one when we recalled the long and heavy rainstorm of Sunday night, which must have stirred things up and dispersed that heavy concentration of fish. This little narrative of a fishing experience should serve as an admonishment. Play your hunches, boys! Play my hunch, too, and look for well aerated water in dry times. . . . "the sun had set when I returned to an understanding wife—wet, tired and babbling with enthusiasm. The hunch, following fail ure, had paid off." the ^m^ 11
by TOM EGGL#P
photographs- Eugene Novak Although the name sounds as if they might be members Individually all are registered tournament champions in the staff of this magazine, the "Pennsylvania Anglers" their own right and, as a team, they hold several first place re really three expert casters from Hellertown, Pennsyl- titles including the Pennsylvania State Open Bait Casting ania who are unusually skilled in the art of casting and Championship, the New Jersey State Open Championship, h° demonstrate this art throughout the state and coun the New York Sports Show team tournament, International try. Casting Tournament at Toronto, Canada, and a second . Originally known as the Hellertown Casting Club and in the National Casting Tournament. j*r known as the Hellertown American Legion Casting All hold full time jobs unrelated to outdoor sports, al , u° (the Legion has permitted them to use the Legion though each is an avid fisherman as well as caster. "We aW for practice for years), the group was started a use the same rods and reels in our demonstrations that we rnber of years ago by five avid fishermen who spent use for fishing and we try to use a variety of readily e then "off" fishing months practicing their casting in available equipment of different brands, although we aer to be proficient when the seasons opened. The generally like to use what is generally considered 'light' trng practice soon became a sport of its own and at tackle," says Praczko who serves as the group's secretary. e point the group had some two dozen members. Praczko adds that they "go for the sport of fishing" and s ^ an unforeseen demand for demonstrations from the that they try to promote "fair play" for the sport. "A lot s °UP developed, it became apparent that a continuing of guys like to keep everything they catch. We don't go f actice schedule would be necessary to maintain a high for that and we try to get this point across to our audiences et of skill and as the years passed the casting practice as we present our program," he says. "edule, as well as time itself, took its toll of members Generally the show starts off with a demonstration of a now ^e grouP is trimmed down to the three highly the proper use of spin and bait casting equipment with "led present members—Al Stair, Joe Horvath, and Vince simple overhand casts then, as things progress, more and aczko. Horvath has over 30 years of experience, Stair more difficult casts are made. uver 25 and Praczko, youngest of the trio, over a dozen. Each demonstration lasts about half an hour and is well eve Valakovich, at 87, is the oldest former member of worth seeing if you happen to be near where they are the team. appearing!
ABOVE ARE Pennsylvania An glers team members Al Stair, Vincent Praczko, and Joe Hor vath ready for a show. To the left Horvath cuts a single cig arette in two held by Praczko and Horvath while to the right Praczko and Horvath control a rod and reel separately to drop a plug through the ring held by Stair. And these are just a couple of the feats the group performs!
AVAILABLE Organizations interested in having the "Pennsylvania An glers" participate at fairs, shows, etc., should contact Vincent Praczko at 1027 First Avenue, Hellertown, Pennsyl vania
^G UST-1970 No matter how you use your fiye glass boat—fishing, skiing, cruisi°e —it's a good idea to know some ? these basics about. . . FIBER Gli s if A boat is a boat is a boat. And you get her dirty enough she will nefid cleaning. A fiber glass boat is no e%cc tion—though she starts off with the a' vantage that maintenance is strictly cosmetic operation. the It's just a question of knowing right "out" for the proper and cleaning. DUST AND DIRT usually can flushed from a gel coat or painted S 1 face with mild soap or quality boa soap, and water. However, simple floss ing with cold water will not remove de- posits of dirt from crevices and com1efS ' A sudsy solution is needed, follower a clear water rinse. . Beware use of a harsh deterge^ which will remove some of the ^ from the surface and may remove SO" of the pigmented surface itself. the Surface algae grow readily on ALL FIBER GLASS boats should , cleaned completely at least once a year . t some areas such as the area beloW jj waterline may have to be cleaned -^ trequentiyfrequently.. Thine more ofteotten a fiber..™nw... t> e- boat is cleaned, the easier the job W"1
LV A N * BOAT CARE aterline areas of all boats, and oily bottom and waterline clean except for fiber glass surface with metal-bristled Ulfi and grease streaks accumulate at an occasional scrub. brushes- or metal tools. Natural and etl the cleanest of marinas. For stubborn waterline stains, how nylon scrub brushes work well and the 0 s *L, GREASE AND ALGAE ever, stern measures are needed. Cer wooden backs make adequate non- ^INS can involve a more-than-usual tainly strong detergents, perhaps even gouging scrapers. anup job, depending on how long the cleansing powders or soap pads, will The best of all maintenance, of ams are allowed to build up. Left for be required. After continued staining course, is that which prevents or dis Protracted period, they may actually and cleaning, it may actually be neces courages dirt and stains from accumu t netrate the gel coat or painted SUr- sary to use an ultra-fine wet sandpaper lating. Experts at MFG Boat Co. and Jacp tint to restore color and surface. It should Crestliner Boats offer the following tips or a boat. Further, since these be remembered, however, that these to boatmen who want to keep decks and ins recur in the same waterline area, harsh methods do remove surface mate hulls beautiful in spite of the onslaught Plated heavy cleaning tends not only rials which will have to be replaced of a dirty old world. Qull the surface but make it more sooner or later. ^eptible to future staining. WAXING is the word for this. The , 0r boats kept in the water, a wash There are, today, special cleaners for frequency of a thorough wax job de 0 oil and grease or they may be wiped off pends on how much the boat is used «tflI*d using a household detergent with bl eaching action may do the job- with benzine, gasoline or kerosene. and under what circumstances, and the do:f e frequently enough. The trick A thorough flushing of the surface type wax employed. Once a year is a ^ lu get at the topsides using a long and waxing of the affected areas should minimum, supplemented by touch-ups ^led soft brush or swab, follow these stern cleansing methods, following drastic cleaning. ir i ailered or cartopped boats should both to discourage susceptibility to fu Even before a fiber glass boat ever e wi st . ped off with a wet cloth while ture staining and to bring up the gloss. touches water she should be washed d , arnp. Scum and other growths and MARINE ORGANISMS can be re with mild soap or quality boat soap ns . are easiest to remove immediately moved with a harsh brush or scraper, using a soft cloth, thoroughly rinsed, r i ^ the boat is pulled from the water, depending on how much has been al and polished with high-quality paste re j ° it has dried off. Such wipe lowed to accumulate. Caution is re wax. Special boat waxes are available rs should be enough to keep the quired to avoid actual gouging of the continued on page 27 At least part of the enjoyment of a fishing trip is the sight of flower* blooming prodigiously without anyone's having to plant, fertilize, ciw' tivate, weed, or spray them. Emerson declared that a flower's beauty is its own excuse for being." Of course a flower, if it could, wouldn agree. It does not produce a lovely bloom to make the world a W WOODLAND eS more enjoyable for an angler. Colorful petals, nectar, and perfuffl are to lure a pollen-covered bee to the flower's pistils so that seed5 for more flowers in coming years will be produced. But most of us a** just happy they're there, adding to the fun of our outing. Let's n°* FLOWERS disturb them. See how many of these common flowers you can match with their names. by CARSTEN AHRENS/illustrations-Karin Ahrens DeStafano
A Black-eyed Susan is an all summer bloomer with many yellow, black-centered flowers on each plant. It is often called yellow daisy. B Blood root, of the Poppy family, has a white flower and a lobed leaf. It can be identified by its orange-red juice and root. C Bluets are tiny, 4-petaled blue flowers that grow in dense masses; they seem like a patch of sky come to earth. D Cardinal flower, of the Lobelia family, has such velvety, intensely red flowers that once you meet them they will glow forever in your memory. E Columbine, of the Buttercup family, has an ornate red and yellow flower ending in nectar-filled spurs that delight humming birds. F Wild geranium or cranesbill has rosy flowers and scented leaves; it is not related to the common household "geranium." G Wild ginger is a shade lover. It has large, hairy, heart-shaped leaves and a small, brownish flower that grows close to the ground. H Hawkweeds are colorful yellow or orange flowered plants, introduced from Eu rope, that often make themselves at home in our meadows. I Hepatica, of the Buttercup family, is a low plant with 3-lobed leaves and flowers bearing 6 white, blue, or pink petals. J Marsh marigold, another buttercup, has heart-shaped leaves and intensely yellow flowers. It is often incorrectly called "cowslip." K May apple or mandrake hides a large, white flower under a big, many-lobed leaf. It belongs to the Barberry family. L Common milkweed has bunches of purplish, flycatching flowers, thick leaves, and gets it name from its white sticky sap. M Oswego tea or bee balm is a late summer member of the Mint family; it has showy crimson flowers. N Queen Anne lace or wild carrot, a lacy, flat flower with finely cut leaves, came to America with the early settlers from Europe. O Spring beauty is one of the first spring wildflower to open its white or pink petals. Its slender stem and linear leaves grow from a small tuber. P Trilliums or wake robins are early blooming members of the Lily family. A hill side of white trilliums is a sight not soon forgotten. Q The wild strawberry's white flower is inconspicuous but any angler who finds the plant in fruit will forget fishing for a while. It belongs to the Rose family. R Teasel is a prickly stemmed and flowered plant that remains standing, stiff and armed through the winter. It was introduced from Europe.
14 A 13 D 9 G 11 J 12 M 6 P ANSWERS 10 B 3 E 17 H 8 K 16 N 5 Q 15 C 2 F 4 I 7 L 19 O 18 R
12 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE ^entify These Woodland Flowers
*U GUST-1970 13 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PARK LAKE 6
ROBERT G. MILLER, chief Public Relations Office Department of Forests and Water5
Trying hard to relax in today's a8 of electronics, computers and astronaut flying to the moon? Does the rap'" pace at home and at work, leave y°, dazed and dragged out at the end ° a work week? If the answer is "yes" in both caS** then try fishing and if you're st^ jumpy, because water skiers keep v° on edge, then choose an area v/he* speed is left behind—one of Pennsy1' vania's State Park lakes.
THREE OF the many popular State P** r lakes in the Commonwealth are shown he y Above is Kettle Creek State Park; left ' Chapman State Park; and below is tl1 marina at Prince' Gallitzin State Park.
14 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE11 "erhaps Pennsylvania's fishermen are areas there is Bruce Lake, a 48-acre acre Peck's Pond in Pike County. °re fortunate than those of other body of water, and the 60-acre Egypt In addition there is the Delaware es> in that they've a multitude of Meadow Lake, both in Pike County, Canal, a part of the Roosevelt State e'i stocked lakes where one can dunk with access by foot only. Its about one Park, in Bucks and Northampton coun °aited hook, cast a fly or troll, and mile and a half to Egypt Meadow Lake ties, which is an ideal waterway for ad e only sound is the swish of a paddle and three miles to Bruce Lake. venturesome canoeists provided they oars, perhaps that of a distant six And of the many State forest picnic don't mind a portage or two around the ten horsepower outboard, the drone areas in Pennsylvania, there is the 300- locks. a honey bee or, as dusk settles, the foaking of a frog comfortably settled l0ng the shoreline. STATB PARKS WITH LAKES "or example, 36 to 40 miles north- es A list of State parks with lakes, the counties in which they are . t of Philadelphia, as the crow flies, located, water acreage and horsepower limitation, if outboards are g French Creek State Park with its permitted, is as follows: °Pewell and Scotts Run lakes; near , Cranton is Frances Slocum and Toby- STATE PARK COUNTY WATER ACREAGE atln Black Moshannon Centre 250 c a, both State parks with lakes 68 0y Chapman Warren ering 165 to 170 acres; and not far Cowans Gap Fulton 42 °m Pittsburgh are Keystone State Frances Slocum Luzerne 165 ar*> with a 78-acre lake; Raccoon French Creek Berks-Chester 68 Hopewell 21 Scotts Run eek State Park, containing a 101-acre Gilford Pinchot York 340 ervoir; and now under construction Gouldsboro Monroe-Wayne 255 Butler County is the Moraine State Hills Creek Tioga 137 rlc which will have a lake with a Kettle Creek Clinton 160 aPacity of over 3,000 acres. Keystone Westmoreland 78 Laurel Hill Somerset 65 Pennsylvania's State park lakes were Little Pine Lycoming 90 armed and created with a multiple- Lyman Run Potter 40 e concept in mind; that is, while they Memorial Lake Lebanon 80 ay be intended for flood control they Parker Dam Clearfield 19 0 Pine Grove Furnace Cumberland 25 provide the general public with Poe Valley Centre 24 u td0or recreation. Prince Gallitzin Cambria 1,640 (6 hp permitted) There are, in the Keystone state, 27 Promised Land Pike 422 Promised Land Lake ate parks, two wilderness areas and 173 Lower Lake e Prompton Wayne 280 t forest picnic area with lakes for Ricketts Glen Luzerne 254 atir c° >g and fishing. In the majority of Columbia i es> outboard motors are prohibited Sullivan i there are a few where six and ten Ryerson Station Greene 61 Shawnee Bedford 451 rsepower outboards are permitted. Sinnemahoning Cameron 142 s ^'though not included in the sub- Tobyhanna Monroe-Wayne 170 vtent listing, the largest of these res- Whipple Dam Huntingdon 21 rvoirs, 14,500 acres, is located at the f These represent the existing lake areas, provided by the Depart j/'fiatuning State Park in western ment of Forests and Waters, but the efforts to establish new areas to k nsylvania. This area is administered meet the demands of the general public continue. ^ We Water and Power Resources For example new State park lands already acquired, which will r°-> Bureau of Engineering, De- Part, include lakes for small watercraft, and which are either under design merit of Forests and Waters, and or construction are: Perm-rts outboards up to ten horsepower, WATER HP he lakes are stocked with large STATE PARK COUNTY ACREAGE LIMITATIONS , uth and smallmouth bass, some with Codorus York 1,275 6 Little Buffalo Perry 105 No Motors ortT as We^ as P^e> muskie and many er Locust Lake Schuylkill 52 No Motors a warm water species. As a rule Moraine Butler 3,200 6 es not on 10 fisVr ly provide excellent Nockamixon Bucks 1,450 6 n § but serve, as the nucleus for Maurice K. Goddard Mercer 1,860 6 oth, 1 Tuscarora Schuylkill 100 No Motors Sty forms of outdoor recreation as ming, camping and picnicking. Yellow Creek Indiana 700 No Motors tjj addition one may find, surroun- Thus these new State park lakes will provide an additional 8,700 carn • ^a'ce' family cabins, group acres of water for the small craft owner who will not have far to and ^'n^ areas> family campsites, hiking travel, in any direction, to find peace and quiet surroundings well ^nature trails. away from his daily routine to provide not only relaxation but a nice r those who prefer the wilderness catch of fish at the end of the day. All GUST-1970 15 Some Answers To Questions About CAPACITY PLATE REQUIREMENTS by Copt. C. E. Leising Assistant Director Pennsylvania Fish Commission
The need for limiting the number of persons that can be safely loaded into a boat has long been recognized by the industry as well as by federal and state agencies charged with responsibility of protecting the boater from unnecessary danger. Latest U. S. Coast Guard statistics showed that of the 1203 drownings as the result of boating accidents in 1968, 580 were due to Capsizing and 297 due to Falls Overboard. In addition there were 126 lives lost due to sink an1d ings or disappearance of the boat. few manufacturers who do not already voted to educating the public a While many of these deaths were install such plates at the factory will be dealers to the law. The questions ° required to do so. It should thus be answers which follow were drawn " caused by inexperience of the operator 1 or improper handling of the boat I am clear that a capacity plate is a good to cover the points which seem to cai the dealers and the public the greats convinced that many of these fatalities thing. ( —even more than is shown to be the The first thing to be understood re confusion—interpretation of this law. case by the official statistics—were due garding Pennsylvania's Law—Act 227 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (P. L. 478) which was signed by the to the boat being either overloaded or t0 improperly loaded. A boat capsizes, or Governor on 25 February 1967, is that Question 1. Does the law apply a passenger is thrown off balance and it applies only to certain vessels which boat which was sold before 1 JanuW perhaps overboard, because the boat were manufactured, transferred or sold 1969 and which, therefore, does »* has insufficient stability for the manner after 1 January 1969. Further, the law require a capacity plate but which *• in which it is being handled or the affects only vessels less than twenty-six had a new and larger engine instaU weather which prevails. feet in length which are designed to since the law became effective? Answer The law refers only to 've Without going into technical aspects carry two or more persons and to be of the calculations used by the Water propelled by machinery or by oars. sels" so that if the boat were manuta Canoes and sailboats are exempt. So tured, transferred or sold prior to ways Division of the Pennsylvania Fish tfl Commission be assured that the for if you have owned your boat since be January 1969 and retained by mulas we use are the best available at fore 1 January 1969 the law does not buyer, the law would not apply- * the present time for both load and apply to you, however, we have found law would only become operative v?" a horsepower limitations. U. S. Coast that most owners when they understand the boat is later put up for sale or he Guard officials have indicated that one the purpose of the Capacity Plate, are fer. While the boater would thus 1 of the first regulations that will be anxious to have one for their boat even within the letter of the law, he certatf / 1 promulgated under the new Federal if it might not be required by law. As would not be complying with the sp , a Safe Boating Act will pertain to capac of the end of March 1970 approximate and would be subjecting himself ity plates. And within a few years then ly 1300 plates had been issued by the passengers to a foolish risk. all states will join Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. Question 2. Is a boat dealer actual) eight or nine other states which have The law has therefore been in effect "offering for sale" an overpower state requirements and the relatively for over a year and all of 1969 was de boat-engine combination which rfJ*
16 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL 1 wtito* . APPLYING FOR A CAPACITY PLATE is easy. Obtain an application form from the l^fsi BOAT BUILDERS Watercraft Safety Division of the Pennsyl , PI SAILMmi CMS) UNOfR 2fe FECI IN LENfaTH DESIGNED MORE PERSONS JmilWELlHl 6V MACHINERY OR DESIGNED vania Fish Commission (Box 1673, Harris- BY OARS. IF BUILT AFfER. JANUARY I 1969 MUST BE burg, Pa. 17120) and fill it out including the CAPACITY PLATE SIMILAR TaiHIS: measurements of overall length (above); the maximum beam (below, left); the stern width (right); and finally the transom height. Send this information along with a check or money order for $2.00 to the Commission (address PENNSYLVANIAl^^COM MISSION above) where carrying and motor capacity will be computed.
*! 0spective buyer demands even when scribed PLATE. He should not have ac Regulations; i.e., "at a position handy e dealer advises him that such a cepted any vessels built after 1 January for observation from the operators' po Co,ttbination is illegal? 1969 which did not comply with the sition"? t ^ ^U)er Yes. He is liable under the law. Best advice is to not accept any Answer Same as answer to question 5 ^ for offering it if it can be bought more. except in such case he can also give 0ln , him regardless of the meaning of Question 5. What about boats a information taken directly off of the in e , Word "offer." The boat is covered DEALER has taken in on trade that do stalled plate. If you procure a new one y the law when its ownership is trans not have the prescribed PLATE? from Pennsylvania Fish Commission, ca ited. It is the seller's responsibility to Answer He can either procure one pacities will be the same unless our e that the required capacity plate is from the manufacturer or make appli computation shows a change is neces Called. And a buyer who accepts a cation himself to Waterways Division, sary. t, ^bination which is not allowed by Pennsylvania Fish Commission, P. O. Question 8. What if a customer wants i. Opacity plate is foolishly making Box 1673, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to buy a second-hand vessel and use s > elf liable to penalty under the law. 17120. Application forms can be ob his own outboard but the dealer's calcu WeWon 3. Where does the liability tained from the District Waterways lation indicates a lower horsepower lim t, if the owner of a boat, subject to Patrolman or a regional office of the itation would be imposed? i *w, desires later to increase the Commission. Answer If the vessel does NOT have Orsepower of his engine? Question 6. What if a DEALER has a Capacity Plate already affixed by the t t>er manufacturer or by the Pennsylvania ,• . j If the boat owner does the taken in a boat/engine combination that Fish Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish siKi unse^ he would be solely respon- exceeds the horsepower limitation Commission will give consideration to e- If the dealer does the job, he also shown on the manufacturers' Capacity "reasonable" requests for increasing - , e m violation of the law and Plate? upon receipt of a statement with the Q also be prosecuted. Answer Unless he can get the boat application. ™e*Mon 4. What can a DEALER do manufacturer to issue a capacity plate lot new boats in his stock which do showing the larger engine approved, he Question 9. What if the vessel does t>jj have the prescribed CAPACITY cannot legally sell that combination. have a Capacity Plate already affixed? Question 7. What if the vessel has a Answer If it is a manufacturer's plate, er capacity plate but it is not located in the answer is the same as that given to t,,,*-urgj. . ,H e can contact the manufac- and have him furnish the pre position required by Section 1.35 of the continued next page *U GUST-1970 17 continued from previous page CAPACITY PLATE REQUIREMENTS
question 6. If it is a Pennsylvania Fish Commission plate, the answer is as given to question 8. Question 10. What can be done to complete a sale on a vessel which does not have a legal capacity plate but which the customer wants to get into the water as soon as he gets it regis if the horsepower rating exceeds that Fish Commission whether the vessel can tered? allowed by the manufacturer's plate? safely accommodate an enginengine of 1 Answer It is to avoid this emergency Answer The Pennsylvania Fish Com horsepower he desires. The Pennsy ' sions that DEALERS are urged to get Ca mission is officially interested only in vania Fish Commission has provn pacity Plates affixed to all the vessels those certain specified vessels which are for considering reasonable requests. they intend to offer for sale. This is the manufactured, sold, or transferred after Question 13. The work sheet in P* law. However, it is realized that emer 1 January 1969. Boaters who have not Regulations appears to involve an aw" gencies do arise. In such cases, the purchased or built vessels after that lot of work and time in getting all tho^ DEALER should write a letter to the date are not subject to the provisions measurements. How does a DEAL™ Pennsylvania Fish Commission enclos of this law and hence can legally oper do this for the many boats he has W ing the Application form with proper ate as before. stock? payment. The letter should explain the Question 12. What advice should a Answer Actually the simple circumstances and request special ex dealer give to a prospective customer LxB pediting. A copy of the letter given to who wants to purchase and install a formula P = is sufficiently aC' the customer will serve as evidence to motor larger than the maximum allow 15 the Waterways Patrolmen that applica ed on Capacity Plate? curate for nearly all vessels. For w x 3 tion has been made. Anstoer The prospective buyer should weight carrying capacity: 7.5 x L Question 11. Must boaters remove be advised to request in writing from x D gives good approximations. TheS outboard engines they now are using either the manufacturer or Pennsylvania are easily obtainable.
SOME BOATS REQUIRE a slightly different measuring method, such as ** t e poontoon boat. First measure the diameter and the length of the poontoon; " ([ the width and length of the deck. These figures, along with overall length, ^ some additional questions on the application should provide all the informa110 necessary to obtain a capacity plate.
18 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL# * real brute of a fish, the carp abounds in Pennsyl- one ten year old moving briskly up and down the weedy n'as creeks and larger streams and they can give you bank as the carp made powerful runs. Si liC exc^mg moments when bass and trout have gone to Just as Steve would gain line, the carp would turn it on again and put on a rush for freedom. w ^discovered carp a couple of summers ago when sons Finally tired, the carp had to be landed after coming p *e> Steve, Dave, and I were fishing the Conodoguinet through three feet of thick moss and algae near the shore. th near Carlisle. Bass and sunfish weren't very active This whole scene was repeated, with variations, shortly L s °ne day, so we investigated the dimples in the water after when Mike (No. 1) hooked a much larger carp. I ; °w Us, We found, in a stretch of creek 100 yards long, have never seen a fish run as far or fast. This was real rin a g of large carp surface feeding on small flies and excitement; and it's so available. °ating vegetation. Dave (No. 3) left his rod for a moment, to watch a u espite their bulk, these carp barely rippled the surface hummingbird, and a carp nearly pulled it in. The fish had they rolled beneath the hatch of flies. One look was hooked itself and was heading for elsewhere. By the time u f. ° gh for the boys-and I felt the urge strong enough to Dave reached his rod, the fish had so much tension on the & sinkers and large hooks on my spinning outfit. line that the first yank broke the line. ty, °an of corn was enough to complete our requirements. Not all carp will be located feeding on the surface as f °le kernel, of course. (I remember one time we left ours were. This is probably the exception rather than the *fte creek in haste with cream style. It has quite an rule. Most carp can be found by watching for trails of ect Nv on the enthusiasm of the group.) Doughball and mud as they feed among weeds and moss on the bottom SQ ^s are also popular, but a can of corn was instant bait, of the creek. After the sun is high, carp often come to the e took the easy way. surface in groups and are quite visible. e fQ boys and I left early one morning for our newly Carp fishing can be a drag when they aren't biting; but W ^sr,ing grounds. Now, early to me means anytime there are times when these big fish hit often enough to the ^ n°0n on a week"en|d- I had long ago given up on take the doldrums out of still fishing. When you hook one e arly-bircl idea and prefer to take my fishing casually, of these fullbacks on light gear it helps give experience ty s >t turned out, the carp didn't start biting until we handling large fish. You simply can't "horse" one in. They ho L reacty to come home near noon time. No 2 son, Steve, are too powerful. Too, they have soft areas around their an $taM. d landed a nice carp of about four pounds to mouths which tear easily with too much pressure. \y *"e action, and all the excitement on his face was Maybe you don't like carp or still fishing but don't knock ^ the trip for me. it until you've tried it and you can always throw them Car ta_, . P of any size is a formidable fish on light spinning back. fU e~~and, in the hands of a young boy, wow! This first Let the bass and trout rest when they want to; and go an out almost all of his line before turning and had for carp. In quality, the side benefits are enormous.
GUST-1970 19 the pool gave up this well conditioned 15 inch midge riser the following season
thicket and came upon a clearing at W tail end of a large, deep pool. To stream is thirty or forty feet wide at to' Cruising point, and I paused again on a h'£ bank some eight or ten feet above t0 surface for a quick inspection of •? large hackled spider at the end of w leader. The sun was high, but from w vantage point and with the help of P° laroid glasses, I could easily scan to bottom of the lower portion of the p°0^ Picking ,n I had hoped to spot a trout or two ly ? out in shallow water as they do at to time of year, when cool evenings redvc the water temperatures from their suO1 mertime highs. Searching the sna ^0,, lower end of the pool, something ca«g Midging my eye at the head and watching m° intently, I noticed the barely perOT tible rings on the surface of the w3 seventy or eighty feet away. First he ' then there, and a third and r°ur?. Could these be chubs? The water at W| head of the pool was very slow a , wide. A small sapling, bent crooK from bank erosion held its branches ° TROUT and a couple of feet above the surf3 The concentric rings continued to W pear underneath and upstream *r the overhanging sapling. by John f. Busch, Jr. Deciding it was worth a cautious vestigation, I set the rod upright ag3' a cluster of fern and walked away J* . J the bank in a semicircle to my r'e . until I neared the bank's edge w" the crooked sapling hung over. Cr3 j Northern Pennsylvania frequently has I trudged upstream along the wooded ing the last ten feet Indian fashioO' J a couple of weeks of cool weather in path on one of my favorite stretches finally raised my head and peered mid August and this was one of those of stream and paused to watch the sur the water below. The setting beautiful late season afternoons. Below face of a pool on my right. A large enough to stir one's angling heart- » j normal daytime temperatures and rather boulder pierced the surface of the water three . . . four browns hung suspen e cool nights produced the first faint color in mid-stream. There seemed to be no a foot or so beneath the surface. On changes in the foliage high atop the surface activity, so I continued my way one they gently moved up to take soP maple trees. along the left bank, through a wooded thing on or in the surface film, cruw
20 P E N N SYLVANIA ANGL* jj feet, and pick off the surface again. of the line and I was into a good fish. the fly tying vice to produce a half oA ° 8 my nec^ a bit, revealed two I'd like to tell you that cunning and dozen #28 spent wing imitations, using ers above and they were also busy superior knowledge kept the fish up a very dark brown 8/0 silk tying thread 81 this cruising and picking. stream from me and that after an ex for the body and building it up at the ^°W to watch six fish surface feeding hausting battle I wrestled him two out thorax. No hackle or tail was used as in ^hat appeared to be a minute in- of three falls; but that's not the way it the conventional dry fly. Armed with • f> in an area no larger than your liv- happened. The fish immediately turned this new offer, I felt confident'in meet : 8 room, is most satisfying to the dry downstream toward me and the security ing the challenge and itched to get back J^ ^an, but the stopper in the whole of deep water, and made a right angle at 'em. jP'sode was that these fish were large; turn for the far bank that supported However, on my first try with the c r °f the six appeared to be in the the roots of the overhanging sapling. I spent wing 28's, two strikes were missed e didn't get a glimpse of him and I nty-incn class. I watched for some on the tiny hooks and again all of the e Until the muscles of my neck be- couldn't hold him but I was satisfied. fish were put down with the commo j™1 to ache. What were these fish tak- It's difficult to control a good fish on 7X tion. The best I could do was on the tn and a tiny hook. The fishing in that pool 0,P e ant, a small beetle, or some next trip. After a period of observation I er insect indigenous to this particu- was over, but later experiences told me on the high bank I again counted six P°rtion of the stream? that they would start to rise again in feeding fish and after diligent work get two or three hours. ting into casting position, managed to , inally, I could take it no longer, re- hook four, landing two of thirteen and fned to my rod in the same semicircle I spent the next couple of frustrating thirteen and one-half inches. Both were te and kneeling at the bank, quickly visits throwing various small imitations highly colored, well conditioned, late Pped off the spider. After numerous at these fish including the cinnamon season browns. i ^Pts I managed to add a fifteen- ant, small jassids and beetles on #20 ^ strand of 7X leader material and a and #22 hooks with only fair success, It was not until after the close of the f fur bodied, black ant to the twelve hooking an occasional brown of twelve season that further observation at the or thirteen inches. On occasion and hop tail of the pool revealed that of every si J leader. Crossing the stream at a (i '°w riffle below I made my way up ing for a change of pace I resorted to six or eight insects that floated within ri the big spiders and did manage to prick ght side of the pool, keeping trees my vision, only one was in the full a a large brown that promptly broke o , foliage between me and that pot of spent position with wings horizontal to a water and threw the hook. the surface. The others were either rid ai at the end of the rainbow. After pT ut ten minutes getting into casting It was my habit for the remainder of ing high on their toes with wings laid j ltl°u and in a half crouched position, the season to spend considerable time flat back on top of the body or in a par e rst cast wel a ve tne near watching their reeding habits from the tial spent position much like the wings est ^ ^ ' b° " of the common house fly. It was evident pe °f the rings, which were still ap- high bank. As the days became cooler ntl that my imitation was not correct. The pe S on the surface. Nothing hap- there was a conspicuous absence of the Nw, ^ half dozen more casts at ir- larger fish and although the big ones tying of the wings will have to conform 'ar intervals produced no rises were observed only a time or two after with the natural, I believe, if any suc • although the rings continued. that, those that were seen ranged from cess is to be achieved. Since the trout an about twelve to eighteen inches. They is blessed with very keen eyesight he c0 , gle of sunlight was such that I s not see De w no doubt is able to inspect the slow in l° the surface and continued to cruise and pick the minute stuff from the surface, making it diffi moving naturals and our imitations in HQ we fish were moving about and cult to present the fly properly. I was great detail. It appeared that these fish 0(, "aying in a single line of drift, one 0re not able to be on the stream at various seldom made a mistake. Once the rise c}0 could easily have been put D was started a definite break in the sur $tj]i y my casting but the rings were times of the day, but I believe they face was seen, denoting the taking of . appearing upstream from me, so I fed in this manner from mid morning to dusk. the insect, although the natural is about U a s e or two ano went t0 H> U a P * P - half the size of a #28. got gain. As it turned out I finally The third visit after this fine discov Into 0ne of tnem fiv by placing the fly ery prompted the study of the surface I look forward to late season and the Pea °r S'X ^eet ab°ve a rise that ap- of the water at close range at the tail use of a more properly tied fly. But a bPv4r ,i few feet out from the far end of the pool. The answer, in part even if conditions are the same the >k T anyway, was MIDGE. Upon making a t l chances are better than even that the »s ' Watched the ant almost motion- collection of the insect, a magnifying season will close and I will again be aw °ating in the shade, thirty-five feet an glass revealed a dark brownish-black thoroughly humbled by the cruising, str:v. °- was ready to make a delicate body, tapering from a point at the end picking, midging, browns. But knowing f0f " the rise came. It seemed to take r to body segment to a fat thorax, the wings the show these fish put on and the les p4s ^ float over the desired spot, a pale bluish-grey. (ORDER DIPTERA sons that are learned makes everything b6y by and floated three or four feet —Although no professional identification worth the effort. Armed with 7X or tl)a. • The thought crossed my mind was obtained, the insect appears to be even 8X leader tippets and size 28 flies, He ra^ Was °^ no Particular problem, of the Family Dixidae—Reference, AN one takes part in the most difficult and pea suddenly that familiar ring ap- a ain INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOL fascinating aspect of the angling sport. the 8 at the leader point. Lifting 0t* tip sharply, took the slack out OGY, J. H. Comstock.) I set to work at Anyone for 32's!
GUST-1970 21 The boisterous bass, with his appetite for everything r to and including water-skiers, does not enjoy the W* * mantle of culture of his fly-sipping cousin the trout. T-v flies are created with thought, executed with craftmans r and fished with finesse. Most bass flies, however, seem be conceived with the notion that bass are mentally tarded. Why? Why do bass flies come as prizes in g11 ball machines? Why can't the serious bass fisherman ^ loves the fly rod have a few patterns of his very ° He can. Allow me to introduce you to the Yellow Pooch. The Yellow Pooch was born several years ago as a , suit of experimenting with variations of weighted, t» Wooly Worms. In a series of fits and misfits, the Yel Pooch evolved. I will share with you how to tie it, hoW fish it, and some effective variations in the dressing- First of all you should be very hungry yourself * you sit down to dress the Yellow Pooch. Just before s Y„ rae per is a good time. Think in terms of "juicy" and " .e Select a good streamer style hook and put it in the bt the in the normal way. Hook sizes smaller than number eig are difficult to dress and seem a bit less effective the larger sizes. The hook in the photographs is a nufl1 two Mustad. Wind your tying thread from front to r yellow w with fairly close turns (this will help keep the lead in place). The tail is made from about fifteen to twe"/ hairs of black bucktail about one and one-half inches l°n&j pooch Tie in. Make the tag from a short strand of yellow w about one inch long; fold the strand in half and tie in two ends, right over the tail tie, so that about a 1uar i,, inch of yellow wool will pooch out from behind the °°, s Tie in a strand of dark olive chenille about eight I» Now turn the hook upside down and begin the » . g Bring your tying thread forward to about the end °i lead wire and then wrap a nice fat body with the che . Tie off and clip. Carefully now, gather up the wing j hair in a bundle and bring it forward over the body . g hold it firmly in place while you tie it securely. Cup t hair and dope the butts. Tie in some streamer hair so it extends to and beyond the bend of the hook. Abou same amount and length of the tail hair should do it- e wings should extend to the point of the hook; they r 1?* 22 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL» lair ta doD , ''> wool tag, body chenile, and wing case hair tied and Wind chenile forward and tie off, bring wing case hair forward °Ped at bend of hook. Wrap on lead wire. and tie off. Dope butts. (i e from opposite sections of black flight feathers, and make it creep. If there is a bit of current to the water, let ] " are tied on singly. Dope the butts. Pick out the the current roll and bounce the Pooch over the bottom. finii *' s°ftest:' juiciest, black hackle feather that you can Next, watch your line. As with most sunken flies, the strike u > the kind that would make a dry fly purist hide under often goes unnoticed, and the bass can often realize his L rug, tie it in, wind it on, tie it off, clip it, finish the mistake before the fisherman realizes his. Often the only "earj dope it, and presto! The Yellow Pooch. indication of a take will be a sudden twitch to the line th '•"haps the best variation that I've found is to make where it enters the water. If you can fish nymphs, you can body of dubbed rabbit or muskrat fur. Remember, if fish the Yellow Pooch. File or hone the hook point to e s a * good, more is better. Lots of fur makes it more needle sharpness so that each time you strike gently at ^"'jtizing. The tag is just as effective if made of orange some curious movement of the line you won't be unre 4 , Purple has proved to be an effective color for lures, warded. If you feel a fish, strike hard! v a , * e tied the Yellow Pooch with a purple wing case Just a last word of caution, Mr. Bass Fisherman; if it "Purple hackle, and it seemed to work reasonably well. would happen, and I'm not admitting anything myself, that ° fish the Yellow Pooch you should keep these few a beautiful, citation-size brownie would get himself caught est ons m sIn, ' mind. First, fish it on the bottom and very on the Yellow Pooch. . . . Shhhhhh . . . don't tell the Wi-y with an occasional twitch or two. Make it crawl; trout people. Let's keep it to ourselves. m a few strands of streamer hair, add wings, and tie in Wind on hackle, tie off and dope and presto! the Yellow Pooch. "ackle feather. GUST-1970 23 Continued From Last Month — 1969 JR. CITATION WINNERS Brooks Ludwig, 12, Cheswick, 15V4 inch, 1 lb. 9 "*' Crappie, Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. William L. Hayman, Mount Joy, 17 inch, 1 lb. IS °* Catfish, Bullhead, Safe Harbor Dam, Lancaster County Roberw t N. Wallace, Jr., 15, Fremont, Nebraska, 2$ "" ' "• "«"»«=> J'-. *•*, ionium, i^cuxaaiva, - inch, 8YA lb. Channel Catfish, Conodoquinet Creek, CW berland County. John Orusbosky, 15, Taylor, 24V4 inch, 4Vi lb. Chi"" Pickerel, Beaver Swamp, Sullivan County. Robert P. Overbaugh, 12, Hanover, 32Vi inch, 3V* lb' Eel, Yellow Breeches, Cumberland County. Peter Mclntyre, 12, Linesville, 13 inch, 1 lb. Yell"* Perch, Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. , Mike Skvarle, 14, Trafford, 34 inch, 11 lb. MuS^1' lunge, Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. ,., Warren J. Beaver, 9, Hartstown, 10 inch, 8 oz. BW? Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. . Steven A. Witkowski, 10, Lancaster, lOVz inch, 1 ' Rock Bass, Yellow Breeches, Cumberland County. Warren J. Beaver, 9, Hartstown, 23V2 inch, 5 lb. 2 °* Walleye, Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. ^ Brian K. Carlsson,. Hunlock Creek, 19 inch, 3 lb. 9^ DALE WAYBRIGHT of Annville was one of the many multiple oz. Largemouth Bass, Lake Henry, Wayne County. , Junior Citation winners again during 1969. Here he holds an I8>/4 inch, 2 pound 14 ounce smallmouth bass he caught while Darryl Arawjo, 15, Freemansburg, I6V2 inch, 1 ' ' fishing Little Swatara Creek in Lebanon County, a catch that 10 oz. Brook Trout, Monacacy Creek, Northafflp10' won him one of several citations during 1969. County. Michael Zomparelli, 9, Sharpsville, 26>/2 inch, 4 ' Northern Pike, Shenango River, Mercer County. , Richard Baron, 14, Lancaster, 18 inch, 2 lb. 2 oz. Michael Zomparelli, 9, Sharpsville, 28Vi inch, 5 ' Fallfish, Conestoga Creek, Lancaster County. Northern Pike, Shenango River, Mercer County. . Greg Shultz, 13, Lancaster, 16 inch, 2 lb. 1 oz. Fallfish, Warren J. Witkowski, 15, Lancaster, 10% inch, 1 ! Conestoga Creek, Lancaster County. Rock Bass, Yellow Breeches, Cumberland County. Richard W. Lewis, 13, Alburtis, 18 inch, 1 lb. lOVi oz. Terry Miller, 14, Schellsburg, 18V4 inch, 3VS lb. L#f Bullhead, Alburts Mine Hole, Lehigh County. mouth Bass, Shawnee Lake, Bedford County. Victoria A. Gessner, 14, Stroudsburg, 14% inch, 1% lb. Donna M. Massini, 9, Allentown, I8Y2 inch, 2 lb. R3"1 Yellow Perch, Vic's Pond, Monroe County. bow Trout, Little Lehigh River, Lehigh County. . Robert Barker, 13, Havertown, 15>/2 inch, 1 lb. 13 oz. Michael Swallow, 11, Sharpsville, 31*4 inch, 8 '"' Bullhead, Schuylkill River, Montgomery County. Northern Pike, Shenango Dam, Mercer County. ,o Ken Dixon, Malvern, 14 inch, . Crappie, Muddy James Lee Habacker, 8, Elizabethtown, lOVi inch, Run, York County. oz. Bluegill, Landis Quarry, Lancaster County. Mark Sydow, 12, Philadelphia, 20 inch, 2 lb. 3 oz. Conrad C. Lickel, 11, Harrisburg, 21 inch, 4% lb. &^ Channel Catfish, Memorial Pond, Montgomery County. nel Catfish, Susquehanna River, Perry County. ij Jeffrey Doebler, 12, Sunbury, 35% inch, 21 lb. 6 oz. David E. Stone, 13, Montoursville, 15»/4 inch, 1 ^' Carp, Susquehanna River, Northumberland County. oz. Brook Trout, Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County' James Cicero, 11, Erie, 21 inch, 8 lb. Channel Catfish, Ella Kordilla, 13, Tunkhannock, I8V2 inch, 4Vi ]V' Camp White Swan, Erie County. Largemouth Bass, Mud Pond, Wyoming County. .. Jack B. Downie, Jr., 8, Sharon, 26V* inch, 4'/2 lb. Keene Fisher, 14, Northumberland, 2OV2 inch, 3'/z ]j Northern Pike, Shenango Reservoir, Mercer County. Channel Catfish, Susquehanna River, Northumberl*11 Rodney Nolder, 15, Selinsgrove, 11 inch, 12 oz. Rock County. Bass, Susquehanna River, Northumberland County. Bill Stahl, 14, Northumberland, 24 inch, 5 lb. 2 <^ David P. Cnerven, 12, Elco, 32 inch, 9 lb. 13 oz. Wall Channel Catfish, Susquehanna River, Northumberl»n eye, Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County. County. 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL^ uon Vance, Selinsgrove, 23 inch, 4 lb. 5 oz. Channel Robert Dettery, Jr., 15, Lansdale, 20 inch, 4 lb. 12 oz. •"sn, Susquehanna River, Northumberland County. Largemouth Bass, Bradys Lake, Monroe County. c Michael Uzarski, 10, Linesville, 29V4 inch, 12V4 lb. Kevin Murray, 14, Philadelphia, 29'/4 inch, 14 lb. Carp, arP. Linesville Creek, Crawford County. Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. s James C. Diskevich, 9, Penn Hills, 21Vi inch, 3% lb. David Allan MacLeod, 11, Montchanin, Delaware, allrnouth Bass, Allegheny River, Armstrong County. 20Vi inch, 5 lb. Largemouth Bass, Lake Makoma, Sullivan .Matthew Messmer, 11, Erie, 31V4 inch, 6 lb. 5 oz. County. ' ^kelhinge, Edinboro Lake, Erie County. K. Scott Laird, 10, Brockport, 19 inch, 3Vi lb. Large ^ark Sydow, 12, Philadelphia, 20 inch, 2 lb. 9 oz. mouth Bass, Hill Top Pond, Bradford County. annel Catfish, Memorial Pond, Montgomery County. Scott A. Ruby, York, 28Vi inch, IVi lb. Carp, York Lawrence Grove, 15, Kingston, 22V4 inch, 7 lb. Rain- Haven Dam, York County. * Trout, Bowmans Creek, Wyoming County, Tom Malia, 15, Pittsburgh, 29% inch, 5% lb. Northern gjohn Roelker, 14, York Springs, 15Vt inch, 1% lb. Pike, Shenango Dam, Mercer County. ^head Catfish, Pinchot Park Lake, York County. James E. Newman, 14, Turtle Creek, 28% inch, 8 lb. fi ^ark Schubert, 13, Springdale, 27% inch, 9 lb. Wall- Carp, Kinzua Dam, McKean County. »' Allegheny River, Venango County. David DeMarco, Berwick, 22 inch, 4'/2 lb. Channel John Reynold, York, 14V2 inch, VA lb. Bullhead Cat- Catfish, N.B. Susquehanna River, Columbia County. S"> Pinchot Park Lake, York County. David DeMarco, Berwick, 22% inch, 5 lb. Channel Cat f John Reynold, York, 25 inch, 4 lb. Walleye, Pinchot fish, N.B. Susquehanna River, Columbia County. "* Lake, York County. William Aurand, 10, Burnham, 18 inch, 2 lb. 13 oz. j^Jay B. Wagner, Jr., 13, Blairsville, 31 inch, 6 lb. Muskel- Smallmouth Bass, Juniata River, Mifflin County. §e> Tionesta Creek, Forest County. James Albert Bowman, Millville, I8V2 inch, 2V6 lb. I^Mike Wagner, 12, Blairsville, 35 inch, 12 lb. Muskel- Brown Trout, Little Fishing Creek, Columbia County. §e> Allegheny River, Forest County. Michael C. Melhorn, York, 23 inch, 4 lb. Walleye, Pin lj Bil1 Chapla, 15, Old Forge, UVi inch, 1 lb. 8 oz. Bull- chot St. Park Lake, York County. a Catfish, Loomis Lake, Susquehanna County. Mike Melhorn, York, 24 inch, 4Vi lb. Walleye, Pinchot j^'U Chapla, 15, Old Forge, 14 inch, 1 lb. 6 oz. Bullhead, State Park Lake, York County. mis Lake, Susquehanna County, John Mitchell, 14, Latrobe, 21 inch, 4 lb. 1 oz. Large y Timothy Farnelli, 12, Cresco, 12V4 inch, 1 lb. 1 oz. mouth Bass, St. Vincent Lake, Westmoreland County. e Kurt Sleighter, 15, Camp Hill, 15 inch, F/2 lb. Bull «ow percn) Wallenpaupack, Pike County. Pet head Catfish, Pinchot State Park Lake, York County. c er Bolinski, 14, Philadelphia, 31Vi inch, 16 lb. 2 oz. Kurt Sleighter, 15, Camp Hill, 15V2 inch, 2 lb. Brown /P> Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. Bullhead, Pinchot State Park Lake, York County. Matthew Moors, 15, Philadelphia, 32 inch, 18 lb. 5 oz. c Walter Wittic, 13, Bethlehem, 17 inch, 2 lb. 2 oz. Brook :P> Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. Trout, Monocacy Creek, Northampton County. •jJ0seph M. Davis, 13, Eldred, 18 inch, 2 lb. 2 oz. Brown Bill Chapla, 15, Old Forge, 15 inch, 1 lb. 13 oz. Bull r*s Genesse River, Potter County. head Catfish, Loomis Lake, Susquehanna County. ^ regory Walter, 13, Washington, 19% inch, 4 lb. 3 oz. a Bill Chapla, 15, Old Forge, 15 inch, 1 lb. 14 oz. Bull Q Semouth Bass, Kelly's Industrial Pond, Washington head Catfish, Loomis Lake, Susquehanna County. ii ' * Joseph Brady, York, 22 inch, 5 lb. Bullhead Catfish, Russell Greene, 12, Jersey Shore, 18% inch, 3Vi lb. York Water Company Dam, York County. ^n Trout, Kettle Creek, Potter County. et Dale Hlad, 8, Irwin, 14»/2 inch, 1% lb. Yellow Perch, J er Kempinski, 13, Shickshinny, 21 inch, 6 lb. Large- Lake Erie, Erie County. "> Bass, Stillwater Lake, Monroe County. Dennis Lee Ruggery, 11, Altoona, 29 inch, 6 lb. 10 oz. p hael in k Lee Davis, 15, York, 24 inch, 4 lb. Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Juniata River, Mifflin County. ^h°t Park Lake, York County. Kurt Sleighter, 15, Camp Hill, 14»/2 inch, 1% lb. Bull el Lee Davis 15 York 22 inch 3 lb head Catfish, Pinchot State Park Lake, York County. PihLh > ' > > ' Walleye, "^ °t Park Lake, York County. Steven W. Hartman, 15, Warminster, 19 inch, 3% lb. M Ca atthew Moors, 15, Philadelphia, 31 inch, 16 lb. 5 oz. Smallmouth Bass, Neshaminy Creek, Bucks County. % Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. Walt Scott, 15, Philadelphia, 30 inch, 12 lb. 8 oz. Carp, e c_^ vin Murray, 14, Philadelphia, 25 inch, 7 lb. 4 oz. Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. 5P> Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. Ron Lapikas, 12, Sharpsville, 30V4 inch, 5% lb. North c^evin Murray, 14, Philadelphia, 20 inch, 2 lb. 14 oz. ern Pike, Shenango Dam, Mercer County. anne Co l Catfish, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia Thomas J. Stiffey, 7, Ligonier, 26 inch, 10 lb. Northern Lnty' Catfish, Ligonier Lake, Westmoreland County. n&l y Michalski, 13, Philadelphia, 20 inch, 3 lb. Chan- William Klunk, 12, Hanover, 29Vi inch, 6 lb. Northern Cv Catfish, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia Pike, Codorus Creek Park, York County. Kurt Sleighter, 15, Camp Hill, 15'/2 inch* 1% lb. Bull C Urr ha Fisher, 13, Northumberland, 21% inch, 3 lb. 9 oz. head Catfish, Pinchot State Park Lake, York County. o nel Catfish, Susquehanna River, Northumberland Willie Schrack, 14, W. Conshohocken, 25 inch, 4 lb. Uftty. Chain Pickerel, Hopewell Lake, Berks County. GUST-1970 25 Donald Counsil, 10, Lock Haven, 18% inch, 3 lb. 3 oz. Stephan Witkowski, 10, Lancaster, 22 inch, 43/s lb' Smallmouth Bass, Hills Creek, Tioga County. Channel Catfish, Long's Park Lake, Lancaster County- Debra L. Bernhart, 14, Boyertown, 18 inch, 2 lb. 2 oz. Oscar Leech, Jr., 10, Lancaster, 10V4 inch, 1 lb. B'°r Largemouth Bass, Promised Land Lake, Pike County. gill, Long's Park Lake, Lancaster County. 1 Dennis Orlando, 10, Allentown, 16V4 inch, IV2 lb. Tim Schober, 8, Marietta, 23 inch, 4V4 lb. Charm" Brook Trout, Monocacy Creek, Northampton County. Catfish, Long's Park Lake, Lancaster County. Marty Rashinsky, 10, Clarks Summit, 21 inch, 5 lb. 1 oz. Ed Lichvar, 12, Sharon, 31% inch, 17 lb. Carp, She"' Largemouth Bass, Glenburn Pond, Lackawanna County. ango River, Mercer County. Dale Waybright, 13, Annville, 18V4 inch, 2 lb. 14 oz. Dennis J. Hough, 12, Bethlehem, I6V2 inch, 2 lb. 6 "z Smallmouth Bass, Little Swatara Creek, Lebanon County. Brook Trout, Saucon Creek, Northampton County. Dale Waybright, 13, Annville, IW2 inch, 3 lb. 14 oz. Matthew Waiter, 12, Nanticoke, 20 inch, 5 lb. 2 & Rainbow Trout, Bachmans Run, Lebanon County. Largemouth Bass, Chamberlain Lake, Wyoming County' Steven Vanpelt, Berwick, 10 inch, . Rock Bass, Philip Courtright, 13, Cresco, 24V4 inch, 6% lb. BuU' N.B. Susquehanna River, Columbia County. head Catfish, Lake Wallenpaupack, Pike County. , Dale Waybright, 13, Annville, 16 inch, 1 lb. 14 oz. James W. Kratzer, 11, Port Trevorton, 19Vi inch, 3 W Brook Trout, Bachmans Run, Lebanon County. 12 oz. Smallmouth Bass, Susquehanna River, Northurr>Pe Dale Waybright, 13, Annville, 22 inch, 4 lb. 2 oz. Rain land County. bow Trout, Bachmans Run, Lebanon County. James W. Kratzer, 11, Port Trevorton, 2OV2 inch, 4 >. Greg Flack, 14, Sharpsville, 33% inch, 8 lb. Northern Smallmouth Bass, Susquehanna River, Northumberla11 Pike, Shenango Dam, Mercer County. County. lb Dave Hulick, 12, Ellwood, 31Vt inch, 6% lb. Northern Robert A. Mumford, 13, Meadville, 21V4 inch, 5 . Pike, Shenango Dam, Mercer County. 7% oz. Smallmouth Bass, Black Ash Pond, Crawf°r Kenneth Snock, 13, Philadelphia, 28Vi inch, 11 lb. 7 oz. County. Carp, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. James Danenhower, 6, Allentown, I6V2 inch, 2Vi * Kenneth Snock, 13, Philadelphia, 25 inch, 6 lb. 14 oz. Bullhead, Delaware River, Northampton County. , Carp, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County. Robert Danenhower, 7, Allentown, 16V4 inch, 2 V* ' ' James B. Forsyth, 11, Staten Island, N.Y., 20V2 inch, Bullhead, Delaware River, Northampton County. . Brown Trout, Brodhead Creek, Monroe County. George Danenhower, Jr., 14, Allentown, 19% inche' Michael Garmon, 13, Ellwood City, 30lA inch, 6V4 lb. 4 lb. Bullhead, Delaware River, Northampton County' Northern Pike, Shenango Reservoir, Mercer County. Jay Robertson, 8, Scranton, 131/2 inch, 12 oz. Yell" Lynn E. Kyle, 15, Harrisburg, 47'/2 inch, 28 lb. Muskel- Perch, Lake Henry, Lackawanna County. lunge, Black Moshannon Dam, Centre County. Thomas R. Wolf, 14, York, 18 inch, 2 lb. 15 oz. Bro*# » David DeMarco, Berwick, 18 inch, 1% lb. Fallfish, Trout, Narrows, Adams County. Huntington Creek, Columbia County. John Skorny, 13, Philadelphia, 28 inch, 11 lb. 2 ot' Gerald Craig, 14, Connellsville, 12V2 inch, IV2 lb. Rock Carp, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia Coonty' Bass, Youghiogheny River, Fayette County. Jeff Underkoffler, 7, Williamstown, 21 inch, 3Vz W' Jack Kraus, 15, Beach Haven, 23 inch, 5 lb. 2 oz. Large Rainbow Trout, Clarks Creek, Dauphin County. rf I mouth Bass, Lake Took-a-While, Luzerne County. John Kelly, 14, Philadelphia, 12% inch, 15 oz. Yell" Ronald Hummel, 10, Landisville, 15 inch, 1 lb. 14 oz. Perch, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County- j Bullhead Catfish, Long's Park Lake, Lancaster County. John T. Benko, 14, Philadelphia, 12% inch, yj Pam Young, 13, Lancaster, 15V4 inch, l7/a lb. Bullhead Yellow Perch, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelp"11 Catfish, Long's Park Lake, Lancaster County. County. rf Joseph G. Mandos, Glenolden, 22% inch, 514 lb. Bull Kevin Murray, 14, Philadelphia, 13 inch, 15 oz. Yell"* head Catfish, Oxford Farm Pond, Chester County. Perch, Torresdale Hatchery Pond, Philadelphia County- Motion Picture on Outboard Championship Available "Title Drive," a 20-minute motion picture on the world fornia. McConnell covered 548 miles at a speed or u outboard championship, and racing internationally, has mph. jj been produced by Evinrude Motors, Milwaukee. The film Unlike many racing films, "Title Drive" puts empn3 . is available, without cost, for screening by clubs and fra on the color and human interest in these events. Sce ternal organizations. show the frenzy of pit activity, the glamour of racing The new motion picture shows Cesare Scotti, Nesso, personified in the wives and friends of drivers and ct Italy, capturing the world outboard title at Lake Havasu and the reaction of spectators to speed on the cours^' c City, Arizona, in November. "Title Drive" is a 16mm, color, sound motion pi V,n$, Also shown in the world championship is the single Prints may be obtained on request from: Solana Stud engine victory of "Jimbo" McConnell, Victorville, Cali- Naples, Florida. * 26 P E N N S Y LVA N I A A N G L£ Con «aued from page 11 every year: polyester silicones have long life and are easy to apply; acrylics have great weatherability; polyur- PlBER GLASS BOAT CARE ethanes are tough and have good cov 5* are light-colored or white so that heavy-duty waxing. The decks of a erage. Anti-fouling paints are available er two or three applications, discol- fiber glass boat tend to fade and be in many varieties, such as some with u°n does not occur. This pre-Iaunch come chalky in the sun. Fiber glass metal flakes in suspension. Take time png helps to preserve a boat's sheen cleaner/waxes are valuable in that they to choose the one which will do the ,, color besides helping to slough off remove superficial dirt and discolored job for you. "• Stiff bristled brushes should not be surface deposits of wax while they lay Anti-fouling paint on the hull of a Used on new boats. down a thin fresh layer of protective fiber glass boat is as necessary as on a ubsequent pre-season sprucing up wax. This is particularly important for boat of any material—to discourage . a fiber glass boat will depend on how areas that get extra wear and are ex marine growths which will affect the *n she's been kept. The longer dirt posed to the direct rays of the sun. performance of the hull. J Q stains are allowed to build up, the Problematic, of course, is the ten PAINTING THE BOTTOM of a "er they are to remove. dency of waxed decks to be slippery fiber glass boat need not be tedious and * shine is not restored and dirt re- when wet. It should be pointed out, certainly requires only part of the ef Ved by a mild wash and rinse, pro- however, that advanced molding tech fort needed with a wooden or metal e sivel us ^ y sterner methods should be nology makes possible the molding in hull. The idea is to be methodical and ^-Methods 1 through 5. of non-skid surfaces which may be follow directions. c| Method 1: Scrub with household waxed without becoming unduly slip For top performance, anti-fouling User, rinse, wax. pery. Such non-skid decks should be a paints should be applied at least once a gi/etbod 2: Apply a quality marine feature to look for when buying a fiber year in northern coastal areas, prefer U r glass cleaner in either liquid or glass boat. ably in the spring just prior to launch j..'e form. Basically, this cleaner is a PAINTING of a fiber glass boat is ing. i rubbing compound. The job can never needed for preservation. How The first step is to neatly mark off 0 i^rumized by the use of a sheepskin ever, after several years of becoming the area to be painted. The top edge PolT °-rrven by an electric drill or stained and being cleaned, of knocking of this area should be at the waterline «er. Rinse, wax. against pilings, a fiber glass boat will or come to the bottom edge of a water- Co kod 3: Apply a regular rubbing most probably need a coat of paint just line stripe ("bootstripe"). Take a cray ^Pound followed by rubbing with for cosmetic purposes. on and make a mark at the bottom of lr s *e fiber glass cleaner. It is neces- FIBER GLASS DECK & TOPSIDE the waterline stain at the center of the ^' to continue rubbing the regular PAINTING is the most exacting job on transom and on the bow stem. Or, with j Pound until the material practically the boat. The secret of painting is prop the boat afloat, make these same two (j. j up and disappears. It should be er preparation and attention to the in marks at the waterline. Then block up jt first in an unobtrusive spot since structions supplied with whatever type the boat, being sure it is level crossways atl s0 leave a hard-to-remove stain on of paint you choose. as well as lengthwise. Make a measur ,j e surfaces. If this treatment has This is the time to fill any nicks, ing stick to the height of the top-line c the cleaning job, rinse and wax. crazes and scratches before you pick mark and use it as a guide to make itig 6*od 4: Most drastic of the clean- up the paint brush. Any wax, either ap marks every 10 to 12 inches around the |S Methods is the sanding down of the plied by you or perhaps left over from hull. Connect these marks with masking p surface with wet-and-dry Sand the manufacturing process should be re tape with the lower edge of the tape er of the finest grit. This should be moved with solvent and the area to be just touching the marks. gel y nand so that a minimum of the painted scrubbed thoroughly. A light Before painting, clean the bottom tj C°at surface is removed. Since this sanding, preferably with wet sandpaper thoroughly and sand. This bottom area sk , nt wiU leave a dull surface, it and always by hand, is advisable. should also be washed with a solvent of a be followed by the application The most important single thing you such as mineral spirits, acetone, white Ijjj ebbing compound, then a marine must do is follow the directions on the gasoline, or alcohol to remove any re t(j S'ass cleaner. As with all methods, paint can. maining wax. Mineral spirits have the rial steps are rinsing and waxing. The most familiar fiber glass boat advantage of safety. J^thod 5: If the boat is still dirty paints are alkyds and epoxies. Alkyds Traditional oil-based copper and cop J Paint are easy to apply, have excellent hiding per-bronze paints may be used, but bot Pi ' aft u fixtures should also be waxed power, good weathering ability and toms should be coated with a special ck cleaning with a chrome or metal give a finish free of brush marks. Epox primer. Newer vinyl-based or epoxy- to 1 6r' ^ is a good idea, incidentally, ies are harder to apply without brush based bottom paints bond well with iw Ve a little wax in screwhead open- marks and won't hide the old color as fiber glass and offer excellent protection Past ° P prevent water from seeping well, but form a solid bond with the from barnacles and weeds. fiber glass, are harder and more dur However, if the boat is not cleaned, Wj^^EEN-TIME TOUCH UPS able. Epoxies need no prime coat; al not waxed, not cared for in any way, \vj]i a light duty clean-and-wax spray kyds usually do. the structural fiber glass still will not stretch out the period between There are new paints on the market deteriorate one iota. \h GtST-1970 27 THINQS TO DO- and relic hunting are great projects for Find a clear, deep track. Place,, family togetherness. Even the youngest cardboard strip in a circle around j? tots can be taught how to make attrac track fastening it with a paper <*|j tive and useful products using natural Mix the plaster of paris and fill W materials. cardboard ring. Let stand until soli*' For example, bird watching is a re set; then remove cast. This will Pe . warding and fairly inexpensive hobby in raised form of the print. Brush this 0 modern which the whole family can participate. with oil or vaseline, make a new c& The first thing you will need is a board wall and pour in plaster. A» ICAMPINl guide book which pictures the bird to harden and then pry the two ha'v, species and describes characteristics of apart with a table knife. The finish each; coloring, size, song and nesting plaque can then be shellacked. , IdQlloisKerr habits. A small paperback book may be Relic hunting is another fascina" ' purchased for about $1, but a more pastime. Since various tribes of Ind!*, People who are not members of the complete field guide such as Peterson's wandered the length and breadth great camping fraternity often ask, or Golden Guide are. really a worth Pennsylvania, there are few places "What do you do all day when you're while investment for approximately $6. the entire state where there is not camping?". Frankly, we find boredom In order to be able to observe birds opportunity to find arrowheads, tools happens much more readily at home in a tree or at a distance, you should bits of pottery. i than in nature's vast outdoor recreation have a pair of binoculars. The most Collecting old-fashioned fancy-shap ' hall. popular size is 7 x 35. It's fun to see bottles and other antique glassware There are so many exciting things to how many varieties you can observe on growing in popularity. These can °> do on camping trips that most days each camping trip. A college professor be found under trees near old ah seem to have a shortage of hours. who camped near us at a private camp doned farm houses. A few years ag° Pennsylvania offers much to see and ground in Potter County a few years a small cave along the Delaware B1 do with campgrounds scattered from ago sighted nearly 100 birds within a we found a pair of eyeglasses which \. one end of the Commonwealth to the few days either at the campground or in later discovered were over a huno' other, some on lake shores, some in nearby wooded areas. years old. mountainous areas or along river banks. Presque Isle State Park at Erie boasts Rock collecting also can be fun. * Others are in areas of historic signifi 280 species of birds. Pymatuning, of can pick up many unusual specif1 cance—near battlefields or scenes of course, is known for its migratory from the ground, but you may wish j early colonial activity. waterfowl. In the fall flocks of hawks chip some from hillsides. You will ne , Outdoor hobbies such as rock collect can be seen near Hawk Mountain in a hammer, cold chisel and a p°c ing, bird watching, nature photography Southeastern Pennsylvania. magnifying glass. Some rocks will be I att Winter and early spring campers in tractive because of variation of p .|S the northern tier counties can have the and colors; others because of the f°s i u special opportunity of viewing Can they might contain. Fossils are i° .f adian and Arctic birds which winter in only in sedimentary rocks and shoW ^ the northern part of the state, such as kind of creatures and plants which hv . evening grosbeaks or common redpolls. on earth when the fossil was for11' J Recordings of bird songs can be pur You should carry along a pencil a chased to help you with audio-identifi paper so that you can mark the » . cation of birds and nature photography and locality where a particular sp j, can be combined with bird watching, men was found and then wrap the r j animal tracking, rock collecting and tree in paper to protect it in your sack' , and flower identification. You'll have home you can identify the. type of r opportunities galore for shots either in and display it in your collection. y. color or black and white. Any of these activities will not ° \ Making plaster casts of animal tracks give you many hours of pleasure, is another fun thing to do. Here again will also make you and your chil(J' you can buy a field guide with descrip more aware of the wonders of the tive pictures of various tracks. Each tural world. ,j animal has its own distinct pattern. One word of caution—whether y° , Casts can be made in soft soil or in the bird watching, hiking, taking picture8 "DID YOU NOTICE HOW THE FUN snow in winter. All you will need is looking for relics—before trespassing WENT OUT OF SWIMMING WHEN plaster of paris, water, strips of card private ground ask for landowner P MOM GAVE US THIS?" board, paper clips and some oil. mission! 28 PENNSYLVANIA ANG L* wsm A FISHING FEATURE FOR FISHERMEN FROM FISHERMEU JIMMY VALENTINE, left, son of Huntingdon County Waterways Patrol man Jim Valentine, holds two big walleye he caught last winter on a fishing trip to the Raystown Branch of the Juniata. One measured 22 inches and weighed 3V4 pounds while the other was 28 inches and 9 pounds. Each won him a Pennsylvania Angler Fishing Citation and each hit a Rapala. Right—Ralph Pennepack- er of Chetwin Farms land ed this 48 inch, 26 pound muskellunge while fishing Perkiomen Creek at Del phi last fall. He also caught a 39 inch, 17 pounder at the same place. Both hit a red and white daredevle. JAMES HOFF, JR. of Hanover took 27 Vi inch 12 pound catfish while fishing Long Arm Dam in York County. It hit a red and white daredevle. &NHi, N DAILY of East Stroudsburg WESLEY KYZER of Hawley landed MCKEESPORT ANGLER Andy Lino- au 23 inch,. 4% pound shad he nice 23 inch brown trout while fishing sech holds 15 inch, 1 pound crappie he > 8ht rom near Seeleys Landing on Lake Wallen- caught while fishing Pymatuning near "torniro. , ^ ^e Delaware River in s|*ara i °e Count, u ly tnilIlls spring. It hit a paupack. Neither weight, nor bait used Tuttle Point in Crawford County. It *" d H -"-' " y spring. 11 mi « hit a Flat Fish lure. itig (^*n. an *u GUST-1970 29 A PISH IMG FEATURE FOR FISHERMEN - FROM FISHERMEN ' JNEVMANS I DAVID KRYSKO of Scranton caught K inch pickerel last winter while fishing/ Gouldsboro State Park with tip-ups and hv minnows. VICTOR KALISHEVICH of Lansford GEORGE DARSTEIN of Shamokin was fishing at Mountain Lake farm in landed 19J/2 inch, 4 pound brook trout Monroe County when he landed this while fishing Penns Creek in Centre 26'/2 inch, 4% pound chain pickerel. County this spring. It fell to the temp It hit a Rapala. tation of a Swiss Swing. RICHARD LIEBOLD of Blairsville ('"$ 1 v holds 43 inch, 22 /2 pound muskie caught while fishing the Allegheny Rive* . FREDDIE HYDE, 10, of Manns Choice (left) holds WA inch, 31/2 pound walleye Forest County this spring while (De"L« he caught last fall while fishing Shawnee Lake at Schellsburg; Mark Petrun of New five Farrell anglers display their °Pen!.i Salem (center) caught 16 inch, 2l/s> pound bass on an artificial minnow while fishing day limits taken from Pine Creek rang1.' the flood control dam on Dunlap Creek; Mark E. Dively of Mineral Point (right) in size up to 15 inches. They are Erf1 holds nice yellow perch he caught at Shawnee Lake. The two bigger ones were Laslow St., Chip Krokoski, Ernie Laslow V" 12 and 13i/2 inches. Gary Laslow, and Chet Krokoski. 1 LOUIS D'AMBROSIO of Pittsburgh JAMES LEHNER of Philadelphia caught whop JAMES D. SMITH of Spring Moun }i holds pair of nice muskies he caught per of a muskellunge this spring just before Montgomery County took this leg*' et while fishing the Allegheny River in season closed from the Susquehanna River in inch, 8 pound muskie last sum* ( Warren County last fall. They were 35 York County. It measured 50 inches and weighed while fishing Perkiomen Creek *•*! inches, 13 pounds; and 38 inches, 16 37% pounds and, of course, won him a Pennsyl Hendricks Station. It hit a #3 M^P1 pounds. vania Angler Fishing Citation as well as member spinner. ship in the Husky Musky Club 30 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE11 -.— OSKIN of Linesville (above) holds 21 inch, , Pound channel catfish he caught last summer °m Pymatuning near Harris Island while six- [j ^"°ld Donald Rosenberger of Tionesta (right) Oh . ^ mcn brown trout he caught last year on Petling day at the mouth of Tubbs Run in Forest S&tmty. i^-* CHESTER fisherman Ronald Hitton (left) holds 40'/2 "NICE COHO was taken last fall by Jim Koenig of Erie (left). Mo ' ^ pound muskie he caught from the Schuylkill River in It measured 24% inches and weighed 6I/2 pounds. Kirby Gard St, ntS°inery County early this year while Jim Habuda, 13, of ner of Somerset (right) tied for third place in a local children's sville r nt She P ( '8 ) landed 301/2 inch, 5% pound northern at the fishing contest with the lLyi inch largemouth bass he caught. fiango Dam in Mercer County. «jfii«4*' •J!vy**s of-- NlEBEL of Canton, Ohio was one RUSSELL W. DECKER of Dalton landed 24 GEORGE A. WAGNER of Clarendon k, aDy successful coho fishermen at inch, 4'/2 pound lake trout during winter season landed S0V4 inch, 10 pound walleye he ?6i/ -ut Creek last fall. He's holding a this January with a live minnow and tip up. He caught on a minnow while fishing Kin- Min lncn- 7'/4 pound coho he took there caught it while fishing Crystal Lake in Lacka zua Dam in Warren County. It won him e fishing with a Heddon "Tadpole." wanna County. a Pennsylvania Angler Fishing Citation. 'ast^AS DANOWSKI of Erie (left) took 23 inch, 5 pound coho WILLIAM HAYMAN of Mt. Joy (left) took 17 inch, 2 pound kfie j while fishing at the mouth of Godfrey Run in Lake catfish while fishing at Safe Harbor Dam in Lancaster County. ?6 in*' hit a Silver Wobbler. Dick Mayo of Berwick (right) holds It hit a minnow. Ed Garrett of Hubbard, Ohio (right)' holds ^Usq h> 614 pound walleye he caught on a yellow jig from the stringer of walleye and crappie he caught while fishing near enanna River at Wapwallopen. Harris Island at Pymatuning. Total weight of the catch was 16>4 pounds! UGUST-1970 31 CASTINGS CO-OPS A MONTHLY FEATURE ABOUT CO-OP NURSERY PROJECTS By BILL PORTER CAMERON COUNTY Cameron County's Bucktail Rod and Gun Club Nursery is the featured attraction in this month's Casting with the Co-ops. We're still doing the county approach, but it just happens that the Bucktail club is the only functioning nursery at the moment in the county. The current nursery had its first raceway completed and received its first fish in 1969, but the actual history of the club's fish raising efforts goes back several years. At one time there were two operative sites, one in Keating Town ON HAND FOR the visit to Bucktail Rod & Gun Club coop*"* tive nursery were Jim Zwald, president, Tony Lewis Jr., To'V ship, Potter County, and the other in Shippen Township, 1 Lewis, secretary, George John Horning, and Waterways Patr" ' Cameron County. Both sites were abandoned in 1965 with man Stan Hastings. low water as the major problem. Currently the Bucktail Nursery is located along the Sizer of their fine intake system for the watercourse from SiZef Run Road near Emporium in the "heart of the Endless Run. They indicated plans to install automatic feeders at 9 Mountains." A fifty-foot raceway of cement and block con later date. The feeders would be constructed especially struction is presently functional and two additional race for the raceway and should prove more efficient as a re' ways of the same length and materials are planned for suit. A final comment from the brothers was to point o« future development. the attractive metal storage building, a recent addition l° The raceway is roofed and screen-wired to eliminate the facility since its original construction. predator problems and hold down water temperatures in Then it was Tony Lewis's turn to tell about the trOW the summer. Plastic covering and a foot layer of sawdust This was the first season for fish with 2,000 browns # were used by the club members to reduce snow drift and residence at the time of our visit. The trout were groWJUe sub-freezing winter temperatures. All in all an efficient and nicely with most of them in the nine-inch range, havife functional nursery. been received as fingerlings in June 1969. The fish & Jim Zwald, president, said money for the project seems being fed a varied diet of pellets and venison with a rath6 to be no problem for the club. Labor was contributed for low feed bill to date of about $100. the most part. Membership dues, fishing derbies, and do Much of the credit for the fine start and low mortal nations paid the bills. Sounds like the standard pattern for rate went to Junior Russell, deceased. At the time of i1' many clubs, but there's more to this one. death, Waterways Patrolman Stan Hastings and sever91 The club built an acre and a half lake below the nursery club members absorbed the feeding and cleaning chore location and received a contribution equivalent to $13,000 at the nursery. Results of this cooperation are evident » for construction and acquisition of property. The club the fine quality of trout that developed. house and five acres of land were donated. Credit for Stocking of the club's fish will be divided between W much of this philanthropic activity goes to the Emporium Bucktail Lake (on club property but open to the public' Foundation, a local organization. and some of the smaller streams in the area not current As a result of the above, the lake will be open to the on the Fish Commission's trout stocking list. public and will receive regular stockings from the club's Then, since Tony is also the club's secretary, there ^ nursery. Special events are scheduled for children's derbies a comment about membership. Currently there are and the like in addition to regular fishing hours. Addi uv abo tional fish will be provided for the special events such as 470 members with 80% of them local. The balance jS the Keyhole Club where five to six hundred youngsters are made up of hunters owning or renting campsites in tP expected to participate. region. This ratio is good, says Tony, since the facili*1 In addition to the five acres mentioned above, the club and the members are both available and can be used afl bought a 26 acre adjoining plot to add to their grounds enjoyed. U and facilities. The nursery is located on this purchased And that is about that from the Bucktail Rod and " 1 piece. And this brings us back to the nursery and its man Club except to repeat the old refrain that this partic* ufl agers. group of sportsmen is doing a fine job in their first f , tional year to make Casting with the Co-ops a viable ^ George and John Horning, brothers, share the chairman lasting thing on the quantity and quality of trout fish11* ship of the nursery committee. They both spoke with pride in Cameron County. 32 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL^ dHBSHSBEtlEHCintlEinaHH THE SEA BAG Bob Miller A column of news devoted to the activities of boat clubs, flotillas, power squadrons and items of interest to Pennsylvania's boaters. ^EW PONTOON CLUB facilities at the park, the first facility completed with funds from Project 500. ^ few years ago pontoon boats were something of a Also participating were Secretary Maurice K. Goddard, Velty but today one can find them almost everywhere, r of Forests and Waters; Senator Robert O. Beers, Philip H. ucularly on sheltered waterways. Glatfelter III, President and Chairman, P. H. Glatfelter '"any of the owners I know are middle aged, or have Co., Spring Grove; Ray Wiegand, of the York County n gone past that point in life. Certainly not water ski Board of Parks and Recreation; the Rev. Carl E. Yost and te ,, rial, they're looking for stability, even sociability, as M. Douglas Borko, both of St. Paul's (Dub's) Union y team up with other owners for a rafting party in mid- Church. eam or along the shoreline. *his type of congeniality generally leads to an organiza- 1970 SAILING SCHEDULE ~""Put two pontoon boat owners together and you have By now the Lake Glendale Sailing Club is halfway t u°—and just recently I learned of such a club being through its 1970 schedule. Races slated for August and p^ed on one of the state-owned lakes of southeastern September are as follows: August 2, 16, 23 and 30, all at etlnsylvania. 2 p.m.; Sept. 6, 2 p.m.; Sept. 7, 1 p.m.; and Sept. 13, at ^ ts the Marburg Pontoon Club which operates on Lake 1:30 p.m. with a special round-the-lake race. r t>vjrg, j-ne nurj 0£ outdoor recreational activities at the Paratively new Codorus State Park, near Hanover. TV BOATING TEST WELL RECEIVED ,j S' M. Stover, of 303 N. Queen St., Littlestown, presi- Maybe it was just plain curiosity, rather than genuine „ nt of the organization, became interested in acquiring a interest, but in any event more than 22 million people ^ °°n boat at just about the time that his head went ignored other programs in favor of the "National Boating er Test" last March. ci water after a conventional type of craft, just pur- ased, capsized. Sponsored by one of the major outboard manufacturing firms, "The National Boating Test" was programmed op °"i Stover and his wife like to fish. The dunking did 10(. j, posite another outdoor-oriented show which also draws . discourage them from fishing but they decided on a from the boating audience and the fact that the test did ^e stable type of craft. so well is indicative of the interest in safe boating. etore long Stover became acquainted with other own- e Cooperating in the nation-wide presentation were the i ' discovered their interests were mutual, and the Mar- U.S. Power Squadrons, Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Na § Pontoon Club was formed. tional Safety Council, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Industry Co ft°^ay *e c'u^ ^as 40 members with 39 boats. All are e Assn., state and local departments of safety. \vi , d to using no more than 6 hp outboard motors Cf i is the limit on Lake Marburg. NEW LAKE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA tj tover's wife, Del, is secretary of the club; Clair Mar- n Another new lake, one specifically designed for the fy's' Lee St., Hanover, vice president; and James Conley, fisherman, the sailor or the fellow who just likes to paddle looming Grove Rd., Hanover, treasurer. n his own canoe, was officially opened when dedication cere gr the Board of Directors, which includes the officers, monies were held on Saturday, May 23, at Moraine State : q Burnell Hartlaub, 222 S. 3rd St., McSherrystown; Park, in Butler County, about midway between Butler and 106 Smith Wp > Spring Grove R3; and Richard McCool, New Castle. enn St., Hanover. The lake is Lake Arthur, a 3,225 acre body of water S which has already been stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish ^E SSES NEED FOR SAFETY Commission with channel cats, crappie and largemouth of JPt' C. E. Leising, Assistant Executive Director, Office bass, walleye, northern pike and muskellunge. s a ercr trP * aft Safety, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Lt. Gov. Raymond J. Broderick was the principal speak e dej. °- the need for safety in pleasure boating during a er at the program. Fish Commission personnel had on hand at n By Capt. JACK ROSS, Zditor and Publisher of "Three Rivers Boating Guide' FROM D. L. T., DuBOIS: FROM V. C. T., HONESDALE: "If my boat has proper bow numbers and a validation "Isn't it true that a sailboat always has the right-of-^v:1< sticker, must I still get a Department of Forests and over a motorboat?" Waters permit to use my boat on the state lakes controlled —Absolutely not. A sailboat is merely privileged in m3"' by that agency?" meeting and crossing situations where it would otherw —No, a valid motorboat registration and bow numbers is have to give way. In any case, a sailboat must keep out sufficient. For non-numbered boats, a permit must be ob the way of a powerboat when it is overtaking the powC^ tained. These are available at each lake, cost one dollar, craft; similarly, when a sailboat is being overtaken by and are good for the entire season on any of the state lakes. motorboat, it may not crowd upon the course of the o taking vessel. Other instances where a sailboat does have the right of way include the case of a narrow chaP nel, where a small craft, whether under sail or power, & ' FROM W. B., SCRANTON: l not hamper the progress of a large vessel or vessel with ° "Where can I get an expanding gas cylinder for my which cannot maneuver readily. Understanding the R1^. four-man inflatable raft?" of the Road and sailing courteously as well as prudently 3 —Try Inland Marine Company, 79 East Jackson St., Wilkes- much more realistic than an assumption of a "right-of-^ ' Barre, Pa. This firm makes carbon dioxide cylinders for that does not exist. most types of military and civilian inflatables. These craft are normally inflated with a hand pump, and the pressure FROM L.J.R., CAMBRIDGE SPRING^ cylinder is just for emergency use, since it must be re "In a situation where ownership of a motorboat Is charged. dispute, is a current state registration certificate evide" of good title?" FROM R. E. B., PITTSBURGH: —Not at all. The courts have consistently distinguished "How would I go about documenting my 28-foot cruiser tween a certificate of registration holder and one who as a yacht?" valid legal title to a pleasure boat. Legal ownership is established through a chain of title, represented by the s —Write to the U.S. Coast Guard Documentation Officer, cessive bills of sale by which the vessel was transferred fr 1028 Post Office Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219, for a copy of the original builder to the present owner. the pamphlet, "Yacht Admeasurement and Documentation," which sets forth the basic requirements. Your boat, at 28 SS88SS feet, may or may not be large enough to qualify, and even FROM B. A. W., PENN HILLS: then you may not be able to satisfy the requirements for «* chain of title, especially if the boat has had more than one "If my boat sinks at the dock, will my insurance c° owner. Unless you plan to cruise to foreign ports, documen the loss?" tation will do nothing for you. —This will depend on what caused the sinking. A P° ' of marine insurance is a contract, in which the vessel oV* has certain responsibilities, called warranties. One oi . FROM C. M., COLUMBIA: most important of the warranties on the part of the assf1 is not even written into the policy, but is implied by J "I understand that there are some large stern-drive units This is the warranty of seaworthiness, whereby the oV on the market using diesel engines which can be installed guarantees to maintain his boat in a sound and seaw<>" I on a barge or flat. Where would I obtain information?" condition. The underwriter takes upon himself the bur —Self-contained power units, including the engine, out of unforeseen losses, but no insurance company is w*' _..: board drive, and all controls are manufactured by Murray to compensate an insured for his own gross negligence, & Tregurtha, Inc., of Quincy, Mass. Their representative in return to the point, if your boat sinks because of some this area is Ralph Baggaley, Jr., 515 S. Aiken Ave., Pitts side force or chance occurrence, the insurer will pay. I j burgh 15232. These are the same units used in such great the other hand, you have maintained your boat in so r . quantity by the army and navy during World War II and a condition that it leaks, and further neglect to install called "Sea Mules," and the modern versions are produced automatic bilge pump, or tend the boat as required, y in horsepower ratings to 1250. the insurance company will offer little except its regret'