AUGUST—1979

Keystone State's Official FISHING BOATING { Magazine... J On May 15, 1979 a great man died with his boots on. Dr. Roger M. Latham fell to his death in the Swiss Alps and the world lost an irreplaceable great man. We lost a dear friend. The following was written for the Pittsburgh Press by Roger just before his tragic death and we think it should be shared by as many as possible. Ralph W. Abele How Wonderful Life Is by Roger M. Latham

"Little flower — if I could understand what you are, root and all, and all in all, I would know what God and man is." Lord Tennyson (1807-1892)

What a wondrous thing life is. How remarkable is the capacity of all living things to perpetuate their kind, from the microscopic single cell to the leviathans of the oceans. Anyone who studies life has to marvel at its appalling complexity and its unbelievable variability. And living things introduce a dimension called behavior — a quality similarly diverse and unpredictable. Yet, because of its complexity, the study of life may be the most fascinating and most significant of all disciplines. The knowledge gained can lead to a better understanding of, and usually to an acceptance of, the doctrine that life was created by a Supreme Being. It is not difficult to see a master plan at work when nature is studied intimately. We see an acorn or other tree seed which has been subjected to severe freezing and soaked in many rains come to life at the proper time in the spring. First, it sends down a root to serve as an anchor and to prepare for the task of feeding the plant above ground. Then a sprout emerges to reach above the soil and produce the first pair of leaves. The remarkable drama of life continues as the green leaves almost immediately begin photosynthesis, that marvelous process whereby carbon dioxide and water are combined in the presence of light to produce carbohydrates. With all his knowledge, man has never been able to duplicate this process artificially. Animal life is just as amazing. The Arctic tern flies 22,000 miles roundtrip annually on its migrations, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. On the return trip, it flies unerringly to the place of its birth. The salmon after several years at sea returns to its home stream. Often this journey involves hundreds of miles of travel. The bat flies on the darkest night and avoids obstacles through a sonar system. Its "squeaks" are echoed back to it from any object, even the finest wire and it literally "sees" with its ears. A woodchuck fattens in the fall and sleeps away the cold months because it would be unable to survive the winter otherwise. During its long sleep its respiration rate is reduced to about one breath every four minutes and its body temperature drops to about 42 degrees. In somewhat the same way, a resting stage of the moth (the pupa) survives the severe temperatures of winter encased in a silken cocoon. Protected by an antifreeze within its body and the meager insulation of the cocoon, it remains dormant until the warm days of late spring. Then the arrested development continues and a beautiful winged creature emerges. Ants, termites and bees live in large colonies where different individuals have functions in these insect societies. Some serve as workers, others as soldiers, air-conditioners, nursemaids and a few as drones — males with no duties except to fertilize the eggs of the queen bee. The queen is the only insect in the entire hive to lay eggs. The snowshoe hare and the ptarmigan turn white in the winter and back to brown in the summer. The goose, the hawk, the songbird and other birds lose all their feathers and grow new ones periodically. The deer sheds all of its hair twice a year and dons a new coat spring and fall. The deer keeps warm in winter by insulation provided by air-filled hair. The goose can sit for hours in ice- cold water because it is protected by specialized feathers called down, the beaver swims under the ice and feels no cold because it is protected by water-proof fur, and the seal that lives among the ice floes keeps warm because it is insulated with a heavy layer of fat. I h The "designs" of nature are remarkable. Animals are governed by an internal force called instinct and % both plants and animals follow patterns dictated by external stimuli of many kinds, including light, temperature f)r and moisture. ^ This pattern of life, this scheme of things, can never be fully fathomed by mortal man, anymore than he re, can fathom the awesome distances of the universe or the infinite duration of eternity. f>i Yet, he should recognize that life, the universe and eternity are organized and regulated and exist as a part ' of a great master plan devised by One who created all things. Pennsylvania Angler Pennsylvania's Official Fishing & Boating Magazine

Published Monthly by the PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor

MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION Jerome E. Southerton, President Honesdale John A. Hugya, Vice President Johnstown William Cox Elysburg Sam Guaglianone Johnsonburg Walter F. Gibbs Reno William O. Hill Erie Leonard A. Green Carlisle Calvin J. Kern Whitehall James J. Stumpf Laughlintown

MEMBERS OF THE BOATING ADVISORY BOARD Nicholas Apfl, Chairman Fairless Hills Clayton Buchanan Pittsburgh Sherwood Krum Hawley Charles Chattaway Monongahela Leon Lyon Bellefonte

Volume 48 - No. 8 CONTENTS August, 1979

Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder Dedicated 9 The Peaceful Fisherman by Loring D. Wilson ... 10 Dry Fly Carp by Rich Faler 13 Return to Conodoguinet by David R. Thompson 16 Sailing — Photo Feature 20 Walleye Trolling by Bob Chandler 22 Aids to Anglers & Boaters 24 Bass Lures Old & New by Clayton L. Peters 26

ON THE COVERS Summertime ... the waters of the Commonwealth beckon one and all. Anglers, boaters, swimmers ... all can find relaxing recreation afloat or at waterside. Front Cover: Lefty Kreh Back Cover: Raymond Meloy

MONTHLY COLUMNS LEAKY BOOTS. 2 ANGLER'S NOTEBOOK 25 BRIEF BITS 4 STREAM NOTES 28 WATERSIDE WANDERINGS 6 ASHORE & AFLOAT 30

James F. Yoder, Editor fw•CHASTrtisbnnSylvaniE R:a AlAnl e357ler-9 (ISSformNs to 0031-434X) be returned, toCopyrigh the offict e1979 of th, ei sPennsylvani published monthla Fish yCommission by the Pennsylvani, P.O. Boax Fis1673h ,Commission Harrisburg,, 353Pennsylvania2 Walnut, Street17120,. IV y UrS. Pennsylvania. Second Class postage paid at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and at additional mailing offices. Subscription rates: 01 Se r84-00'Three years—$10.00; 40 cents per single copy. Send check or money order payable to the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. Do '^ivjJ1 Cash. Changes of address should reach us promptly giving both old and new addresses, including both zip codes. Subscriptions ai ^spon ., }d processed by the end of the month will begin with the second month following. The Pennsylvania Fish Commission will not assume |!agazi„ y f°r unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, or illustrations while in their possession or in transit. Communications pertaining to the "soli,.-,6 sn°uld be addressed to: The Editor, Pennsylvania Angler, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, P.O. Box 1673, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 'wl materials, manuscripts, or photos will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope for their return. Noting only scar tissue made by the so with a tight line and then lower •' ring, I carefully removed the ring, stuck it slack line. Repeat this with patience- M into my pocket, and released the trout. I may take 5 minutes or more to free ' am positive that he survived. Several weeks plug but this system will work nine tif later, fishing the spot of my release. I again out of ten and is certainly worth the tf° caught that trout. He was easy to identify. ble In my imagination I have conjured " •** Some tackle stores sell the rig descD^v several ways in which my trout may have above already made up but they af6 acquired that "necklace." Did some simple to make, why buy 'em? "joker" deliberately place that ring? Attracted by the bright reflection of the Yours for good fishing CLIFTON W. RUSSELL , glistening ring, did he inadvertently "las­ 5> WANTS "NATURALS" — so" himself as he inspected the bright Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 1<> object? Did he stick his nose into a I just got done looking through the discarded, cardboard container of grated March, 1979 issue of the Angler and I cheese (The ring is the correct size for such enjoyed it a lot. I especially enjoyed Jim a cheese container) with the cardboard "SUGGESTION" Hayes' article, "Pennsylvania Wilderness eventually disintegrating, leaving him with A suggestion, if I may. Could, or v/0u , Trout." I've noticed that most of your the "ring around his collar"? articles on trout fishing are about using it be possible that printing the rene I am partial to the latter explanation. st flies. I don't fly fish though I enjoy reading coupon for the Pennsylvania Angler ju ,, Proof of two instances of trout encircled by about the sport. In the near future could inserted somewhere in the magazine metal rings leads one to believe that other you please try to print an article about that it would not be necessary to cut m instances of this phenomenal "accident" using salmon eggs and natural bait in the an article such as the January issue. S° may exist. Angler. I receive other outdoor magazines of the articles are referred to later in I year; so, behold, when this happens thef but I always look forward to the Angler CLARENCE GLESSNER more than any other. Shippensburg a hole in the story. This is just a sugS tion. RICK HARRIS 4 Johnstown W. M. BERf " YOU TELL 'EM, RAY! Altoona

Over the years I have read many articles Good suggestion, Sir, BUT — our Wjj in your magazine about our so-called FORTUNATE. . . coupon must be slipped in whenever *. sportsmen who tell you not to print this wherever space permits. It would be «' I picked up a copy of the December kind or that kind of article in your maga­ cult to predetermine which section «' ., 1978 Pennsylvania Angler along with zine, and I don't think that is very sports­ many other "freebees" at the annual Pitts­ manlike of them. magazine should be chosen for the resi burgh Sports Show held last month. It If these persons don't like certain "hole." V impressed me enough to try a year's Countersuggestion: all we need 's j| articles in your — or our magazine, just 1 subscription. It was educational, entertain­ tell them to pass them up and read or look information contained on the coup*" ; . ing and worth the price in these days of need not be removed from the mag»?1j at what they like because I think this is the s inflation. Having spent two years in south­ best magazine you can buy for the price we Simply jot down the information requf ^ west Montana really taught me how fortu­ (print it, please), and you'll have both * '< pay for it. Here's my check for three more 1 nate and important it is to know more years of it. Thank you. subscription and an unaltered mag** about our Pennsylvania "fishing" state — Ed. from "where-to," "when," and "what-if" RAY NIXON categories. The Pennsylvania Angler is a Robinson great source for all this information. "DOWNRIGHT ENJOYABLE!" MICHAEL J. NAPOLEON DOLLAR SAVER Wilmerding Cif'' Mr. Bouch's "Memories of the r . May I submit a suggestion for your Fork" (Pennsylvania Angler — "^a "Leaky Boots," or whatever? 1979) was simply downright enjoyable- . When your brand new $3.00 plug gets "COLLARED"! all have our own memorable moments1 snagged what do you do? Yank as hard as would like to share with one another w'MP Responding to Ron Freed's photo and you can hoping to break loose, right? our angling fraternity. That certain stt ^i0 caption, // Hurts "Litter-ly" on page 4 of Wrong! This only serves to embed the or that certain pool where we caught $° J the March, 1979 issue of the Angler: hooks more firmly. trout or "lost that big one." The soufl" , Buried somewhere among my fishing Here's what you do: get yourself 3 or 4 rifflertfflpsc that notnnt onlrmlyv drownHmwnes nuoutt O , gear, or on my fly tying table, I have saved dipsey sinkers (they're the pear-shaped noises, but also problems of the day- •XW-.^ a metal ring about two inches in diameter ones with an eye on the tip), and thread a pleasant surprise when you look up * J which looks very much like the ring en­ paper clip through the eye. One-ounce tying on a fly and see a doe and her f* ., circling the trout in Ron's photo. sinkers will do very nicely. standing in the woods directly across >» c My ring also encircled an eight-inch When you get "hung up," move the boat you. The big brown that you know is t'1 ^ brown I caught on a dry fly about twenty directly over the plug (or slightly to the but can't quite reach, yet you keep , years ago in Mountain Creek, Cumberland rear of it), and slip the sinker on the line so trying anyway. That certain old lodge^)* County. The ring was lodged just behind that the line runs freely through the paper go to where our wives wouldn't even tn . the gill flaps of my fish and left the same clip and let the whole thing slide down to of setting a foot into. We think it's he**'j type of circular depression shown in Ron's the plug. they think it's the opposite. That four-" .s photo. Now — raise the rod tip gently a foot or drive that only feels like one, because % PENNSYLVANIA A N G L 'Ied with "fish talk" ... the camaraderie lifted him out of the net into my wicker writers who frequent the area — almost all at you feel between you and your part- creel. I put him into the hole on the top of the Angler's feature articles are done by to 'i e many memories that help Us get without so much as a twinge from him — free-lancers. Perhaps our "prodding" here s'eep a little easier at night. Memories which surprised me, as I have lost more will get results. Ed. at we have now, and for years to come. than one trying to get them into the creel. (There are many reasons why I don't get PAUL K. FISCHER out of the creek.) After making sure the West Caldwell, N.J. strap was still fastened, I rebaited and TO UNHOOK... proceeded to fish for my fifth trout of the day. Upon reading Wayne Imler's account of IGLIGIOUSLY"! "Mis-hooked," it brought to mind the time Suddenly, my basket pulled down and back in the 30s when my father acciden­ over my left shoulder came the rainbow in r*y great uncle fished religiously by the tally pulled a heavy carp hook into his ar full flight right into the creek. It was a table and consistently caught the finger while carp fishing. A fellow fisher­ st and biggest fish. Unfortunately, he perfect jump from the prone position right Sse man removed it on the spot by first wrap­ s d away before he passed on any of his out of the 2-inch by 3-inch diameter hole r ping the finger with fishing line, tightly ^ts. I nave checked with all my "ex- on the top of my creel. rt enough to numb the finger, then, with a fishing buddies, but could not find What are you guys feeding the fish prior pair of pliers gently and painlessly removed Vone that knew anything of the solar to stocking, jumping beans? the imbedded hook. Of course, a tetanus ease tahi P' explain how to read the shot followed to ward off infection. le WAYNE GASS . s so that I might experience that Reading Thought this information may help some­ Nhmtch. one who could be a long way from medical p..1 "ank you for the explanation I am sure help. receive. Also, we Pennsylvania fisher- n HOW COME? ARTHUR B. NEWHARD, JR. u all may not write in an voice our ut a Pottstown re ^ > fter seeing the turnout and I would like to ask why the Angler u'ts on this year's opening day of trout hardly has any articles about the fishing in son, I'm sure every fisherman out there Northeastern Pennsylvania, Susquehanna, PPreciates the great job the Fish Commis- Wayne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Coun­ FROM WHENCE? °n does. Thank you. ties. Every month I read articles on other PAUL E. CRUM, JR. parts of the state, but hardly ever in my As a child, I recall seeing a poem Johnstown area. We have excellent trout, bass, blue- regarding fishing hanging in my father's gill, walleye and many other kinds of fish­ office. I thought that it may have been 'f0'«nar Tables for the Current Year," ing in our beautiful region. Izaak Walton, but I checked several i 'g'nally published by John Alden Knight sources regarding his works and I can't DAVE MARTIN § 1935, is available from THE ANGLER'S find it. I wonder if you may be able to steer Dickson typpLY HOUSE, INC., P.O. Box 996, me to it. It contains the line, "a man's .'LI-UMSPORT, PA. 17701 for a two-dollar thoughts are good and clean — out fish­ k It's good you included "hardly ever," ,' P'us sales tax, plus another buck-and- ing. " Thank you. 4 Dave, because we have featured (relatively for shipping and handling. We recently) River fishing in Susquehanna VERNON KRUG, LIBRARIAN to "... explain how to J"*l»t attempt County, Upper Woods Pond kokanee fish­ d it's all in the book. Ed. Northern Cambria School District * 'he tables" - ing in Wayne County, Lackawanna State Barnesboro Park Park Lake fishing in the county of the same name. I'm inclined to agree with you, We know not from whence it came, *IGHT DIRECTION. however, that the Northeast could stand Vernon, but we'll bet one of our readers much more coverage in the Angler. Our does and will be sharing it with us pronto! Ve *ould like you folks to know that I am problem seems to be in finding free-lance Ed. . y Pleased with the direction that quality to tv,"1^ ^as progressed. I refer specifically e tr " new liberalized extended season for Send the Ai igler to a friend — j .and the emphasis on panfish. ls sjv my fervent hope that such progres- 'ninking will continue. I salute you! Name (please print) JAMES COLLINS "A Most satisfied angler" Williamsport Street or RD#—Include Box Number

PERFORMER! City State Zipcode * first happened to me while fishing in D New Use Check or Money Order for Remittance D $4.00—1 year Otv. ntelaunee Creek, Berks County, on o Renewal (DO NOT SEND CASH!) D $10.00—3 years penm ng day of trout season. aHrt Tas standing knee-deep in the creek MAIL TO: Sj. /'ad the best strike of the morning. I Pennsylvania Fish Commission ne Angler Circulation t0 hook and fought a 14-inch rainbow H^y net. Still standing in the creek, I P.O. Box 1673 tk °°ked the beauty while he was still in Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 "et. Getting a firm grip on the fish I

u GUST — 1979 Best Wishes: Brief W To Art Michaels, our formef "Meals from the Creel" columnist who went on to greater things in the editorial field. . Bits To Margaret Karen Zain** cook's cook who has long written the "Fin Fare" cookery columns in numerous Is That an publications and will take Order? up "Meals/Creel" next mofl'11' To Linda Steiner, whose feature articles have been Whether an order or just a appearing on the Angler's suggestion matters not, that's pages and, beginning with good advice Fish Commissioner this issue, takes us along Calvin J. Kern is proffering on some very interesting with his new license plate. "Waterside Wanderings."

achieve." But fishermen (and their Men of the Year Waterways Patrolman A Fisherman by wives) objected vociferously • James Lauer, Lycoming any Other Name both to visiting NMFS officeP In early April, at the County, was selected by the and in letters to the U.S. Northeast Fish & Wildlife executive staff in Harrisburg is not the Commerce Department of Conference held in Rhode from a group of candidates which NMFS is a part — to Island, two Pennsylvania Fish nominated by the Division of Same — the change of the age-old na"1 Commission employes received Law Enforcement's six of their craft and industry- »° special honors for their Regional Supervisors. "The get themselves off the hook, outstanding service in separate NORTHEAST CONSERVATION Officials at the National reports the Wall Street conservation activities. LAW ENFORCEMENT CHIEFS' Marine Fisheries Services Journal, the fishery (NMFS) are tongue-tied by administrators have obtained the unexpected disagreement special permission from that greeted their attempts at Commerce Secretary Juantf3 egalitarianism. Last summer Kreps to use the word the agency started substituting "fisherman" at their discrete the term "fisher" for Courtesy Conservation Ne#s fisherman, a word that carries NATIONAL WILDLIFE sexist connotations to some. FEDERATION

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Assistant Executive Director ASSOCIATION named Lauer Edward R. Miller, Director of "Conservation Officer of the the Bureau of Fisheries & Year" for 1979. Engineering, was named Officer Lauer began "Conservation Engineer of the employment with the Year" for 1979 by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission NORTHEAST SOCIETY OF in 1953 and after brief military CONSERVATION ENGINEERS. service in Germany ('57-'59) Marburg Musky There's no photo trickery His commendation read, in resumed his PFC career. He here. You just don't have part, "Your personal entered the Law Enforcement to make a 39-pounder look dedication and professional Division as a student officer in Charles W. Glass joined a big — it is! If you've achievements in fisheries- 1965, was subsequently very select group of anglers ever wondered how big your engineering and administration assigned to Lycoming County when he hauled in that musky bait should be, have established a 'standard of where he has served until the 50-inch muskellunge from the one look at those jaws will excellence' which few will ever present. waters of Lake Marburg. give you some clue.

PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE the tailless amphibians. The operates. The cans are then It's not other group being the frogs. Gobbling Goats crushed and stored for weekly "Catchy"! Although toads have warty pickup. The remaining garbage skin, they do not cause warts. Arizona shopping centers is relegated to a temporary Their warts are actually glands now have a new kind of vending holding tank. Some 20 "goats" Common near streams and that produce substances machine — it consumes, are now "grazing" in shopping n ^ ds throughout distasteful to animals that weighs, sorts, and separates center parking lots in Pheonix, ns f " ylvania, the American might be tempted to eat a toad. aluminum cans and pays 13 and more than 400 are planned " represents one group of Photo: RONALD E. CHARLTON cents a pound in return. First for distribution throughout the installed in June, 1978, the country this year. "Golden Goat" gobbles up to Courtesy Conservation News 7,000 cans each hour, NATIONAL WILDLIFE separating aluminum cans as it FEDERATION

Need use the FISH COMMISSION DIRECTORY on the inside of our Information? back cover. The function of each office is reflected in its If your question concerns a title. Select an office which local (county) matter, your would appear to be most closely District Waterways Patrolman related to your inquiry and is your best source of write or call that office direct, information. You'll find his rather than this magazine. name, address, and telephone You'll save time, postage, number in the "Summary" you duplication of effort, and received with your fishing recieve a prompt, accurate license. For other information, reply.

catching the fish and being Estimating its has its weight estimated as able to weigh it on accurate 3 Hat Did it follows: 13 x 13 = 169 x 23 /4 scales. The following tables of 3 Weight = 4,013 /4- 800 = 5 lbs. High? comparative weights of fish approximately when taken from the water and The formula given for This estimate is practically ,n these days when anglers the same fish after it has been estimating the weight of a fish the same as that of Sturdy's *vel many miles to find big dead from six to 12 hours may calls for a certain amount of Table of weight for length of "> it frequently happens that be helpful in telling of the big mathematical skill. For trout. Here is the Sturdy Table le 3 " time will elapse between one that did not get away: instance, a trout 23 /4 inches for trout which is simple to long with girth of 13 inches, follow: Just Dead Dead Sturdy Table for Trout Killed Six Hours Twelve Hours Inches Lbs. Oz. ches Lbs. Oz. lib. — 15'/2oz. — 15 oz. 9 5 20 3 7 21b. 1 lb. 14'/2oz. 1 lb. 14 oz. 10 7 21 4 0 3 31b. 21b. 13 /4oz. 21b. 13 oz. 11 9 22 4 9 41b. 31b. 13oz. 3 1b. 12 oz. 12 12 23 5 3 51b. 41b. 12'/4oz. 4 lb. 11 oz. 13 15 24 5 15 61b. 51b. ll'/2oz. 51b. 10 oz. 14 3 25 6 11 71b. 61b. 103/„ oz. 61b. 9oz. 15 7 26 7 8 81b. 71b. 10 oz. 7 1b. 8oz. 16 12 27 8 7 91b. 81b. 9'/4oz. 8 1b. 7oz. 17 2 28 9 6 101b. 91b. 8'/2oz. 91b. 6oz. 18 8 29 10 7 3 Hlb. 101b. 7 /4 oz. 101b. 5oz. 19 15 30 11 9 121b. 11 lb. 7oz. 11 lb. 4oz. Editor's Note: 131b. 121b. 6'/4oz. 121b. 3 oz. 141b. 131b. 5'/ oz. 131b. 2oz. The foregoing appeared in What I do know is that I have 2 "Angler & Hunter in Ontario," used both tables (and the 151b. 141b. 4% oz. 141b. 1 oz. and is reprinted here with formula) for a long time and 161b. 151b. 4oz. 151b. — found it amazingly accurate 171b. 161b. 3'/ oz. 151b. 15oz. permission. We're grateful to 4 ... hope your readers find the 181b. 171b. 2'/ oz. 161b. 14 oz. Editor Jack Davis, who says 2 tables useful." (For those 191b. 181b. iy oz. 171b. 13 oz. "... I am unable to shed any 4 readers who are bound to ask, 201b. 191b. 181b. 12 oz. light on the method by which "A & H in Ontario" can be 301b. 281b. 9'/ oz. 281b. 2oz. the shrinkage table was 2 reached at Box 1541, 401b. 381b. 2oz. 371b. 8oz. formulated. I have had this in 501b. my files for many years and do Peterborough, Ontario 471b. 10'/2oz. 461b. 14 oz. not know where it originated. K9J7H7.)

*u GUST — 1979 Waterside Wanderings

by Linda Steiner

JL o enjoy the outdoors, especially under rocks and submerged roots crevices, or under drowned root along lakes and streams, it isn't along the banks. systems. Both they and the sunfish necessary to spend a lot of time there. And the trout? They've moved have long since abandoned their nests It's more important what we do with upstream to shadowy lairs, where of early summer, when they were so that time, the quality of it rather than water temperatures are more to their conspicuous on their finned-clean the quantity. We look, but do we liking, or below bubbling riffles or circles in the shallows. Only the fry< always see? I'm one who is as likely to waterfalls where there is more oxygen. the tiny, young "fishlings" are left a* have binoculars, magnifying glass, Trout have also entered the mouths of the water's edge, but they are hiding sketchbook, rocks, leaves or caddis cold, spring-fed feeder streams, where from the sun's glare under water cases in my creel as a brace of frying- the coolness makes them more plants or overhanging brush or size fish. But then, there is more comfortable. If I want to catch any grasses. An August afternoon does happening ... more to be enjoyed in now, I must find them there, though seem pretty still, except for the Pennsylvania's outdoors than just fish there were times when I saw the fish droning of insects. to be caught, or calm water to be more concerned with just surviving in A thunderstorm, of course, change whizzed across, every season and each the warm water, than in taking even all that. It whips up wind and clouds- month of the year. my best-looking flies or bait. But, rain and lightning bolts, and then is August is just such a month. On the then, during August's dog days, I over. But the outdoor world isn't the surface, it's hot, humid, typically don't feel like eating, either. same afterwards, and won't be aga"1 summer. Along what had been trout Luckily for the angler, bass are — for a while, at least. There's a streams in April, I find low, warm more tolerant of summer days and refreshing dampness apparent to tne water ... sunlight glaring through the warm water, though they, too, are waterside sojourner now, even with clear liquid to reveal every feature of difficult to catch in the heat of an the late afternoon sun cutting throug the stone or sandy bottom. Even the August afternoon. They've gone the departing thunderclouds. suckers and creek chubs are hiding deeper, into tangles of weeds, rock Insects are the first to emerge aft6

PENNSYLVANIA ANGL^ a hot summer's day. More food is washed into the flowing water for fish, but if it rained long and hard enough, the water level might rise, a flash flood over sun-baked earth. If the water becomes silt-ridden, it can make life even more trying for trout. Mud particles can clog their gills, which are already working overtime to strain needed oxygen from summer-warmed water. But in many of the true trout streams, where the land all around is green and forested, heavy rain means little mud, just some high water and lots of good eating. First on the trout's dinner menu after a midsummer storm are land insects. Ants, beetles, worms, caterpillars, drowned flies, bees, all must look like a smorgasbord meal to trout, minnows, fallfish and other stream dwellers. High water can mean more churning in the riffles and more bubbling below the falls, so the increased oxygen makes the stream more to the trout's liking. Wherever they can find a handy perch, from an overhanging limb to a telephone wire, kingfishers watch for minnows or the young of gamefish. '**&*> Occasionally their diving splash breaks the water mirror of creek pools hard rain. Spiders creep out to since been replaced by deep-sounding or ponds. A great blue heron stands at uild destroyed webs in the bullfrogs, calling from among the the water's edge, snakelike neck Parlcling sunlight, or to check them cattails. A frightened watersnake, a poised to dart out and spear. Already L r broken strands if the traps have fish and frog eater, leaves an his turkey-sized tracks have made new •j, en built in more protected spots. undulating wake as it escapes across etchings in the rain-smoothed banks. ,j ere the webs often hang with water the pond. Little green herons hunt the shallows °Plets like diamond necklaces, with One frog jumped out into deeper or use half-submerged logs as walkways to catch hiding fish. But '^en orb spiders as the central jewel. water at my passing, and disappeared u they'll take a salamander or frog as ^ ° t it isn't long before the webs are in a splash and swirl — bass, too, C well, if the chance occurs. K in business, catching insects that become active after the rain! The j^,buzzing again in the moist air. shower, short but heavy, stirred the As evening approaches, dobsonflies, L lng gnats and mosquitos are mud at the pond's edge and minnows crane and stone flies fill the air. In .ginning their bloodthristy flights are on a feeding spree with so much both creeks and ponds, water-dwelling , 'ore nightfall, and that is one food washed into the water. Grubs, larvae of many types shed their skins *ard I must bear to be out at worms, all sorts of minute life keep for adulthood, although the large Inside after an August rain. the baitfish busy, so it is easy for hatches of mayflies are over until next he re-emerging insects mean gamefish to move in for suppertime. A spring. Now, only the palest of the "Ppertime, though, for purple large tail cutting the surface, or mayflies dance over the water's art minnows jumping to avoid open jaws surface at sunset. 0v ins and barn swallows that zigzag ni^ ^e water's surface. Bats and announce their presence. If the thunderstorm comes late j Snthawks will take their places Bass relish, as well, the crayfish and enough in the afternoon, it will leave a er pQ > their flights reflected in the insect larvae that have been displaced cool dampness that will last all night, (j.11" mirror until all daylight by the storm. But pickerel and pike making the summer world pleasant ^PPears. have designs on more meaty fare, the for many waterside residents and r young gamefish, chubs, suckers, even visitors like me. Even raccoons will ev ,°gs, too, are beginning their n n bluegills that are too interested in stop by to catch a frog or crayfish for ra. ' 8 meals of unwary insects. The th ^ . dampened the whole world to eating to be cautious. If I had brought a midnight meal... gamefish will be 1o»lr ''king and the croaking bass a fishing rod along, I might have free to prowl the shallows under an CS are Punctuated now and then by gotten in on the action, too. concealing darkness all night long. Ccas That's when the smart angler will be v0j° ional alto or soprano. The tiny A thunderstorm also brings new life Ces fishing. of spring peepers have long to the doldrums of stream activity on

^GUST— 1979

*he first of its kind in Pennsylvania...

^ish Ladder Dedicated on the Schuylkill River's Fairmount Dam w hen the Fairmount Dam was built across the c|»uyikili River 166 years ago, it put Photographs by Russell Gettig, n e nd to the further upstream migration of Staff Photographer Owning fishes. The 14-foot-high dam |!0vv boasts a fish ladder of the latest design. (M °*e in a future Angler report.)

Ah $°*e: Among those attending the May 8th dedication of the Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder were, left to right: 4°«e/t c. Crawford, Chairman, Fairmount Park Commission, Dr. Ruth Patrick, Philadelphia l^demy of Natural Sciences, Ralph W. Abele, Executive Director, PFC, Hon. Calvin J. Kern, Member, PFC, °°- John A. Hugya, Vice President, PFC, and Robert McConnell, Director, Fairmount Park Commission. r^Posite page: Executive Director Abele displays obvious satisfaction with the Commonwealths first 0c*ern day fish ladder as the waters of the Schuylkill descend, level by level.

U GUST— 1979 The Peaceful Fisherman byLoringD. Wilsot

. the pilot glanced up, rather startled to see my boat a few feet off his bow and asked, 'Any luck?' "

A he lake was serene that morn­ in a Lunar Landing Module! catching anything?" (Some expletiv ing ... not the barest whisper of a The bass boat was a beauty, I had to have been deleted from his converse breeze disturbed the mist that was admit. Gold metal-flake paint over a tion to make this article more pal3 rising in plumes from the still surface sleek, trim body made of the latest able.) i as the sun edged over the tops of the anti-collision materials, six mysterious "No," I said, laid the rod down, 3°° trees. I edged slowly into a cove, boxes flashing neon lights in a rainbow picked up the oars. As I rowed out spotted a likely looking stump sil­ of various hues, foot-controlled trolling the cove, the fisherman started cas houetted against the muted colors of motor, an engine with higher horse­ ing. It was a sight to behold. No soofl6 early morning, noticed a promising power than my car, and eight rods did the lure hit the water than swirl by the stump, and was preparing bristling from holders like a sea-going burning retrieve brought it back to t" to cast when something else caught my porcupine made the craft look more boat, and no sooner did the lure reac eye. A heron had just stepped out of like a wild night in Las Vegas than a the boat than it was fired out of t0 the mist along the far shore, and was "fishin' boat." But, the fisherman more. After a half dozen casts, stalking minnows in the quiet shal­ aboard her must have loved her dearly, fisherman jammed the rod into lows. because as he rocketed into the once holder, wrenched another free af> "Well," I thought, "that fish can quiet cove, his eyes never left his dials started the same sort of action with t" wait a few minutes while I learn and gauges. new rig. He was enjoying himself . thoroughly that he hadn't even n^ something about 'fish hunting' from a Finally, as the engine abruptly lost 1 master!" So, I just held onto the rod its SST whine and the boat settled time to smile by the time I rounded t* and watched the grandeur of the large about two feet in the water, producing bend and he dropped from sight- bird, and how calmly, yet with such a swell somewhat similar to, though I wasn't too upset, though. If i dedication, it probed the shallow water with not quite the intensity of a minor hadn't ruined the fishing in the cove> with both foot and eye, until with a tsunami, the pilot (Bassboatmonaut?) wouldn't have left, and I wouldn't ha rapier thrust of its neck, it emerged glanced up, seemed rather startled to had the chance to see the mart1 with a fish about six inches in see my boat a few feet off his bow and raccoon, with four tiny kits stagger1" !t length. asked, "Any luck?" and reeling along behind her, trying '. "OK, friend bird," I thought, "wish I watched rather wistfully as the navigate a log across a small finger me the same kind of luck I wished wake of the fleeing fish that I had seen water that apparently stood betwe6 you." gradually melded back into the lake, them and their den tree. . I calculated the strength of the cast, and said, "I saw a heron catch one. It In the past two decades, ang'6 brought the rod tip back — and at the was a beautiful. ..." have seen some amazing changes precise moment a veritable Mario "Heron! What are you, a bird­ their sport, both in the areas that ha Andretti of the waterways hit the cove watcher or something? I mean are you been opened up for them and in tP

10 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL velopments in equipment that have present beckoning to be opened. The That would be wasted on me, I'm "^ along to make fishing more fun magic that reveals a world seldom seen afraid . . .I'm pretty good, but I can't and perhaps, a bit more sure. Still, in today's urban and suburban socie­ row that fast! However, you can stick comes down to the wire, it is ty — the magic that makes us realize your wrist in the water. If the water is 2c - (, angler, and not the equipment, the greater magic of the great whole of cool to the touch, but not really cold, • .at cajoles the fish — no matter what Nature around us, and that, although the chances are it is close enough to I "d of fish — into taking the bait or a very small part, we are a part of the the "optimum range" for the fish to be greater magic. biting pretty well (if they want to, One problem that is especially I have often wondered what would which is always up to them). Or, for «%e nt when it comes to the black happen to one of the truly dedicated about a dollar you can buy a ther­ ^ is that sportfishing has become tournament fishermen if his batteries mometer that goes in aquariums, put it • 6 business. This, of course, is not bad went dead. Many of them are really in the water, wait the interminable "self, since the more people who are great people to know, but when they time of a minute, and read precisely com Peting to provide the best and hit a bass lake, they have only one what the temperature is. •ho- (''°st attractive tackle and equipment, thought. And then I have talked with After the temperature meter came * better tackle and equipment we some "old coots" who pole around the the oxygen meter. Shell out another ' all have available to us. shorelines in a leaky bateau and know monthly car payment and you have a Thus, while the peaceful fisherman more about the habits of the Microp- doogidget that will tell you, if you ask Jty not need eight perfectly tapered terus clan than many fisheries biolo­ it nicely, how much oxygen is dissolved s with matching free-spool bait- gists although if you said "Micropte- in the water you are fishing, down to *ng reels (all the same, so that the rus" to them they'd probably hit two or three parts per million or so fish,, e rman doesn't change the feel of you. (the more expensive the unit, the less ^.e tackle when he picks up the one The fact is, being a peaceful fish­ oxygen you can see — or not see — or I ,n the purple spinnerbait while erman can improve your fishing. All whatever). Haul out the magic charts ln sJ g down the one with the lavender those gauges and meters that bedeck that are supplied with the unit (some­ P'tinerbait attached), he truly bene- the newest bass rigs may be fun for the times at a small extra cost) and you a (in his one or possibly two rod- person lucky enough to be able to can tell whether or not a fish could „ "-reel combinations) from the fact afford them, but if they were abso­ exist there — and possibly how many, a n t such perfectly balanced combi- lutely necessary no one who didn't their species, their weights, their lQns have been developed. own them would ever catch fish. And, names — oh, some of these "tools" (L'S it necessary for the peaceful as the angler learns about water, using can do miraculous things—at least, u ^rman to have eight hip roof tackle his own senses, those senses can according to their press. *es bristling with lures? Of course replace most of the various electronic How can you even hope to get by to** In fact, it can get to be a gadgetry on the market, and produce without one? Try using your eyes! All 'France — unless you know what side benefits as well. you have to do is look for some form of u f t, e doing — for the simple reason Admittedly, a depth finder is hard fishy looking activity. If minnows or I at you'll spend more time changing to beat as a tool, especially in deep bluegills are disporting themselves in es 0(j' than you will fishing. But, on the water, when it comes to locating the shallows, making dimples and ^er hand, isn't it nice to know that so submerged structure. It is also a handy smacks on the surface, you can be any beautiful and fascinating lures device when trolling for walleyes and fairly certain that all the other fish in ,. e available to look at and try if you other schooling fish on very large the area haven't smothered to death V to? impoundments. But then, that is either. If one form of fish life can exist 5j ^ny angler, man or woman, profes- usually a different sort of fishing than in a given area, so can others. fj /^l tournament-goer or peaceful "the peaceful fisherman" will be Then we have the pH meter. This fter ]u man, regards a well-equipped doing. And, in shallow water, a long handy little device tells you the acidity e shop in the same way a small child bamboo pole marked at one foot of the water, because it seems that rJards tne jignts ancj tmsei on a intervals, or a sinker attached to the certain fish cannot tolerate strongly ^ r'stmas tree. One individual ele- end of a color-coded line, can accu­ acid water (tell that to the pickerel in nt rately and easily determine the depth 4 > be it light or lure, may be the peat-stained lakes). But here is a Ually little of water — if it needs to be deter­ bUt different from the next, very simple test you can conduct: drop ^ a" together they create a certain mined. your plug into the water beside the ^ of magic that many of us lose But how about some of the other boat and wait three minutes. If the .§- *ay through elementary school. electronic gadgetry that has become so water eats the body away, there is W \ariety IS certainly something we popular as "essential fishing tools" in probably too much acid in the water u u 'd never want taken away from recent years? Can the senses take care for fish, and you had best move on of their computer readouts and Fourth before your boat dissolves. ut of July-type neon blips? All right, we've joked a little here, Of then we come to a different kind tu ^agic, a magic that no manufac- Of course they can. Take the carried things to extremes, but the tjj er Can give any of us. It is the magic temperature gauge, for example. For a point is simply that if we come to rely fj, niakes the peaceful fisherman, or little over a hundred bucks, you can too much on electronic fishing aids, !Sher Woman, or fisherchild ... the own a thermometer that will tell you the next obvious step is to come up ^f a S'c that changes a piece of water the temperature of the surface of the with an electronic fishing game to fit a fish market into a birthday water at almost 40 miles per hour! one of those cartridge devices that

^GU S T 19 7 9 11 eii peaceful you'll be before you eV hit the water! Once you have your method conveyance, whether waders or b° ' buy the proper tackle. It really does w matter what brand it is, or .( style — but don't use cast-off taC y that someone gave you because bought something better (obviouSj they weren't satisfied with it)- a L don't buy cheap gear. Spend cn°^ money to get something really g0^ and learn how to use it in ^ „ backyard or a park or field before ; start fishing. Good tackle won't g ^ you the headaches and malfunction8 inferior gear, and once you learn » to operate it properly, you'll have to think about — or worry about -" the water. The same holds true lures. Cheap imports may look same as the American made lures, rs they don't always "run" the same sometimes they don't run rignt alL . for The only other requirement being a peaceful fisherman »s ^ sharpen your eyes and ears, and le ^ how to use them. There is a wea'!%, nature to be seen if only you will 1 a wealth that is completely missed ^ many anglers who are so intent more.fish, or bigger fish — no ma .( what the species — that they lose s'g of the greater plan, of which both Has fishing perhaps become a little more complicated than it should be? and the fish are merely a part- fl(j If you like electronic gadgetry. . plugs into the television set so that we necessary, and for pure practicality it makes fishing more fun for you, never have to leave the house. It would nothing yet has topped a pair of oars flf use it. But if you have the full array-.( certainly be a lot cheaper than all the sized to the length of the boat (a little even part of the system of electf0^ other gear we buy, even we non­ over half the length from bow to stern fishing aids, think back to wnenXg electronic fishermen, and we wouldn't is proper). Oars have a lot going for were a little less affluent, when fisl1'j have to "brave the outdoors" to take them. You don't have to worry about was simply a matter of finding a J risks of sunburn, chills, insect bites, or s s running out of gas; you don't have to fooling the fish through your ^" h^ng seeing something that might bring us s worry about the proper gas-oil mix­ yours alone, and ask yourself if fi fC pleasure, or a little knowledge about ture, or carrying the oil with you in has perhaps become a little °i ^ the world around us. case the service station where you get complicated than it should be, What is necessary to become a gas is out of it. You don't have to getting the fish has become # jt peaceful fisherman? Aside from the worry about your propulsion system important thaman inthe act 0o1f pupursuiiBW t*.» < desire to be one, the requirements are refusing to start, or starting and then If your honest answer is even "mai . quite simple. A boat of some sort is a dying, in the face of an oncoming a little," you owe yourself °J help, but only because it gives you storm front. You don't have to worry daybreak on a small, well-foreS' . greater mobility. There are some about batteries going dead in the lake, in a rented rowboat with waters that simply cannot be fished middle of a fishing day. And, if you fishing rod. ^ either from shore or with waders. keep the oarlocks and sockets fitting Try it once. I believe you'll cO . Besides, there is something peaceful in properly, and learn how to row with a home with a better feeling inside, ^ the act of just sitting in a boat at dawn trace of finesse, you don't have to almost if not just as many fish •„ and hearing the world wake up around worry about the racket of your propul­ you really know how to fish to " & ( you as the sky turns from blue-black to sion system scaring all the fish out of with — and a greater awareness, gray to clear blue, and the sun peeks the lake and up into the feeder only of the fish themselves, but o' 3 the top arc of its ball above the streams! If you get rid of that many upper layer of their world. After a ' trees. re worries simply by buying the right pair Great Blue Heron is a much P ( A method of propelling that boat is of oars, just think how much more thing to watch than a neon blip-

12 P E N N SYLVANIA ANGLfc Hot weather fly fishingfo r real tackle testers —

Dry Fly Carp

by Rich Faler

J\ beautiful green canopy of oak and maple leaves blocked the intense July sun's heat and softened its brightness. The pocket of air under the leaves and over the river's surface was reviv­ ing — cool and moist. The pool's surface was a calm mirror, reflecting unbroken images. This was an after­ noon that demanded one find shelter from the 95 degree heat. I had found it and was glad I could enjoy my refuge with a fly rod. Relaxing in the shade, I watched the pool for rising activity. It came faster than expected, as I suddenly realized a two-footer was beside the bank at my feet. The large fish was cruising in a haphazard pattern as he lazily sucked in fallen beetles and inch worms. I then noticed several fifteen to twenty- inch fish cruising and rising as I concentrated on their larger mess­ mate. Anxiously preparing for battle, I tied on a #16 clipped deer hair beetle on a ten-foot, two-pound-test leader. Edging to the riverbank's brink, I saw that the lunker was about thirty feet from me as he swam at an angle toward the other shore. I needed a These seven fly-caught carp came from the Little Shenango River. Great quick presentation, if I wanted a short, easy cast. scrappers, they ranged from 15 to 26 inches in length. \ it „ ^UST-1979 13 One of the author's favorite carp waters, the old mill dam on the Little Shenango several miles above Greenville-

Watching my backcast, I threaded enough that he could be led to a fills this need. the line and its payload through the gradually sloping gravel bar. This is surprising to many fish6 surrounding branches and leaves. This I took advantage of his water- men and shocking to others. I will o° accomplished, I turned and directed slapping tail to help drive himself get into the pros and cons concern^ the terrestrial in the remaining flight. aground. The gladiator was on his side the carp's effect on native fish and t

14 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE11 chniques in order to guarantee often alternate between the surface be long and fine to match the size of ccess. In American trout fishing, for and the underwater foodstuffs, taking fly used. Regular trout or panfish ^triple, most fishing is done blind a nymph, then a dry and then another gear, from rod to fly, is the ticket for JJk fishes the water and casts to nymph. For a strictly bottom-feeding carp fishing. r'kely looking spots. In carp fly carp to notice and accept a dry offer­ The fly cast by the knowledgeable ^ding, this method is not very pro ing, though, is not to be expected. carper will land one to three feet in K ctive. The best method for carp is to A hatch of aquatic insects, such as front of his target's nose. As the fly the rise." This method is stalking mayflies, will draw astonishing num­ lands, it will often be detected by the hi casting to individual fish by bers of the golden carp to the surface. fish and be sucked in. If the carp si8ht. These large hatches, with their multi­ doesn't act aware of the imitation, an 'here is a big difference in the final tudes of emerging nymphs and duns, added enticement may be in order; a sUlts when using these two styles for will at times create a frenzy within a twitch of the line is the normal solu­ rP- This is a major reason for so few population of carp that speed about tion, a more drastic measure would be . rP caught with fly rods — even acci- the pool, alternately nymphing and a slow retrieve. "«ntaliy. rising with great fervor. Once a feeding carp sees a fly, i Even this "fish the rise" method has Most of my dry fly carping is done there's more likelihood he'll hit it than <• Problems. A feeding trout has a to carp feeding on terrestrials. The any trout. That's saying a lot for a fish r euing position where he calmly waits numbers of rising fish normally that is not generally considered a fly ir his meal. As food drifts over him, observed will not be as great as during rod gamefish. As long as a carp is not • e batches it until he decides to take the excited gorging which occurs spooked, is feeding and sees the fly tci k-^en' ^e "ses> S'PS li m and returns during a hatch, but it is more consis­ where it can be easily taken, he will tent. That there will be feeding carp suck it in. "iers original position. A carp, on the utt)i hand, does not hold in a posi- during a terrestrial fall is a bet with A carp is a deliberate moving fish. a carp is strictly a cruiser. This sure odds. It is a type of feeding that His rise is a slow sure take. Ejection of 80ld(e n gamefish is constantly on the will last all day. a fake is executed with the same °ve. This wanderlust during feeding Relatively still pools of water are characteristic coolness. This helps the eates a problem for the fly fisher- the best places to locate rising carp. light tippet user to set the hook They feed in fast water, but a feeding without a lightning-fast strike which t Instead of casting to a stationary carp does not stay in one position. This may prove too violent for the tippet. J r§et, the holding or feeding position, wandering makes them hard to keep Strike quickly, but a split-second reac­ Cast a is made to a constantly shifting track of where one has broken water or tion is unnecessary. a p Uncertain target. This can lead to a heavy current to contend with. Playing a carp is the same as any n fr ° g, well-planned stalk becoming a Carp do not feed selectively. One other large fish on light line: be grating exercise in futility. need not dump out his fly box for a #18 delicate, but persistent. A carp's ^orne anglers may view this as a sulphur dun to match the hatch when powerful runs demand a smooth reel I as°n for not pursuing carp with a carp fishing. This eliminates one of the with a light drag and plenty of back­ n ch 8 rod, but it is really just an added frustrations that all fly fishermen ing. Don't plan on landing a twenty-six a 0j. "enge. Isn't challenge the essence bear. A carp will take any reasonable incher in three or four minutes ... I a good gamefish? Sure it is. dry fly when he's on surface fare. I have had some carp on for over an ^ll has been established, but for the usually use a #14 or #16 beetle imita­ hour! in°St Part overl°oked, in other articles tion. I have used as small as a #22. I The challenge of the stalk and the Qu f.r'ous publications, that carp are a once landed a 23-inch carp on one of thrill of the take and the fight are ^a'ified gamefish and that they can these minutae. unique when blended together by the a; taken on flies with regularity. These Actually, the hardest challenge a fly carp. One has a decision to make, gQ.^Pts to educate fly casters to this rodding carp fisherman faces is that of though, when he has one of these big of n gamester point to the eagerness proper presentation. This begins be­ golden brutes tired and beached. fj a carp sucking in nymphs. The dry fore the cast, when the fish is first Normally I release all fish I catch. I a carry through with this bit of charity a ngle, though, has not been sighted. A careful, well-planned stalk with any carp I haul in. te'Cached to any appreciable ex- must be executed to bring the angler to a proper distance and position for the A lot of sportsmen would rather I poP CarP is not considered a dry fly cast. Easy going is the watchword kill the carp. The carp, however, ^*ntial, because he is depicted as a here. provides me with the thrill I seek when s%l°m grub^r- To the few brave After one is prepared to cast, this he's alive. I have no desire to kill s^ S tr,at took to carping, a nymph should be done with as little movement anything I do not utilize. e*cp!et* a natural choice. It was an and water disturbance as possible. A When viewed in the whole, a carp is fe 'lent choice. A carp, however, does carp is extremely shy and great care is a notable gamefish. I enjoy catching tr . °n the surface quite a bit and this needed. lunker-sized fish on tiny dries —any \ Can be taken advantage of in a Any fly rod balancing a six-weight fly man does. Sometimes carp are the 1 satisfying manner. line is ideal for this type of fishing—a only local fish that fill the bill, but this He ° catch a carp on a dry fly, one heavier line slaps the water too much. is no apology ... I enjoy carping. A Wjii s' °f course, a rising carp. A carp I use my regular seven and a half foot carp is our golden gamefish and he n needs more of the angling fraternity's a|r °t usually take a dry unless he is trout rod that throws a six-weight, auy taking from the surface. Carp double tapered line. The leader should attention. Let's give it to him.

UGUST— 1979 15 w;

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*3C-£ ~*. After an absence of some 20 years, the author returns to a favorite boyhood fishing spot below the dam at Carlisle' Return to Conodoguinet by David R. Thompson

xt's a mid-August afternoon and I warm weather, and admit that the dog boots as I waded out to retrieve it- don fishing vest and hip boots along days of August aren't often ideal for Yes, in some ways the Cono the road just below the dam on the bass fishing ... yet the creek is low and guinet had remained the same Conodoguinet Creek at Carlisle. I'm fairly clear and it feels as if fish are soon I learned that, underneath confident the creek is as good to fish as nearby, hiding behind the larger rocks cosmetics, the creek had aged in * ' it was over twenty years ago when I and in the dark pockets between weed that worry me. frequently fished it as a boy. Confi­ beds. I begin to feel better about my .* dent, that is, until two pessimists I must have confidence. It helps to stomping grounds and the prospe \ parked within earshot maintain in remind myself that the state's record for good fishing after catching seve authoritative tones that it's too hot to smallmouth was caught from this Kodacolor sunfish and lively rock o. catch bass and moreover the fish won't creek in 1937 by Ed Meadows of on the ultralight spinning rod. I j hit until fall when the creek cools. Harrisburg. That trophy taped 24'/i below the entire length of the dam a j, As I leave my car and walk inches and weighed six pounds two arrive at the north side where a ° ^ cree upstream the conversation of the two ounces. overhangs the water and the ^3t angling experts fades away and is As I visualize a bass of such propor­ shadowed and knee-deep. It's here t replaced by sound of water pouring tions, there's a rush of air above me two smallmouth of about eight i"c ^ over the long dam. A bait fisherman and a faint but familiar sound of take the gold spinner and try to sha on the breast casts into the still, deep wings. The waterfowler in me tenses it by jumping. I admire their ° . water above the dam while sitting on a when I look up and see a flight of shade and release them. Maybe log that I swear was there two decades mallards. The ducks remind me of the will become a new state record. W ago. green-headed mallard drake I shot on ful thinking. s$ I cast my spinner without a strike the creek above Meadow Brook (west An hour later I find that decent o * below this hardfished dam while the of Carlisle) that morning before can be coaxed to hit a lure even ° y words of the pessimists slowly begin to school, and how I hardly felt the cold sleepy August afternoon lulled n haunt me. I agree with them about the creep pour over the tops of my hip singing cicadas. It's rubber mi»

16 PENNSYLVANIA A N G L 'th red stripes that tempts them as I ?h it slowly in waist-deep holes, °lying it action by twitching the rod llP. °ut, first the rock bass strike . . . °°n enough are on the stringer for a vSh fry ... if I elect to keep them. "ey tug on the stringer attached to "e vest loop. At one point I look down 1 them after casting the minnow ..hen there's a tap at the end of the Ine- I set the hook, feel a fish, and set again. A few minutes later, while the Pessimists are awaiting cooler days to ^S'n fishing, a tired thirteen-inch ^allmouth comes close enough to *rasp by the lower jaw. No giant, but a , lce bass nonetheless. It feels good to e home again. , *he same hole produces more action »ut I fail to land the "mystery" fish. •J'sing ^ leaves me feeling empty ^cause judging by the strain on the 0(1 and the solid feel of it the fish was a good,one . atv^arty SheP,er of Carlisle asks &out the fish when he wades up to me hile his companions brother Bob and . att Robbins, also of Carlisle, canoe UPstream. I 'I saw you lose it," he says. "I just st (° one, too. It was a musky of about .^enty inches . . . down at the next e s°' around the bend. I was using a ^U spinner when it hit, but it got off n<*r the canoe." . ' show him the smallmouth before e climbs into the canoe with the I "crs and they return downstream, red by the musky. , "^Uskellunge? During my earlier Vs cruising the creek by canoe or a s ding it with black, ankle-high eakers, there were no muskies. I j> c'de to ask Waterways Patrolman J^y Heath about the creek's fish Ration. . You bet they're in the Conodo- "let," he says. "We've been stocking "skies there annually for the last ten jj.^s. They're raised at the Huntsdale • Sn Cultural Station, and are almost oot long when released, 'here aren't many muskies being fkk m tne cree'c because not many Mermen are fishing for them," he „ t'nues. "Those who are see them all time, rolling like porpoises, at Ma, ^!Ces like Good Hope Mill Dam and ji, "°w Mill Park. A few muskies were h Sally shot by archers near Orr's The author's sons Bridger (left), 7, and Erik, 8, check the condition of their j^ge in Hampton Township." rock bass while wading and bait fishing the Conodoguinet. The creek is a ^eath says the 'lunge are stocked in good one for rock bass and specimens up to ten inches long are not uncommon.

(J GUST— 1979 17 the Conodoguinet from its mouth at the Susquehanna River upstream to Shippensburg. "I know they've seen them at the dam at Newville, too," he adds. The possibility of hooking one of these predators gives the creek a new dimension that most anglers overlook. Like me, they consider the creek basi­ cally a smallmouth bass and panfish water. It's an excellent place to pursue panfish and rock bass of ten inches aren't uncommon. However, the smallmouth fishing, which was once good enough to produce the state record that has stood for 41 years, has declined. "Fishermen are still getting nice smallmouth, but I believe the bass population in the Conodoguinet is likely to be in trouble in three or four years," Heath opines. He bases the prediction on the 1978 stream survey that "turned up a small percentage of smallmouth bass and many sunfish and rock bass." He says, "The creek is loaded with members of the sunfish family, and there are also a lot of carp. Sunfish are actually predators that feed on small bass before they have a chance to grow and the carp destroy bass spawning beds." However, such fish aren't the only enemies the smallmouth bass popula­ tion confronts in the Conodoguinet. Perhaps the major obstacle is environ­ mental damage caused by man. "I've been here fifteen years and it was basically a good stream back then," Heath explains. "Now, there is Below the remnants of Burgner's Mill the author caught several smallmouth more pollution from sewage treatment such as this one in the ten-inch category, and a variety of panfish. plants and storm water drains that empty into the creek. Then there's also haven't seen a better Conodoguinet County says were found in the c»v sedimentation from farm ground. bass caught since that summer after­ along the Conodoguinet at "Ca^ There are more homes being built, noon. Hill" near Carlisle may have been tJ> more land being blacktopped and the It was easier during those boyhood remains of an Indian, for it is belie^6 runoff goes into the Conodoguinet." times to slowly pronounce the name that the cave was used as a place <• Consequently, sediment in the creek Con-o-do-go-in-it, an Indian name, refuge and temporary shelter "' is severe enough to easily notice. I and relive by camping along the creek, Indians. stirred up silt from the creek bottom the days when Redmen also lived The well-known cave extends i° with every step while fishing below there. In the mid-1700's there was a about 270 feet to where it branches • Burgner's Mill one evening. Despite Shawnee village near the mouth of the three directions. It was here in *" the pollution, the south side offers a Conodoguinet having the same name. "Devil's Dining Room" that the not^ nice stretch of smallmouth water that The name, however, is a corruption of rious David Lewis, "The Robbef> yields three barely legal bass plus Gunnipduckhannet which means "for born in Carlisle in 1790, fled to during s some goggle-eyes. a long way nothing but bends." I his escape from a Carlisle guardhoU I recall that not far downstream is found that to be true during a canoe in the War of 1812 after beinjj the "iron bridge" below which a friend trip from Carlisle to the Susquehanna sentenced to death for desertion a" caught a seventeen-inch smallmouth River. double enlistment. After leaving W on a hellgrammite when we were Indian artifacts have been found hideout on the bank of *" twelve. It was the biggest smallmouth Conodoguinet, he embarked on near the creek at Middlesex. Human 6 either of us had ever seen, and I bones that a history of Cumberland career as a robber and counterfeit

18 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL E* , became a legendary figure. The creek is stocked with trout from lot of silt. I had a boat on the creek While some of the creek's history is the reservoir down to the Cumberland there for about 28 years. All the old- r ^ntic, it also played an important County line. As it travels through timers out that way fished that area ^ e in the development of the Cumberland it becomes a warmwater the first day of bass season and in the , umberland Valley. It was harnessed fishery that includes suckers and eels. evening they'd have a bass feed. The d P°wer in Colonial times and was Waterways Patrolman Heath says the following year there'd be plenty of glared a public highway in 1771 latter fish were stocked every year for bass again." r> ^ its mouth to what is now Long's about five years until four years ago. But that was many years ago. What SRoad. I now realize that the creek offers about today? Doubtless the two p today, Letterkenny Reservoir in more diverse angling and boating pessimists who don't bass fish in a s nklin County is considered the opportunities than I had supposed. August would write the Conodoguinet art nf, - o"if thme Conodoguine^onoaogumeti »_reCreeke . "Canoeing is getting to be tremen­ Creek an epitaph and consider it a c°*ever the book "Conodoguinet dously popular there," Heath tells me, "has-been." That, however, would be c°*ever the book "Conodoguir, ee&," by John G. Orr, which was adding that there are regulated power wasting the creek's potential when it CaK;Defore the Kittochtinny Histori- boating areas at Bair's Dam and should be protected and gradually • Society on May 5, 1909, states that another from the dam at Carlisle restored. . source is a spring on Jordan's Knob upstream to the North Middleton Although the Conodoguinet still Western Franklin County, not far Recreation Park. offers good angling, its deteriorating ^theast of Fort Loudon. It travels A stone' throw above the park is condition needs to be recognized as y yt the mountains that make Horse Waggoners Bridge, on Route 74. From being one of the major problems , ley, through McAllister's Gap, and there downstream to where the water resulting from disturbing land without "tto the reservoir. From there the deepens is the section that Ralph taking adequate conservation mea­ r,eek continues into Cumberland Shenk of Carlisle still fishes for small- sures to protect waterways. The sedi­ Un Sa° ty, flow ing along ridges that mouth and panfish. And he still mentation and reduced bass popula­ Parate the slate lands from the lime- catches them — although, admittedly, tion are signs that the creek,is ailing. ne Learning this dampened my home­ s - These slate ridges, the history the fish are fewer. tat,es > do much toward making the "It used to be excellent for small- coming to the Conodoguinet Creek — Si V bends that have given the creek mouth," he recalls. "There were the winding waterway that needs nurs­ I name. scoured ledges to fish but now there's a ing back to health.

^°tjust a "summer place," the Conodoguinet offers good late winter sucker fishing at the mouths of its tributaries. A-Sailing we will go ... or will we? being a facetious bit of foto funnery byj.f.yoder

A here's a little sailor in each of us. In some of us, very little; others, even less. Still we all want to try it. On a trip to Lake Wallenpaupack last summer, I had the opportunity to witness a would-be sailor about to embark on what appeared to be a very perilous voyage. However, our subject eventually "found himself" and became master of his vessel, rather than vice versa, as expected. A telephoto lens brought the action back to the film. But, out of hearing, I had to imagine (lightheartedly, of course) any conversation which might have ensued. Feel free to do the same.

'You're sure you've sailed one of these before?' "This oughta be good... bet he capsizes!"

14 20 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL 'The lake's straight ahead... now watch that boom, and good luck. Remember, the lake's out there....'

"Rid of that bossy babe at last! I can get some sailing done now.. .if I can get out of this anchorage!" New technique takes an old favorite

Walleye Trolling

by Bob Chandler

Walleye fishing in Lake Erie was trolling plugs. One evening a boat convert. A couple nights later very good in 1977; the forecast for came up to us and the skipper told us waited for more instruction as he ^f 1978 was even better. The Walnut we were trolling too fast. He was not catching fish using our method' Creek Access Area was very popular trying to be helpful, but he didn't We went over the fundamentals ' because the fishing west of Erie was know we had thirteen walleyes in the him one more time. usually good — sometimes excellent. cooler! He followed us for several First, you have to determine ho* For years, the way to take walleyes, hundred yards and saw us add three deep the fish will be. Second, you n1u* < or "yellow pike," as they are often more nice fish to our catch. use a plug that will stay near the • M called locally, was to use heavy sink­ We went in around nine thirty and bottom — whatever the depth mifr ers, a crawler harness, and a lively the friendly skipper asked to see our be. Third, your speed is determined v> night crawler. About three years ago, fish. The total count — and the size of the action of your plugs. Fourth, 1° a few good plug anglers decided to try the fish — made a believer out of our can never use a swivel — only a sfla"' to find a better way. The lead, harness new friend. After spending an hour or This aspect should be explained. ( and crawler is still a great rig, but on more telling him how, when, where, Any plug that has a lip should " certain days the plug pullers run up and on what, he became one more twist your line if trolled at the pr°P bigger scores. speed. It serves no purpose to us6 The old way had paid off for many Max Hemmis, above, and Russ swivel in front of plugs when a sfl ' years and some anglers refused to give Kamholtz, below, show allows you to change plugs just in. The plug pullers, or trollers, are fine Erie walleye catches. easily. A swivel in front of plugs wf1^ gaining converts, though, in good a snap allows you to change plugs Ju numbers each year. Trolling with the as easily. A swivel has a tendency .V> crawler method, your boat had to go take away some of the action built very slow — as a matter of fact, drift­ by the lure maker, so why reduce tr­ ing speed was best. Larger boats had action for no good reason? The only motors that would not slow down time a trolled plug will twist your lin" enough for crawler fishing and several is if you let line out or bring ll anglers who once would not attempt to against a slipping drag — even take on walleye fishing have since the plug is not the culprit. Note: learned to use plugs and are now doing very popular "J-Plug" should not very well trolling them. Trolling with uS '0 used with even a snap. The p' hy those plugs which have proved to be designed to be knocked up your fin6, j successful, your boat speed can be a striking fish. It should be *' between five and six miles per hour. directly to the hook harness so the p' This adds a new dimension for the may pass up the line. J larger boat owners. There are now Colors should be chosen with i*ef^ many inboard/outboards being put to to light penetration. The old p^&ci\[ good use. of dark-to-dark, and bright-to-br'^ As the plug trollers became more usually works. In addition to tn | successful their numbers grew. You basic ground rules other factors sbo" could tell by the speed of the boats who be taken into consideration. Struccttff ' was trolling crawlers . . . who wa,s should be fished as much as possi' #

22 PENNSYLVANIA A N G L £ twelve to fifteen feet. Then, the deep- running "Model A's" and the Storm "Hot-n-Tot's" for down to about twenty feet. To get down to about twenty-eight feet takes the extra-deep, size 8 "Model A's." Using a trolling plane, we use Luhr Jensen "Flutter- spoons" and "Rattlesnakes," and can fish down to eighty feet deep. For all but our deepest trolling, we use line no heavier than ten-pound- test, often using six- or eight-pound- test. To go deeper, we use a #0 "Pink Lady" with a small spoon tied one rod length (four to six feet) behind. You may use heavier line here because the trolling plane will pull hard. We use an even heavier line if we use a #1 or #2 "Pink Lady," because they dig in and pull much harder than the size zero. When using the trolling planes, your boat speed must be much slower than when you are pulling plugs on "flat lines." Most of the deeper caught fish were in from thirty-five to forty feet of water. Remember: they, too, were on the bottom. To determine how much line to let out, simply let it peel off until you bump bottom. Then, reel in a half-dozen turns until you no longer bump — the trolling planes may trip if you bump too often. We started catching the walleyes last year around the first of May. But the good-to-excellent catches were made in July and August. Most of the early fish were caught from Presque Isle Bay, or off the creek mouths at night. The Bay walleyes hit when the water temperatures reach fifty de­ grees, and even then they are generally *&nty-six walleyes from two to six pounds are reason enough to smile, but caught from warmer pockets of water. Dave Gauriloff, Jr., caught them all in three hours of trolling! There is a special breed of anglers who climb into their chest waders and J1 inexpensive depth recorder is our move deeper than twenty-five feet. fish nearly every night the wind will K st precious possession. Gravel bars, Jack Groters caught over fifty allow. They don't usually run up big "Ks. and uneven bottom areas walleyes using a "Pink Lady." Our scores, but the fish they catch are very %'Un d — if you can find them. I plugs were running from six to twenty- large. Most walleyes that are caught (j"l care to see fish on my record- five feet down — but the fish had at night are over five pounds. a^all I ask is a good "picture" of moved out into forty feet of water. The best places to fish for walleyes Ijake bottom. Jack used the trolling plane to take his in Lake Erie change like the weather. &oke Gauriloff, Jr., George Simon, spoons down to the fish. He was think­ We have established some sort of j! b Sewell, Jack Groters, Tim Small, ing; he was rewarded. pattern over the last few years. Pres­ L% Orman, Mario Cocuzzi, and Finding the depth where the wal­ que Isle Bay, early (May and June), |» n Grode are just a few who have leyes are congregating is very time- the west side of Erie, midsummer Sy rr*ed and mastered the plug trolling consuming. The best way to find them (July and August), and the east side of ^ lem. This does not mean that even is to fish from good shallow water Erie, later (August and September). « ^ alwayis do everything right — structure out to good structure in There is no size or "creel" limit on are too many variables for deeper water. Don't waste time fishing Lake Erie walleyes, but unless anglers ,ty.JOneV to permanently "master." The over areas with no structure. We use are very hungry, they release walleyes 5l\ ** may change and the fish may the Bomber "Speed Shad" in six to ten under fifteen inches, letting them live V,e off the "normal" stations — the feet of water. Next we use the to spawn at least one time to insure the cture stays, but the fish might medium-running "Model A's" for future of the species.

U GUST — 1979 23 Each month, Fish Commission offices receive many requests for etc.). A "river boat trail" map of \ Allegheny River, showing camp1 , maps, "fishing" and "boating." No maps of any sort are and access sites, was produced seve presently available from the PFC. Maps which are available years by the Western PennsyW3" from other sources are listed and described below. Conservancy, 204 Fifth Avenue, Pl1 burgh, PA 15222. LAKE STRUCTURE MAPS Aids to Anglers & Boaters - Maps of lakes in Pennsylv^ which show "structure" (depths,J?' j torn contours, drop-offs, etc.) are r ^ AVAILABLE FROM THE F'- Maps you can, and cannot obtain, 6f COMMISSION, or from any oth their sources and prices — state government agency A g commercial firms have produced type of map for some, but not all la PENNSYL VANIA STREAM MAP Geological Survey for many years. or reservoirs in the Commonwea These maps are the only type of map a^ This is the most up-to-date and For information on which maps that shows the position and shape of available and prices, write: lnt< complete map which shows all the "landforms" and, when used in i streams, rivers and lakes of the tional Map Company, 595 Br° conjunction with a compass, they can Avenue, Ridgefield, NJ 07657.Tn^ Commonwealth. Measuring 36 x 86 keep anyone from becoming lost, e inches, this map was first published by is also an excellent map availabl regardless of how far they might walk Lake Wallenpaupack. For informs11^ the Pennsylvania State University in away from roads or other landmarks of 1965. It shows locations of villages, and price, write: Lake Wallenpaup* civilization. With a little practice in Fishing & Travel Map, P.O. Box 3" ' towns and cities, but does NOT reading contours, you can determine Hawley, PA 18428. Navigation riw SHOW any roads or highways. Avail­ the height of each hill, the depth of for Lake Erie, showing water dep able in two forms — flat (rolled in each valley, the location of remote navigation aids, and other featuf|ie mailing tube) or folded (mailed in brooks or ponds, or even the shape of can be obtained from: U.S. ^ * envelope). Indicate which type you the bottom structure in your favorite want when ordering. To obtain this "fishin' hole." Survey, 630 Federal Building, Def°_ map, write (and enclose $1.06 in check MI 48226. Another privately Pj^ Topographic maps are published or money order payable to Pennsylva­ duced Fishing Map is also avail* and sold by the U.S. Geological nia State University) to: MAPS, P.O. for Lake Erie. It shows bot'° Survey. To enable you to select the Box 6000, University Park, PA 16802. contours and is overlaid with grid " j$ maps of the areas you wish to explore forming one-mile squares. The grl ,, COUNTY MAPS or travel, indexes showing the topo­ designed to help salmon fisher111' graphic maps for each area of the state locate schools of fish during are available free on request. Write: c One of the best maps available to summer and early fall when they ^ U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, sportsmen is a series of county found several miles offshore. This # DC 20242. These indexes indicate the maps — known as Type 10 County can be ordered, at $3.00 per c°J! area covered by each quadrangle map, General Highway Maps — published from J.E.T., Inc., Box 8147, Erie, r its name, scale, and year of survey. by the Pennsylvania Department of 16505. Transportation. Each map shows all They also contain addresses of local map dealers and federal map distribu­ roads open to public use, including MAPS NO L ONGER A VAILABll state, county, township and forest tion centers. l roads as well as all lakes, rivers, For further information of available COUNTY FISHING & BOA? h streams or other waterways within the maps and prices, write: Eastern MAPS: A series of 8'/2 x H-Jg ColT county. Measuring 36 x 49 inches, Region Map Distribution Center, U.S. maps, published by the Fish \ ^t these maps are produced on a scale of Geological Survey, 1200 South Eads sion in 1970 is out-of-print and w»' . 1 1 inch equals 1 mile. The maps cost St., Arlington, VA 22202. be reissued in the foreseeable fa s, $1.06 per county. Send check or Another series, known as the "Wa ,y Highway Maps" of each c0lij |i money order (payable to Pennsylvania RIVER MAPS 5 Department of Transportation) to: published in 1958 by the *" Publications Sales, Pennsylvania De­ A series of 10 maps of the Delaware Commission, is also out-of-print. ^ partment of Transportation, Forms River is available at a cost of $4.00 BOATING-FISHING EDlT'^ and Publications Warehouse, P. O. from the Delaware River Basin Com­ OFFICIAL STATE TRANSPOP*'6( Box 134, Building 33, Harrisburg mission, P.O. Box 7360, West Tren­ TION MAP: This special editio"^, International Airport, Middletown, ton, NJ 08628. The maps show physi­ the state's official transportation & . PA 17057. cal characteristics of the river from published by the Fish Comm^,,, Trenton to Hancock, NY, including with the cooperation of the Pennsy.fl|1, TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS stream flow, channel depths, riffles nia Department of Transporta*1^ r Experienced outdoorsmen have used and other hazards, and recreational will not be printed this year. Ea "topo" maps produced by the U.S. facilities (launch sites, campsites, editions are now out-of-print.

24 P E N N SYLVANIA ANGL* THE ANGLER'S NOTEBOOK by Richard F. Williamson s«a?SH FACT: Bass bite we" ear,yin the Fish get wary and nervous under angling An inviting target for the angler is a log cnd °A because they fasted during the just- pressure. Big lures fished with a heavy or tree trunk that has fallen across a small entl . sPawning period. They bite indiffer- hand will frighten them; but, delicate use stream. It is almost a sure bet that fish will Wh ln the middle of the season because of of small lures on light tackle usually will be in the area since the log provides shelter. Water hiTn temperature. They will feed bring action. Lure or bait can be cast upstream of the thev a8a'n late in the season because log and allowed to float down to it; or, the Mm are ^'Wing up fat and vitality for the Near season's end, when the water gets dry fly devotee can take a position down­ Period. very low and trout are seldom seen rising, stream of the log and cast his flyclos e to trouting is tough. But the fish are there. it. An area d0vv where a rocky shoreline extends They are in hiding and reluctant to show Hi steeP'y into the water is a good themselves. A fly cast delicately to such Parr ^ S'30t 'n a 'ake or ^'8 river. Bass in hiding places can get the attention of a u ar si;je ' like to patrol the underwater trout even if it is not actively feeding. hjs, °' the rock. The angler can position bojL at so that he can make long casts to Floating position is important in a bass r ght and left close t0 tne rock bug made of cork or plastic. The bug \n w ' ' ' °rk his lures at various depths. should float either flat on the water or with its tail down and nose up. It will then produce better action and also be easier to lift from the water at the end of the retrieve.

Northern pike are tough and nasty- tempered fish, but they also are shy and easily spooked. The shadow of a boat, an anchor plopped into the water, or some­ Hook hones are not just fishing gadgets. times just the flash of a rod will put the Needle-sharp hooks are essential on jigs, pike on the alert and make it shy away plugs, spoons and spinners. A few strokes from lure or bait. with a hone will improve the penetrating power of any big hook. A bedraggled fly or battered plug some­ times will take more fish than a new lure. Bass often feed in heavy riffles, provided retrie Puns ving a wet fly, make only slow there are pockets of water that is deeper. A n Lures that imitate frogs are most effec­ A sjj ° the line, and the flywil l stay deep. good lure is a big bass bug made to dance the J,rpJerk of the line will draw the flyt o tive in the small sizes. Most gamefish do and jitter over the surface and across the u not try to eat many big, active, real frogs. live rface where it will not be as effec- current.

Weedless lures slip and slide through Bright colors are favorites in bass lures. en in tn heavy weeds and other obstructions in the there « shallows, fish very carefully if Red, yellow and white are the top three for Sit^n are rocks in the water. A relatively water. A spoon that rides with the hook most anglers. But more somber colors, attract°ClC may Provide sufficient shelter to upward, with a weed guard covering the such as brown or even balck, also attract a good trout or bass. point of the hook, is one of the best. The bass. weed guard must be kept in exact position to cover the hook point. Check the guard the smUt|Can ** cau8nt on spinners, but only Trolling is possible with a stiff fly rod if small, after every contact with debris in the water no s est blades should be used. In fact, the lures are spinners or small spoons and Pinne or with a fish. r is too small for trout angling. the trolling is done very slowly, ideally from a rowed boat or a canoe. str >ic c "* "P, whether real pork or plas- luC'Oemade more effective by splitting Big artificial nymphs, on hooks as large the '*i°St^ack to the hook. This will make as size 8, are an attraction for some angl­ 8S on "uttpr- ' 8er and capable of a better ers. They look buggy and real. They sink • ""8 action. quickly and are not difficult to "feel" as they travel in the water. But the fact is that let »Kn»e strea current help you in fishing a most natural nymphs are best imitated by c w Urrem 'th a spoon. Cast across the patterns tied on hooks in size 12 or 14. l t le n eas he SpJ * . e tension on the line, and l n W he Cu 'H swing down and back across Use the smallest possible snap swivels or rrent Fish the wa - it close to the bottom all snaps. Even the tiniest that can be bought < ur ^*eper " ing hot days, when bass seek is far stronger than a line, and it is not so l Cover ^ehot. > bouncing the spoon across likely to spoil the action of a lure attached 0rn, as if it were a jig, is effective. to it.

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successfully for bass and more espe­ was sold on that method. In fact, H .( cially walleyes. My answer was that I Charley who introduced me to ^ still use it and it is one of the best lures minnow bug, back in 1932. It is stl j in my tackle box. heck of a good lure today. The long (fl During the past several years, was temporarily shelved in order competition has been keen among the master the intricacies of plug casti lure manufacturers and the market is Charlie also discovered, about Bass Lures flooded. With the exception of a very time, that small plugs were , few of the newer lures I still stick with disturbing to the bass and more Pr j Old & New the old tried and proven patterns. In uctive, so I stocked up with sn1, addition, I suppose I am somewhat of homemade plugs. See, I was a copy an egotist. I like to take bass and But I caught bass and walleyes. . jt walleyes on lures of my own construc­ When I started spending a g°°^Q 1 by Clayton L. Peters tion. There is a lot of satisfaction in of time on Shermans Creek in 1" ,s taking fish on lures designed by one's carried both the long and short f 0 creative ability, or even copied from a There were times when one of the 1 illustrations highly successful pattern. Then too, was more appropriate for the occa it^ " by the author there is that tackle-tinkering instinct and I changed as necessity demand ^ that permeates all of us that must be For many years I carried both satisfied. We are all creatures of habit in the car. Then wonder of won" and are sometimes adamant and not n p* along came the newfangled spi °-c, easily changed in our ways. This rods and reels. It seemed to be simP j applies equally well to angling meth­ ity in itself. No more backlashes . ods we learned in our adolescence. complete accuracy if simple direct' ^ c0U My first bass and walleye ventures are observed. Lighter lures rfy- ca w,he n I entertain a group of fly were with the fly rod, a steel one at cast by the simple expedient of ^ tyers in my workshop the conversation that. Later, I had a bamboo rod built ing an extra spool of light, say <| usually changes from tying procedures to specifications for handling heavier pound-test, line. You guessed it, * ^ and material used to the various type lures, such as shown in Figures 1, to have a spinning rod. I studied t ^ { aspects of actually fishing the lures. 2, 3, and 4. That worked out fine. Then long and hard. I finally settled f° t, At one such recent session I was I met Charley Fox with his short rod ultralight outfit with two spools of K, asked what became of the old Mack's and casting reel and due to his success­ One four-pound-test for average ^ Minnow Bug that I had used so ful approach and fish-taking ability I ing and one of two-pound-test for

26 P E N N S YLVANIA A N G L # '"res pink marabou finishes off the body. two inches long. There is no question n s the illustrations I have shown The lead head may be painted either but that either of these will prompt °m,e of the standbys that take fish orange or white. smallmouth bass into striking. They wildcat cially for walleyes, but I like to spray s'm \C^ ^'* household dye. Bass rocks above Amity Hall with the the belly section with fluorescent pPly can't resist them, Minnow Bug. That was in 1932 and orange. The fish like it better that by \i?Ure 4 is a newer creation made you can be sure it is as good today as it way. rren % 0 Wolfe, a Selinsgrove. It is a was then. I caught walleyes below the I don't pursue bass and walleyes U Ce or 6 ^ or smaller jig tied on a size 4 Fabridam at Sunbury last year on the actively until after Labor Day and yar "ook. The body is tied of yellow same bug. then I rely, for the most part, on the Wjjj. a'most completely covered with Figures 6 and 7 show the small Bass old tried and trusted lures here e marabou. A heavy topping of Oreno and River Runt plugs — each described.

8 ll cus 19 7 9 27 w "SHORTY" UtW* While fishing at Promised Land Lak6 late February, 1979, Mr. William ^ ninger, of Boyertown, caught a seven-'" yellovellow nercperch which had beehpp.n taggta£ge* " . NOTES jltWl with an Atlantic Richfield tag. Accori•0 to our records, the perch was tagg6" . May, 1968 and was 7.3 inches long at v, time. In almost eleven years that fish " A/0 "WALLFLOWERS"! hard look at the picture on the wall he not grown one inch, which proves that started to walk down the corridor, laughing larger fish are not necessarily the oldest-, I once observed a young lady for a half and yelling back to me, "I knew you guys A past Fish Commission survey >n . hour going through all the motions of cast­ would get me some day." cates that a seven-inch perch is about i° ing and retrieving a rod, baiting a hook, Somewhere in Luzerne County today years old. Assuming that this perch waS', everything a fisherperson does — except there is a man telling his friends about the least four years old when it was tagg ' fishing. She was obviously being photo­ time he got "caught" on "Candid Cam­ when it was caught it could possibly na graphed. It turned out that she was a era." been fifteen, if not more, years old. JJ model doing a publicity piece on fishing. xe Claude M. Neifert This yellow perch didn't set any M So, today when I observed two young Waterways Patrolman for growth, but it may have set a record ^ ladies on the shores of the same impound­ 1 N Luzerne County longevity. The Atlantic Tagging Prog " ment sitting with a fishing rod in front of s0lfl was discontinued ten years ago, but |l them for hours and not touching it I wasn't anglers like Mr. Renninger, are iter- surprised at all at their answer to, "How's "HAVING A GOOD TIME" returning the tags. These are of great I"' fishing?" est to our biologists and are helpfn' j They said that they were not fishing — While returning home from patroling determining growth rates and longevity they were trying to get a suntan, but they Muddy Creek one day, I crossed many of fish in some of our waters. knew fishing season was in and everybody those small bridges that cross streams Craig W. BillingsM v else at the lake would be fishing. So, rather usually too small to have names. As I Area Fisheries Manri than have everybody look at them like they crossed one of these bridges I noticed two were strange, they took a rod along ... and small boys about 8 years old fishing at the there it sat: no line, no hook, no edge of the bridge. Since I thought this to QUIPS & QUOTES — bait...just a fishing rod. They weren't be an odd place to fish I stopped to see how catching anything but some "rays," I they were doing. They immediately told guess. The students from Kane High Sen . me they were doing "OK" and that they and School Street Junior High of Brad"0 hadn't caught any fish yet — but that tl Robert Lynn Steiner have been doing a great job helping vvi didn't matter since they were having a Waterways Patrolman the fish stocking this year. This assists ,, good time. It immediately crossed my S/Luzerne County leads to some amusing "Stream Note 'j mind that an alarming number of adult En route to stocking Kinzua Creek °\, sportsmen could take a lesson from these snow-covered morning one young *i two small boys. It seems these two small asked, "Do we have to touch th ,' "SMILE..." boys learned a lesson some people never { Another dumped a bucket of fish in -|| will. water and softly said, "Goodbye!" . , While working at the Fish Commission's another exclaimed, "That one's swimf , recent EXPO 79 which was presented at Ronald L. Hoffman $ the wrong way!" I said, "You mean > the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes- Waterways Patrolman 6 going backwards?" Blushing she point , Barre, we had a small, very realistic look­ S/York County f a small tributary stream about a foot * ing rubber snake rigged up on a display table with other mounted snakes, so that and remarked, "No, it's going that f when a spectator got a little too close, we GOOD SPORTSMAN.. . and the others are going down! ^ POOR SPORTSMAN. .. xeS could make it jump with the aid of a piece another stocking an elderly man et$ rA OR THIEF? the opinion we weren't spreading the j of almost invisible monofilament fishing 13 line. out enough. To appease the gentlen A friend of mine who helps me on all my jokingly told the kids, "Okay! We're g°L One persistent gentleman kept poking stockings related this incident to me. The to put two fish behind every rock!" ^ his finger toward the snake, only to take a first morning of trout season this year, he guessed it! There stood a lad out in. jumb backwards every time the snake saw a youngster break his rod and reel and stream behind a huge rock counting.'y "struck out." He kept telling me that he was sitting along the bank of Big Deer Two ...!" knew we must be playing a trick on him, Creek. He asked him if he wanted to use and that he thought we made the snake one of his rods and the youngster said, Don Parrish (f strike "with the aid of a magnet." "Yes." He gave him his fly rod, but he Waterways Patrol" Taking off my dark glasses, I asked the couldn't use it right, so he gave him his new UcKean County gentleman to take a good look at me to see spinning outfit. The youngster agreed to if he recognized me. He remarked that I bring it back "in a couple of hours, days, or "sort of looked familiar to him." years." Leo seems to think the latter, as he DIDN'T GET THE WORD I then replied, "I am Allen Funt," then stili doesn't have his rod back yet! pointed to a picture on the wall behind me As most fishermen know, the 9,ree l 1^! and stated, "You are on Candid Camera." Gerald T. Crayton on lakes was increased from six to eiS" IO*' To this, the man let out a yelp, "You got Waterways Patrolman trout. On the opening day of trout sea to be kidding!" Then after taking a good Allegheny County Waterway:'8 Patrolman Barry Mechl

28 PENNSYLVANIA ANCl Waterways Patrolman Lee F. Shortess Receives Red Cross' Highest Honor —

came to the door saying a five-year-old been named to receive the Red Cross AT si,0 ERWAYS PATROLMAN SHORTESS is girl had fallen into the river. Arriving on Certificate of Merit. This is the highest ^livu rece'vin8 congratulations from John the scene, Mr. Shortess found that the award given by the American Red Cross to a s Har • ' mall Craft Chairman, Red Cross victim had been pulled from the water, but a person who saves or sustains a life by r,s frQ burg Chapter, after receiving award she was unconscious and had neither pulse using skills learned in a Red Cross first \ «POVernor Thornburgh and Polivka. It nor respiration. Mr. Shortess began aid, small craft, or water safety course. five. rtess' prompt action that revived mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while oth­ The Certificate bears the original signa­ ea ers provided other life-supportive first aid tures of President Carter, Honorary ster ^ r-old Linda Palm after the young- ^"SQ ^een Pu"ec^ unconscious from the measures. Soon the victim responded and Chairman, and Frank Stanton, Chairman ^hanna River. The Citation read: was taken to a hospital. Without doubt, of the American Red Cross. %n September 7, 1978, Mr. Shortess, the use of first aid by Mr. Shortess saved "This action exemplifies the highest e

^"!ervedcu .a fisherman catch six trout at an mentioned what a beautiful night it was. NOT SO GREAT! e and put them on his stringer, Well, so much for that! It turned out to be etching his seventh trout, this indi- just the opposite for me due to the follow­ Deputy Floyd South stood by a large Hal ing chain of events: a gust of wind came tree and watched two men fishing in a 'he, Carefully looked around, then hid •troiu t in his vehicle. along and blew off my hat into the dark­ wired area (Fishing Prohibited). Both ness of the night; a light bulb burned out anglers had just caught and creeled a trout. Anthony Murawskl and as I went to replace it with my spare The man on the right looked toward his Asst. Regional Supervisor bulb, it did not seat properly and popped partner on the left and remarked, "Man! Southwest Region out into the darkness of the night and into This is great!" The friend looking to his the lake; and, to top it off, we had a short in right, and observing Deputy South replied, *40 the wiring system and this caused a fuse to "Oh yeah! Take a look over there and you DREAM? be blown. When it rains it pours! won't think it's so great!" h *H >'>Uty Waterways Patrolman Sobonya Robert L. Kish Don Parrlsh °He Were conducting routine boat patrol Waterways Patrolman Waterways Patrolman evening on Glendale Lake and I Cambria County McKean County U G U S T — 1 9 7 29 The Inflatable. . . is it right for you?

strength, ruggedness, safety, and prac­ uses. There's little doubt the be* ticability to the inflatable as a means quality, well-built ones make excel ^ of recreational sport. The new breed is utility/sport boats with all s°rtL<|, Ashore made of tough vinyl, or high-strength application. They can be V& A nylon, and is often coated with one of rowed, sailed, or even powered. (P ' y the synthetic rubbers — such as exceed their horsepower rating.) * i neoprene or DuPont's Hypalon® in a free you; you can forget storage Pf x & a special lamination process. They can lems, rental boats, tow trailers, } be banged and crashed into rocks, slip expense. Your "marina" r* jumped up and down on, plowed into closet, car trunk, roof rack, or ba• < Afloat docks and pilings. While not totally pack. Easily stored, easily carrL,f- indestructible, they can take as much they provide "instant" water tranSr abuse, perhaps even more, than a tation. .y" by Gene Winters "hard" boat of equal size. The general type "rubber d'n^d Admittedly, there are still a lot of still somewhat resembles an oversi infiatables being sold that fall into the and slightly distorted innertube- •,, category of toys and novelties and we type runs about 6'-10' in •—leng « A here has been a mushrooming should automatically exclude these weighs 50-75 lbs, and mayofte n 5 interest in inflatable boats lately — from consideration. Personally, I equipped to mount a 1 '/2-4hp outb" ^ not surprising because there is proba­ wouldn't, as a first requirement, even or an electric motor with an inflate0 bly a little of Jacques Costeau in all of look at anything under six feet in wooden transom provided. M us. Besides, for apartment dwellers, length unless it were intended for a The sports type, as well as the re°' . nature lovers, or those short on garage backyard wading pool. Next, I'd only big water models, are typically ° s or storage space, an inflatable makes a purchase one that carried the Boating 12' in length, take outboards as hig^, lot of sense, especially the new genera­ Industry Association (BIA) seal and 85 hp, are fast and can turn on a »' ., tion of models. with it, a capacity rating in pounds They often have a wooden trafls ^ Today's infiatables are a far cry and/or persons. (Allow 150 lbs for floorboard, and keel stiffener. But y from the pontoon-type life rafts used each person, regardless of age, size, or pay a weight penalty — they fall ifl in World War II. They were made of weight — it gives you a safety factor.) 75-250 pound range. y rubber-coated cotton and had a con­ What are infiatables good for? A lot Infiatables come in all typeS ^ tinuing tendency to develop leaks in of things: exploring, swimming and dinghy, sportboat, kayak, canoe, f .{y short periods of time. Today, wonder­ scuba diving, fishing, camping and sailboats. They are great sPeCl3-.,g ful new synthetic materials have given backpacking trips, skiing ... a lot of water boats, too, in addition to be

30 PENNSYLVANIA A N G L # "At last!" Filling an inflatable is not without its challenges. The 12 volt, plug-in type air compressor shown above takes 2VS hours to fully inflate this 12-foot boat, plus a 30-minute intermission to allow the compressor to cool down! A foot pump will take 100 strokes just to inflate a seat! Ingenious adaptation of a vacuum cleaner hose to compact car's heater fan, below, blows up a 12-footer in about 25 minutes.

™e on lakes and ponds. An in- unlike an auto tire, an inflatable vidual valve for each air chamber. Unfortunately, too many valves and at j^'e kayak — two pontoons joined simply will never experience a blow­ 'nfl em*s by a fl°or consisting of out. Sure, like a tire, it can be punc­ the air inflators (pumps, compressors, ted cnamt, etc.), provided or available, are not Mi'^ ers — is terrific for tured or leak. But, first, quality in- interlocking. That's to say you often the ater adventures- You'u love flatables have two or more separate, 1)Q *ay it bounces off rocks and individual air chambers. Secondly, have to hold the air hose on while you're inflating the inflatable. '»R RS witnout scratching or dent­ unlike the auto tire filled with 26-32 ine 'n m°derate chop, you'll feel pounds per square inch of air, a typical Despite improvements in material y u r chemistry, there is no universal mate­ ljn ,° ' e feeling only a soft, trampo- inflatable stays firm with one tenth as '*ke bounce much pressure. With only 1-3 psi, any rial application. Although cost is often . Sh° uld you, unexpectedly or inten- leak will be slow and almost "con­ a factor, all material is, to some trolled." (You'll find out how slowly degree, subject to damage over a •iini w V 8° over the side, getting back lhe °nt ^'P tne b°at or even depress air is removed when you purposely try period of time from the sun's rays, oil, wS°ft gunwale (side) down into the to deflate the boat first time around.) gas, and contaminated water. Oil is er m especially hard on most materials and, are °re than an inch or two. They Let's take a closer look at the Von SUrPrisingly stable, even though construction of today's inflatables. over a period of time, can delaminate "g- °Jay doubt it when you feel the air They are really buoyancy tubes, fitted the fabric — separate the inner nylon tyjlle under you. And the smallest with a floorboard (either inflated or material from the synthetic rubber of ^Stay afloat with the rated number wooden). They may have a transom around it. Speaking of materials, in­ >ersons aboard, even if flooded with (inflatable or wooden) for use with an flatables are made of PVC, nylon *ater . electric motor or outboard. Air is put fabric, neoprene, Hypalon or, more commonly, a combination of two or f\, e Pfepared to have people give you in (and released) through metal or n more of these materials. Vinyl, parti­ \ y 'ooks as you head out in your plastic valves. The valves may be the interconnecting type that connects cularly cheap vinyl, tends to lose some filled ." craft. They associate an air- shape on unusually hot days and often ^ mflatable with the auto tire. But, several air chambers or have an indi- *U GUST — 1979 31 requires letting some air out about midday due to expansion. Nylon-based materials are stronger than PVC and less susceptible to puncture or abra­ sion. Vinyl seams are usually heat sealed while nylon seams are normally glued. Inflation is not a time for jubilation (no pun intended). All pumps and compressors I've seen or used leave much to be desired, both from a time and operational standpoint. (Remem­ ber, you must use a low pressure pump.) The boater pictured reported it took over 2'/2 hours to pump up his 12' inflatable (plus a half hour "intermis­ sion" for the compressor to cool down). After he found out the seat alone took 100 pumps on the foot pump, he never had the desire to pump up the entire inflatable by this method. Necessity being the mother of inven­ tion, he found out using the home vacuum cleaner in reverse (blower instead of suction), he could com­ pletely inflate it in 10 minutes. At the water's edge, he tapes the cleaner hose to his compact car heater's outlet with duct tape, sets the heater at "cool" and turns on the fan. Inflation time: 25 minutes. (Not bad, but increased from Although lightweight, inflatables are big and bulky. You might need an extr^ the 15 minutes it took when he had a hand for some launchings. But, no denying it, you can do some things full-sized auto. Another penalty of the with inflatables that would be impossible with conventional boats. Motors, energy crisis.) when used, are best attached once the inflatable has been launched- Operation of an inflatable is pretty straightforward. Under manual power or motor, however, you must learn to develop "the technique." Especially if there is no keel or means to maintain directional stability and little weight in the bow. Piloting often requires using a "crabbing" technique to get you where you want to go. And, with very little draft, wind is a factor you'll have to consider at one time or another. Inflatables require minimal mainte­ nance but they should be washed with fresh water after each use (easiest if still inflated). Check, especially, the floorboard areas for grit. And never put an inflatable away wet. Talcum powder sprinkled lightly on the surface will help preserve the material and keep it from cracking. When storing, don't stack heavy materials on top — it may cause the boat's material to crack or split during storage. Finally, when you go to the dealer to select a raft, insist he demonstrate how to inflate it — fully. If he has the energy, the patience, the means, it should be a snap for you, no matter where you go.

32 PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION DIRECTORY State Headquarters: 3532 Walnut Street, Progress, Pa. (Mailing Address: PO Box 1673, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120) EXECUTIVE OFFICE Ralph W. Abele, Executive Director lstant Attorney General Administrative Assistant Comptroller Dennis T. Guise Howard T. Hardie Edward T. Durkin Office of Information Willard T. Johns, Director 717-787-2579 sBe |6',a,ion Et,ucati°n. Stephen B. Ulsh 717-787-7394 Pennsylvania Angler, James F. Yoder. Editor 717-787-2411 al Publications, Larry Shaffer 717-787-7394 Angler Circulation, Eleanor Mu'ch 717-787-2363

BUREAU OF FISHERIES & ENGINEERING Edward R. Miller, P.E., Assistant Executive Director Robinson Lane, Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 Tel. 814-359-2754* (•Unless otherwise indicated, all offices within this bureau may be reached at this same address and telephone number.) Fred W. Johnson, Water Resources Coordinator 717-783-2808 (Office at State Headquarters, 3532 Walnut Street, Progress, Pa.) Dennis Ricker, Administrative Officer' FISHERIES DIVISION* T Delano Graff, Chief

W,r 'oduction Section, Ken Corl. Chief Fisheries Management Section, Robert Hesser, Chief a, Sox * «' Production Section, Shyrl Hood, Chief. 814-683-4451 Research Section, Vincent Mudrak, Chief 814-355-4837 '• tinesville, Pa. 16424 Benner Spring Fish Research Station, Box 200-C. Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 Cooperative Nursery Branch, Paul Byers, Chief FISH CULTURAL STATIONS lh.N*ONT4 UN'EE , William Hoover, Superintendent 814-355-4159 LINESVILLE, Charles Sanderson, Superintendent 814-683-4451 jt ' °* 230, Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 Box 127, Linesville, Pa. 16424 tCi , "SpRING, William Kennedy, Superintendent 814-355-4837 OSWAYO, D. Ray Merriman, Superintendent 814-698-2001 6|(j °X 200C' Bellefonte. Pa. 16823 . RD 2. Box 84, Coudersport. Pa. 16915 - Bo, "IN(3, Wayne Weigle. Superintendent 717-776-3170 PLEASANT GAP, John Bair. Superintendent 814-359-2754 <341 RD 4. Newville, Pa. 17241 Robinson Lane, Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 l"QtBy Co, "UN'ON CITY, Tom L. Clark, Superintendent 814-664-2122 PLEASANT MOUNT, Zenas Bean, Superintendent 717-448-2101 f* ' Pa- '6407 Pleasant Mount, Pa. 18453

!0fln. ' Neil Shea, Superintendent 814-474-1514 REYNOLDSDALE, Ralph Berkey, Superintendent 814-839-2211 Hon , er R HijN °ad, P.O. Box 531, Fairview, Pa. 16415 New Paris, Pa. 15554 Al-E,Ted Dingle, Superintendent 717-486-3419 TIONESTA, Charles Mann, Superintendent 814-765-3524 1 883 RD 5. Carlisle, Pa. 17013 Tionesta, Pa. 16353 ENGINEERING DIVISION* Wilbert F. Hobbs, P.E., Chief Construction & Maintenance Section, Eugene Smith, Chief* Architectural & Engineering Section, K. Ronald Weis, Chief* Fisheries Environmental Services Branch, Jack Miller, Chief* BUREAU OF WATERWAYS Gene Sporl, Assistant Executive Director 717-787-2192

LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION BOAT REGISTRATION/MARINE SERVICES DIVISION

SJj'•• Buck, Chief 717-787-2350 Paul Martin, Chief 717-787-3042 "'• Manhart. Deputy Chief 717-787-2350 John Simmons, Marine Services 717-787-3042 Betty Stroud, Boat Registrations 717-787-4480 vitgj| Management Support/Boating Education Branch "ambers. Boating Education 717-787-7684 (Vacant) Boating information 717-787-7684

SQ|) REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES

E Siiin * ST, Walter Q. Lazusky, Supervisor 814-437-5774 SOUTHWEST, Thomas F. Qualters, Supervisor 814-445-8974 L a Add 0eat( ress 1281 Otter St Franklin Pa. 16323 Mailing Address RD 2. Somerset. Pa. 15501 NrjK n 1281 Otter St Franklin, Pa. 16323 Location On Lake Somerset, Somerset. Pa.

CENT \\ln «AL, Paul F. Swanson. Supervisor 717-748-5396 SOUTHCENTRAL, Richard Owens, Supervisor 717-436-2117 %ti Address Box 688, Lock Haven, Pa. 17745 Mailing Address RD 3, Box 109, Mifflintown, Pa. 17059 NrjK 129 Woodward Ave. (Dunnstown) Lock Haven. Pa. Location On Route 22, 3 miles west of Mifflintown, Pa.

'"'ilitlo T' Clair F|eeger. Supervisor 717-477-5717 SOUTHEAST, Norman W. Sickles, Supervisor 717-626-0228 '""Can adress Box 88. Sweet Valley, Pa. 18656 Mailing Address Box 6, Elm, Pa. 17521 On Harris Pond. Sweet Valley, Pa. Location .On Speedwell Forge Lake on Brubaker Valley Road BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (State Headquarters) V Paul F. O'Brien, Director N A ""Payment. Leon D. Boncarosky 717-787-7057 License Section, Mary Stine 717-787-6237

^m £ "alyst, Vincent Rollant 717-787-2599 Federal Aid Coordinator, Glen C. Reed 717-787-6391 ""'Cha al6' John Hoffman 717-787-6376 Office Services Supervisor, Chester Peyton 717-787-2363 '"0 (Harrisburg). Avyril Richardson 717-787-2732 Purchasing (Bellefonte), Dennis Shultz 814-359-2754 '1