W^r V PENNSYLVANIA ;••• % .^ \^ • • / •v^ J<. u- ir" ,Wt ""*4hm «*A,.. afe* >S^&«; **> «*•.«. F^BrS^iyiii &511 «..-•- • • • OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION VOL. XX—No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1951 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION Division of HON. JOHN S. FINE, Governor A PUBLICITY and PUBLIC RELATIONS * J. Allen Barrett Director PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION MILTON L. PEEK, President PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER RADNOR George W. Forrest BERNARD S. HORNE, Vice-President PITTSBURGH Editor 1339 E. Philadelphia St., York, Pa. WILLIAM D. BURK MELROSE PARK 10 Cents a Copy—50 Cents a Year GEN. A, H. STACKPOLE DAUPHIN Subscriptions should be addressed to the Editor, PENNSYL­ VANIA ANGLER, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Submit PAUL F. BITTENBENDER fee either by check or money order payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stamps not acceptable. Individuals sending cash WILKES-BARRE do so at their own risk. LOUIS S. 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DEITER Comptroller Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Harris­ burg, Pa. V «f COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA FISH COM MISSION HARRISBURG, PA. y'^M^ The Angler FEATURES Memories on Film 2 mmrWB By Dick Fortney This simple prayer which voices the fault and need of the white man in regard to his attitude to the soil was delivered by an Indian at a Conference in Oklahoma. It was printed in the Summer issue of THE LAND. 'he Acquisition of Land and Hear us, oh Great Spirit in the sky. Our people are very old people. We Fishing Waters 5 lived in this land thousands of moons before the White Man came. His way By Edward F. Westlake, Jr. of life differed from ours. For many seasons there was bitter strife between us. Now there is peace but the heart of the Red Man is sad, for the White Man has destroyed many of Nature's most bountiful gifts and has forgotten Tfl that all things come from Mother Earth and go back to her. e Big Ditch 6 The White Man thought we were slow in our lives. Our sons lived like Bv N. R. Casillo their fathers and grandfathers. We did not make many things. Our poems and our stories were spoken: we listened to the music of the flutes; but we did not record them on paper. Words of wisdom were spoken in the councils and our young men remembered. American Fishing Books: Part 2 8 We lived simply and near to the earth. In the voices of the earth and the By Charles M. Wetzel running waters and the wind in the sky we heard the sayings of the Great Spirit who made all things and gave them to us. From the muskrat and beaver and squirrel we learned of the coming seasons. When the waterfowl lr flew north we knew that soon the snows would fade and the little streams °ut Troubles 10 would run again. We watched the wolf and deer and rabbit and the fish in By Albert S. Shimmel the streams and learned how they live and how all men should live, even though they have great knowledge of books and machines. We knew how food comes from the earth, and the sap of plants and trees was like milk which the babe draws from its mother's breast. We knew that the Great PICTURE STORY Spirit would not have us make wounds in the tender flesh of the land or 'Ce Fishing Center destroy the way of growing things. We lived happily in a land where grass By Don Shiner and trees never failed for thousands of moons and where meat and skins were plentiful. Sad were our hearts when the White Man made great wounds in the earth in his haste to take riches from the soil of our fathers. From these wounds APARTMENTS gushed reddened waters—life blood of our land—into the streams and on to the Father of Waters. We were sad, for with the wisdom of a thousand Tackle Tinkering 16 moons we knew that when the water runs red or brown our land is losing ^ur Anglerettes 18 its strength and our grass and trees wither. We knew that in a few short What's New in Fishing Books 20 years the work of nature for thousands of years would be no more. 'he School Page 21 Oh, Great Spirit, bring to our white brothers the wisdom of nature and knowledge that if her laws are obeyed this land will again flourish and grasses and trees grow as before. Guide those who through their councils seek to spread the wisdom of their leaders to all people. Heal the raw wounds in the earth and restore our clear and beautiful streams. Bring ' 6e @ovesi. again the sparkling waters from our springs and restore to our soil the richness which strengthens men's bodies and makes them wise in their Silhouette from an early councils. Bring to all the knowledge that great cities which are planned live only through the bounty of the good earth beyond their paved streets morning angle. and towers of stone and steel. Photo by James Balog Ith da ] |ini MEMORIES ON FILM of yc By DICK FORTNEY to P( Back up your fish stories with actual photographs. Maybe it's w EU trouble and fuss to carry a camera but you'll never regret it. Si hi St di Did you ever try taking home a He asked the customary question: swell collection of black and whit' re fish on film instead of in a creel? "How are they biting?" prints and colored slides—and als' ].< The idea has a number of good "Swell," my friend replied. about 400 feet of colored movies—• I la points. "Any big ones?" the stranger asked. big bass, pike, and walleyes. The fish we ate already are for te For one thing, you don't have to "A couple," responsed my com­ gotten. The ones we photographs kill a fish in order to get its picture. panion. can be looked at and admired agatf CJ For another, a fish on film can last "I'd like to see them," said the hi as often as we wish the rest of ou' te forever, while a fish in a creel is stranger. lives. quickly gone and easily forgotten. Pi "Oh, we took their pictures and put Taking pictures of fish is only on' Besides, if you're one of the grow­ them back," said my friend. tt angle of the matter, however. in ing number of anglers who fish for And that guy rowed away from the Human memory can fail, but whel fun, putting back their trophies in­ scene still thinking we were liars, incidents that amuse or thrill ar' stead of killing them, pictures of the even after we showed him our recorded on film, they become lasting Pi trout and bass and pike you released cameras. treasures. That fact is especially im vi will answer all the doubting Thomases We spent two weeks on that fish­ portant for fishermen, for every fish' who have not yet learned this lesson ing trip, and we caught fish every ing trip or fishing vacation produce' h of conservation. day. But we actually killed only 21 incidents the angler wishes to re A friend artd I met another fisher­ of them, which we ate for lunch. member and to talk about long after man on a lake one day. But we came back home with a ward. PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE Left: Pohopoco Creek near Kresgeville, Pa. in [the Poconos. Photo by James Balog. , Right: Take pix of friends cooking the noon- Cay meal along shore of lake or stream. Right center: A fish placed beside a rod will Medicate size. This pike weighed nine pounds. Lower right: A pix of your fishing buddy l=nawing on a sandwich is more interesting than having him just "mugging" the camera. There is no need to discuss in this article cameras and other photographic equipment or to debate the relative merit of black and white prints and colored slides. Those things depend on how much money the angler is willing or able to invest in cameras and on whether he prefers to see his lishing pictures in an album or on a screen. Instead, we would like to offer some BHHHSHBSSBSI^^HnS suggestions about picture subjects and °n just what a film record of a fishing trip should include. •No. 1 requirement, for obvious rea­ sons, is a set of pictures of the fisher­ man and his companions. Try not to make them stilted, stiff P°ses. Take a shot of Bill munching a ham sandwich. Get one of Pete standing up to the top of his boots 111 a stream pool. Get, also, pictures of your pals casting, fighting a fish, or fading a trout or bass into the land­ ing net.