$l'1.;' ~'4ro M z_:.t_ _ __ GENERAL L MAY 6 ' ' ' ' ]~[~ ~1~'~r~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~JI f l l l l 3 2108 04554 SIXTH YEAR- NUMBER 21 Where friends and the Outdoors Meet ATLANTA GA., MAY 1, 1946 Single Copies 10 Cents Y-rly Subscription $1.50 Reform Move ~ Duck Hunting Ready to Open Faces Slashes; In S. Carolina COLUMBIA, S. C.-Conservationists are attempting to foment a renewed statewide interest in game and fish affairs of the Palmetto State, whose natural resources have been abused for many years, according to critics in and outside South Carolina. Actual steps have been slow taking shape, but' concerted efforts are being made to arouse the public to the need for many reforms. The Izaak Walton League chapter here has become more active in recent weeks and has plans to install new chapters in many sections of the state. Leaders have invited William Voigt, Jr.,_assistant executive secretary of the League and editor of Outdoor America, to . address a meeting here this month that is expected to provide impetus to a "wildlife renaissance." Voigt, long a national leader in progressive conservation, is ex- pected to visit other sections and hetp-urganize new chapters. Tellico Draws Trout Anglers ~ASHVILLE, Tenn.- Streams in the Tellico Wildlife Manage- ment Area, which include what man~ regard as the finest trout waters in the .entire f )');;; East, will open May 9. A record - breaking number of fishermen ~ from Tennessee, North )~ Carolina and Georgia U is expected if weather . is favorable. Trout fish- ing is allowed only on Thursday, Friday, Saturday Sunday and le- gal holidays in the Tellico Area. Bass fishing there becomes lawful Mar 30. Daily fee is $1 and permits may be obtained at Citico and Pheas- ant Field game protector stations. Bear Problem In Wisconsin wisconsin is looking for an answer to a question that is becoming a serious one: "What can be done to curb the black bear?" According to the Sportsmen's Service Bureau, depredations of this animal since July 1, 1945, have cost the Wisconsin Conservation Department $8,425, to compensate farmers for damage inflicted by Bruin on livestock and property. The problem of whether all restrictions on the taking of bear should be removed, is one of many questions that will be decided by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress at Madison on June 10, prior to shaping final recommendations to th.e Conservation Commission.,.. MOURNING DOVES often raise three broods in a nesting sea- . son over the Southern zone. They are primarily tree nesters, but this nest of twigs was built on driftwood on the ground. The normally two eggs are laid on suc:ce&8ive days. Incubation takes U days. At 9-10 days feathers replace natal down and the birds a. are al..,t ready lea1Je the nt. Pale. light-tipped feat~r&:dis- tinguish the immature dove (bottom) from the adult (top). Dove Holds Own By PARSON S. GUNN Any delusions the South's half-million duck hunters might have about a big season this winter were shot on the ground at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners in Atlanta last month. The sad news, which was ex- Elliott Heads pected by many, was told by AI Day, who took office April 1 as GaJDe Officials director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Day took the Of Southeast Charlie Elliott, director of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission, was elected president of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners at the annual meeting in Atlanta April 17. John G. Appel, of Louisiana, and W. M. Freeman, of Mississippi, were named vicepresidents, and John Findlay, of North Carolina, secretarytreasurer. stand with a mourning towel that dragged the floor of the Atlanta Athletic Club. His weeping waterfowl story was so convincing that many of the directors from 10 states were ready to accept Christmas Day alone as the full open season for gunning on the quackers and honkers. However it won't be that bad. An estimated 25 per cent decrease in the duck population likely will bring a carving from both ends. A guess would be 10 days i>oth Projects Shaped ways, or a total o: 20 less than the 80 in 1945-4fi. In addition; an- By Sumter Club other cut appears certain in the bag limit.. Last year the extended 15- bird limit on mallards, pintails and AMERICUS, .Ga.- The Sumter widgeons was returned to 10, and County Sportsmen's Club launched now hunters face further curtaila conservation program at , ~ bar- ment on all species except wood becue-meeting here last" ' 'week. ducks. Over 75 hunters and fishermen at- lndica_t~OilS point to a limit of tended. ' eight, and . perhaps seven during President Charlie Keefer said the coming season. that the club would inaugurate a The picture on doves is not so farmer-sportsmen project, along gloomy. The Fish and Wiidl.ife wi\h several others designed to Service surveys show that this rt:'store game and fish populations popular game bird has held its own . in this area. despite continued baited shoots in the South. So~theastern Shoot For Archers Set The shell shortage and the war gave doves a much-needed holiday from shot-dodging and Southern The Southeastera States ( 6-gold) gunners may expect to get 60 days archery tournament will be held in again. Most of the open seasons Atlanta June 6-7, according to W. will remain the same as in 1945- I. Stevens, president of the Atlanta 1946. Archery Club. Georgia hunters likely will have The two-day event will be shot another split season, with North over a range still to be selected. Georgians winning two weeks in Stevens said that visitors and September. Charlie Elliott, direc- new members would be welcomed tor of the Game and Fish Commis- at the club's ran'ge at North Ful- sion, asked for a September 16-30 ton Park. Annual dues for adults session in North Georgia and a are $2, and for archers under 16 statewide season running from De- the fee is 50 cents. cember 17 through January 31. J. A. Bobe is vice-president and l~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir-:=:;;:;:::::;::;;;;;;;; John A. Dulin, secretary and treas- SEMINOLE SPORTSMEN MAP IMPROVEMENTS LAKE DECATUR, Ga.- The Seminole County Sportsmen's Club is seeking to increase its membership after organizing last month with a charter group of 30 hunters and fishermen. The organization meeting was held at the Lake Decatur Restaurant. Jim George, S. L. Jories and y. A. Miller represented the Geor- gia Game .and Fish Commission and pleded assistance to the club in its conservation program. "Listen, Sonny, before you go too far out here you wanna sohscribe to Southern Outdoors." By Jaek Pickerel ]ztmping Bass Lassoed Cottam -Moves Fishing By How to Hoole. Your Bait Americus Angler Well, here we go into the trout and bass season. May is Up as Aide the month that draws out those who have been waiting for By W. L. DAYTON AMERICUS, Ga.-Up in Maine they say it's against the law to To AI Day consistent weather. Many fishermen, though, have been mak- lasso and hogtie a jumping fish. ing good catches since March. - - - - - - - - - , - - - ---.. Down here on the Flint River behind the gills of the bass and For the benefit of tyros who are it might be against the law, but Gammage pulled him in. making their first treks to the Dr. Clarence Cottam, chief of lakes and streams we are offering the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- a few suggestions for their hookice's Division of Wildlife and Re- baiting. Some of the old-timers search since 1944, has been ap- might want to take a refresher Earl Gammage faces no charges Not being an eyewitness to this I for perpetrating such a feat on haul, we accept no responsibility a bigmouth bass in Lake Black- for its authenticity. However, shear the other day. i Gammage doesn't admit that he's that's the story, anyway. And there's no law against it and no- pointed assistant director of the course, even if they wear a synservice to succeed Albert M. Day, thetic mask of a "purist." We ' a cowboy fisherman. But he con- body to disprove it. fesses to bringing in the bass in who became director on April 1, prefer artific.ial lures for many a noose. Here's how it happened: following the retirement of Dr. reasons, but we also admit that He was fishing for bream with Ira N. Gabrielson. Dr. Gustav A. nothing will ever take the place Swanson has been named to suc- of the angle worm and live min- a long cane pole. He pitched out to reach a particularly likely look- Headquarters ceed Dr. Cottam as chief of the now for many fishermen. ing hole near a log. As his bait Division of Wildlife Research. UTILIZE ENDS neared the water a bass zoomed Cottam, who is 47 years old, is Most Southern fishermen made : through the air, either striking at a native of Utah. Educated at Brigham Young University nad George Washington University, he their first catch - a bream or a catfish--on a common angle worm, L---------------' which is universally effective on Figure A. the br,.eam bait, or just playing. The impact against the line jerked the sinker around the body spent several years as faculty nearly all species. We suggest that of the bass. The line tightened just member of Brigham Young Uni- worms be threaded on your hook versity teaching zoology, botany and entomology, then entered gov- in a manner that will utilize the ends, which, when waving or wrig- Johnny Hunt ernment employ in 1929 with the gling, make a more attractive lure former Bureau of Biological Sur- than a knotted gob. The worm, or vey. preferably two, should be threaded through the tough and more Rough on Bass Dr. Swanson, whose appointment as Chief of the Division of Research became effective April 15, is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He was associated with -the Service in 1936 and 1937, again in 1941 and 1942, and finally returned in 1944 as a biologist. The intervening periods were spent in teaching zoology, mammology, wildlife management pointed front end. See Fig. A for illustration. Trout tlshermen use dry and wet flies, spinners, worms, frogs, various larvae, spring lizards, and even minnows. We recommend three methods of hooking them. In still fishing for bass or large trout the minnows should be kept alive as long as possible. This requires careful handling. The most popular and in wildlife research. way (See Fig. B) is through the LAKE BURTON, Ga.-Johnny Hunt, who shares with his father, I Charlie, and two or three others the title of "champion fisherman of Lake Burton," added to his laurels last week when he boated a 1 7-pound largemouth bass just a whoop and a holler from his front doorsteps. The fish measured 21 inches in length and struck a Creek Chub Pikie. Johnny has taken several bass We can furnish proof you've been fishing l back, just ahead of the dorsal fin, and deep enough to hold, but not deep enough to kill the fish. over four pounds since March 1, I and has his sights set on a 10- l pounder that has been striking leptune Seafood Co. Another method is through the lips, .starting with the lower lip. minnows near the mouth of Mocca- sin Creek. 1 1 2 North Broad Street (See Fig. C. ) for Kudzu Club of Georgia Pulpwood Operators American Legion Const>rvationists Sportsmen Elliott Gatehouse, Dexter Gatehouse Own en THE 'BENT BACK' One popular method, used by many Tennessee, Georgia and HUNTING AND North Carolina trout fishermen, as FISHING well as stream bass fishermen, is is a mo nthly maga - the "bent-back" style. (See Fig. zi ne c ramm ed full of hunt ing , fi hing , ca mp -I D.) A d snelle h k 00 . IS d use . It . IS ~~~;i~soqa:d d P~~:ut}~~ p~ssed through the mouth, out the inva lu ab le ir.forma tib r grlls and completely through the about q uns, fif anglers. In Wilkes county alone, Ganw and Fish Protector R. S. Jvhn;;nu reports a release of over 2.000 legal length trout in 14 streams designated for trout fishing. Tr.ken from the Marion and Roaring Gap hatcheries, rainbow and brook trout planted should offer For:w good-sized catches. Fishing Up to Date-The North day and Wednesday, followed by all-age dogs in Thursday, Friday and Saturday daylight casts. The bench show will be held the following Monday evening. Fred Thrasher, of Jackson, Miss., is master of hounds land Johnson Harris, famous trainer of the White string in Spartanburg, S. C., will render bench decisions. Karl K. Wilkes, of Jackson, Tenn., is president of the club, and Dan M. Meeks, of Dyersburg, is secretary. Hunters should make reservations with Emmett Guy, Park superintendent, Henderson, Tenn. biologist-author, as executive secretary, with offices in the Odd Fellows Building at Raleigh. The NCWLF has divided the state into districts and daims strong leadership among sportsmen in each district. Jlio. 1 objective, according to the announced policy of the Federation, is the separation of the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries from the Department of Conservation and Development. Vp to now the battle lines don't appear to have been clearly drawn. There has been no name-calling, in public, anyway. But this is a late spring and the weather hasn't warmed up. Carolina Division of Game and Ir.land Fisheries has declared additional lakes open to year-round angling, namely: Mills Pond, Panther Branch Lake, Lake Myr::o, Perrys Lake, Lake Wendd i and Robertson's Pond in Wake county; Asheboro City Lake in Rando1ph; Lake Lee in Union; Lake Latham in Alamance; Silver Lake in Wilson; and Nobles' Millpond in Nash For Cottage Trailer Camp PELLETS (Meat Meal Cereal formula) fhe same formula as Meat Meal Cereal, made the same way as Cubes, only pressed into smaller size, approximately 1-4 in. diameter and 58 in. long. 5 LJIII. 4Sc 10 LJIII. 86c 25 l.BS. 2.08 50 LBS. ...00 100 LBB. 7.90 Pricea t.o.b. Atlanta HAHINGS' KENNEL SHOP Mitcbell at Broad WA. 9f6t Findlay Talks Sound Conservation county. The Tarheel Federation has not dealt in personalities, and this The Sporting Fleet-The Carter- leads us to. believe that they are not dissatisfied with administrative et Sports-Fishing Flee';;. compris- officials of the Division. John D. Findlay, a young wildlife career ing more than 50 boats with expe- man, up from the ranks, is director. He has been in office less than a rienced guides, is groomed f'>r ac- year, but he has rolled up his sleeves and certainly looks capable of tion, according to Alex Davis, fi.~h running the show. and game protector. Findlay is highly esteemed by his colleagues in the Southeastern Claiming Morehead City undis- Association of Game and Fish Commissioners. He talks sound con- putedly, the most popular salt wa- servation practices, and already has diagrammed a solid, long-range ter fishing port in the state, .,_e program that should help soothe the North Carolina headache. points to smaller fleets anchored If the Federation grows and works for the best interests of con- at Beaufort, Marshallburg, Davis servation, it doubtless can play a big part in the success of the North and Atlantic standing by to 1 Carolina game and fish program. Active and interested and fighting the total when the seasor. gets go,. sportsmen are rare. It's a healthy sign. When sportsmen are indif- ing full blast this month. Put bright, unfailing light inside and out with this New Generator ferent and inactive, their conservation program suffers. Featuring the Oddit:e~- Mr3. Motor Set at a low cost. Westinghouse generator and Briggs- George Boston's Fontana Lake Stratton 6'h HP engine. 110-volt, 2500-watt AC model, weighs performance of netting 14 SJY'all- mouth bass in 40 minutes for a total of 37% pounds might prr.ve as embarrassing as the cat ~h was 273 lbs.; requires no batteries. Gives your hunting end fishing lodge or farm house lighting at a minimum expense, end operates all appliances . . . water pumps, thrilling if game and fish protec- tools, saws, electric drills, etc. tors take the situation in hand. The creel limit is eight per pe~n per day. Designed and used by Armed Forces in Pacific Islands. Complete with tools nd parts for repairs. Available for immediate delivery! B. L. Robert of Durham is f.,st becoming known as the minnow man. B.ack in 1,944 he dammed *Limited Supply . . . Write or Pho11e andstocked with shad roaches and Baltimo~ minnows a spring on his DAN Y. SAGE, JR. . . ': TAKE A NUMBER fro hro to eight and Attorney R. L. La- .. Sueur, of Americus, GL, h.-It ia his strinl'-of se~ .La"e . . . . . < siH!ar, Ga., bigmouth bus. s-end largeat fish weighed be pcnincl& property just J or fun. Now his spring is teeming wi~h, thousands '.'~tin..aed' . ' . ;'1 . ...P.,O. Box 1690 Atlanta, Ga. Phone VErnon 0751 ' "' .; .'-~-. ___,...~~~~~~~~~.......,.--~ Where friends and the Outdoors Meet Phone MAin 7137 e Pryor at Auburn, Atlanta 3, Ga. .JOHN MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . Editor and Publisher ASSOCIATE EDITORS CHARLES ELLIOn DEAN HUNTER LOU WILLIAMS PARSON S. GUNN - Jl.n Jlpology To a Bream HENRY P. DAVIS JACK PICKEREL Vernon Phillips, one of Georgia's Southern Outdoors is a trade and technical newspaper, publishing trade and technical news for sportsmen, sporting goods dealers and the industry. Issued semi monthly by Southern Outdoors, Pryor at At~burn, Atlanta 3, Ga . ' Yearly subscription, $1.50; single copies, IDe Ga~e and Fish Commissioners, once told me that approximately 90 per cent of the anglers who REPORT ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO US AND TO THE POST OFFICE. Your post oftice will not forward your copies 6f Southern Outdoors unless forward postage is provided by you. We cannot replace copies not delivered through your failure to notify us at least IS days before the date of issue. Ser:d both old and new addresses. Southern Outdoors is not responsible for advance payments to representatives or agents. All publications are entitled to use for republication all news credited to Southern Outdoors. Entered at the Atlanta post office as second class matter under Act of ._.arch 3, 1879. fished in his pond and in his part of the country, were bream fishermen. Buford LaPrade, on Burton Lake, made the same statement about the Waltonites who visit his north Georgia lake. The statement surprised me. I New Views on Fish could not understand how a man " ould spend a day running after Fishing is the oldest sport of man. Thus it seems that bream. I do now, and I apologize fishing and fish propagation long ago would have become standardized and catalogued. But such is not the situation. for my opinions on a sporting pan fish. Ben Waddill converted me. Ben Not until recent years has any notable progress been made doesn't say much about his fish- in fishing science, as it is related to the yield and take of ing, but he knows all the individu- game fish. Basking in the warming and enlightening light of als of the finny tribe by name, Conservation is P,rogress science today we have learned that more fish die from nat- ural cause!\ than are captured by fishermen. Along the S3me within a radius of 50 miles from his home. He is also one of those grand guys to be with in the woods, line we have determined that the more fish taken from our ti,e kind of a fellow who does his waters, up to half the carrying capacity of the waters, the ~hare, and knows how to handle By EDDIE FINLAY better will be the fishing. Fish scientists, notably Drs. Smith ::my situation. COLUMBIA, S. C.-The conservationists of America have often been Harmony on Game and Swing)~, the twin combine at Alabama Polytechnic In- stitute, have worked out ratios for stocking artificial ponds that will provide a balanced and maximum yield of scale-fish poundage. They have proved that fertilizers have the same effect on fish that they do on plants. Further research has revealed that black bass and bream, most popular game fish of the Southern states, have a comparatively short life span. And that this span is shorter in some waters than in others. For instance, scientists, backed by figures, say that the average life of a bass in TVA and other power reservoirs in the South is 6-8 years. Many experts contend that size and creel limits do not accomplish the purpose for which they were inaugurated. This, we believe, depends on circumstances. Until a better stop-gap comes along to discourage abuses, we shall take our side with reasonable limits. To let down all the bars would breed further practices of unlawful and excessive harvest of fish life. Only four states in the South-Texas, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina-have no closed seasons on bass. We wouldn't say that these are the more progressiveminded states, but we venture .to say that others ultimately will follow them. Florida and North Carolina likely will be the next two to remove closed season regulations. \Vhen hunting and fishing are tossed into the warm wind for discussion there is always a clash of opinions. An exception was the meeting in Atlanta last month of game and fish officials representing the Southeastern states and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. WE FIND THE SPOT We left his house at noon, and drove straight away from civiliza- tion for 50 miles. We turned into a little dirt road that twisted through the pines and scrub oaks and bounced to a stop at the river landing. Ben selected a boat, put on the motor and we pushed down- stream a mile to where a trail crossed a narrow sand ridge. We found a deep lake, which once had been the main run of the river. Its edges were overgrown with willows, tupelo gums and cypress,' hung with draperies of gray span- ish moss. , Ben dragged a short boat out of the bushes and we put our fly rods together. "I brought the worms along," Ben said, "but let's try flies first." I selected a gray spinner fly with a touch of red. I tried to hide my contempt for such small doings and caught Ben watching me out of the corner of his eyes. "That light trout rod may take a beating," he said. "I've caught six-pound salmon on this bamboo sliver," I retorted. ACTION COMES FAST It was not hard for him to talk me into taking a first turn at the pictured as a group of idealists standing in the path of industrial progress--"progress" usually meaning the movement of money into someone's pocket. In the minds of materialists they have been placed in the category of people who hold the strange view that a pine on a mountain or a heron over a sunset marsh is more beautiful than a dollar bill. We've never been one to underestimate the beauty of a bill-the bigger the more beautiful-but even putting the matter of progress vs. conservation down to its lowest level-that of dollars and centsthere is a strong case for conservation. Industry, in the final analysis, is nothing more than the converting of something, usually a natural resource, into a more usable or marketable form-be it cotton, wood or the skin of a shoat. Conservation is nothing more than making a decision that the greatest benefit to the greatest number lies in not converting these resources, or if they must be converted insisting that the conversion waste nothing and preserve as much as possible of the resource being converted. America became great by intensified use of the wealth of natural resources with which she was blessed, the need or desire of the mo ment usually outweighing any thought of the future. These resources could have been used more wisely and now the time has come when they MUST be used more wisely. The paper on which this is printed and the wood in the chair in which you are sitting came from a tree. Conservationists do not oppose the utilization of t~ees for such purposes, or for any other necessary use. All they ask IS that the trees be cut wisely, with enough seed stock left standing to provide for future generations--whether these generations would use the trees for industry or for sitting under them and listening to the breeze. Conservationists do not oppose any industry using the waters of the country in the manufacture of needed products. They merely ask th~t. the water .be ~o used that there be no pollution-killing fish, dr1vmg away w1ld hfe and depreciating property values. A progressive attiude toward both our industries and our natural Past meetings have provoked sustained arguments seasons and limits on fish and migratory game birds. over Rep- rod while he handled the paddle. We backed a-way from the Iandi11g. resources ca~ls for a sensible approach to the matter, balancing the benefits_ ~ga~nst the losses. Where benefits outweigh the losses the t?e resentatives of game and fish departments forgot and bat- tled for individual rights-too often contrary to wise management. My first cast caught a wisp of moss, and my expostulations had feeling and meaning. I raked off the moss and dropped the spinner conserv~twmsts should bow to the will of the majority. But where the losses m natural resources overbalance the industrial benefits the only sensible course is to preserve the natural resources. If an industry can be brought into a region without undue loss to The Atlanta session of 1946 will go down as the most and fly beside a sunken log. _natural resources--be they trees, pure water or fish-no conserva- peaceful and harmonious in the history of the Southeastern There was a flash and the line twmst should be opposed. They favor sensible utilization of these . Association. It was evident to us that game and fish officials went taut. It felt like a thr.ee- resources. have taken stock. They have outgrown the tendency to please inch bream and I set the hook. This is the progressive view. And conservation is progress. Prog- selfish constitutents at the expense of game and fish. We congratulate the Association members on their integrity. I started him toward the boat but he had other plans. The rod went double almost before I could give ress from the heedless and selfish policies that have denuded the forests, ~ashed away the topso~l ~~:nd contaminated rivers and streams. D?n t re~ard the conservatwmst as an uninformed, narrow-minded line. I Wl!-8 so surprised that I al- reahst. He s often more practical than the most narrow-headed busimost upset the uncertain balance nessman. JAMES G. WILCOX INSURANCE COMPANY GfNfRAl INSURANCf 301 Ten Pryer Street llulldlng ATLANTA 3, GIORGIA l"hene WAlnut 4410 of the boat. The line said, "swis-s-s" and cut toward the middle of the lake. I automatically stripped out line and let him run. "This feels like a three-pound bass," I said without breath Subscription Order (MAIL TODAY) enough to blow up a paper saek, SOUTHERN OUTDOORS THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND The fish made another run and I played him around to the side Corner Pryor & Aubum of the boat. For five minutes after Atlanta, Ga. YELLOW CABS that we gave and took line before I had brought him to the surface. Here's my $1.50. Please $8nd a year (24 iuues) to: WA. 0200 ATLANTA. GA. A. G. Hendley, President REASON PROV.ED It was a bream! It looked like a two-pounder, but Ben estimated that it would go a pound and a Continued on Page 5 Name............................................................................................................................_....................--.... Addreu.................................................,..........................................C"Ity......................._.._ __....._... ........ (/1 Chattanooga Groomed 00 For Outdoor Writers By BART LEIPER CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-With more than a year of 0 ~ =""' tlj :z:tl preparation wrapped up in their plans for playing host to 0 ~ members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, the arrangements committee headed by Lou Williams, of "0"' 0 Chattanooga, voice an invitation couched in the telling terms of a camp cook: "Come and get on this occasion. 0 r:p:tl it." The association will meet here Several sightseeing trips are May 29-June 1. scheduled on mountains and the Any reference that leads mem- TVA-made "Great Lakes of the bers to think of food is well-timed, South." It is fitting that TVA Di- ;::: > ~ since seven Tennessee Valley rector David Lilienthal will address states are cooperating in this trek OWAA during a business session. ..!.".".' by staging special " state meals" TVA's piscatorial e xperts, A. H. CD typical of their own regions. Wiebe and R. William Eschmeyer, ~ ""' Louisiana, although removed from also will speak. the valley proper, will be ably rep- Col. Lewis B. Rock, of Dayton, resented by one of their famous 0., president of the OWAA, has New Orleans seafood dinners, han- called a business meeting of the died by a famous New Orleans organization for Wednesday mornchef on the spot. Barbecues are ing, May 29. The Ohio delegation THIS IS CONTRAST of action. One of South Carolina's most enthusiastic teams is lined up by North Carolina and win be accompanied by Miss Dor- composed of E~die Finlay, sports editor and outdoor writer; and Jack Foster, city editor, Tennessee, the latter planning to othy Brentlinger, "Miami Valley of the Columbia Record. At the left Finlay struggles with a bass while Foster noncha- dish out bear at barbecued wild a sportsman's boar and club on rOu:td~oo~r ~Qu~ee~n.~" ~~~~~~~~~~la~n~tly~~sli~ps~a~~bi~g ~la~nd=in=g~n=et=u~n~de~rn~e~at~h =h=im~~wi~th~t~he~g~re~a~te~st~' o~f e~a~se~. ~~~~~==~ Lake Chickamauga. Georgia has fried fish and shrimp on the menu for an open-air feast at Chickamauga National Military Park. Mississippi and Kentucky also plan special meals during the f our-day Tennessee Valley visit, and Ala- AVAILABLE NOW I I Here's the best in lightweight boats. Especially suitable for car-top and outboard motor or oars. bama will stage a fish fry. Bass and trout fishing side trips are being arranged both by Ten- nessee and by the adjacent coop- erating states. A highlight feature will bi! a motorcade, staged by the Chattanooga Automobile Club, into the Great Smoky Mountains Na- tiona! Park, where Superintendent Blair Ross and his staff will join the group, along with a contingent from Knoxville, before proceeding to the "Roof of Eastern America." Here North Carolina will take over with a barbecue. Superintendent Ross believes that the rose-purple f89.50 F.O.B. ATLANTA Weight---87 pounds . Length---12 feet rhododendron will be in full bloom Georgia Shrimp For Scribblers CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-A feature of the Tenessee Valley tr.ek of the Outdoor Writers Association of America will be a fish and shrimp fry by the Georgia Game and Fish Commission on May 29. Arrangements are being handled by Charlie Elliott, director of the Georgia Commission. Phil E. Stone, of Dalton, chairman of the Commission, will serve as master of ceremonies. The Gt>orgia "supper" will climax a day of sightseeing which winds up in the Chickamauga National Military Park. Charles S. Dunn, superintendent, is providing grounds and facilities, with the cooking equipment being furnished through courtesy of Col. John A. Hoag, commanding officer of Ft. Oglethorpe. CAR TOP CARRIER $9.00 f.o.b. Teke your boet enywhere with this light, sturdy cerrier. Guerenteed sefe end secure. Ga10e L~g Continued from Page ( quarter. It was heavy, dark colored and had a splo~ch of red at its throat. Ben dropped the results of my efforts into the fish sack and I tried to light my pipe, but my hand shook so that the match went out. I looked back and found that Cracker with tears of humor in his eyes. We brought home 19 of the gamest fish I have ever taken on the end of a line. I also brought home a reason why 90 per cent of -t.he fishermen go after bream. From now on you will find my name prominent among the Es of those very intelligent sportsmen who spend their fishing time trying to find where some fighting bre!lm lies under a log, waiting to pounce on the next bug that plops into the water. STREET AT AUBURN .;,~ .. - r -~~ cc They~tt Do It ~Every Ti01e ..-4 BARTLETT'S FERRY, Ga.-While patrolling the Chattahoochee ..-4 River below the dam here last week I was treated to a series of ear- <~ jarring shrieks and yells about 200 yards downstream. Expecting to find a murderer in the act of scalping some helpless ::S creature or a fisherman drowning, I galloped off through the mud, The South's top scatter-gunners will unlimber their long toms at the Capitol Gun Club in Atlanta in the annual renewal of the Georgia State Trapshoot May 10 and 11. ~ water and briars to offer help. ~ As I pulled up to the scene I saw a youngster holding up a Bill Golden, of Columbus, Ga., last May. Mrs. Clyde King likewise will be back in the doubles and Dr. will be gunning for a repeat in the 0 fish. He was Edgar Brown, 13, of Phenix City, Ala., who had just 0 caught the biggest fish of his life-a 1 Yz -pound crappie. S Q _ He was celebrating by sounding off like a banshee. Result of the catch: A happy lad lost his favorite hole as other L_j~iit!':____:::.___ _j z0 fishermen crowded in to dunk worms in the same spot. They'll do it "I can't decide whether to cet It 1 every time! By H. H. BARNES mounted or keep It lor llaltl,. H. N. Alford, of Atlanta, in the women's event. Many strong con- singles. H. J. Lewis will seek a tenders from other states, in addi- second title in the handicap championship. tion to several pros, are expected to King and Alford expect to break scatter clay over the turf on the their high-overl-alJ tie registered hill. Spectators will be welcomed. ::t: =~ , E-1 ;:l 0 00 Come and get it ... Have a Coca-Cola ... refreshing as all outdoors Fun's a.-cookin', folks! There's nothing like the friendly clink of frosty bottles of Coke to bring on the picnic spirit. Yes, whether backyard barbecue or banquet, the pause that refreshes with ice.-cold Coca.-Cola is a sure way to start a party perking-and start every.- body off on the friendly side. are the registered trade marks which distinguish the prod uct of The Coca-Cola Company. L---------------------------------------------~--------------------~----------~----,C1946n.c-cc~~--------~-------------------' TRAPSHOOTER Bill Golden, of Columbus, Ga., points his over-and-und-er at a sailing disc in a tune-up for the annual Georgia State Trapshoot at Atlanta's Capitol Gun Club May 10-11. Tarheel Tales Continued from Page 3 of minnows ranging from fry to six inches, and fishermen from all around procure their bait from him. He's turned his fun into finance. Bass Running Late--Blaming it. on the weather, Manteo fishermen 1;ay the channel bass are running late. They were being taken in nets at Hatteras. two weeks ago, and already should have reached Oregon Inlet. There has been bad northeast weather to impede their progress, they say, and fishermen are advised not to take off until their appearance is announced. Meanwhile, from Miami comes news of two Greensboro anglers who won three citations in the 11th annual $10,000 Metropolitan Miami fishing tournament with recent catches. Theodore Samet was a double winner and John K. Voehringer. Competing with 270,000 participants, Samet scored with a 58pound tarpon and a 23-pound jack, both taken on a 9-thread line. Voehringer's five-pound weakfish brought him a citation. Biggest Jllack Drum-Pete Palakas is parading like a proud papa around Wilmington, according to reports from George Canady, secretary of the New Hanover Fishing Club. He landed a 58-eight pound black drum on Kure's Pier to beat the club record. In 1938 E. H. Delane caught a 70-pounder and L. C. Godfrey took an 85-pounder, but neither was entered in the club's annual contest. - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - HOW THfY GO fOR THAT '_ .BALANCED FLAVOR Rainbow End Method of Planting For Big Bass Lespedeza Bicolor LESPEDEZA BICOLOR seed should be planted on deep soil which contains plenty of organic matter. The soil should be prepared HAZLEHURST, Ga. - Fisherman Charles Hinson flung a rainbow into Burge's Pond in Bacon county and came up with a pot of gold in the form of a bigmouth bass weighing 8 V2 pounds. just as you would f e r planting turnips or other small garden seed. It is generally desirabl~ to apply about 400 pounds of complete fer- tilizer to the soil just before last discing so that it will ,be well distributed in the top layer of the soil. ' The seed bed should be smooth and the soil completely pulverized approximately three inches deep. The seed bed should be cultipacked 0 ~ ~ Hinson cast a rainbow finish lure (Heddon's jointed minnow) into the pond and then his fight with the big bass began. or packed with some heavy roller. Rows should be 24 to 30 inches apart. A Planet Junior Planter is the best machine for planting the seed. It should be set to distribute seed approximately 16 or more per foot and the seed should not be covered more than % to % inches 0 0 0 ::C !P ''TROUT'' RUNNING deep in average loam soil. If the soil is at all sandy, the seed should be covered approxi- AT SPRING CREEK SPRING CREEK, Fla.-Spotted weakfish have been running here for the past three weeks and many parties are bringing in catches of 80-100 "trout." Average catches run from 50 to 60. mately ~ of an inch deep, and from '4 to % inches deep in clay soil. When the plants are about 1 inch high, they should have a side dressing of complete fertilizer. For this it is best to use a fertilizer containing the minor elements simi lar to Vigoro. It may prove best to side dress lightly several times than using all the side dressing on one heavy application. It is especially necessary that the seed bed be very firm. L"o'i''"wnoenrvIecrw:0esutihsttntoIho'"set-rhuccc0oonloernnItsr.t...n.-o9weorn..rnovefno\odkbrct\;toooeoonktrrohcWea:.'~"sttietgwo.~1rri.'.o1v~ltt\td''"cn-"oe:'eshft"ttice\n\Oor"n~tfIg'h.t'\1i\'e\O"vdely'o'n"ol''Utse but \cl possib\y "' o\-0'15 . c:ou t t onywovs . c;ol'l' or THRU TO BROAD 00 ' Gam4e Club - LOVELL PREFERS REDHEAD ALWAYS CLARKESVILLE, Ga.-V. L. Per County ..... < ~ Georgia Goal 00~ Lovell will take a redhead every time. Lovell's favorite lure is a redhead Pal-o-Mine (P.ftueger) and he used it to take a 7 1h - pound smallmouth bass in Lake Burton last week. The streamlined battler was 25 il)ches long. ~ By JIM GEORGE 0' 0 ~ One of the goals of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission E-1 this year is to see at least one ;:J conservation or sportsmen's club 0 organized in every county. z. In recent weeks seevral organ- ~ izations have gone to work with ~Is Sport the hope to improving hunting and fishing conditions in their sections. Wildlife rangers and district chiefs ~Worth It? have been cooperating. Among the new clubs that ap- pear determined to take active / steps toward restoration of 5 ar11e The delights of the sportsman and fish are the Tift County EVER SINCE F. D. Beebe, of Atlanta, landed a 28-pounder last are too numerous to list. Every Sportsmen's Club, J . E. Waldrop, Labor Day his wife has been trying to beat his record. Mrs. Beebe person who reads this message Tifton, president; Crisp County came _close in April with this 24Yz -pound king mackerel, taken knows what it means to take a Sportsmen's Club, A. T. Roberts, a trout or kill a bass ... to flush Cordele, president; Bob Thompson, off Liv-e Oak Island near Wakulla, Fla. The Beebes also took 50 weakfish, the largest weighing 3 1/4 pounds. Georgia a covey of quail ... to bring down a deer . . . to hear a hound bay secretary; Dooly County Sportsmen's Club, Tom Mason, Vienna, acting chairman; Dougherty Coun- at the tr.ee . . . he unders tands t y Sportsmen's Club, ,Albany; Anglers Set P a c e a t St. M a r k s the deep pleasure of the woods Green County Sportsmen's Club, . . . the :r.est of camping beside a Greensboro; Ogeechee Conserva- SUWANNEE RIVER Sm,all camp sites or large tract. for Hunting and fishing preserves on this famous stream. Finest bass fishing on earth. Abundance of deer, turkeys, quail, small game. Accessible by railroad and auto ( U. S. Highways 19 and 41 ). Reasonable. Write- R. D. HOGUE P. 0. Box 163 Atlanta, Ga. clear stream . . . the earthy joy tion Club; Thomas County Conser- of tramping the fields. vation Club; Seminole County ST. MARKS, Fla.-The record 35-pound cobia, not a record but Club; Lanier County Club; Stewart catch of the deep sea fishing sea- still a game fighter. County Sportsmen's Club, Lump- son so far this year was scored The fishermen were M. H. Chaf- But nature does not always stay kin, Leon Strickland, president; L. April 27 by a party of six from fin, J. G. McGlone, P. W. Rush, J. in balance. E. (Shorty) Brooks, secretary. the Bell Telephone engineering of- L. Light, Emory Daniel and C. E . The Game and Fish Commis- fice in Atlanta, Ga. Hammock. sion is planning to keep clubs Fishing from John Tooke's char- Gus Russell and Raymond Moore Through all the ages, man in posted on the activities of other ter boat Ramona, they landed 550 of Atlanta, fishing from the Ra- his migrations westward has clubs. We _would like to know pounds of king mackerel, cobia and mona, reported a successful catch left ..a blight on many Of the what your club is doing and what black groupers. Largest fish was a of weakfish and mackerel. earth's most fertile areas . . . Lands and streams once teeming with nature's gifts have been made barren .by man. assistance you need from the Commission and wildlife rangers. Address information and inquiries to J. H . George, Jr., 412 State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. Trial Club Meets; Big Program Set The Atlanta Field Trial Club will unveil a special program at f ) I ..' Sliii1111~Il Wh.en balan'c:e nature we can ceases to be in no longer have McCOLLUM CATCHES AUBREY BIGMOUTH the nor beauties of nature-nor fish, game, nor trees . . . not even AUBREY LAKE, Ga.-Bass and bream fisherman have had consistently good luck here in recent water to drink or use for power. weeks. Several large specimens Often we cannot survive except have been taken. by moving on. Top fish thus far was landed by Lesley McCollum, of Cartersville. its monthly meeting May 13 at H. G. Hastings Co. Charlie Elliott will talk on wildlife and its administration and Clint Davis will show a technicolor game and fish picture. A 100 per cent attendance is sought by Secretary John W. Huey, who says that Bill Floyd has arranged a "big program." Presents: An Entirely New Idea in Fishing McCollum used live bait to fool Only recently have we become an 8-pound bigmouth bass. aware of the' need and replenishment for . . restoration . soil con- 42-Pound Blue Cat servation . . . forest and flood Hops on Toad control. ... vigilance against the HAZLEHURST, Ga.-A blue cat polluti-on of our rivers . . . breed- weighing 42 pounds was caught in ing and feeding grounds for fish, fte&h and fowl. On these billions the Ocmulgee River last week 'by D. C. Moody, of Hazlehurst. Moody said that he was using of dollars have been spent. Much a toad for bait. His catch solved more remains to be done. the meat shortage problem in the It is all worth it! Moody household for a full week. A. L. BELLE I~LE Cut Bait Addict Proves His Claim Atlanta BaJ!ga~~:e and Cab Co. 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