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GEORGIA
Where friends and the Outdoors Nl
ATLANTA, GA., MAY 15, 1946
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North Carolina Sportsmen Post Storm Signs;
Gains in Move Organize for RefOrm Campaign
for Changes
OFFICIALS FACE
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eratwn Inc. last week reported
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BIG INCREASE OF DISCONTENT
obtain a Game and Fish Commission operating outside the jurisdiction of the Department of Con-
Storm signs in wildlife have been posted from the moun-
servation and Development.
tains of West Virginia to the
Organized in 1944, the Federa-
panhandle of Texas and de-
tion seeks to spo,nsor legislation that will create a non-paid Cornmission with the power of appointing a director and of determining the regulations and policies for the propagation and harvest of game birds ahd animals
velopments in recent months
indicate that sportsmen over the whole South will intensify their clamor for revised and more active game and fish departments.
and fresh water fish.
Reports from West Virginia say
The Federation claims that
that hunters and fishermen, led
hunters and fishermen, who sup-
by the West Virginia Affiliated
port the state's wildlife program
Sportsmen's Association, are "on
with purchase of licenses, have
the warpath" with bludgeons
never had a voice in the adminis-
aimed at the neck of a depart-
tration of game and fish affairs.
ment which they contend is domi-
This waf' the argumePt th::tt Ge'lr-
nated by p rylitics.
gia sportsmen used to obtain its
Over in Texas scarcity of quail
Commission-Director set-up, which
has provoked a movement, with an
is viewed in North Carolina as
organization known as Bob White
the first step toward a program
.. that will yield the maximum results for hunters and fishermen
Inc., designed to gain expanded work on the restoration of the South's No. 1 game bird.
and for game and fish themselves.
and a big brown battler which he took from Rock Creek.
An educational program reach-
Keep on Throwing, ing schools, 4-H clubs, Future
Farmers and other boys and girls is the No. 2 objective of the organization.
Womaek Lands a-Pound Trout
ls Hill's Philosophy Persons interested in the work
of the Federation may obtain information from Executive Secre-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Guy Womack, president of the Nashville Casting Club, proved
tary Ross 0. Stevens, P. 0. Box
recently that he's a fisher-
1341, Raleigh, N. C.
'ROCK CREEK, Ga.-If you miss once, or twice, or again, man. He made a jaunt over
Officers of the North Carolina give him another diet.
to Pine Creek in Central Ten-
Wildlife Federation Inc. are as ~alter C. Hil~, Atlanta sportsman, adopted this approach
follows:
to h1s trout fishmg problems several years ago and found it
P. K. Gravely, Rocky Mount, often works.
president; S. B. Coley, Raleigh, eastern vice-president; A. C. Da-
Hill is one of the South's most fisherman's book. A small live min-
nessee and came home with a nice creel of rainbow trout. His biggest one was a 23 \1.1 inch beauty that tipped the
beam at five pounds. He also
TENNESSEE BUILDS Between Texas and West Vir-
ginia there appear to be few, if any, satisfied states. Loudest in their cry for better hunting and fishing conditions and control of predators, are sportsmen in Florida, Mississippi, Virginia and the Carolinas.
Tennessee, without making much noise, is methodically building an organization that will ally ~5,000 active hunters and fishermen. The Volunteers have not said what they intend trapping, but observers believe they have marked the
vis, Greensboro, Piedmont vicepresident; Wayne Bramlett, Asheville, western vice-president; E. J. Stoker, Greensboro, secretarytreasurer.
versatile sportsmen and is just as now that had just struck a worm,
much
at
home
behind
a
pack
~f
caught the rainbow on had a "staked claim."
which
Hill
fox hounds as he is in a Chesa-- HOLM.ES WINNER
peake Bay duck blind. But he'll Up here in the Chattahoochee
take a day behind his pair of Fo:rfest a combination fly and spin-
pointers in quail coverts for his ner;. gave him a 17 %.-inch brown
No. 1 sport. A close next is a white ribbon of trout water and a
on l t he first day Rock Creek op~ this season. The brown
was was
1-ounce rod to whip it.
the second 1argest taken in Geor-
caught two 10 inches, two 13 inches and one 16. He returned the two smaller fish and is having the big fellow mount.ed.
again" philosophy and carne up with an 18-inch Eastern brook on the second day. Holmes hooked the fish three times on Saturday and
spots. The League of Maryland Sports-
men, the busiest state conservation organization South of the 'Smith & Wesson line during the war, has racked up numerous assists for game and fish. But the Old Liners are not satisfied. They expect to make further headway
Continued on Page 6
Ba..:k in 1940 he ended a two- gia since this species had been returned to the pool Sunday to
DiII in ger PIug year quest for a big rainbow in a stocked. Don Zimmerman took a finish the kill.
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offering him everything in a fly Holmes, applied the same "try-im-
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Okefenokee Cypress Sought for Sawmills Kills Big Striper
ROY MOORE took the limit of rainbows in Rock Creek (Georgia) on ,his first trip of the season and cleaned his catch before leaving the stream.
A proposal to put the ax to brielson, form.er director of the
work again in the Okefenokee 'S-ervice, a13 saying that timber Swamp, a national wildlife ref- operations in the swamp under
uge, has been submitted to Al government supervision would
Day, director of the U. S. Fish not affect wildlife conservation.
and Wildlife Service.
Gibeson wrote Day that he did
Congressman John S. Gibson, not "believe wildlife will be d.e-
of Douglas, Ga., and Senator stroyed in -any manner by cut-
Walter F. George recently wrote ting timber in this area under
Day that they were interested government supervision." in removing cypress timber and~ He further quoted Forestry
stumps from the swamp. They Service officials as saying that
sought sanction of coamercia( timber cutting would not be d.et-
operations in the swaJWII.
rimental to the swamp.
Gibson quoted Dr. Ira N, Ga:
Gibson pointed to the shortage
of railway cross ties and lumber in the building industry and
urged Day to give his request "very active attention."
Several Georgia sportsmen, apprised of the proposal, disagreed whh the assertions that wildlife would not be affected. They expressed .belief that such an uudertaking would further let the bars down and pave the way to more destruction of habitat for desirable species of game and birds,
The striped bass run up Geor-
gia's streams has slowed, but during the last few days of .April two catches of "ro.:kfish" were reported from widely separated
streams. S. L. Simmons, of Albany, work-
ed over a 25-pounder with a John Dillinger minnow. He was fishing near the old power dam on the Flint River.
At Horseshoe Bend, on the Ogeechee River, AI Cauley, of Millen, took a 12-pound striper on a set line.
Georgia Nails Dogs _~
Quakers Take
~Offenders
. By Parson 5. Gu"-n ....... ~\
42,000 Foxes
--~.};-..~ For $1,452
With the end of its fiscal year still two months away, Pennsylvania reports that bounty pay-
""'- Violators of game and fish laws "-, were fined $1,452.20 in Gecrtria during March, accordtr.lj to the
ments for the current year in that state have already reached $184,010-an all-time high. Only $45,397 was expended during the en-
prosecution report released last
tire preceding year. The previous
week by the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission.
Have You Looked At Your Kennel?
high record was $134,322.50, established in 1921-22.
iz Is Sport
~Worth It?
Shooting doves out of season, A good dog deserves a good home. This means that any Officials say that 42,000 foxes
hunting without licenses and hunting with unplugged guns were the principal offenses, the report shows.
Fourteen persons were fined for killing doves out of season, the . heaviest penalties being assessed against J. A. Fonntor and H. Brew-
dog being kept for use in the field should be properly house.d.
We admit that different breeds require different types of
kenneling.
However, there are some stand-
ard requirements that apply to all CROOKED CREEK DR.
breeds. Certain common qualities may be found in all good kennels.
SCORES
tN
MID-WEST
alone were taken to the end of March, and feel that the state's predator problem is on the way to solution, thanks to the renewal activities of hunters and trappers who were busy with patriotic du-
ties during the war.
The delights of are too numerous
tbe sportsman to list. Every
er, of Mcintyre. These hunters paid $37.50 each after being ar-
One of the most important is locatio~. A kennel should be on
DUBLIN, Ga. has returned from
E. A. Weddle field trials in
person who reads this message rested by Ranger H . S. Carlan. well-drained ground - preferably the mid-west, where he scored
knows what it means to take a Failure to observe the three- sloping and sandy or porous soil. several impressive wins with dogs
a trout or kill a bass ... to flush a covey of quail ... to bring down a deer . . . to hear a hound bay at the tr.ee . . . he unders tands
shell limit cost E. R. Vallery, of Columbus, a fine of $37.50. H. E. McCann, of Boston, was tagged
$35 and several others paid $30 for the same offense.
The slope, of course, should be away from the dog house. Light is very important, particularly where puppies are to be kept. There should be plenty of direct
in his string. 'Among t h e m were Crooked
Creek Dr., veteran pointer owned, by Dr. J. E. Smalley, Dublin veterinarian. Dr. finished second in
the deep pleasure of the woods
sunlight, with some shade neces- the Chicagoland Club's trials at
. . . the :~:est of camping beside a
Noted Artist clear stream . . . the earthy joy
of tramping the fi.eJds.
sary.
Camp Grant, Ill., last month. He
One factor which many owners was running in a field of 26 point-
overlook is plenty of fresh water, ers and six setters. "Doc" had
kept in a clean container. The one brilliant find of a pheasant,
To Paint Zev But nature does not always stay
in balance.
bucket or basin should be fastened finishing behind War Admiral's
permanently, on a post or on the Beauty and ahead of Lexington
fencing, to prevent constant up- Village Boy.
setting.
Weddle will train near here . .- -
Through all the ages, man in his migrations westward has left ,.a blight on m'any of tbe earth's most fertile areas . . . Lands and streams once teeming with nature's gifts have been made barren.by man.
SARDIS, Miss.-Mississippi Zev, Size of the kennel depends on next season and is optimistic over
family pet and watchdog of the circumstances. Many of us too -oft- the prospects of birds in the area Earl Bufkin household, takes en think a large run is necessary. he has leased. He moved 18 coveys everything in the same smooth A kennel is not supposed to be a in a singte day last winter.
stride that carried him to the Na- field or a pasture. The kennel is
tional Championship at Grand not the proper place for exercising Big Indian Bass
Junction.
a dog. It is a place for fresh air BIG INDIAN CREEK, Ga.-
Zev, friendly and personable lit- and safety rather than exercise. Hugh Anderson's trip here from
TufFt serves a double purpose.
It heals and to.....,ens soft, tender
5n
liJ. or sore feet. It keeps the
hTroyt'1t"o'ndyo1u1rddohge.alRthey 1
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suits guaraAteed.
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tle setter, has attracted many dog The dog should be taken out of Macon wa'S good for a 5-pound BONASIEPTIC COMPANY
men to this town. One of the most the kennel for exercising.
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When nature ceases to be in balan('e we can no longer have the beauties of nature-nor fish,, nor game, nor trees . . . not even water to drink or use for power.
recent visitors was Luis Hend~r son, noted artist who won the 1942 duPont prize for painting Luminary.
Henderson will put Zev on canvas. He has made preliminary
Kenneled dogs have been found using live bait. to thrive better if their yards are not too large, that is, if they are . taken out and given the short workouts or periods of exercise which they should have in off-sea-
Often we cannot survive except sketches and carried back 57 pho- son.
by moving on.
tographs of the little setter. He wants his job to be as life-like as possible.
J. S. Pace, of Marietta, Ga., is going into the pointer business seriously. He has six or seven well-
.Only recently have we become
known bitches and four are in
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whelp to such prominent studs as
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and replenishment . . . soil conservation . . . forest and flood control . . . vigilance against the pollution of our rivers ... breeding and feeding grounds for fish,
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AMAZING "SILENT" DOG
WHISTLE
Homerun Harrigan, Bomber Commander, Arrowsmith, and Air Sam. Pace's kennels are at Kennesaw. He has taken great pains to provide clean and adequate kenneling.
fler.h and fowl. On these billions of dollars have been spent. Much more remains to be done.
It is all worth it!
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Bob Williamson, who has won the last two gun dog championships of Georgia with Willing Rider Bessie and Sport's Hotsie Totsie, claims he has seven fu-
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Trout Fishing in the Tellico
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-The trout streams in the Tellico 'area of
the Cherokee National Forest in T ennessee opened on May ' 9 with a
great big bang. About 600 permits were sold to anglers from all over
the South and every stream had more than iy(share of fisherman.
There seemed to be a fisherman on every rock.
The heaviest fishing was on Tellico, Citico Creek and Bald River,
but the smaller streams like Sycamore, Rough Ridge, Meadow Branch,
Sugar Cove and the rest were all popular.
The wind was brisk and the will s pecialize in charcoal steaks, weather cool. Early morning fisher- fried chicken and country ham. The men fished while their teeth chat- steaks will be flown in daily tered, but this did not dampen throughout the fishing season by their enthusiasm. Somehow, trout airplane from Chicago.
anglers get plenty of fun out of That old landmark in T ellico their fishing even under the most Plains the Munz Hotel, while still adverse conditions. I've seen 'em open t~ those who w ish rooms, has fish in the snow, in the rain, in no dining service any more. "Dadswollen streams and in those with dy" Munz, known to fishermen and so little water that it seemed as nimrods all over the country, says though the pools were about dry. he's tired of getting up at four
Good fishing was the general re- in the morning and cooking until
port despite the wind and cool ten at night. Low's new place, to
w.eather. Any number of anglers be known as Tellico Lodge, will
reported limit creels. This scribe fill a long-felt need and will be
even caught his limit, which should popular with sportsmen from the
be of interest to the " believe-it-or- very day it opens its doors.
nat" boys.
I left the area before the first day's fishing was over, and while caught, the largest I observed
SHORTER QUAIL SEASON Chairman Joe Summers of the
Tennessee Conservation Commis sion has called a meeting of the
I feel sure that larger fish were were three 13-inch rainbows, two taken on Citico creek and one on Sugar Cove branch. Most of the
commission to be held at Chattanooga May 30-June 1. The meeting wiil be open to outdoor writers.
fish taken ran between nine and And members of the commission
10 inches. All above seven may be also will have the opportunity of
kept.
participating in the sessions of
The Tellico streams 1will be open every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as on legal holidays until September 23. Either natural or artificial lures are per-
the scribes. A delegation from Memphis headed by Nash Buckingham will ask the commission to give consideration to a later opening of the quail season.
missible. Regular fishing licenses QUEEN OF THE VALLEY
are required in addition to the $1 The Chattanooga Junior Cham-
daily permit. The latter may be ber of Commerce r ecently elected
purchased at any of the ranger MiES Peggy Evans, popular Uni-
stations, from Ben .Ellis on Bald versity of Chattanooga co-ed,
River, from Percy Swainson's Drug "Queen of the Tennessee Valley
Store in Tellico Plains and from Outdoors." Miss Evans will share
Paul Bond's Restaurant, 3218 the limelight with Miss Dorothy
Brainerd Road, Chattanooga.
Brentlinger, "Queen of the Miami
STEAKS TO FLY There is to be a new lodge on
Tellico River in the Cherokee Na-
Valley Outdoors," of Dayton, Ohio who will be a special guest of the Outdoor Writers Associ-
ticnal Forest of Tennessee short- ation.
ly. Wesley Low, popular Chatta-
nooga sportsman, is building the BIG BROWNS TAKEN
lodge on the banks of the famous Tellico River, just above the North
IN
TARHEEL
WATER
River cut-off road near the Pheas- ASHEVILLE, N. C.- Haywood i
ant Field Ranger Station. It is ex- county fishermen are breaki ng rec-
pected that the building will be ords in both number and size of
ready for occupancy so m-e time in July. It will accommodate about
their catches. Eighty-three percent
36 guests. Accordin g to Low, he ahead of last year's count, anglers
are taking trout averaging from
14 to 15 inches, according to Ru-
Try THIS
fus Ratcliff, fish and game pro tector.
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While fishermen on East Fork
and West Fork r eport ed slow go-
ing, those on Richland and .Jona-
than creeks tell a different stor;.
Larry Caldwell, of Iron Duff, took
two brown trout measuring 27 .and
22 inches, tipping the scales at 'i
pounds, 4 ounces, and 4 pounds, 4
ounces. Some taken from Elk riv-
er near Linville measured over 24
inches.
.
Johnson Sea- Horses.
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WHOOPING CRANE
Threatened with Extinction
WHERE?
WHEN?
Your-- The No!ional Audubon Society and the U. S. Fish and WUdlife Se<vice ore -...pting to sa.. tim ""''lnificen!
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One of the important reasons I hunt and fish is for companionship with those kindred souls to whom ! the out-of-doors is a vital and living part of this old globe.
Bill Parrish, of Cordele, is one
Ax Keep Out
of those f ellows. Bill carries mail on a rural route for his bread and
meat. He spends all the remainder
Again we find it our duty to put in an oar in defense of of his hours between Smoak Bridge ,
wildlife in Georgia. This time we refer to the matter of and the Power Company dam. Day-
timber-cutting in the Okefenokee Swamp. We do not be- light, before time to start on his
lieve that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit to the pressure of Georgia representatives in Congress and allow any trees to be removed from the Big Swamp.
route, usually finds him trying out a bass lure around some of the stumps or logs that dot the pond beyond the edges of his shack, or
AI Day, who has just taken over the reins of the Service, puttering around the cabin shin-
already has been nudged by Congressman .John Gibson. And ing up tackle or making coffee in
even Senator Walter George luis reminded Day .that he is the wee small hours. Dusk finds
"interested in removing cypress timber and stumps from the him at the same place and usually
swamp under proper government supervision."
with the live box in his boat filled with bass or bream.
We have high regard for Senator George and Repre- Bill and I trolled up the east
sentative Gibson and their ability to represent the good bank of the creek. We cut in and
citizens of Georgia. And we believe that they are making a out between the logs and stumps
request of the Fish and Wildlife Service in good faith, but and made a wide circle in the
nevertheless, without weighing the consequences that always mouth of a branch. Suddenly he
accompany and follow the entry of man into a wildlife sanc- shut off the motor.
tuary.
Timber operations in the Okefenokee already have damaged this great refuge and conservationists sadly shake
"Looks like they've started," he said.
I got the strong whiff of a bream bed. It scented the air like a har-
. their heads when they think of it. What a pity it is that rell of spoiling mullet.
adventurers into the swamp cannot be treated to the work WE DROP ANCHOR
of Nature that was once a great haven for the disappearing "They laugh at me about being I
whooping crane and countless other species of wildlife and able to smell bream beds," Bill
waterfowl. Man and his building desires have left scars on said, "but it's only them birds with
the swamp that will never be erased.
plugged noses."
A
wildlife
refuge
is
not
the
same as
a
forest
manage-
We dropped anchor and slid the bream poles out from under the
ment area, where the growth of timber is of paramount im- seat. I liked that kind of fishing
portance. We urgently reqcest Mr. Day to keep the ax out of better than trolling, because it
the Okefenokee. And we believe that sportsmen and con- gave us a chance to talk. Fisher-
servationists have the same view.
men always have more than
A hoary, bearded old . cypress is more beautiful living enough to fill up the hours with
and reaching toward the heavens than it is chopped into a conversation.
roof for a hot dog stand.
"Somebody sent me a walleye the other day," Bill said.
IT'S COOL-:on the LEE side Mister-
Note the pidures of the Whooping Crane . . . . - - - - - - - - - , and of other white birds with which jt moy be confvMd.
THE WHOOPING CRANE:
Standi ov...- 4 feet tall , Has a w~ng-tpf'eod of 7 feet. Fltft with neck nnd legs out strotght. Hos a white plumoee ~ for bktek tips
on wingt.
Hos black legs and yeUow bill.
Hen a bare red crown.
Utually nem in big marshes.
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WMISTliNCi $WAN
Let's Accept the Cut
"They're good fish," I agreed. "I've caught some nice ones in Lake Itasca."
. Officials of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including "That's a good fishing lake,"
Director AI Day, have hinted that they expect a decline of
Bill agreed. I looked at him suspiciously.
20 to 25 per cent in the North American duck population "What do you know about ltas-
will be revealed when all the census reports are in.
ca ?" 1 asked.
Although ducks have come back in the last decade, they FISHED EV.ERYWHERE
and perhaps now regret that they predicted a sizeable in- So Bill proceeded to ttl!! me
crease in most of the waterfowl species except the Canada about Itasca Lake, where it was
goose. Latest returns indicate that our hunters, despite shell located, how the Mississippi River
shortages last season, overshot the 1945 crop of birds. In flowed out of it and the kind of
1944 there were 350,000 more duck hunters than in 1943. fish one could expect when he
Last year there were 250,000 more than the year before; tossed in a lure.
There perhaps will be an increase of 500,000 this winter.
"There was a f,ellow named Hal
What does this mean? There can be only one answer- something or other," he said.
fewer shooting days and a reduced bag limit.
"Smith, Allen, Jones, Kirk-" I
Although ducks have come back in the last decade, they
tried to help him with the name. "I believe it was Lathrop," he
have not skyrocketed to such number; ihat they can hold said.
Enjoy a LEE PANAMA
/rom ZACHRY
You've :a wide choice among our variety of handsome Lee Panamas. Long famous for hats, Lee
their own against a greatly increased gunning army.
I know Hal Lathrop and was
It
It is
shouldn't be long before the new regulations are set. our guess that the season will be cut from 80 to 60
I convinced. "Those walleyes
are
not
as
ex-
days and the daily bag limit from 10 to eight, and perhaps cit,~ng as the Ou~aniche," I sai~.
seven birds. There is an outside chance that the 4 p. m. dead- My best fishmg for. Ouna~Ich~
line will be put into effect.
.
w~s a~ Grand Lake, m Mame,
Whatever changes are made, waterfowl gunners should be willing to accept them as necessary steps to preserve a
B1111 skanido.w Lake
every
foot
of
Grand
this season has again produced popular masculine styles for men who want to go places-
looking right.
$5 to $15
glorious sport in years to come. We cannot afford to rub out "Where'd you fish in Grand
by overshooting the gains we have made since 1930 in res- Lake?" 1 asked.
toration of our duck populations.
"Below where the point runs out
into Pocumcus," Bill said. "It was
near Stewart's cabin."
ZACHRY
THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND
HOW TO UNTANGLE
PEACHTREE, H. E,
YELLOW CABS
A two
good many years ago I'd spent weeks in that cabin. I was
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attention to the cork on my line. It had disappeared, so I pulled
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up on the cane pole. The shell-
cracker had run under a log. When
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ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA
Ph- WAiowt 4410
Bill Golden Repeats Tarh_eel
In Georgia Trapshoot
Tales
By GENE WIKE
W. S. (Bill) Golden, the Columbus target-buster, scattered Channel Bass Running clay pigeons all over the green sod of the Capitol Gun Club Manteo and Nags Head fisher-
men report the channel bass are
hitting at last. Blaming the weath-
er for their late run this season,
the big red drum had been ex-
pected at Oregon Inlet some three
weeks ago, but bad northeast
weather had impeded their prog-
ress.
But now that they're hitting the
inlet in size and sizable numbers,
coastal sportsmen contend the
waiting was worth it. Fishing out L - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - J
of Nags H.ead, a party from Tren- "Bring the family over to -
ton, N. J., took 36 from the coast- ni ght, Bill's gone trapshooting
al waters in their initial run, the and I'm sure he'll get more than
Ilargest weighing 61 pounds. An- we can eat alone." l gling with the same party, Dr. M.
D. Marcellus, of Trenton, had pre-
' viously reported a catch of seven
1 at Oregon Inlet.
Continued from Page 1
Meanwhile, Charlie Perry skip- ured 18 inches and Jack Hogg,
pered another Trenton party into "Mr. Trout Fisherman Himself."
a catch of twenty-two bass in three creeled a 20-inch spe(i men. These
! days' angling. A party from Nor- were the top catche10 on the first
TARGET-B U ST.ER Bill Golden touches the trigger of his 1 folk, Va., B. S. Barker and Charl es two days of the state's most heavover-and-under and s mashes both targets in the doubles of the ! R. Willard, reported a catch of ily fished trout water.
Georgia State Trapshoot in Atlanta.
eight channel bass weighing 35 to MANY "LIMITS" TAKEN
50 pounds each. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Approximately 100 anglers came
in Atlanta last week to win both the singles and doubles McKenzie of Washington, D. C., here and many reported limit takes
championships in the annual Georgia State Trapshoot.
landed three averaging from 30 to of 10. Thirteen-inch rainbows were
Golden thu s retained his doubles 923x200, with Eastern Airlines, 50 pounds, while Mr. and Mrs. R. common. Dick Hawkins, Lowell
title and replaced Dr. H. N. Al- South Carolina, Capitol Gun Club
Continued on Page 8 Dowdell and Roy Moore, all of
ford, of Atlanta, as singles cham- and Tennessee finishing in that
Atlanta, reported limit catches av-
pion. In the singles he broke 190x order.
er, C, 48x50 (withdrew); F. L. eraging about 11 inches.
200 birds and in the 100-target In the doubles event three shoot- Bailey, B, 172; Ferd Kahler, B, This was good considering the
I doubles he dropped 10. Bob Aut- ers tied for high gun for out-of- 165; R. C. Graham, B, 166.
conditions of the stream, which
rey, of Atlanta, finished strong to state participants. J. A. Chilton, W. M. McCratty, C, 173; Charles was swollen and dingy after heavy
pile up the dust of 91x100 and of Knoxville, won the trophy in a A. Courtney, C, 131.
thundershowers.
grab the handicap championship, coin-flipping with Halliburton and
won in 1945 l:y H. J. Lewis.
Dr. T. L. Fitzgibbon, of Miami.
Forty-seven shooters from four They broke 94 targets.
WORDS OF WISDO. FRO. A TI:I:IIA81ERI
states competed in what veteran Scores by squads and classes of gunners called _the ~1ost ,uccessful individual shooters in the 200- ,
trapshoot held m Atta11to. m nearly target singles:
The smartest togs for gunning, field trials and outdoor sp01ts.
LIGHTWEIGHT MEDIUMWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Clothes for all occasions
Mall Or~ers Fllled Postae Prepaid
a decade.
Dr. H. N. Alford, A, 182; Jack ,
:\iRS. McCLAIN STAR
Tway, A, 183; Paul Earle, A, .193;
Perhaps the outstanding perfor- Clyde King, Jr., A, 181; J. 0. Rog-
mance of the program was the ers A, 190.
'
c. shooting of Mrs. Donald McClain, H. J. Lewis, B, 183; w. Leg-
Atlanta Class C entry. The At- gett, C, 186; w. S. Golden, A, 190;
lanta sportswoman was runner-up Bernie Judd, A, 185; Mrs. Donald l
in both the singles and the handi- McClain, C, 188.
cap. She had a score of 188x200 in t he singles and until Autrey Rudy Etchen, A, 197; J. Hallibroke two of his last three birds, burton, C, 183 ; J. Farmer, C, 178;
Mrs. McClain's 90x100 led the handicap field . In her last eight
Mac Johnson, C, 164; Paul Foster, C, 178
rounds in the singl~s she dropped Bob Autrey, B, 169; J. L. Frank-
only three birds for a remarkably lin, B, 156; Dr. Dell Fleming, C,
strong finish.
155; Mrs. Clyde King, Jr., C, 165; 1
Clyde King, Jr., of Atlanta, got Dick Garlington, A, 182.
off to a slow start in the doubles, Dr. T. L. Fitzgibbon, B, 169; J. but came back fast to. break 89, C. Ditto, B, 194; Fred Etchen, A,
just one shy of Golden's winning 194; Bart Geiger, A, 184; Buddy
score.
Jones (pro), 193.
' 1
Out-of-state singles in Class A J . A. Chilton, A, 182; Dr. N. G. J went to Rudy Etchen, of Miami, Riggins, A, 187; Blanche Chilton, and Fred Etchen, his father, was C, 153; Hubert Wright, C, 155 ; J. runner-up. Rudy had 197x200 and M. Walker, B, 166.
Fred a 194. J. C. Ditto, of Miami, H. Hamilton, B, 166; L. E. Grant,
won the B event with 194x200, C, 179; G. L. Hight, Jr., C, 172;
w hile Lewis and Charles Hight, of G. J. Hight, B, 177; Charles Hight;
Rome, tied for runner-up with B, 183.
183x200. In Class C W C Leggett led with 186x200 and runner-up was John Halliburton at 183.
Ike Andrews, B, 178; F. N. Hall, B, 181; J. D. Foster, C, 156; Gray Lancaster, C, 180; T. K. Lee, A,
:\IIAMI TEAM LEADS
187.
Miami led the team race with G. J. Creaden, A, 181; J. H. Full-
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manding a separation of game of the Commission to curb traffic
at their annual convention June and fish from the Department of in game fish at a hot session in
.-4 14-16 at Ocean City:
Conservation and Development. Tampa last month.
L,.; Predator problems will be one South Carolina is ready to junk Mississippi w a n t s remodeled
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of game wardens, and sportsmen Georgia should have the same, but
MOUNTAINEERS YELL
look to strength from their Izaak the Georgia Wildlife Federation is
Next door, West Virginia and Walton League chapters.
as dead as the last Heath Hen.
SOUTHERN OUTDOORS
Corner Pryor & Auburn Atlanta, Ga.
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Virginia outdoorsmen are showing signs of increasing unrest, but
Florida is in the middle of a campaign to obtain 100,000 mem-
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0 ed at their department with Federation faces a fight against Lovell last week took time out
E;Q threatening gestures.
commercial fishermen and has de- from bass fishing in Lake Burton
The North Carolina Wildlife manded a "house-cleaning" in its to land a 15%-inch rainbow trout
0 Federation Inc. claims 100 active game and fish department. How- here. He was fishing with red
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When you're hot, tired a~d thirsty, the very sight of a frosty
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bottle of Coca,Cola is refreshing. So of course, the game comes to
a standstill at the words Have a Co~e. The whole gang gathers
'round to talk things over and spend a sociable moment on the
refreshing side.
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I couldn't pull the hook loose, Bill showed me how to tighten my line, strike the cane a sharp blow just above the handle. This jolt releases the hook every time.
I rebaited and talked about Manteo, Reelfoot, Dead Lakes, Marco -Bill had fished in all those places and had a memory like an elephant. There was no place I could discuss that he did not know the terrain and the people by name.
His cork disappeared and he pulled in a shellcracker approximately the size of his hand. SAME FISH, SAME PLACE
"I've caught this one before," he
said. "How do you know that?" I
asked. He held the shellcracker up. It
was sporting a forked tail. Bill explained that he had caught the fish last year and pinched out a tiny section in the center of its
tail. "Caught him at this ;;ame place,
too," he said. We caught a few 'fish and drop-
ped them in the live box. I loolo.ed at my watch. We had thirty minutes to make a meeting whete Blackshear Lake catfish were to be
served. I hated to see Bill crank his mo-
tor and pull away from that spot. It was one of the most enjoyable afternoons I had spent on a lake in a long time, with the fish biting
too slowly for excitement.
. Blind Angler I Wins Columbia
Casting Tourney
COLUMBIA, S. C.-Billy Fisher, blind Columbia business man, recently won the distance flycasting contest in a casting tournament held as a part of the lzaak Walton League's annual outing. He also placed second in the distance plug casting event, which was won by Havilah Babcock, well-known outdoor writer.
Fisher, who lost his sight 10 years ago in a hunting accide~t, has his own pond near Columbia and fishes the pond unassisted. He pulls the boat along with a series of wires stretched across the pond.
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THAT AIN'T NUTHIN observes little Billy Rogers, who isn't at all impressed by Susan Sharpe's bass which she caught on Bluat's Bay, Collington, N. C. Susan is the 10-year-old daughter of Bill Sharpe, director of North Carolina's news bureau, at .Raleigh.
HOW JHfY GO fOa JHA
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in equipment for
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P. 0. Box 163
Atlanta, Ga.
By EDDIE FINLAY
COLUMBIA, S. C.-South Carolina fishermen are hoping that the Santee-Cooper will not follow tlie course of other man-made reservoirs, where the nshing has been wonderful in the early years and then declined steadily.
So far, the two great lakes have held up remarkably well and the fishing has been as good as anywhere in the Southeast, particularly for bass and crappie. Many anglers from North Carolina and Georgia have taken advantage of the fine fishing and thousands of South Carolinians are on the lakes every week-end.
There has been no indication that the fish are becoming less plentiful and there is some reason to believe that the history of the lakes will be different from that of Lake Murray. The history of Lake Murray, located 12 miles from Columbia, was that the fishing was exceptionally good for the first few years and now is poor, except for the early spring.
Lake Murray, however, is located in hilly country where the fluctuating water level plays havoc with the beds and where the red clay soil is not very productive.
The Santee-Cooper, on the other hand, is flat, rich land ideally suited for fish breeding and with the waters covering such a vast extent that it seems impossible for the lakes ever to be fished out. So even though the fishing peak may have been reached, any downward cycle should be slow and the lakes should continue to provide fish and recreation for years.
HUNTING AND 13-lnch Shellcracker
is ~~~Gm!l Caught by Kimbro
zine crammed full of hunting , fi h ing , camp
LAKE
BLACKSHEAR
Ga . -A
ing, dog and booting 13-inch shellcracker bream weigh-
i~~~il:sabi~fnf~;~t~;r;;r: ing a pound and 6 ounces was
obout guns, fish ing caught below the dam here by J.
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The Style Center of the Soutl\
QO 19.46 Laws
~ on Fishing .
.Carp Removal
'Of' Ch ....! SPf:cies
ALABAMA Size Daily Limit Limit
Open Seuon
.5 Blad< bau
....!
Bream Beck bau
none ' 10 none 30 none 20
N~ closed Not closed Not closed
< ~
~
Crappie
none 20
Not closed
Whitohaa none 15
Not closed
Ja* aalmon none 15
Not closed
Licenses : Res. $1; non-res. $5 ; non-rea.
From Tellico Is Sought
7-day $2.
g0=0:
ARKANSAS
Blad< baaa
10" 15
Trout
12" 6
Crappie, atriped
May !-Oct. 31 Not closed
Q
~
;:;;>
bau Pike, juil
salmon BreaJR, perch,
8" 15 1~" 25ea .'
Not closed Not closed
0
aunfish
none 25ea.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-In a letter to the Tennessee Conservation League, Johnny DeArmand, president of the Chattanooga Trout Association, asks that the League get behind the matter of elimina-
(Daily aggrega te of a ll fish. 25.)
tion of the carp that are begin-
Lieenst"s: Res. $1 .50; non -res . $5 ; non-reM.
z 10-day $2.
ning to infest the lower Tellico
.=: ~ Black ba01
FLORIDA 12" 8
river. ~ay ! -Feb. 28 1.J..__ _O_K_LA__H_O_M__A _PA_N_H_A_N_D_L_E_K_IL-L-....,C-o_y_o-te_h_u-nt-i-ng_i_s_a_p_o_p_u,..-la_r_s_p_o-rti-n-~1 DeArmand says carp are swarm-
= ~
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Speckled perch 7" 20
Brean
5" 20
Tarpon
none none
Not closed Not closed
Not closed
the Oklahoma Panhandle. H. H. Reynolds and C. P. Murrow, of Avard, and ing into the beautiful stream M. B. Crawford, of Hardeoty, mode this kill of 13 on a three-day hunt. They which tumbles down over the
0
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L i("enses: ReJ:o>. $2 ; non-res. $7.50 ; non-rea. 10-day $2 . 25.
used rifles and greyhounds.
GEORGIA
Trout
7" 10
Tarheel Tales IL M t Black bau
10" 10
Rod< baas
5" 10
Striped baa 12" 10
~~n;~::~:r::d p~~~ eague ee s Kentucky bass 5~ 10
Crappie
7" 15
Perch And bream 5" 25
In Tennessee Pickerel
12" 15
Wall-eyed pike 12" 3
Musky
t5" 2
Apr. !-Nov. 15
Not closed Not closed
Not cios<!d Not closed Not closed Not closed Not closed Not closed Not closed
:nd Mrs. R.
tFh.reHeusf!t'z, aballel boafssC. harlotte, landed Fisherman Ike Davis, the sage
rocks and boulders for a 25-mile stretch, from the North Carolina line, creating one of the most picturesque sights east of the Rockies. The Tellico, below Bald. River Falls offers some fine rock bass and smallmouth bass fishing, while
DR. CHARLIE WARD, Atlanta sportsman, finds these three Lake Burton (Georgia) bass plenty heavy after casting a plug three hours. The largest weighed four pounds.
above the falls it is famed for fish reported in this section this
trout fishing.
.year was taken by Gene McCor-
Lice nttes: Res. $'1.2 5; non-res. $5 .25 ; non.. res. 10-Jay $1.50; non-reB. 30-day .$2.50.
KENTUCKY
Black bass
11" 10 May 30-Apr. 30
White baaa Rock bass
none 15 May 30-Apr. 30
none 15 May 30-Avr. ao
Crappie
8" 15 May 30-Apr. 30
Wall-eyed pike 15" 15 Chnnnel catfish 15" none
May Mny
30-Apr. 30-Apr.
ao ao
Licen~;es: Res. $1 ; non-res. $2.50; non-res.
7-day $1.
LOUISIANA
Black bass
10" 15 Apr . 1-Jan. at
Yellow bass
10" 15 Apr. 1-Jan. 31
Crappie
i" 25 Apr. 1-JP..n. 31
Sunfish
n one 50 Apr . !-Jan. 3!
Li~E>O:"f'S: Res. $1 ; non-res . $5 ; non-res .
4-day $2.
MARYLAND
Trout Black bass
7" 10 Apr. 15-Jul. 15
(abovetide) 10" 10 Black bass
Jul. !-Nov. 30 ' Jul. ! -Nov. 30
of Manteo, predicts good fishing at the Inlet now, but he cautions fishermen to check the weath-erman before coming down for channel bass. If there is a northeasterly wind, stay at home, he says.
Turning to Aycock Brown, sportsman-writer of Morehead City, for the history of the channel bass, it seems that this season's catch may surpass last year's angling. The 61-pounder landed by the New Jersey party weighed three pounds more than Sam A. Neese's Field & Stream prize-winner taken from Hatteras Inlet last season. Incidentally,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.- The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Conservation League will meet here May 28 to consider matters of impo rtance to the new organization. The meeting will be held ,at the same time the Outdoor Writers of America opens its Tennessee Valley trek. Appointment of several important committees and a discussion of two vital topics-the removal of political influences from the game and fish division, and the statewide membership campaign-will be on the agenda.
DeArmand says the carp have gone up the river . and are now found well above Turkey creek, which is the southern boundary of the Management area, above which the federal and state governments operate the area jointly and in which sportsmen pay $1 daily to fish. DeArmand's request is being turned over to the League's Fish Committee for inv~stigation and report.
11 -POUND BASS FOR McCORMACK
WA YCROSS, Ga.-Largest game
mack, who took a bigmouth bass weighing 11 1/ 4 pounds at Laura Walker Lake. He was using a Reddon Vamp.
Herbert Saunders of Ws,ycross, caught a 9'h -pounder at the same Jake.
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(tidewater ) P:ckerel Pe rch Catfih
10" none 14 " none 7" none
7" 10
Jul. !-Nov. 30 Jul. !-Nov. 30 Feb. 15-Nov. 30
Jul. !-Nov. 30
Neese' landed his prize-winner with a home-made rod, a Mohawk reel, a United States line and used a
Size 10 H-ook Holds 34-Pound Yellow Cat
Striped bass (above dam) 16" 10 Mal'. 15-Nov . 30
w~r.~!;;dd;i~'~ ~~:: n!~e Mar. 15-Nov. 30
Licen ~;e!5: Res. $1.50; non-rE:s . $5.50-: n.on,. , . 3-day $1.75.
small, whole spot for bait. Indications of the popularity <U
the sport in North Carolina waters is evidenced by the fact that
BLUE RIDGE, Ga.-Warren Ray, of Ellijay, caught a few spring lizards the other day and decided to see what Ellijay River
MISSISSIPPI
of 10 prizes offered for channel bass would do with them.
Black bass Sunfish Crap pie White perch L i<en ~-t>~ : Res.
10" 15
May 1-Feb. 28
5" 50
May ! -Feb. 2~
8" 15
May 1-Feb. ~~
8" 511
May 1-Feb. 28
$ 1. 25; non- re~L $3.25.
bass by the national magazine, nine winners were taken from North Carolina waters. Five were landed at Oregon Inlet where most
He strung a lizard on a size 10 hook and cast it toward the channel. When he tried to retrieve his hood Ray suddenly decided he haQ.
NORTH CAROLINA
Black bass
12" 8
Striped and
May 20-Apr. 5
of the fish of this species are taken with artificial lures. One was
something he couldn't pull out. He waded into water that nearly
spotted bass 12 " M
Trout
7" 12
Musky
22" 5
Wall-eyed pike 15" 5
Yellow perch
8" 20
Crappie and
whi te perch i" :W
Other pan fish
6 11 '! ~
May 20-Apr. :; Arll'. 14-Sep. 1
MH:v 20-Apr. s
May 20-Apr. 5 May 20-Apr. 5
May :!0-Apr. s
MHY 20-Apr. 5
landed in the surf at Hatteras Village, one from Cape Hatteras surf, and a fish weighing exactly 50 pounds was reeled in at Ocra-
coke.
touched his chin and finally dragged his catch onto the bank.
It was a 34-pound yellow cat, exactly three feet long.-By E . R. Matthews.
OATS
Lic :- n se:; : R efl . Hlnte $2. 10; tes. co. Sl. lO:
!'eJ-;. 1-day 60c: non - res. $5 .111: non-res.
ld:ty $1.10.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Brook trout
7" ?.W'
No state-wide
Rd n bow trout
81 '
20ft!
c lo!:ted season
0""-'ter spe'"ies nonee< none 0
L icE>nsE>s: R es. $ l.lfl : non - res. $i).25; non
re~ . 2-d:ly $1.1 0.
TENNESSEE
Trout
7" 10
Mar. !-Oct. I
Black bass
10" 8 May 30-Mar. 31
Wall-eyed pike 15" 5 May 30-Ma 31
Sauger
10" 10 May 30-M ar. 31
Musky
20" 5
May ~0-M ar. 31
Crappie
8" !5 May 30-M nr. 31
White and
yellow bass nonE> 15 1\[ay 30-Mnr. 31
Rock bass
none 15 Mav 30-Mar . 31
Other panfish non e 25
Not cloed
Cntfish
12" none
Not do"ed
Lict-n~es: Res. $2 : non - 1e:-;, $5 ; non-res.
3-day $1.
Black bass
TEXAS
7", ts
N ot closed
White bass
25
Not closed
Blue. channel &
Not c losed
:vellow -catfish
25
Crappie
7" 25
Not closed
Ra:nbow trout 14" 5
Not closed
Licenses: Res . $1 .1 0 ; non-res. $5: non-res.
5-day $1.10.
VIRGINIA
Black bass
(east)
HI" 15 Jun. 20-Mar. 15
Black baBS
(west)
10" 15 Jun . 20-Dec. 31
Rock bass
(eaat)
none 15 Jun . 15-Mar. 15
Rock bass
( .. eat)
none 15
Jul. I-Dee. 31
Trout
non e 15 Apr. 20-Jul. 8! 0
Pike (west)
none 20 Jun. 20-Dec. 31
Pike (east)
none 20
Not closed
Crappie
none 25 Jun . 20-Mar. 15
Bream
non e 25
Not closed
Lict:nses: Res. t;2 ; non-res. $5: non-rel!.
2-day $1 ; res. co. $1.
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