WINTER ON THE LACKAWAXEN

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1 WINTER ON THE LACKAWAXEN

2 OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION r &S& v. # * AN G LE R/ FEBRUARY, 1934 Vol. 3 No. 2 PUBLISHED MONTHLY by the Pennsylvana Board of Fsh Commssoners Want Good Fshng? OBEY THE LAW # Fve cents a copy 888 *» 50 cents a year ALEX P. SWEIGART, Edtor South Offce Bldg., GEORGE GRAY, 888 NOTE Harrsburg, Pa. Illustrator Subscrptons to the PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER should be addressed to the Edtor. Submt fee ether by check or money order payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvana. Stamps not acceptable. PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER welcomes contrbutons and photos of catches from ts readers. Proper credt wll be gven to contrbutors. All contrbutons returned f accompaned by frst class postage. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS OLIVER M. DEIBLER Commssoner of Fsheres Members of Board OLIVER M. DEIBLER, Charman Greensburg JOHN HAMBERGER Ere DAN R. SCHNABEL Johnstown LESLIE W. SEYLAR McConnellsburg EDGAR W. NICHOLSON Phladelpha KENNETH A. REID Connellsvlle ROY SMULL Mackeyvlle H. R. STACKHOUSE Secretary to Board C. R. BULLER Deputy Commssoner of Fsheres Pleasant Mount u o th n re sp He at ar ar th tu CO sp Pr le CO] th: sfe la s See b( for be m «ho rt e IMPORTANT The Edtor should be notfed mmedately of change n subscrber's addr^at Permsson to reprnt wll be granted provded proper credt notce s gven

3 J^SYLV^A, ^ ^SHIsS^ *_g-f ^ANGLER? FEBRUARY, 1934 jjt VOL.3 No. 2 EDITORIAL "-and Postng Target * Organzed Sportsmen No Trespass" sgns, and the threat they hold to future fshng and huntlr *g n Pennsylvana consttute a very re al and pressng problem for our s Portsmen. That Pennsylvana's vast Network of streams and woodland mght at some future date be so curtaled n are a^my a as to work hardshp on our great of outdoorsmen s a possblty that demands mmedate attenton. Fortunately, steps are now feeng taken to co mbat ths evl, steps on the part of the s Portsmen that are based on the fnest P r ncples of true sportsmanshp. I bellftv e that the very backbone of our great conservaton system n Pennsylvana s ths sprt of far play. By playng the ga «e accordng to the fnest rules that govern t, our sportsmen are forgng feadly ahead to the goal of "no posted lands." hs campagn aganst posted lands j beng waged successfully n varous Actons of the state. In the Poconos *nd n ' Clnton county, sectons famous? r the splendd fshng and huntng hey offer, the sportsmen have taken an gressve part n fosterng a feelng f frendshp between landowners and hose who fsh and hunt on ther prop- Jr^' t I refer to the Monroe-Pke Sportsmen'g Assocaton and the Clnton County Fsh and Game Assocaton. Both ># rgal zatons, through vgorous poster ' ' arq Pagns, have aded n cementng a 0n d of understandng and frendshp PtWeen landowners and sportsmen n «er ventes. The posters are shown p the cut accompanyng ths edtoral. he y call to sportsmanshp of the hgh- PENNSYLVANIA ASG1-ER. A SPORTSMAN? You are u, '"8,hs P'OP*'^' b - v Court «>' - LAND OWNERS - You are usng ths Property by Courtesy of of lhe the BE A REAL SPORTSMAN and to* «coreul ol th«property. tuousta M were your own. Do Not Destroy Property or Tear Down Fences, or Leave Gates Open Keepect the Property of the Und Owner and yon can he sure of a Contnuant e of Good Sport. Monroe-Pke Sportsmen's Assocaton To he» Sportsman Act tke Otte est order, and I beleve are noteworthy examples of just how the fsherman and hunter can beneft the cause of conservaton. Consder the facts n these splendd posters. The Monroe-Pke Assocaton and the Clnton County Assocaton strke a keynote n the frst sentences: "Are You A Sportsman?" and "Take Notce! You Are The Guest of the Owner." They stress courtesy and consderaton, two vtal factors that are basc prncples n the campagn aganst "No Trespass" sgns. I am convnced that adopton of the "courtesy-consderaton" code by our sportsmen would strke a death blow to the land postng threat. A major consderaton n Pennsylvana conservaton today s suffcent water for the angler to fsh and suffcent cover for the gunner to hunt. When a trout stream, even though t s small, s posted, the "no trespass" sgns along ts course deprve a certan number of fshermen of sport. Prom another angle, the hatcheres owned by the fshermen of Pennsylvana and operated by ther Psh Commsson are turnng fsh nto all publc waters at a constantly ncreasng rate. Obvously, curtalment of the water areas avalable for dstrbuton must lead to overstockng n open areas and result eventually n njury to certan streams lackng suffcent food and cover for a large number of fsh. Pshng as a sport s ncreasng n popularty each year, and attractng addtonal thousands of sportsmen to our waters. Modern methods of producton and dstrbuton have elmnated to a major extent guesswork n stockng. A vtal need at the present tme, therefore, s greater stockng range, and posted lands consttute a serous stumblng block to achevng ths objectve. Harmony between sportsmen and landowners s ap- TAKE NOTICE! YOU ARE THE GUEST OF THE OWNER Protect Hm Respect Hm Be Careful Thank Hm BE A SPORTSMAN! PREVENT FIRES SPONSORED BY Clnton County Fsh & Game Assocaton parently an outstandng factor n the drve for better fshng, and promoton of understandng s a frst-rate way to acheve t. Lands closed to fshng and huntng often affect a secton n whch they exst n another way. Certan sectons of the state, noted as good fshng or huntng terrtory, attract thousands of sportsmen annually. Clearly, sportsmen comng nto these localtes help busness by spendng money to follow ther favorte sports. Often farmers board fshermen and hunters durng the open season, realzng n ths way not only fnancal proft, but establshng frendshp wth others from dfferent sectons of the state. The landowner planly s affected to some degree by "No Trespass" sgns and should do all wthn hs power to. keep them off property. Good sportsmanshp, as stressed by the Clnton County Psh and Game Assocaton and the Monroe-Pke Sportsmen's Assocaton s a real strde forward n makng avalable more fshng waters for our anglers. It means, n bref, cooperaton of sportsmen and landowners n the campagn aganst "No Trespass" s ; gns. Here s a method of mprovng our fshng that s at the dsposal of every angler. "We must pull together to put t across. Commgrtoner of FsheHe$

4 P K N N S Y L, V A N I A ANGLER FINE TROLLING WATER FOR PIKE-PERCH ON THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA. UPPER RIGHT THE PIKE-PERCH EVERY INCH A GAME FISH THE PIKE-PERCH IN PENNSYLVANIA HEN was the pke-perch, otherwse W known as the wall-eyed pke or Susquehanna salmon, frst ntroduced to Pennsylvana waters? Mystery, to a certan extent, vels ts comng to streams that today offer no game fsh of fner flavor for the angler to catch. Contrary to general belef, t was not natve to our waters. The most authentc account places ts ntroducton at Over roads that were lttle more than trals at that tme, report has t, a Jesut prest and an Englshman transferred, by wagon probably, a few mature pke-perch to the waters of the Chemung, a trbutary to the North Branch of the Susquehanna Ever at Elmra, N. Y., then known as Newton. Early Amercan conservaton has few more strrng epsodes than ths stockng of the Chemung wth a speces of game fsh that was later to nvade the Susquehanna and ts larger trbutares as far south as the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. In confrmaton of ths story s the fact that pke-perch became known n Pennsylvana as Susquehanna salmon, and early hstory's annals do not menton t n the waters of other state streams. Modern transportaton and good roads today make t possble to stock fsh successfully wthn a radus of hundreds of mles of the hatcheres, but ths unusual feat of carryng mature fsh over a dstance of even 12 mles, under the dffcult condtons then prevalng, s a trbute to the early conservatonsts who accomplshed t. ot St. ll, 3a n U Dc H th a s So abundant dd the pke-perch, or san' 1 l 't as t was then known, become, that t s* <J rvaled the shad as a food fsh of mp*'ha anee n the Susquehanna, and at one tjoa commanded an even hgher prce on I fr market than dd the shad. In the days th old-fashoned apprentceshps, the follow'' Bo clause was sometmes ntroduced nto l contracts: "That Salmon should not be gfl th more than two or three tmes a week." fs< and flaky n substance, havng few b^at and a delcous taste, the pke-perch * th much sought as food by early settlors. 1? S called t the "swager salmon." ho Of the names gven to ths popular f 0 and they are numerous, pke-perch s P;t r haps the most approprate, lnkng ths I eh

5 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 8 ces wth the perch famly to whch t s related and suggestng certan characterstcs f the pke famly. Here n Pennsylvana t s known as wall-eyed pke, yellow bass, jack salmon, green pke, occasonally pckerel and whte salmon, and frequently Susquehanna salmon. In the north woods, the Cree Indans call t the okow, whle to the French Canadans t s the dore or pcarel. In the swft-flowng Susquehanna, wth ts great shallows, deep pools, rock ledges and Pebbly bottom, the pke-perch apparently found an deal home. Ther ncrease n number was so rapd, that wthn a comparatvely short tme they lterally swarmed In the deeper pools and eddes. Had hook and lne fshng prevaled, as t does today, ths vast supply of a valuable food and game fsh w oud undoubtedly have remaned abundant. Instead they were harred day and nght by s enes, trap-nets, and gggng. That hook al d lne fshng was comng nto ts own s Dr ought out, however, by the followng re- Port of the Commssoners of Fsheres for 1805: "Nescopeck Falls, drectly opposte Berwck, near where the Nescopeck Creek empt'es nto the rver was a noted place for 'salmon' fshng wth hook and lne. Men standln g on the shore wth long poles and lnes ^ould often, n drawng out the fsh, lodge them n the branches of trees, gvng them ~he appearance of salmon-producng trees. *he present generaton fsh for them by two j&ethods, by stll fshng wth mnnows and I y trollng. In anglng by the frst manner, v e mnnows are used n preference to all other bats, partcularly such as are more or 'ess transparent wth slvery sdes, as the fa 'l-fsh or dace, the corporal roach, the red ^n and the gudgeon. When trollng, the favorte method between Columba and Harrs- Dl, rg, a small lamprey eel s usually attached to the spoon n place of the feathers, sunk ^ery deep, near a rocky ledge and drawn through the water much more slowly than w 'hen after other speces of fsh. "When a pke-perch frst strkes, t s not a strong, vcous try that s felt, such as ther members of hs famly gve, but a steady pull such as mght be made by a?j a Q haulng n a lne wth hs feet braced. Ths pecularty often leads the angler to magne for a tme that hs hook s fast on * lo S. But when the fsh s brought near the surface t abandons the sullen hangback I ^o'cy and begns a vgorous fght for ts!f* e -... It s a pecularty of many of he boatmen of ths secton, that when a s h s struck he wll begn rowng as ent eft vorng to escape from an enemy, and ll nl egg stopped very quckly wll succeed n ^ drownng the pke-perch before the angler as r a chance to extract any sport from hs jteh. Ths curous habt s. due, t s sad, ^ Jh ther own habt when fshng to get s. e r prey out of tne water as speedly as 4 Possble." < t.^1611 the Board of Fsh Commssoners, f' 1 s 6n known as the Board of State Comms- 0( al ners of Fsheres, was organzed n was almost * th mmedately called to pt o e ra P"d decrease of the pke-perch n the Us quehanna and ts trbutares. At the tme, 0 wever, owng to absence of proper laws f ^ ' 'ts protecton and knowledge relatve to J c, "fcal propagaton, t was mpossble to et * the depleton n number of these game STILL-FISHING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA YIELDED THIS CATCH OF PIKE-PERCH OR WALL-EYED PIKE flsh. A turnng pont came n 1880, when the Unted States Bureau of Fsheres succeeded, through use of the McDownald hatchng jar, n hatchng pke eggs at Sandusky, Oho. A porton of the fry from these eggs were turned over to the State Commssoners of Fsheres and released n the Susquehanna, Junata, Delaware, and Schuylkll rvers. Later plantngs were made n a number of Pennsylvana nland lakes. Wth few exceptons, these plantngs were successful. The McDownald hatchng jar proved a devce that was to revolutonze artfcal ncubaton of the eggs. Pror to ths tme, Pennsylvana fsh cultursts had learned the process of overcomng the stckness of pke-perch eggs, but were not famlar wth the use of the McDownald hatchng jars. The federal government extended every courtesy, sendng one of ther experts n ths work to the Ere hatchery to nstruct the superntendent as to the use of these devces. Followng nstallaton of the hatchng jars, no dffculty was encountered n the ncubaton process. Unlke trout, the adult pke-perch cannot be retaned n small areas of water at the hatcheres year after year for brood purposes. At the Pleasant Mount hatchery, one of the storage ponds for brood pke covers an area of several hundred acres, havng an extreme depth of 20 feet. In ths pond, a large number of brood pke are retaned and produce eggs annually for stockng sutable streams and lakes. Habts of the Pke-Perch The pke-perch, whle numerous n some of the larger streams of Pennsylvana, s by preference a lake flsh and s very abundant n Lake Ere. Its natural habtat s n clean bodes of water havng rock, gravel, sand, or hard clay bottom, and t s rarely found n muddy streams or lakes. It s a denzen of the deeper water, and except at spawnng tme, seeks water areas of moderate depth. Although lvng near the bottom, ths flsh cannot be classed as a bottom feeder or scavenger n any sense of the word. Mnnows, lamprey eels, crayfsh, smaller forage fshes of varous speces, and the larvse of varous knd of nsects that pass through a transformaton stage n the water consttute a mayor porton of ts food supply. In appearance the pke-perch s strkng. Its savage jaws and long, slender body, somewhat characterstc of the pke famly, and the strong, shapely fns of the perch mark It as a superb game fsh. Vewed under water, the frst mpresson created s that ts gray-whte eyes, from whch t derves the name wall-eye, are blnd. From another angle, however, these promnent eyes have the appearance of small balls of fre. The lower rase of the tal fn s whte. In coloraton the fsh vares accordng to ts envronment. It may be generally sad, however, that ts ground color s dark olve, fnely mottled wth brassy, oblque lnes. Lke the yellow perch, the pke-perch has two dorsal or top fns, the frst fn beng spnous. Its average weght s from two to fve pounds, although specmens weghng well over ten pounds are occasonally taken. The spawnng run of the pke-perch s, concdent wth that of the sucker schools, n early sprng. Wherever possble, the fsh apparently prefer to run up smaller trbutares to lakes and streams n whch they are found, accompanyng the sucker mgraton. Just what takes place at spawnng tme s not defntely known, although t has been establshed that they do not par off as do the sunfsh and bass, but congregate on the spawnng shoals n groups. Durng spawnng, sudden changes n water temperature affect the flsh, and n the event of freezng temperature they wll leave the (Contnued on Page 10)

6 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER ATTENTION, SUCKER FISHERMEN Not only does the Junata Rver provde sucker Ashng second to none n Pennsylvana, but t furnshes some strange ncdents to boot. Here's one reported by Warden Charle Long of East Waterford. It seems that Bll Runk of East Salem, Junata County, was Ashng on the rver near Vnn Dyke. In retrevng hs lne, he lost a hook and snell. A short tme later, a sucker started ts slow and tedous process of takng the bat. At least, that's the way Bll fgured t. To be bref, when he pulled n the lne, he found no sucker on the remanng hook. Instead, the lost hook, wth a fne bg sucker to bfot, vas found fastened to the hook on Bll's lne. An oblgng sucker, wrtes Charle. BASS EXPECTED, LANDS TROUT When fshng the famous Loyalsock Creek, a strke may just as easly mean a brown trout as a bass. Mrs. H. M. Brownng, of Wllamsport, had an experence on July 3 that ndcates brown trout and bass lke the same type of food. At the tme, she was castng for bass near her cottage at Hllgrove. Her tackle conssted of a lght fly rod, sngle gut leader, and No. 5 hook, bated wth a helgramte. Followng a savage strke and cautous playng, she landed a brown trout 26 nches n length that weghed four pounds, 11 ounces. VARIED FISHING ON LAKE WALLENPAUPACK Warden John Schadt of Lake Arel, who checked on Lnke Wallenpaupack catches on the frst day of the bass season, found varety n many creels. Harry Mller of Wlkes- Barre caught a nne-pound wall-eyed pke; Harry Mller, Ledgedale, a fve-pound largemouth bass; Fred James, Hawley, a 27 nch pckerel; Fred Kellam, Hawley, 25 bullhead catfsh, one and one-half to three and onehalf pounds n weght, and Harold West, Hawley. two smallmouth bass, each weghng four pounds. That fne fshng prevaled durng the entre season on the lake s ndcated by a September catch of bass. Four Carbondale fshermen, E. F. Ryan, Wllam Santanna, Davd Chapman, and Bruno Ealo caught 19 fne bass, three yellow perch and twenty bluegll sunfsh on September 6. And speakng of blueglls, those Wallenpaupack sunnles run mghty hefty. FISHING YESTERDAYS FISH DAMS UNPOPULAR WAY BACK IN 1732 Fsh dams, never popular wth sportsmen, aroused the re of early settlers n Pennsylvana because they very serously nterfered wth traffc on the larger streams. The followng excerpt Is taken from the report of the State Commssoners of Fsheres for "In May, 1724, a bll was passed for 'demolshng and removng Fshng Dams, Wears, and Kedles set across the Rver Schuylkll' and on the 15th of August, 1730, by an act to 'prevent the Erectng of Wears, Dams, etc., wthn the Schuylkll." The effect of these enactments was, however, evaded, and among the Archves of 1732 s found the followng deposton: 'Marcus Hulng Sath That as he was gong down ye Schuylkll wth a Canoe Loaded wth wheat, that strkng on a fsh dam, she took n a great deal of water nto ye wheat, by means whereof hs wheat was much damnfed, and that t was n great danger of beng all lost; ""Jonas Jons Sath That n ye month of ED BOSLER. PIKE COUNTY, "SHOWS OFF" A 23-INCH BROWN TROUT February, t beng Extream Cold, he stroke fast on a fsh Dam, and to save hs Load of wheat was oblged to leap nto ye Rver to ye mddle of hs body and wth all hs Labour and Skll could not get off n less than half an hour "'Jacob Warren Sath That he wth a Canoe loaded wth wheat stroke fast on a dam, where he wth hs partner were forced nto ye Rver, and one wth all hs mght was obleged to hold ye Canoe whlest ye other dgged away ye stones of ye Dam, and wth much dffculty got off. " 'Isaac Smalley Sath That gong down ye sad Rver wth 140 bus. of wheat n a canoe, they stroke fast on a Rack Dam and n order to save ye Load from beng all lost, he was much aganst hs mnd obleged to leap nto ye Rver, the water beng to hs Chn frequently dashed nto hs mouth, where between whles he breathed, and both he and hs partner held ye Canoe wth great labor; whles a young man there present ran above a mle to call help to get off.'" BOYS SCORE ON CONNEAUT LAKE Bob Hornsten, 16, and Blly Rudder, of Meadvlle, demonstrated to old tme fsher men at Conneaut Lake last summer tha the younger generaton s rght at the top n takng fsh, accordng to Specal Warden Joe Cannon. Bob started the ball rollng by catchn a 12-pound muske. Then Blly landed * four-pound wall-eyed pke after a hard tussle. HATCHERY SUPERINTENDENTS MEET AT SPRING CREEK SITE Meetng at Bellefonte recently, supern tendents of the Fsh Commsson's hatcheres carefully went over the new stream mprovement and trout rasng ste on Sprng Creels and dscussed the mprovements beng made from a fsh cultural standpont. Other topcs consdered at the meetng D eluded problems n the propagaton of var ous speces of fsh and a thorough dscusson of the fsh cultural program for AD other plan was worked out whereby tn' Board's hatcheres and personnel would b* operated n complance wth the N. R. A. r Seth Says Fshn' season an' the only tme I lke te' g, get out on a trout rut A feller don't jest hav 1 ter have a pole along I get fun out o' be" an along a mountan run. Take durn' the fall Ge fer nstance, when the bg speckled trout j j* up towards the headwaters spawnn'. JeSj to go out and watch 'em s a treat by tsel fer me. WjJ Now then, last fall, when the squrrel flu was a-workn' n the swtch-top hckor* Q 0] back n the Gap, I takes my lttle targ* ] 0v rfle early one mornn'. Ddn't take long # Wa kll three nce gray squrrels, so I heade* down the old log road to where the rtf t cut under a steep shale bank. There's q uj bg trout n the run that I hooked twce nj last season, an' both tmes he was too smaf t fer me. Well, I perched near ths bg ho" 1 g and perty soon sees a lttle swrl down 1' ^, the shallow end. There he comes, ahead!" nto the current, and behnd hm come are Ila; bg female trout, heavy wth spawn a»'j t "_ havn' to struggle perty hard to make heo^jj way agan the stream. 0ou That bg feller that fooled me last yeflsaa sure dd make a man count the days t* the season opens. Hs markn's stood o" even more brght, them red and blush spo*,* almost the sze o' dmes, than they dd woe 1 v he struck fer me durn' trout fshn'. 'CouI* ' that's on account o' the buck trout bel*j R hgher colored n spawnn' tme., I'm a-hopn' to meet up wth that tro< ] ths year. An' untl then, I'll be gettn' L~ kck n follern' along the run, a-watcbl f j r ' the pertest fsh n ths state.

7 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER BOARD VISITS SPRING CREEK PROJECT. AT EXTREME RIGHT- OLIVER M rfm re COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. STANDING IN GROUP LEFT TO HIGHT-C R Bll SSP DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. BOARD MEMBERS(KENNETHI AREID DAN R' SCHNABIL' EDGAR W. NICHOLSON. AND H. R. STACKHOUSE. SECRETARY TO BOARD " \ S^AWNING TIME VARIES FOR. BROOK AND BROWN TROUT 1 f Is a generally sad that the brook trout 1 Gen hrown trout s Pawn at the same tme. svl erally speakng ths s true, but n Penn- I '}* I there ls a varaton of ' approxmate- ' of f> W weeks between the spawnng perod e two ' sn s a P eces! th -at s, the brook trout Was Wn earler than do the brown trout. Ths 1 nd t0 that De the case on several streams ' Con! Were ^'"S carefully studed by the Fsh ' ] ow 1J!] sson ths fall for nstance, the Teleeches ' wa x Creek, Sprng Creek, Lackaen Creek and Logan Branch Creek. ' to th br k tr0ut made the flrst m S r aton ' luk-k? lleadwaters. deposted ther eggs and n %r dr P ped downstream. The brooke ^ aton was followed n from ten days to Weeks ' sy by ste the brown trout and the same m 'Th ma s rked ther spawnng actvtes. 1 ar probabl e y s as t should be, for the flsh 'toat e r ry pu 8 nacous and Jealous of ther at t w spawnng tme. Durng ths perod be ;,tlst f tl t0 bad for tne brook trout c us' ey Were P re sent when ther larger san ns the a ' brown trout, decded to use the e spawnng beds. The Rl ver 3 North Branch of the Susquehanna catch ' as usual, ths summer produced great Sm, 6s of smallmouth bass. Warden M. E. 18V, ' Laceyvlle, caught one measurng T s on a «nkh fly - Char 'es Snyder of annock wej h landed a smallmouth that Sera,,? 1 three pounds. 14 ounces. Joe Bolch, scored wth nch.*, ' two fne bass, one 18 ^s. the other 10% Inches. BLACK FOREST TROUT FISHING ON UPGRADE The Black Forest, famous fshng and huntng terrtory on the North Ter, today offers better troutng than t dd for the fshermen of twenty-fve years ago, accordng to Horace P. Boyden, warden at Wellsboro. "I have lved to see a bg change n condtons n ths Black Forest area," wrtes Boyden. "When lumberng was started n ths secton, the mountans were covered by an mmense hemlock forest, so dense that the name 'Black Forest' descrbed It perfectly. Hemlock forests meant hemlock bark, and of course, tanneres were establshed. I can recall 12 large tanneres operatng n Toga county, each located on a stream and pourng black poson n the water. When a fsherman begns to tell me about the 'good old days' of fshng, I thnk at once of those days of less than 25 years ago, when some Toga and Potter county streams were so polluted that cattle ded by the score every year from drnkng ther water. "Last year thousands of bass, pckerel, catfsh, and suckers were taken from Crooked Creek, whch 25 years ago was a tannery sewer. The same thng mght be sad of Marsh Creek, and on Pne Creek there are 70 mles of fshng waters that were at one tme polluted by seven tanneres, all of whch are no longer operated. It s the opnon of a great many old tme fshermen n ths secton that the years 1926 to 1929 were the best fshng years that ths area has ever known. Extensve stockng and a break n the drought combne ths year to foreshadow another great trout season." To Improve Stream At a recent meetng of the Brokenstraw Fsh and Game Club, Warden R. C. Baley, of Youngsvlle, reports, plans were completed for mprovement of Mead Run, a fne trout stream. Members have already started the mprovement work. Included n the wall-eyed pke catches from Lake Carey was that of Davd Jones of Georgetown. Jones caught a pke weghng sx and one half pounds and measurng 26 nches n length. WHICH BASS PULLED THE HARDEST, ED? When t comes to bass fshng, count Penn's Creek n the runnng. Warden Art Snyder, of Mfflnburg, recently reported an unusually fne catch of the gamey bronzebacks. Whle fshng on the Unon County stream, n October, Edward Sttzer, of Mfflnburg, caught a smallmouth bass 22 nches n length, weghng four pounds, fve ounces. But apparently hs takng of two smaller bass on the same cast durng ths dentcal fshng trp caused more exctement. The two bass measured 13% and 15% nches respectvely; flghtne sze, and how those cold water smallmouths n Penn's Creek can fght.

8 «PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER Selectve Breedng of the Yellow Perch By C. R. Bu Her Deputy Commssoner of Fsheres PARTH EFORE gong nto ths proposton on a B large scale, nvestgatons were made on a number of lakes, or ponds, whch had prevously been stocked wth the stran of small yellow perch and later restocked wth the selectvely bred fsh. In 1904, Mller Pond and Stevenson's Pond contaned no yellow perch. Records of 1905, 1900, and 1907 show that large plantngs of yellow perch were made n these ponds. By 1914, both of these bodes of water afforded very good yellow perch fshng, but the fsh were of an nferor sze. In the fall of 1919, the Board of Fsh Commssoners removed practcally all of the yellow perch from the Stevenson's Pond, and n the sprng of 1920, made plantngs of yellow perch fry from the selectvely bred stock. Today, ths pond s noted for ts largeszed perch; but tme wll be requred for them to ncrease n numbers before the sportsmen can have real perch fshng. Ths experment served to prove that t was not envronmental condtons or lack of food that had orgnally produced the small fsh n ths pond, because the fry planted from the selectvely bred stock grew to an exceptonal sze even- though damage had been done to the natural food supply when the water was drawn off the pond for the removal of the small perch. I mght add that ths pond covers approxmately one hundred acres, and fortunately for ths experment, the Board of Fsh Commssoners was able to dran the pond practcally dry for the removal of the fsh. Of course, the nferor strans of yellow perch cannot be removed from all Pennsylvana's perch waters, but n fsh lfe, as the old sayng goes: "It s the survval of the fttest." It s hoped by the contnual stockng wth perch that grow to a large sze, they wll gradually replace the smaller strans. Ths has proved to be the case to a certan extent on Mller's Pond. The small stran of yellow perch planted n ths pond n 1905, 1900,.1907 were not removed, but large plantngs of selectvely bred fsh were made. Already, the fshermen are boastng of the ncrease n the sze of the perch; and from observatons made durng the spawnng seasons, the sze of the strngs of eggs s ncreasng yearly whch denotes that the fsh are of a greater sze. We have no nformaton yet on what the result wll be from the crossng of the smaller fsh wth the larger whch s hound to take place; but we are of the opnon that the large specmens wll gradually destroy the small ones. Many of the warm water speces of fsh such as the black bass, catfsh, and bluegll sunfsh, are retaned at the hatcheres untl they have reached the length of one and one-half to four nches. Owng to the large number of yellow perch eggs hatched, t has been mpossble to retan but a very small porton of them at the hatchery for any length of tme, so the major porton of them are shpped out n the fry stage. At Pleasant Mount Hatchery, the spawnng tme of the yellow perch s usually the last two weeks of Aprl, but ths perod wll vary from a week to ten days, dependng upon the weather condtons. Owng to the easy masper n whch the eggs can be collected from the spawnng beds and to the fact that the fsh, by spawnng n ther natural way wll fertlze more than 90 per cent of the eggs, no attempts have been made to take the eggs from the yellow perch by artfcal extruson and fertlzaton, as s done wth the pke, whte fsh, csco and trout. Ths s one nstance n whch nature's way cannot be mproved upon by the fsh eultursts. The egg of the yellow perch s the most remarkable egg handled at the State Hatchery. The egg s very small, measurng from thrty-two thousand to forty thousand to the quart. Instead of beng extruded by the female sngly n lttle streams, as s the case wth most fsh, the spawn of the yellow perch s n one pece. In shape, t s long and rbbon-lke, arranged n folds, resemblng the sdes or bellows of an accordon. It s a partally transparent, lght grey or yellowsh mass, somewhat resemblng a pece of old lace. The rbbon-lke strng s from two to sx nches wde and from one and one-half to four feet long, dependng upon the sze of the fsh layng the eggs. In ths mass, each egg s held n place by a delcate membrane, formng four walls about the egg, and holdng the strng together. The membranes are very porous, permttng a free crculaton of water n and about the egg proper. The shape of the egg can be easly dstngushed n ths mass, as t wll have a deeper shade than that of the wall of membrane surroundng t. V ^HHI^^^B GATHERING YELLOW PERCH EGGS tl The eggs are arranged n the female V >'c very compact folds. As spawnng tme av r proaches, they expand untl her abdomna walls wll become greatly enlarged and ver! u] soft to the touch. The enlargement wll V tc very much out of shape. At ths tme tl>' st fsh move n upon the spawnng beds n lar?* fr numbers, but very lttle spawnng tak# t place at nght or the mddle of the day. I d occurs mostly at daybreak or from fol 1 thrty n the afternoon untl darkness. As the female s ready to spawn, the r& bon of eggs wll protrude from her su$ cently to attach tself to aquatc plant lt 1 brush, stones, or old logs. At ths tme stf wll be surrounded by many males. As tv loose end of the rbbon attaches tself to t> grass or some other object, she moves awa* entwnng the rbbon of eggs on the branch^ n such a manner that few of them settle * the bottom. The spawnng s accompaned by a gre* commoton n the' water, caused by t* I 1,. males. Ths commoton attracts other rf females, resultng ofttmes, n fve or ^ strngs of eggs beng deposted on the sal* plant. After spawnng the female desef 1 her eggs and moves out nto deeper wat«! whle the males seek other rpe females. It s the opnon of the fsh culturst tw the wonderful percentage of fertlzaton ' due to the number of males accompany^ the female at spawnng tme. As soon * the eggs come n contact wth the wat^ they expand about one-fourth, the mlt the male beng present n the water, sucked n through the pores, thus fertlz* * the eggs. As the egg develops, both the e& and membrane surroundng them, expand >' tl at hatchng tme, the mass has am*' ^ j 8 \ I 1 1: h : ) t e u s r V s n

9 _ PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER I doubled ts orgnal sze. The frst expan- S10n or the expanson at the tme the eggs are fertlzed, s qute rapd, but from ths "me on, t s very slow. Ths expanson causes the surroundng membranes to become very thn and delcate, consequently, oy the tme the lttle fsh are ready to break trough the shell of the egg proper, the surr undng membrane has become so thn, that the entre mass s broken Tp by the moton of the water releasng the egg, whch then mmedately hatches. By the tme the rbbon or strng of eggs s ready to hatch r m ts expanson, accompaned by the absorpton of water, the mass wll very nearly H egh as much as the mother perch herself, an d In bulk wll more than equal her sze. The brood perch are kept n three large j^nds at the Pleasant Mount Hatchery. As. le e ggs are deposted on the natural spawn- ' n S beds n these ponds, they are collected y a crew of traned men and taken to the a tchery. The eggs are gathered from row oats, the collectors carefully unwndng the s rng of eggs from about the brush or grass, ana gently floatng the mass nto a small and dp net, hence, transferrng them on roughly mostened musln trays, sxteen mches square and one nch deep. About two quarts of eggs are placed on u ach tray. The trays are then placed, one n sh*" 1 tlle otner ' especally constructed ' "ppng eases, made to hold about eghteen ays of eggs. The shppng cases are profled wth a space between the trays and " oes of the box for nsulaton aganst heat JT* cold. Ths space s thoroughly flled to crushed ce and a chamber restng upon 6 top e S tra y als o flled wth crushed eggs are p n ' en amoved to the hatcha, S house, a dstance of several mles. ar) Th e work of collectng the eggs s kept up w ^ntl to tv, a11 - the batteres or ncubators,*_ are -.*,*,_ flled ner utmost capacty, at the dfferent tv state e hatcheres. When the eggs are brought y.d * 01n the ponds, those not requred for fllng % the e horn home battery after replenshng the ce, Camber ers are shpped to the other statons. f sv ttr tj a! l«, t e> tt f tfl 1 t«; : YELLOW PERCH AT SPAWNING TIME. NOTE DISTENDED ABDOMINAL WALLS OF FEMALE Yellow perch eggs are hatched on a battery. A battery conssts of a number of parallel troughs placed one above the other wth a space between of about fve nches. Each trough s fourteen nches wde and fourteen nches deep, the length of each trough and number of troughs hgh dependng upon the number of jars to be used. At the Pleasant Mount Hatchery, there are two batteres, each sx troughs hgh and thrty feet long wth a capacty of four hundred FEMALE PERCH AND EGGS JUST DEPOSITED. FOR COMPARI SON, OBSERVE SIZE OF FISH AND SPAWN jars. Whle n use, a constant flow of water s kept movng through the troughs, the water ntake beng at one end of the top trough and flow from one to the other untl the bottom trough s reached, hence the water s conducted n ppes to the fsh storage tanks. About every twelve nches n the seres of troughs, a one-half nch spgot s placed. Blow each spgot, and restng upon the next lower trough, s a small shelf, on ths shelf under each spgot, a glass hatchng jar s placed. The hatchng jar s a cylndrcal glass jar, fourteen nches hgh and sx nches n dameter. The bottom of the jar s rounded n such a manner that the water strkng the center of the bottom, wll dstrbute the upward current of water equally n all drectons. At the top of the j'ar s a small snout whch, when the jar s n operaton, extends well nto the trough actng as an overflow. The eggs are now removed from the shppng cases and by careful measurement, a certan number placed n each jar. The actual number of eggs placed n each jar wll depend upon the age of the eggs when gathered, as allowance must always be made for the expanson. In order to get accurate measurement, no harm s done by separatng the strng of eggs n several places. After the desred amount of eggs are n each jar, they are placed on the shelves drectly under the spgots, the snout of the jars or overflows extendng well nto the troughs." A cylndrcal one-half nch glass tube s then nserted n the jar wth one end very near touchng the center of the bottom of the jar, and the other end attached, by means of a short length of rubber tubng, to the spgot.

10 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER Fshng for Everyone By Kenneth A. Red Member, Board of Fsh Commssoners HE problem of furnshng decent fshng Tfor the publc n the thckly settled eastern states has become a very acute and complex one. Wth twenty fshermen today for every one twenty years ago, and wth the avalable fshng water consderably reduced over the same perod by polluton and other ndustral actvtes, the demand today greatly exceeds the supply. Fshng, and the efforts to perpetuate and mprove t, has become a bg busness, and as has been frequently ponted out: "Fshng, (and to a lesser extent, ts companon sport of huntng), s the only busness n Amerca today n whch the demand exceeds the supply." That beng the case, t s deservng of a great deal more consderaton than t gets. t s hgh tme that the publc revses ts vewpont regardng the real value of fshng n keepng wth present day facts, so that when an ssue arses nvolvng a choce between fshng and some new ndustry whose operaton wll put an end to t, that fshng wll not always come out second best. As a matter of fact n the great majorty of cases, there would be no conflct f ndustry would gve fshng any consderaton. Many reasons are gratutously offered to account for the scarcty of fsh today where they were abundant n the tme of our fathers or grandfathers. Insuffcent stockng, depredatons by human volators, vermn, overfshng and others are frequently heard. The frst two represent probably the most persstent cry from the majorty of fshermen, and the thrd has been advanced by some real students of the problem as the most potent of all causes n the destructon of fsh, partcularly on our trout streams. Whle there s no doubt but that mnk, watersnakes, fsh eatng brds and other natural vermn make deplorable nroads on the fsh n our trout streams and should be kept down as much as reasonably possble, I have never been able to brng myself to the belef held by some that the depredatons of vermn annually exceed the total catch by all the fshermen. These vermn are not newcomers to our streams; they were here when the frst whte fsherman arrved, and n most cases, n much larger numbers than today and so were the fsh. Nor can I subscrbe to the belef that the human volator s the chef factor n our problem. Whle pot attemptng to mnmze hs nroads or n any way condone them, he s no newcomer n the feld. In fact, observance of the fsh laws s very much more general today than t was a decade or two ago and volaton of the fsh laws s not the popular outdoor sport that t once was. Smmerng the problem down to ts real fundamentals, we fnd two outstandng facts: 1. A greatly ncreased, and ever ncreasng, number of fshermen; 2. A greatly decreased mleage of fshng water. Result: fewer fsh per fsherman. There smply s not enough mleage of fshng water to adequately supply the knd of fshng desred by the vast army of fshermen under exstng condtons of management. What can we do about t? Reduce the number of fshermen? Absurd, of course, entrely asde from the fact that t s ther money from lcenses that supports what fshng we enjoy. Stock more fsh? Perhaps so n some waters, but n many streams where ths demand s very nsstent, more fsh are now beng planted than the water can adequately supply wth food and sutable hdng places n ts present condton. To stock more fsh n such streams would merely encourage depredatons from "vermn," both AN EVER-INCREASING NUMBER OF FISHERMEN human and natural, and would prove a waste of the fsherman's money. And don't forget that t s ths lcense money alone that supports most of our state fsh commssons and even f every cent of t goes to ths purpose that the average ndvdual's annual lcense fee would pay for the rasng by artfcal means of only about onethrd of the number of fsh that he s legally permtted to take each and every day of the fshng season! The fshermen themselves can be a very potent factor n mprovng ther own fshng. Most creel lmts, some sze lmts and other regulatons n most fsh laws are hopelessly antquated and totally out of keepng wth the present supply and demand. Many real sportsmen have set the rght example by establshng ther own code of lmts well wthn that permtted by law. Ten trout per day should be enough to satsfy any real sportsman, and many are satsfed to creel less than half that number of decent fsj n the nterest of perpetuatng and mprovng the sport. Fortunately when you fsts wth the artfcal fly, your sport need not be lmted to the fsh n your creel, for f the fsh are n the stream and rsng to youf fles, you can catch and return them ud harmed to your heart's content, enjoyng ah the sport and keepng perhaps three or fou< of the best ones. When the standard of sportsmanshp amongst the great mass of ffl fshermen s rased to the pont where thfc «9 do practce s the rule, rather than the excep ton, there s no queston but that fshnf DC wll be vastly mproved. But gettng back to fundamentals, we nee<... more water n whch to fsh. Rght now W<.." have the opportunty of a lfetme to ge 1 ^ t f the Federal Government can be pel, suaded to nclude n the codes for those», dustres that pollute streams a provson th». a c wherever practcable methods of treatmefl or dsposal of pollutng wastes s known, thfl. these methods must be employed. Further more, under the terms of the Natonal R c ca covery Act, "purfcaton of streams" & s). lsted as an approved publc work, so l fl9 cor much exstng polluton from muncpaltes and even abandoned ndustres could tberett ho be corrected. Pendng the tme when mun' on] paltes, ndustry and governmental agence w,, wll recognze ther responsblty to socety n general n the matter of pure streams, V ft ltj us take nventory of the fshng water tw we now have and see what can be dof about mprovng t. fl e j> Most of our fshng streams, even wbe< " not polluted at all, are far below ther orupg nal condton n water supply, food, akg cover for fsh. Consequently, they are n' es capable of supportng the numbers of 8 s o Ur that they once dd, even f we put them % r Almost wthout excepton, these streams <^oth( be mproved by man so that they wll sol port many more and larger fsh than \ present, and some of them more than tb<?at ever supported. If we can't mmedate^ reclam a lot of needlessly polluted w^j,' 68 for fshng, we can at least start mprov^, T the carryng capacty of the water we hav' To my mnd, wth few exceptons, spoftl' men's organzatons could to much better <L. vantage spend ther tme and money 'g,.. stream mprovement, rather than on HJ teur trout rearng projects. Doublng t^ar V carryng capacty of our exstng stre» L

11 STREAM IMPROVEMENT IS A MAJOR. CONSIDERATION FOR BETTER FISHING. HERE IS ONE OF THE HEWITT DAMS AT SPRING CREEK PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER l tarded ths work n many cases, and t s expected that the general dstrbuton of ths nformaton wll do much to speed up the Mleage wll furnsh as much addtonal p, ' n Ashng under proper management as 1 oub 'ng the mleage of water wthout mplement. program along proper lnes. stream mprovement on anythng but a I!. utec" 'ted scale on prvate waters s compara-?% new. Mr. Edward R. Hewtt and the t Mlca U. Ron Conservaton Commsson n eolr> * hot mon wth the Unversty of Mchgan a lave done much valuable poneer work D Rf ong ths lne. In several other states, a. r am mprovement s beng studed or has er rt n l<ly De en started, for t s now pretty gena! y recognzed by those who have made a J st v 111 study of the matter that artfcal 8 co C S n tself s not and oann t be the f te t ' ete answer to the problem. More at- V h<> 0D must be Sven to the streams the ''onj 1168 for the flsn_ ~ so tnat the wl1 not y e carry w]f more mature fsh per mle but t. et >courage these mature fsh to spawn «an<1 reproduce. Som e of our streams are n such poor conthat natural reproducton of trout s pdton "Elgble and almost all trout streams are Ashed so heavly that some stockng s necdrh ' * nt ellgent stream mprovement wll Uy Vr rectf y ths condton, but many of ^ P orer streams would soon become fsh- SQ w thout contnued artfcal stockng. l Wan nkested flsnn S condtons make t det0 stock suen 'othe wa ters that mght not l r ws e De consdered. Wn 81eat: mpetus has been gven the stream ^Wovement program by the Federal authort ' n 0t tbis work as a P art of the acrv-.jj s f the Cvlan Conservaton Camps. On vana State Forests and state am e Lands, ths work has already been Un<ler the drecton of the wt D epartof Forests and Waters. As a gude n j^^al work, the Pennsyl vana Board of Commssoners has prepared a prelmaek drawngs and descrpton. Pamphlet of t knowledge on how to proceed has re- In complng these nstructons, the board studed not only the few exstng treatses on the subject, but also the actual mprovements made on ther own expermental stream n Centre County. About a year ago the Board purchased the Sprng Creek property, prmarly for the purpose of constructng addtonal trout rearng ponds to be operated as an auxlary to ts Bellefonte Hatchery. The property embraces a mle and a half of man Sprng Creek, the famous large trout stream that flows through the town of Bellefonte a few mles below. Ths stretch of water s beng used by the Board as an "outdoor laboratory" for expermentaton and study n stream mprovement. Whle Sprng Creek has a splendd and unfalng supply of excellent water from the varous bg sprngs ssung from the lmestone formaton along ts course, that part of t wthn the property was rather poorly suppled wth good pools and good cover for large fsh. Consderable stretches of t conssted of wde flat shallows wth the water only a few nches deep, whle at another pont, an exstng dam of some four or fve feet backed up a long stretch of almost dead water. Whle the former provded much food and the latter much hdng as well as food, nether would be consdered deal water n ts orgnal state. On the wde shallow stretches, the stream was narrowed and the current speeded up by buldng current deflectors out from the bank at an angle down stream. At another pont, the bed was narrowed by constructng a crbbng out n the stream roughly parallel wth the bank and fllng n behnd t wth surplus earth excavated from the rearng ponds. At another pont where the stream was splt by a small sland and most of the water flowed around on the meadow sde, a current deflector wll force the current down the other channel aganst the rocky base of the abrupt mountan and under the dense shade of several large hemlocks on that sde. At varous ponts, mdstream V and T deflectors have been placed, and at others, artfcal covers n the form of submerged log rafts are beng nstalled. In the almost dead water of the dam, rock wng walls bult out alternately from ether sde at an angle downstream are sendng a tortuous current wndng down the center of ths stretch and provdng food and hdng that dd not exst before. It has been very nterestng and llumnatng to compare the current through ths slow stretch before and after the constructon of the mprovements. The nature of the stream through the property wth ts low banks, comparatvely gentle fall and remarkably unform stage of water dd not suggest the constructon of a seres of low dams such as would be most sutable for many swft mountan streams that run through narrow valleys. Never- (Contnued on Page 10) THIS GREAT SPRING FEEDS MANY OF THE TROUT RAISING PONDS AT THE SPRING CREEK PROJECT

12 10 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER The Pke Perch In Pennsylvana (Contnued from Page 3) beds. It s beleved that whle extreme cold wll defer the spawnng, the flsh return later to depost the eggs. C. R. Buller, Deputy Commssoner of Fsheres, says that he has never found an egg-bound female, or n other words, a female pke that had not deposted the eggs when n proper condton to do so. A great deal can be told about the lfe of a flsh by observng places t seeks to depost ts eggs. Nature ntended the pke-perch to nhabt clean bodes of water. Consequently, ther eggs are scattered on rock, sand, or gravel bottoms. If the body of water they naturally nhabt had a muddy or rley bottom, these eggs would soon be covered wth slt suffcent to smother them. Modern condtons have altered nature's scheme so radcally on many of the trbutares sutable as spawnng grounds for the pke, that t s beleved many eggs deposted naturally are destroyed by slt carred by the rapdly fluctuatng waters. In early sprng when the temperature rses, the adult fsh, gathered at the mouths of the trbutary streams by nstnct, start ther upward mgraton. Meanwhle, the rse n temperature melts the snow from the hllsdes once tmbered wth great trees. Rapdly meltng snow soon rases the trbutares, and the pke-perch must buffet a heavy wall of water to move upstream. Ths the more actve males succeed n dong, but the females, laden wth spawn, soon tre, droppng back to more quet water. Here frequently the eggs are deposted wthout suffcent males beng present to fertlze them. Frequently n the swft current, eggs that have been properly fertlzed farther upstream are washed nto larger water areas and destroyed. The delcate tssue of the pke-perch egg evdently does not carry on nto the young fsh. Once hatched, nature apparently provdes the tny pke-perch wth an amazng stamna. So capable are they of carng for themselves, that real success has been acheved n stockng them whle stll n the fry stage. It s beleved that the chef forage of the baby pke-perch durng the frst year are mnute aquatc organsms and small partcles of anmal lfe washed nto streams and lakes by heavy rans and the meltng of the snow. In recent years, the come-back of the pke-perch n Pennsylvana has been one of the most promsng factors n the better fshng program. GAMEY BULLHEADS One of these days, t may be hard to convnce the fshermen that the lowly bullhead does not deserve a game fsh ratng. Several ncdents have been reported of takng them on artfcal bat spnner, plug, and fly. To confrm the suspcon relatve to ther strkng qualtes was an ncdent that occurred on a Wayne County lake last season. Duane Fata recently reported that he caught a 14-nch bullhead last summer on a spnner. Two frends who accompaned hm were nclned to beleve the catchng of ths catfsh accdental, untl each of them duplcated Fatz's catch. Fshng for Everyone (Contnued from Page >9) theless two dams, one of logs and the other of rock and earth have been constructed, and possbly a few more may be put n. In order to ad the dggng acton of the water n formng a pool below, a narrow spllway has been constructed on one of these dams carryng the entre normal volume through ths narrow openng. At two other ponts, quet "wnter holes" have been constructed by dggng back nto the bank wth a steam shovel. Although these mprovements are comparatvely new, most of them havng been put n durng the past summer, some gratfyng results have already been noted. Wthn a few days after completon, large trout were noted at some of these mprovements where none had stayed before. It s the ntenton of the Board to try out every type of stream mprovement that can concevably beneft ths water and study and record the results carefully. From these records durng the next few years, much data should be gleaned that wll prove valuable n engneerng other projects of stream mprovement throughout the state and elsewhere. The records should remove much of the guesswork and surmse from ths work. A Bl-UKGILL POSES. MANY OF THESE POPULAR FISH WERE DISTRIBUTED IN DECEMBER DECEMBER DISTRIBUTION TOTALS 335,250 FISH Brook and brown trout rangng n sze from sx to 12 nches featured the Fsh Commsson's dstrbuton program durng December, whch marked the close of the autumn stockng program. Included n the dstrbuton were 65,550 brook trout and 3,200 brown trout. The brownes averaged 12 nches n length. Other speces dstrbuted were 149,000 bluegll sunfsh flngerlngs, 28,500 bullhead catfsh, flngerlng to adult, and 89,000 bullfrog tadpoles. Followng s a lst of waters stocked n the varous countes: Adams brook trout, Toms Creek, Lttle Marsh Creek, East Branch Antetam Creek. Bedford brook trout, Bobs Creek, Deamer Gap Run, Beaver Creek, Potter Creek, Three Sprngs Creek, Sherman Valley Run, Yellow Creek. Berks brook trout, Hay Creek, Indan Creek, Scott Run, Mll Creek, Back Creek, Pne Creek, Furnace Run, Mll Creek, Rock Run, Moslem Creek; catfsh, Ontelaunce Creek; frogs, Monocacy Creek, French Creel Maden Creek; sunfsh, French Creek, Mott ocacy Creek, Ontelaunce Lake, Maden CreeK Bradford brook trout, Schroder Creek. Bucks brook trout, Beaver Run, TncuD Creek, Cooks Creek; sunfsh, Maple Bead Lake, Slver Lake, Queen Anns or BendJ Creek, Brock Creek; frogs, Brock CreeK Queen Anns or Bendx Creek, Slver Lake, Maple Beach Lake; catfsh, Maple Beact Lake, Slver Lake, Queen Anns or BendJ Creek, Brock Creek. Cambra brook trout, Bg Laurel Run. Cameron brook trout, Hcks Run, Snne mahonng Portage Creek, Hunts Run, Wyko" Run, Lck Island Run, North Creek. Carbon frogs, Lesley Run. Centre brook trout, Laurel Run, BJ Sandy Run, Lttle Fshng Creek, Pne CreeK Wallnnce Run, Roarng Run, Marsh CreeK West Branch Bg Run, Whte Deer Creel Felds Run, Yost Run, Wolf Run, Wnkle beck Run or Wtmer Run, Cedar CreeK frogs, catfsh, and sunfsh, Cold Stream Datf Chester brook trout, Valley Creek, Wh* Clay Creek, Wan Run, Chester Creek; frog 1 and sunfsh, East Branch Brandywne Creef Clearfeld brook trout, West Braud Montgomery Creek, Bell Run, Anders^ Creek. Clnton brook trout, Chatham Run, Ced* Run, Cooks Run, Rght Branch Young W mans Creek, Lck Run, Bg Run, WeS Branch Young Womans Creek, Bg Fshff Creek. Columba brook trout, East Branch Fst ng Creek, West Branch Fshng Creek, L" Run or Deer Lck Run. Cumberland brook trout, Bg Spr» Creek. Dauphn brook trout, Clarks Creek. Fayette brook trout, Markelton Run, B! Sady Creek, Bg Meadow Run. Fulton brook trout, Brush Creek, Lft' Brush Creek, South Brush Creek. Huntngdon brook trout, East Bran" Standng Stone Creek, Standng Stone Cree' Lttle Trough Creek, Tatman Run, Bla< Log Creek, Barree Run. Indana brook trout, Brush Creek, Sou 1 Branch Twolck Creek. Jefferson brook trout, East Branch honng Creek, Lttle Sandy Creek, Bg R Junata brook trout, Lost Creek, Wll" Run; sunfsh, catfsh, and frogs, Buffn Creek, Lost Creek. Lancaster sunfsh, Conowngo Dam, 0 toraro Creek, Mll Creek, Hammer Cre" Cocalco Creek, Holtwood Dam, Safe Hart 1 Dam; frogs, Conowngo Dam, HoltwO* J* Dam, Hammer Creek, Cocalco Creek, S^ ' Creek, Octoraro Creek; catfsh, Octor» ; ^k Creek, Cocalco Creek, Hammer Creek M Creek, Conowngo Dam. Lebanon brook trout, Hammer Cre* T ' West Branch Hammer Creek, Even*' - Branch or Gold Mne Run, Sntz Creek. '' Lehgh sunfsh and catfsh, Rockdale V>,; " on Rockdale Creek, Orn Rod Mne Hole. I Luzerne frogs, Ice Lake. r <»: Lycomng brown trout, Loyalsock Cre" n, brook trout, Hogland Run, Roarng Bratf ' 'v Whte Deer Hole Creek. McKean brook trout, Portage Cre< I Potato Creek, Two Mle Run. Io Mffln brook trout, Havce Creek. Montgomery sunfsh, Northeast Bra» Perkomen Creek, Perkomen Creek, S"

13 P 1 K IT S Y 1 V A N I A ANGLER 11 Russell H. Conwell, n hs book, "Why Lncoln Laughed," publshed by Harpers, New York, tells the followng anecdote concernng Abraham Lncoln. It should be of nterest to fshermen: "He tells me that twelve thousand of Lee's.solders have just been captured. But that doesn't mean anythng; he's the bggest lar n Washngton. You can't beleve a word he says. He remnds me of an old fsherman I used to know who got such a reputaton for stretchng the truth that he bought a par of scales and nssted on weghng every fsh n the presence of wtnesses. "One day a baby was born next door, and the doctor borrowed the fsherman's scales to wegh the baby. It weghed forty-seven pounds!" fj ee k' Swamp Creek. Pennypaek Creek. Sk. l mr.gdon Valley or Pne Creek; frogs. '>n' PPaCk Creek > Northeast Branch Perkn Pack Creek; catfsh, Swamp Creek, Penny- Creek, Huntngdon Valley or Pne! Creek. ' M,, 0rtbam Pton brook trout, Bushkll Creek, '"locaey Creek; catfsh, frogs, and sunflsh. <*ma or Jaeoby Creek. toa^s brook trout, Shermans Creek, Mon- : H, ' «aa, MeCabes Run or Canadas Valley n- catfsh, sunflsh and frogs, Cocolamus! ' '"'t'ek. ( ^'** frogs, Pecks Pond. l r ''" er ~brook trout. Frst Fork Snnemaft? Creek - '.th\u"",k ' 1 " 1 brook trour, Evenng Branch or '' Mne Run. Lttle Cntawssa Creek. I'laek Creek, Pne Creek, trbutary to Lttle Schuylkll Rver, Pne Creek, trbutary to Mahantongo Creek, Beaver Creek. Wolf Creek, trbutary to West Branch Schuylkll Rver, Wolf Creek, trbutary to Creek. Somerset brown trout, Laurel Hll Creek ; brook trout, South Fork or Benns Creek. Beaver Dam Run, Drakes Run, Iser Run. Sullvan brown trout, Loyalsock Creek : brook trout, East Branch Fshng Creek. West Branch Fshng Creek, Rocky Run. Lck Creek. Toga brook trout. Kettle Creek, Phoenx Run, Asaph Run. Unon brook trout, North Branch Buffalo Creek. Westmoreland brook trout, Furnace Run or McGnnes Run. Watersnake Drve The Bg Elm Rod and Gun Club n Toga County conducted an ntensve drve aganst watersnakes and kngfshers on Seeley Creek and ts trbutares ths summer. Ther efforts wee rewarded by a heavy kll n these predators of fsh. Trout apparently know who befrends them. Durng a campagn n whch boys partcpated to thn down watersnakes, Merle Daggett, who lves n Toga County, klled the largest number of snakes reported n the campagn. After the trout season had opened, Merle recorded the largest number of trout taken on Seeley Creek and ts trbutares by boys ths year.

14 12 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER HERE \ THERE N ANGLERDOM The Lttle Aughwck, one of the ace trout streams of Fulton County, yelded two record brook trout last season, accordng to Clarence Naugle, of Burnt Cabns. Naugle reported havng caught one brooke measurng 18 nches. The largest brown trout he caught measured 20 nches. Wlmer Shore of Burnt Cabns, had the dstncton of landng the largest brook trout taken on the Lttle Aughwck last year. Hs record brooke measured 20 nches, was beautfully marked and heavy n grth. The catches were made on lve bat. Naugle, by the way, stands frm n the belef that the bg one generally gets away. Whle fshng n Allen Valley two years ago, he came upon a deep pool where the stream splt n two sectons about a mass of tree roots. As hs bat drfted toward the tree roots, a gant brook trout surged at t. Followng the strke, he sad, t swung sharply toward the shelter of the roots, and when he attempted to turn t, broke a lne havng an 18-ponnd test. MUSKIES AND DUCKS TAKEN SAME DAY Combnng fshng and duck huntng just about tops any sportsman's day on the water, accordng to Henry Boyle. And Sam Harned wll back hm. Specal Warden Joe Cannon reports that Conneaut Lake offered real varety for autumn fshermen, and huntng n the bargan, last season. Boyle's "creel" for one day conssted of a 40-nch muskellunge, weghng 13 pounds, a fve-pound wall-eyed pke, a three-pound wall-eye. and three ducks. Harned, n addton to brngng down two ducks, caught a 35-nch "water tger" weghng 10 pounds. Both fshermen lve at the lake. Presdent Eddy on the Allegheny Rve was a favorte bass fshng pool for fsherrne* last season accordng to Warden J. H. Ha* of Seneca. Durng a day's fshng, Charld Ebbnger and Gua Swasky of Ol Cty caugb 1 fve smallrnouth bass, three of them earn measurng 19 nches, and two 16 nches. The lower waters of Pne Creek rank* hgh as producers of smallrnouth bass, wrts' Warden J. H. Bressler of Wllamsport. Ralrf Bastlan, Wllamsport, caught a smallmontl 19J nches n length that weghed thr«* pounds at Camp Klne. Dck Morn of \Vlj amsport topped ths catch when he land# a 191 nch smallrnouth weghng three m one-half pounds. Many rock bas: on the Allegheny. and crappes were tak^ Sucker fshng s yeldng some splendd catches n Indan Lake, near Fannettsburg, Frankln county, accordng to a recent report. Apparently another great sucker fshng year s n prospect on ths water whch last year offered exceptonal wnter fshng. Frst prze n the fshng contest staged by the Lappawnzo Fsh and Game Protectve Assocaton of Northampton for the largest wall-eyed pke taken n 1933 was awarded to Joe Andrews of Cementon. Andrews' catch, weghng 10 pounds, four ounces, was taken n the Delaware. Morrs Smth, Northampton, caught the largest largemouth bass, Lake Teddyuscong, Pke county; Ernest Bennnger, Bethlehem, the bggest pckerel, Lake Wallenpaupack; R. H. Lentz, Trechler, the largest brook trout entered, Indan Creek, Northampton county; Edwn Schoeneberger, Northampton, the largest brown trout, Lttle Lehgh, Lehgh County, and Ernest Bennnger, Bethlehem, the largest bluegll sunfsh, Saylor's Lake, Monroe County. Results of the contest were reported by C. H. Fulmer, Secretary of the Assocaton. Clarence "Beane" Mller of Mfflnburg scored some fne catches of smallrnouth bass on Perm's Creek durng the autumn, accordng to Warden Art Snyder. Hs largest bass measured 19 nches n, length. Ten nce bass were taken durng a mornng's fshng on the creek by Dr. Ralph Ltzel of Mfflnburg. PERKIOMEN CREEK BASS AND THE ANGLERS WHO CAUGHT EM. LEFT TO RIGHT ELMO VANDERCUFFLER. PAUL FRAN- HEISER. AND PAUL HUNSBERGER FROM GILBERTSVILLE. LAMAR MUMBAUER SNAPPED THE PICTURE Included n the muske catches on Conneaut Lake, wrtes Warden Joe Cannon, was a 16-pound "water tger" taken by Mr. Montgomery. Rev. Bohlender of Conneaut Lake landed two wall-eyed pke weghng three and four pounds respectvely. French Creek provded great wall-eyed pke fshng durng Calco bass were taken consstently on I Raystown Branch of the Junata durng t! autumn, wrtes Warden Lnk Lender of B? wood. Mrs. Lawrence Hte of Altoona, ', enthusastc dscple of Izaak Walton, caul eght "calcoes" measurng from eght to 1' nches. Harold Hte of Altoona caught "calco" measurng 15 nches. These catdl were made n the Penn Central Dam.

15 * IV ^ TVW ".r $5*^ wsr 1? *'. ' Rtf«r<» '.". Sg *«-' *P fft;<,m Sm^M* Man Hatchery Buldng and Some of the Trout Ponds at Bellefonte Hatchery, Centre County A Ths hatchery s devoted entrely to rasng brook and brown trout, and s a heavy producer of the "speckled kngs." The man wth the "feed bucket," by the way, s very popular wth the fast-growng trout n Bellefonte's ponds.

16 Sec. 562, P. L. &R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Harrsburg, Pa. Permt No. 270 WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL September 22, 1784 "My fshng lnes are n the Canteens"