Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-20
TROUT FISHING.
IA Anglers Expsrisaes m. ~.
Fl Virginia Streams. WI
Complaints Of Correspondent, a, f;,s.
Fish-chsfses Against the "H,ts uss =
Refusst-Whe's Good sos',
lay be fsuad.
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In late E.sssrn p.psr' several le,,.r sVaes
gard to trout fishing in IVES, vn
One writer endulsssin two coIpns
against West Virgins trou, s,re,m''
"he joarneyed clear rom whe,.li,
wilds q Pocahontas county and SOY "'S.
ssh He done his sQryed f,b;,. "
eresk- sd no where e,.c; aad ba,,i, IA r
ing thss oil streams wsre alit. '"s'
ceeded 70 decry the ,r.at fnsi,,
entire etsse.
Aste Deer creek. see no r,o, 81,
correspondent should no, be d;,,,,.,~
] should never dream US tray.I,rp."
Wheeling ~ anywhere eIse 10 ns Zoo
for trout. have been msay 4 t,,nsu uet
down that stream, for | Vent ~ Up nd
logs there fer our mill. eighty nil, poe
BY river, and although ther. are ,fs oe'N
abouts, never :" here
TAO0she b worth while srr,
have caught trout as heavy ~. no,ni'
Sulingtons creek, which is ne,, :,
think II the correspondent had k,,, :,
Staunton and Pinkersbury pike 20 49,.
crosse Grosabrier river, he r..sA, ~.
found trout up either the prong, OF ~,
stream; or had he kept on 10 en-.
have found still more. lncyer herd ~.
OF the natives call Deer Greek , to-,
stream, nor would DO so in the orIin,..
sense, although say there ale .rs ts,,.
in il. "'s'
Another amateur fisherman bev,a,u.
existence OF natives" on what w..
thought to be secluded streams, aud d,r,;.'
their primitive mod" OF pot l,hin,s
which. he claims.
Destroys ~ Fish by TheasasS.
This correspondent ought 10 knou tn,
natives are pretty much the same All "a,
world over-at any rate all the STATE. os.,
In ancient days when an Adirondack ~,
dent wanted meat h. killed deer, in jan,
or July by floating; or il on . cru,l /,
March, by running II down and cu,.in, ia
throat. When he wanted fish he Spears,
few hundred pounds Of trout on the,
spawning beds and smoked them for s,n,.,
use. Nowadays when the West Virgin,
native wants any beast, bird or fish he eoo
after IL and gets il, II he can, by the ,6os,
est and simplest method. utter = regards.
Of times or seasons. II the IVES, virra,
ans would pass law prohibiting the r,a
ming Of deer with dogs, and obey il Me- il
Was passed, their State would ssam vii
deer.
A. 70 Their fishiaS.
| have seen the men with nets and t,,
men and boys building dams and dyaala.
pools while they poked about With ,h.i
hands under the stones. on rrnn,ylrani
streams, but rarely on those Of W.i WI
cinia. | never saw net on q West Nirras
trout stream except \ landing net and |
never saw any one drain pool. althoashl
have seen a pool that had b'en draIsd
Two years ago f>hed in n stream 10 lsaa
sylvania where twenty-five years ago ns
men netting, damming and draining iv
trout. nevertheless | caught fifty uou, 10
my morning fishing; eyidcndly the ycn,d
native work had not entirely cleared OF
the stream. West Virginia j. MT l,rr.
State, and il has been settled great m,aJ
wears. There i, not much roon 10 It is
one TO get out Of reach OF natives.
As far as ! am concerned, and hsvsh,h
for trout In West Virginia more or leS shr
1870, the natives may
Fish Until They are Tir~di
their efforts affect the supply a. ihr II
disns killing does the buffalo. The pAs
skin-hunters have destroyed.the Buf.lo
| and think visiting sportsmcn, narss.
generally destroy more trout than IN, no
lives do. The latter fish With bait ard is
| eating; the visitors too frequently h'a 1
| numbers and 80 destroy big and little 9Th
| out reference TO waste. Some years Ho
| marty from In-5 Millions place. nc.' Cnlls
4 HIN ON the &. 4 o. railroad. the Hon. NJ
Beauclcrc and some others went out IN 1
West Virginia waters, snd during Their
stay caught, suppose, between ?oO And
| 500 fish, working only for count Wh,s
| they could not eat them, and had no one o.
whom TO bestow them, they counted thea
and
| Threw Them Away.
| reached the same stream, unfortunately
| Just after they had left, otherwise ] YOU'D
have explained the matter 10 them.
! made a TIP to West Virginia ,hi, ~,
mer in June, which was too early Tor af
region, ss the water was too high snt 'foii
were not collected In the pools al al, sa
| three friends. We campcd out for 's'~
nights, fshed when We felt like IT. M
when il rained too hard and the susiS
were up we stayed at home. Our hr.t ~
was, Keep nothing under six inches lo.f
After DAYS fishing We made 1t, te'l
nothing under q quarter OF Q pound 81
10 that we stuck. OF course, II tout ~
hooked In the eye or In such way o. nh
lure Il in extracting the hook We 1P
Otherwise everything under four oass
went back 10 the stream. Under Lnf
we retained and brought TO camp
ak Hundred and Se,ssiy.thrrs Pa
all OF which, except three buekevini 'hI'
we packed in brine and took home yer
consumed in our camp by oursl,: ",
hired hands. ] was sorry aterEMd mh
went in June. ] always prefer h'hini n,'
in July: then the chances oil high wiv "
les and the trout sre more In The 30
and larger fish can be taken. J never -
| az carly but once in West virginia ~
much prefer the later fishing.
In order 10 enjoy Gshing one d'e' -
need 10 have q virgin feld-a stream sa. ~
never man fished before-ybenos 70 az"
out untold numbers. The pleasure
the fishing itself-in the peroIInthniu. "a
sky, mountain, stream, sunNII 49,,
shadow. ripple and pool, the i'h sS a.
midday. all the accessorie' 20 " ''"
pleasure. IL Is
Not . Mere Qssstiss o. -
although OF course the size Of tns =.
caught II satisfactory, adds u TIE 49,,
IRnov A number OF trout su.
West Virginia, some good, some poor . !.
ouite inaccessible. I am happy 70 ~
the general public" and IN ons' 800
was the first who ever cat ny 49, G,,,,
first 10 catch bass with ny ~ ~ go
brier river after il wss stocked iS 81
Is very good in that stream ~. go,
pleasant trip could he mace - y,
boat at Caldwell, six miles "a -,
White Sulphur. and st the ri'efi 80, nls
ming the river to hinton. some 80 utiS
below. fishing along the way INC
several dsys 10 II. The noun an IL. !, q
V;re;nia are quite high ard W. y
shnnd,nc, of ysw pine, - the naI'. 4,
4. a., r. m ssy black spruce an, ),
Srnd,or or "bfick laurel. 70 oo'N
WAY to any Of the retired sreafD'
E,evytsiss MS - - psse -,
and provision, packed on 'h e., liz y
ting sportsmen" a. IuIe, - ib.lr bso
cary forty pounds Of uaP' "n t.Ssd nsf
when they 20 fishing. Ihs'e 80 On. 80
a dsy and al day with ny Pr.I.p, -
tbat nv Winchester ana ~ ,S,i yosf .
nv creel. Some people eau .i t bs,i h
tbeY do cutting wood or Pes",. "a y
camp. I call them all soos@tb s tsist
me they add 10 the pleasure y .oaId rsp,
vsnted q 81 90 camp -. "a, ISoss.
eooS botsl and be oomiofiAo'., 20 % -
sbetisf / should be more N'
bark shanty.