Milford chronicle., 1892-12-09
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An Association in New Orleans for the
Encouragement Of Game Fish.

An Association in New Orleans for the
Encouragement of Game Fish,
There viii be many more fish in the gulf
by and by. The Gulf Fishermen's Protect
i've association viii see to this. Through
the influence OF this association there have
already been placed in the streams that
lead into BAY St. Louis 100000 Of young
shad. These were planted by the United
States fish commission. For a long time
the commission refused to furnish the
vounu fish. The reason for the refusal was
that there were no party or parties respoil-
sible for tbe protection Of the fish. Then
the Gulf Fishermen's Protective associa-
zion came into existence and agreed 70
shoulder the responsibility Now there
are 600 600 Of young sbad saving up, IN
Dick Swiveller's language, for epicure.
The Fisherrnen's association was organ
ized not very long time ago unSer the
laws Of the state Of Mississippi 1t is
dnlv incorporated body Many et the
leading men Of this city are stockholm,
in it, Mr.. Louis Leonhard is the presiden.
and Mr.. P. j.. Mauffrey is the vice presi-
dent. The duties Of secretary, treasurer
and manager are vested in Mr.. Alfred ).
Cowaud. Mr.. Cowand probably knows
more about fish than any other man in
the south. A reporter had pleasant chat
with him yesterday. In the course OF con-
versation Mr.. Cowand said;
Those 100000 young shad are about
four inches long now. They We're put IN
Wolf river and the other tributaries Of
BAY st. Louis They cannot be touched
until three years after birth Of the spawn.
I guess there win be trouble about them
after they are two years old, as they VIII
then be of pretty good size. some OF tne
Z fishermen wanted to do me up because l
organized she Fishermen's association.
They said that it was a shame to plant all
those fish just for rich men to catch on 9
line. They were very much surprised
when / explained to them that shad do mol
take the bait
The little FISH have gone away mp 70 the
headwaters Of the rivers now, so as to es
cape the avidity Of the larger fish. we VII
have to be very careful for some time VIII
the shad until they begin to spawn on tnell
own account. When they begin to do thai
it will be pretty hard to extermlnate theih
II has been computed that shad hai
about a million eggs. OF course we aon
save that many; probably not half or
third as many. But even if one fish car
succeed in being the ancestor at one lay @
she is dor; pretty well.
The fish commission are going TO plan
, salmon trout and whiteiish in the waters
They are game fish, very game fish. Ihos
salmon trout have the largest mouths yo
ever saw. They are enormous. A gree
trout's doesn't approximate to it. Ihel
heads are orange color, and when you se
them strike in the sunlight it looks lll'
like a big ball of gold rolling over the w'
J ter. Whitefish are very popular ny tn
/ northern lakes In minnesota aud ths
S country you can go almost anywhere an
s catch n good mess Of whitefish in $50
J They are as white as a cuff, botls IS
skin and meat, and are excellent for u
Q table.
d By the way, speaking Of green trol
: reminds me Of the fact that one OF Il
p aims Of the Gulf Fishermen's associate
t viii be to perpetuate these. They are n
green trout, you know; they are nothli
Q more nor less than black bass. But tn
: are excellent fish for the sportsman
!. well as for the cook. can raise those T.
t lows like chickens. Give me bayou, al
i before You know it l'll have it alive WI
n green front. The Gulf Fishermen's ass
v ciation will look after the culture OF gre
s trout.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.