The evening times., 1896-10-13
GAME ASSOCIATIONS PLAN
Scheme to Make the Potomac the
Best Bass Stream in America.
When the Water in the Canal Is
Drawn eff the Good Fish win Be -
Transferred to the River.

The Game and Fish Protective Associa-
ton, is working out plan which, it is
expected, Will result IN the saving OF /,
0Oo,nOO or more bass, to the Potomac
River annually. II
Early each Dccemberthc water Is drawn
off the chesapeake SS.Qnio canal, " hicn
rms parallel With the river. When this
Water rs drawn off thercare numerous deep
and shallow. pools left. IN these the gamy
black bass, big and little, take refuge.
| 1t has been the custom TO allow any one
To fish these pools, anu the iIsn nave been
scvoped up by hundreds. 1t Is stated that
this wholesale destruction will not be per-
mltted hereafter.
DR.. George W. Massamore, deputy game
warden, has spent n week along the
river, arranging plan 10 save these fish.
He found ready cooperation from the
fishing clubs and resident along the
stream
a valuable ally was found in Col. G. L.
Nicholson, superiute ndeht OF the canal,
who has issued an order to all lock-
tenders and other canal employees, Instruct
ing them TO prohibiI the fisnin;, of the canal
by any persons except the employees Of the
Game and Fish Protective As.ociatiaIl.-~rho " no
VIII secure the bass in the pools and de-
post them in the river to increase and
multiply.
The part of the canal which the associa-
tion will fish as soon as the water is drawn
oft, extends from Little Falls, just above
Washington, To a point opposite Hancock,
Washington county. .f-r' --''i''-' - 30
The fishing will BE- done by hand seines,
n seine twenty feet long by five feet being
useti in he sila ilo W pools, a nd one about 100
feet long by five feet in The larger ppols.
1t is estimated that it win take six men to
work the big scines and three to WORK the
smaller ones.
The waters tn be fishcd extend over sixty
mikes and it is ESTIMATED hat 1t will r.qtire
ahuut two weeks 10 complete the work
The bass of all sizes will at once be thrown
into the Potomac proper. The catfish, suck
ers ana large carp will be sold The small
carp VIII be killed, as hes. fish are not de-
Sirable. they being destructive TO other
fishes. 1t is expected that by carrying out
this work the Potomac will in a few years
be th. best has, stream in AmericJ.
The last Maryland legislature passed
good law To protect the fish i'll the river
from other than spor, snIanlike methods Of
taking them Virginia i,as passed a similar
which VIII convene this fall will, il is said,
pass a similar law All three laws Will be-
come operative on the same date:
The fish heretofore have been caught by
fair means and by foul. including The use Of
pots and nets. Nevertheless, it has been
found Impossible To eXterniinate the bass IN
the stream Hence it is known that proper
protection VIII increase their numbers
greatly.
The late Capt. Bukehart, conductor VINO
was in the employ OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, has the credit of being the
first persGnto place bass in hestrean. The
season for catching the fish is from June to
April Is.
State Game Warden J. Olney Norris mas
sent the names OF twenty-five more men 10
GOV. Lowndes for commissions as deputy
game wardens. The protective association
is now thoroughly organized