The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-30

-7HE ghost of Walton, the old
time English poet and fish
R=-,5 erman who didn't know
lAGSNI any better than to spell his
front name "l-Z-aa-k,
must have been lowering over Haw-
ley in the early part of this week,
for on Monday his disciples, or at
least four of them, were abroad in
quest of Fish and Fun. The wind
was not exactly in the east, rather
south of east, and fishermen all
realize that
When the wind is in the south
1t blows the bait in the tish's mouth.
Bright and early they were "on the
Job we'll supplied with necessary
bait, grub and patience. Three OF
the four went out to South Sterling
out where Brock Lesher catches
big ones. The three were j. A. Bas-
chon, the genial and obliging pro-
prietor of Hotel Reifler, Gus Deitzer
and Henry Eek. When they round
ed up" for the day and compared
notes it was found that Baschon had
to his credit 20, Deitzer Is and Eek
16. The trout ran from to 10 in
ches in length, and were fine lot of
fish.
The fourth fisherman was w. G.
Moulton, who cast his lines nearer
home in the waters of the chatter
ing Wangum. In his basket were
IA handsome fellows, just as fine
specimens as the Indians ever took
from its foaming current more than
a century ago.
While on this subject it seems well
to introduce another matter right on
the line of fish and fishing, especial
ly on the line, Cor string, if you like
the word better), of trout fishing.
Mr.. Baschon said that as under the
law all trout under six inches long
must be returned to the stream, the
result of the days sport was disastr-
Gus to the fish. Trout under six
inches long don't know anything
about the fish and game laws, and
they are just as hungry as their larg-
er brothers and sisters. When they
grab the bait the fellow with the
pole doesn't know how long they
are, so out they come, hooked
through the eye, perhaps, and in
variably so badly wounded that they
are practically dead when returned
to the stream Mr.. Baschon con-
tends that this law that demands
their return is a bad law and should
be repealed right away suddenly, and
in it's place should be substituted a
law limiting the number of fish that
may be taken in day, and that num-
Der must be composed of large and
small, long and short, and actually
prohibiting the return of any trout
to the waters from which they have
been hooked. He believes that the
result would not be so destructive
to the trout as is the present law.
Mr.. Baschon's suggestion, coming as
it does from a practical sportsman,
who most naturally wants to con-
serve game fish, looks good to the
writer of this, who likes to eat fresh
fish, who used to find pleasure in
catching pickerel and the easier
species of the finny tribe, but who
never was skillful and sly enough to
catch trout, and who nowadays is
too busy writing fish stories to find
time to go after the real article.
At Work on the
New County Bridge.
Across Main street on both en-
frances of the Middle Creek bridge
wire fences have been stretched as
taut as the head to a big bass drum
and right in the centre of each fence
is big red banner, the signal OF
danger, as we'll as the banner of the
Socialistic party. Pedestrianism
over that bridge has been provided
for on the east side, but it will be
some time ere the wire fences will be
taken down and wagon traffic will be