The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
OF FISH !
AND GAME LAWS
Open Season for Bass Species
is Now ON All over State of (
West Virginia.


Saturday, all over the state, were
scenes of more than one embryonic
"1zaak Walton" and his trusty fly rodtI
Saturday. The open season for gameai
fishing began on that day and fishers
man generally are preparing to take
advantage of 1t.
Under a recent law, in which flsh
and game wardens were named, and
these given power to appoint sub or
deputy wardens, the streams have thus
far been fairly we'll avoided. A
NOn.ReSldpnt Licenses,
With the advent Of the open seasons!
for FISH there is some controversy asai
to who may fish. The law under sec,
ton forty-two says that It shall be I'M
lawful for any one not a resident Of
the state or a bona fde citizen to tislf
without having first obtained a license
To do so, from the county clerk Of the
respective county In which he is an
inhabltant. This license will cost the
fisherman $500 and must be kept with
him at all times while fishing, and
must be shown upon demand, to tin
land owner whose lands brush tae
stream in which the said fisherman Q
fishing.
However, nonresident land owners,
or bona fide citizens Of the state ara
exempt from any such restrictions as
the above. Hooks and lines are the
only lawful ways that fish may be
caught, this including the setting 81
trout lines providing the hooks are
not set less than two feet apart
solnes, traps, and devices are barred
Jack salmon, and white salmon shall
not be caught under eight inches, or
trout less than six inches. Fish meas
uring less than the above shall be
tossed back into the water. The meas
urement shall be from the tip Of the
nose to the center fork of the tail
From July i until April the open
season is on at which time BLACK
bass, greel bass, willow bass, rock
bass, pike or pickerel, or wall-eyed
pike commonly known as salmon may
be caught. 1t is unlawful to catch
fish Of the sucker variety known as
suckers, carp, mullet, red horse, etc,l
between April / and July 1, hence
the open season for this variety d
fish opens Saturday too.
Under special rules persons are a
lowed to catch mlnnoWs for the pur
pose of propagation, or for scientific
purposes, providing they have the
consent Of the fish wardens. The
fines for convictions under the sec
ton shall be not less than $40
more than 500 at the discretion q
the court or justice hearing the case
Hunters Licenses Issued.
Some few licenses have been issued
at the local clerks office for fishing
About forty county hunting license
have also been issued, and six state
wide licenses. The following'is aeon
densed synopsis of the game and asa
law. showing open season for:
Animals-Deer with horns over
four inches long, October 10 to- De
cember /; squirrel, gray, black red
and fox, raccoon, mink and skun
November to January /. Chin
does not apply to landowner huntin
on his own land),
Birds: quail, Virginia partridge
November / to December / pheasant
(ruffed grouse, wild turkey, Octobe
15 to December L; wild duck, goose
or brant, October to December
plover, ortolan or sandpiper, SEP
TENDER / to December 16; rail, Sep
TENDER 1 to December ] snipe 0elo
Der 15 to December 16,
Fish-Trout or handbook salmon
April / to August l; suckers CARP
mullet, red horse, taclS-salmnn com
monty called jack hsh or white
mon, all species OF bass. pike Ifii7i
plckerel, July ! to April 1, follow
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