The Washington times., 1922-02-19
ROCK POINT
FISHERMAN
ON THE JOB
Says the Shad Will Be Among
the Missing II More Protec-
ton Is Not Given.

in shad fishing gives food for
thought. If we are to- continue
to have this food fish, more rigid
laws must be made and enforced,
or in the near future the shad
will be known in name only.
Feb. IS. 1922.
Mr.. r. A, Angler:
Every once in q while there 10
a. Government official visiting fish
errnen and gathering statistics on
first, How many caught, the aver
age price etc. To the average fish.
erman this means little. A very
small percentage of fishermen really
know how many they caught and
what they make, as has been said,
few keep books, They are solely
interested In the daily check they
| receive, and so long as they are
| making a little money and catching
as many as their neighbor fisher
man they are q happy set and let
It 80 at that. But let the word
fish appear in a daily paper, the
fisherman Immediately sits up and
takes notice, then say shad fishing
you will then see him read, put on
his glasses and read again, and
then the whole family must read
1t. Probably some Of our Congress
men may also sit up and take
notice.
How can we save the fast dwin.
ding shad supply7 The same thing
should have been said about the
sturgeon twenty-five years ago. 1t
should be remembered only a few
years ago II was plainly seen that
some protection must be provided
for the protection Of wild fowl
such as ducks, geese and swan.
They were slaughtered on Sundays
as well as every week day. Also
any month, any time. Rifles were
used, small guns. large guns. gat-
ling guns, anything was used to get
the duck. The larger gun was used
to kill whole flocks. One day our
statesmen got busy. Placing re-
strictions on time to kill, the large
guns must go. Not probably good
for the large gunner, but mighty
fine for the ducks. The same
thing can be said of the shad in
dustry. The large guns must go.
VIII not be 80 nice for the large
gunner. but mighty nice for the
laboring man who would like baked
shad on his table at least one
month in a year. I have offered no
set OF rules to be applied for the
protection Of the shad. I prefer
to let some other fellow shoot. The
game Is very interesting, not 80 in
teresting when they are all gone.
Now is the time to wade in boys.
Very respectfully,
TWENTY YEARS A FISHERMAN.
Izaak Walton repeatedly says: II
he is an honest angler, / wish that
the east wind may never blow
when he goes a fishing"
Not that 1t makes any difference,
but 1t just goes to show that very
few people, outside the fishing
circle, know one kind of fish from
another. The title writer for one
Of the big moving picture corpora
tons missed his guess on a recent
short film entitled Fishing for
Bass and Perch Through the Ice."
All the fish taken were pike.
Norman Pulliam and his Brother
George, and friend sure landed
some fine catfish up the river last
Tuesday. The largest weighing
11& pounds.
H. B. Powell, of the Navy Yard,
has quite a reputation among local
anglers as an expert pike fisher
man and well he deserves It. A
couple OF weeks ago he went to
the ponds up the Eastern Branch
and landed five of the fighting
gamesters on pork rind. The
largest weighing 2k pounds, while
the smallest tipped the scales at
~ pounds.
p. E. Mckinney, who also works
for Uncle Sam, at the Navy Yard,
has decided to even up matters
with some of the big pike that he
hooked on light tackle, but failed
to land last fall, just as soon as the
Ice breaks up.
Sergeant Unsworth, Of the Marine
Barracks, while fishing up in
Maine for trout last season had
quite a little scare with a monster
black snake. He said: II was ap-
preaching a stream very cautiously
on all fours, having previously
seen a trout break water, when 1
felt something crawl up my back.
Being intent upon my purpose and
eyes fixed on the ripples on the
water 1 paid no attention to such
minor things as twig rubbing
my shoulder, as I believed II to be.
/ was just in a position to make
a cast when glancing up I saw
huge black snake leaving my
shoulder and start twining himself
around a. sapling. That was
enough for me, gave one spring
and started running and never
stopped until overtaken by my
guide. When I regained my breath
and finally settled down to earth
started in on that fellow for not
letting me know about the snake"
We'll" he said, IF I had called
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