Evening star., 1926-06-20

% HIS is the season OF year that
the angler has long antiCi-
pated, and his dream is at
last realized as he Wanders
far from the haunts of man
along the shores of limpid lakes.
where the matter of a few yards OF
wading in the shadows and a slliilful
cast will start the reel screaming III
a manner dear to the heart of any
Izaac Walton.
According to Deputy Commissioner
Radcliffe of the United States Bureau
Of Fisheries, the good roads move
ment and the notable increase in the
number of persons touring the coun-
try in automobiles is responsible for
the present heavy drain on the trout,
bass and other game FISH of even the
most secluded little mountain brooks
and streams.
In the early eighties 1t was some
thing of au adventure to travel up
through the remoter parts Of the
Catskills or the outlying sections of
the great WI derness" Of northern
New York. as The Adirondacks were
then known. Many If not most of
the trails were dim or of the dubious
variety called corduroy roads" which
were excellent for numbering opera
iions but most eXhausting to the way
farer.
THE angler of 40 years ago was
pretty apt to conhne his fishing
to a limited area within easy reach
of his camp. but no such restriction
binds the sportsman Of today, who
thinks nothing Of running up 10 the
White Mountains over tho week end
or of covering q territory OF several
hundreds of miles in his fiivver in
search of a good trout stream. Thus
the natural stock OF even remote
ponds ana lakes has now been steadily
drained and IN many cases entirely
depleted OF the brook trout that were
formerly plentiful in such waters.
The larger lakes in the White Noun,
tains and III the CatskiilS. for example,
offer no attraction 10 the fisherman.
who has long since discovered i al
most essential to join Il club win
we'll stocked, closely preserved streams
if he hopes to have any sport IN the
neighborhood OF the bigger cities or,
IN fact. this side of the actual wlldS or
trails off the beaten track.
Two years ago, therefore. Secretary
Hoover initiated a cooperative move
ment with the fish and game clubs OF
the country. whereby the Bureau OF
Fisheries undertook to supply the
stock of fry. such as trout, bass. etc,
or to cooperate in other ways, as in
obtaining stocks Of bluefsh or the
like.
Commissioner Radcliffe stated: There
are 10 600 900 anglers in the United
states who so out in the Wilds each
year to fish. and the demand on cur
service is therefore increasing by leaps
and bounds. People want two nSh
today where formerly we supplied one.
and because of this greatly increased
demand. it is necessary to develop All
practicable means to fill the growing
needs Of the fisherman.
THE local fishing club supplies the
hatching troughs and the nursery
ponds and cares for the fish under
the direction of the bureau fer the
first Summer. At the end OF the sea
son the stock is divided equally be
tween the organization and the bu-
reau, half of the lingering fish being
planted in the streams owned by the
club in question and the other half
used to fill applications received from
that general territory by the Fisher
les Commission. This system was
first started last year, under the d1-
rection of the Secretary of Commerce.
by this method it is now possible
for the bureau to supply a consider
able number of trout fry in the Spring
months that otherwise would have
been planted directly in the streams.
as the Bureau of Fisheries has not
sufficient pond area in which to rear
all its output to the lingering stage.
Thus. if trout fry are hatched in April,
wa miami them about five or SIX