Evening star., 1927-11-20
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller,

| cf two years" Mr.. lie Compte said.
This. of course, was very limited
amount 10 carry on the propa cation
}of fresh-water fish. The anglers
license system has been in effect only
| since July l and has produced reve-
| nuc totaling more than $4,000"
! The license law was enacted by the
| last Legislature and provides that IL
| censes must be obtained for all fish
! ing above the ebb point of tides. More
! fishing licenses We're sold in Washing
/ Ton County than in any other section
| cf the State. the game warden said.
/ Residents of the State obtained D..
/ 5Si of the new permits, while GIT
were issued to non-rasitle nts. In Gar
rett County 1888 residents obtained
the Deep Creek license. persons from
other counties of the State took out
i155. non-residents of Maryland OBJ
tanned 1872 and % boat licenses were
sold. In Baltimore City licenses were
issued to 1909 fishermen for 81 1,055.S4.
Montgomery County disposed of 969
/ licenses for S1.132.S7 and Prince
Georges County 1874 for S33S.43.
| How to raise fishing in Atlantic
City waters to higher degree of eN-
cellence was the cause for largely
city last week. In Chesapeake BAY it
is the purse netters and off Atlantic
City it Is the pound netters who are
troublesome. FiSierme en- who are bit
ter against the pound.net cleaners ara
shaping a plan for appealing to the
! New Jersey Legisls ture for more laws
and mora comprehensive regulation.
| Representatives OF anglers clubs from
all over the State attended the confer
ence and. the plan was indorsed to
have the pcund-net question threshed
out in a way never before attempted.
More game wsrdenS with wider super
vision will be one of the demands
made.
Everything under tine SUN has been
assigned as d reason 70" the lack of
sood fiching. Now coDl4s story of
f.! the lack Of trout in the streams of
western North Carolina. The cd d-time
/ fi@hermen were puzzled. They pom
/ dercd and investigated. and some os
them Thought that overfshing was to
blame1 aid let it go a; that. Now
come the experts, who confirm later
/! suspicious that water snakes have a
| hand in the business o, reducing the
/ fish population of that States streams
and lakes.
! Noticing the investigation which
was being made on the large number
! Of young fish found in the stomachs
! Of snakes, Dr. l.. r. Morse Of Lake
! Ture, Y. G., wrote to Glen &. Leach.
| head fish culturiSt Of the Bureau of
| Fisheries. and the information he re.
/ ceived from Leach confirms the fact
that water snakes are real enemies
Of fish life.
| For some five years past DIR.
Nor:e planted fish in Broad River,
| y. c.. ana while trout Of moderate size
are occasionally caught. it is a fact
| that there IS fearful dearth of fish
| in the stream.
II the Spring of 1926 the Bureau
Of Fisheries sent DR. Morse ship,
ment of 75,c00 trout. which were
| planted DR.. Morse is fearful that
! the water snakes may be a factor
that will prevent the kind Of fishing
that the beautiful mountain streams
in his section of North Carolina are
adapted to.
He believes that the employment Of
fish wardens and the payment Of
! bouaties for water moccasns would
help. This may seem iInpracticable
he saTe, but the British government
adopted this plan in India to rid the
| country of the deadly cobras
Leach in his answer TO DR.. Morse
says there is n great amount Of depre
dation on fish life by snakes. He said
the Bureau of Fisheries has to keel
constant vigilance on its ponds fol
the purpose Of destroying snakes He
also says snakes have been particu
larly troublesome at one OF the Gov
crnment's fish hatcheries in northern
Michigan, where trout in large mum
berS have bsen killed. SO another
enemy tn fish life has been adtled tC
swell the already much too large
total