Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER.

establishing feeding and watering sta
lions for wild birds and animals dur
ing the late FAN and Winter months.
These forest fires are equally destruc-
tive to fish life, burnt trees falling in
streams causing o chemical acid to form
In the water which causes many thou
sands Of 1lsh to die each year.
stCANE and Fish Conservationist."
~ published by the Virginia Com
mission .on Game and Inland
Fisheries In its october number, says,
who Is O Conservationist?" Many
conservationistS merely want to head
on the other fellow 50 that they can
is an overload Of that spirit IA the
numerous organizations claiming con-
servation as their object.
1.-THE Indian, usually accounted
destroyer, was true conserver of ma
lures bounties. For centuries Virginia
was one Of his homes. For his nveli-
hood he took Of that provided by the
Great Spirit In the stream, forest and
plain. For his needs only he hunted.
When dispossessed by the white man he
yielded back to the Great Spirit what
he had received. giving q good account
Of his stewardship. he left forests un-
bison and the deer in numbers as he
had found them, the water undisturbed,
the fish and the fowls Of the air un-
diminished. The sad story Of three
quarters Of q century Of white dominion
finds our forests gone, our soil already
robbed Of its fertility, our food ami
mails, birds and fsh vanishing, water
reservoirs acknowledgements the
record Of piIlage and destruction for
temporary gain or sacrifice in the name
"There Il but one way 10 conserve.
That Is TO quit destroying.
"The mad scramble for wealth and
pleasure, directed against the once stlf-
ficient bounty of nature. If persisted IN
viii reduce region Of plenty to
desert waste, incapable Of sustaining
human life"
Think It over, sportsmen and anglers.
n Cd and Stream advocates the use Of
larger hooks In fishing and smaller
string In fish. Let the anglers
question be what was your largest
fish" instead Of "How many did you
Let's take, for example. four men ON
of fish, rock trout or taylors, and catch
maybe so, 80 or even 100. What Is the
result? First Of all, they have hard
time getting such q large catch home
with them, II they can bring them al,
which Is Outlines the case. During the
hot Summer months the fisln must be
iced, II the return home Is q long, one.
When they finally reach home they are
obliged to call up first one and then
another Of their friends, to ask II they
want some fish. and. often the question
- asked them, "Are they cleaned?" Now
you know that win provoke almost any
angler.
The ordinary family Of four or I'VE
cannot use over two or three good size
fish at any one meal, fish weighing two
or three pounds, and the large majority
Of families want only one fish meal
each week. OF course, there are some
exceptions where families would rather
have nsh than meat.
II every angler would only take the
largest fish he catches and return to
the water the smaller ones, It would not
be very long before larger and better
flsh would be caught by all anglers.
Ten or Is fish are enough for any man,
no matter where he Is fishing, either in
fresh water or In salt water. And In
the opinion of this column is fish per
person Is too many. If the anglers want
TO continue to enjoy the sport of fish
ing, they must begin to conserve.
Use larger hooks and keep only the
big flsh landed.