Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27

I marking is to remove certain fins in
such manner that no confusion with
| unmarked fish can result.
Every fisherman should remember
above anything else that he is a con-
| servationist. Millions Of small fish may
| be saved this Summer to grow into
large fish If anglers will follow one SIM
pie rule-wet the hands thoroughly
when taking little fish off the hook pre-
paratory to releasing them back to the
waters. OF course the small fish should
be handled gently and released under
water, not thrown back. A dry hand
disturbs the protecting film Of the fish
II this is broken, fungi attaches to the
body Of the fish and eventually kills it.
Thousands Of anglers who have been
wstting their hands declare that mil
lions Of small fish have already been
saved by this practice.
Anglers are also asked to use big
hooks to save small fish. If anglers would
make a practice of using largs-sized
fish hooks thousands of small fish
would be saved. The ma jority of fish,
ermen do not want small fish. Those
| fishing with worms, meat. or live bait
should use a large-siZe hook so the
smaller fish cannot swallow or impale
| themselves upon 1t. It is the small hook
NNN~
Trout seem to thrive best where the
daily maximum temperature does not
exec CO degre 5 and the mperature
VARIATION throughout the Gay is not too
great. Many people once believed that
trout thrived best where the water was
coolest. Many fish cultursts now d ny
| this theory, saying that an extreme water
tmpersture has kept many paintings
Of young trout from maturing. Trout
ehun water that is either too warm or
too cold
One way to control temperature is to
Plant firing Of brush or small trees
along the banks of small streams which
are barren Of cover.
IT have sent need more than 1000
men, women and bays to prison." Judgs
Leon McC1rd Is quoted as saying, land
I have yet to find one real criminal who
was taught in his youth to love the out
doors. Teach the boy to row a boat. to
swim, to fish AMI TO hunt and when
he grows to manhood he will be found
on the jury and not b:fore it."
The Washington, D. c. Chapter Of the
l. w. L. A., at recent meeting elected
the following officers: DR.. NJ. Darcy
president; Frank D. Barstow, secretary
treasurer.
Ten applications for membership were
granted.
The committee in charge of the
dinner TO be held at the Raleigh Hotel
on February rendered its report, end
also had on hand thu tickets for dis
tribution. The cost of the tickets will
be the same as last year. So An event
at the dinner will be the distribution
Of door prizes. These prizes have been
donated by tine local sports goods stores
and every one attending the dinner will
have an opportunity to take home a
| beautiful rod or rel or something else
useful In a piscatorial outing.
An invitation has been extended to
Gov. Albert c. Richie to be the princi-
pal speaker of the evening The pro-
ceedings of the first half-hour of the
dinner will BE- broadcast by Station
WEIAL. Tickets can be secured from
| sny member of the chapter or from
its secretary treasurer, Frank D. Bar
stow, 702 X street northeast. Some of
| the best local talent has been obtained,
| end IS expressed by one member at the
ting last week, "the music will be
swell