The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-06
ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METCALF

DEAR MET: think DR.. Bob Monaghan and ohaa ns
- Lingerman have the wrong slant on winter s,een "
fishing especially relative TO the Puyallup river on 'ne
of il their idea that if steehead fishing stopped
will be cureal for stream fishing mat looms eoo,
but won't turn the trick. 1t takes much more RESTRICTIVE
ideas . a.
If other methods fail rehabiate our steeheads In the
streams of the state then such drastic action as 'nes
gest be used But not until then
Personally / would like TO year round fishng anu
don't believe in taking anything away from the sportsnen
unless necessary You this isn't selfish thought on
part Met haven't fished for seeiheads Tor over
Having hd for the past 30 years my changing
conditions no one should know any the
fishing Remember the nice catches we
of Clover Chambers and Muck creeks?
Almost everyone caused the decrease It's pr
of fishermen t6l659 licenses sold Tor the
190) modern transportation less open shng areas
civilization the natural habitat OF our ~
the catching seehead during the winter months
would stop there
steeheads both large and small But why cut
your it happens to be sore? No common sense in that
there? The logical thing to do to doctor it. This also app
have pollution, predatos
propagation helping to decrease the ehads Let's
begin with it's filthy with pou
Puyalup sumner empty their sewage into it
swim I'M garbage dumped into It, also
waste from canneres and other industrial plants
pollution stopped but vegetation the tributaries
reestabshed
itself enough to supply marine life for small fish Eliminating
in producing more seeheads
Control Predotors -.
The step control the fish life predaors TO
where their damage to steeheads negligible Inc
predatOrs doing the most damage the American 1er
(sawbls fish duks) and the large Grebe thel
DIVERSE In the Puyaup alone than 200 of these fish
have been taking thousands of steeheads to
inches in length along with trout and young salmon all
The total number of fish 200 of these pedator will
unbelievable Stomach content of these fish pirates
will verify the statement The number of trout knhers blue
mink otter and take add to the already large total
and when summed during years time fish life predaos leave
quite boch of red in the ledger book
steeheads
Plenty of steehead taken and Matched but
the ngerngs smaller and doomed
Toku hatcheries
propagation $4,000 baby seeheads
the tributaries of the Puyaup river three
salmon 1t just plain murder
Adoph hed South Prairie creek the
with fair luck the stoamh of 1Onc cutthroa
seheads and 11nch cutthroa 15 steel
Knowing things wonder cent of the
hatch reach maturity
His Concise Idea -.
My idea on the situation be summed up into few
words, but will take lot of work to accomplish
First make pollution laws function to clean up and
purify filthy rivers and sreams next control the fish
life predaOrs, and finally but most important is the job
of proper propagation Close all small feeder creeks
struct rearing ponds in them and retain the seelheads
until they large enough a to inches long, to shift
for themselves
improved 100 will be the first hoer
ing the winter them S. B. Buddy Macdonald
Dear Bud and nserman said that winter
eelhead fishing might be closed entirely altered such
pollution such points, with
winter seehead fishing during the
millions potential the females
their eggs This eehead fishing comparatively but In the
by through
will to that in time method of curtaing this attack
much Of the which later will sped
mountain or rainbow trout whatever you wish to call steel
head Remember Bud can't those killed
cleaning up pollution That's the main argument f. NJ