Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-08

Conservation NelUs 4
By O. ]. PECORD

| gested having been a division OK
! the state on the closed season for
black bass.
A number of orders" will be
adopted by the Commission which
will open a number of new bodies
of water to public fishing, which
will give Ohio anglers greater
acreage of water, stocked with
fish, for 1943 than for many years.
Check Your Tackle
The Ohio sportsman who found
new rod and reel in his Christ
mas stocking may we'll smile with
satisfaction.
The fishing tackle manufacture
ers are cooperating in the war
effort and are not making lures,
rods, reels and lines as they did
a year ago. They advise a careful
check-up on fishing tackle during
the winter season to make sure
that it is in good condition. If
rod or reel is damaged it may be
sent to the factory for repair, as
repairs are still being made.
Both manufacturers and dealers
have supplies on hand but when
these are gone there won't be any
more until the war is over. So take
care of your fishing tackle!
Evolution of Fishing
Frank Menke in his "Encyclo-
pedia of Sports" says that the Per-
slams were the first nation to
feature fish as national diet. The
disciples of Christ's time were fish
ermen. They were net fishermen.
The Jews invented the net as a
means for taking fish Spearing
and burning was too slow.
The first fish caught and eaten
by man were those found stranded
on the shore. Cave-men caught
them with their hands. Barbarians
later designed a spear. Next a
burr attached to a grapevine -
used. The burr may have
fore-runner of the fly or plug. I'd,
Egyptians used lines and bufrs~
and were first to use pole. They
made lines of twisted horsehair
and used bone hooks.
About 900 B. C. the Chinese de-
veloped many ways of catching
fish, including the splint trap.
They also used pelicans and ducks
with strings around their necks
so they couldn't swallow the catch.
Aelian, an Italian of ITO A. D.
is said to have written the first
book on fishing. William Radcliffe,
Oxford, England, credits Martiel
with writing the first treatise on
fly fishing, about the time Christ
, was on earth. Izaak Walton of
ilOIS lHOuSIH IlIlCS WIOtS IIlS llOSb
popular book ever produced on
fishing. More than 100 editions of
the "Compleat Angler" have been
! published and the end is not yet.
) The book is still in demand.
This and That
: Gearing Ohio's conservation
program to fit modern, balanced
Ohio agriculture requires progress
! i've study on the part of the Ohio
3 Division of Conservation and Ma
tural Resources samples of seeds
turned in to the A. A. A. for test
ing have been given to the Division
= for wildlife feeding during the icy
D months add to the catchy
3 phrases" that have been coined to
express ideas back of worthwhile
: conservation movements. In Ohio
headwater lakes are referred to as
/ ''headwater hatcheries" and Wild
iilC ISCulilS oIdIloHS are huOWH do
, "wildlife cafeterias", while Ducks
. Unlimited are won't to refer to
l their waterfowl producing projects
as duck factories" . 1t is esti-
mated that in the United States
alone there are at least 100000
, fishermen who spend $1,200,000, 1000
! annually going fishing.
: LANSING, Dec. 30-Bounties on
2 predatory animals paid by the
= Michigan state conservation de-
partment in November totalled the
ordinary sum Of 1925 for 10
6 wolves, 159 coyotes and AZ bob
D cats, but hunters who shared the
months rewards with professional
trappers had some extraordinary
7 stories to tell.
During the first week of the
7 deer season one hunter near New
: berry blundered onto a wolf and
q fox and killed both, and went
s out the very next day to bag an
= other wolf while again looking
only for deer. Near Crystal Falls
small game hunter equipped only
/ with a single-shot IL gauge shot
5 gun and No. bird shot stumbled
. upon four coyotes, managed to re-
load fast enough to kill three of
. them. ,