The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-04-25


several fish on their stringer. This
all seems to total up to the fact that
for quarry fishing the restocking oi
large fish is a better program than
the releasing of fingerlings.
The Sportsmen's Club operates on
the principle that it is better to pro-
vide fishing and hunting recreation
for 1000 members at dollar each
than to limit membership and charge
a higher fee. The public in general
acclaims the program and cooperates
wholeheartedly.
A few instances where several per-
sons have caught more than the
days aggregate of 25 fish and gave
the surplus away have met with dis
satisfaction with a large number of
people.
Many of the club directors are be-
ing asked to have the aggregate per
day lowered and prohibit any person
from giving away fish caught over
the aggregate.
They contend the restocking pro-
gram is to provide recreation and is
not set up with the idea of supplying
an unlimited amount of food for the
table. Fish caught over the limit
should be released and not given
away. A general discussion of the
problem is planned for the next dir
ectors meeting.
Fish have been hitting steadily the
past week with perch fishing at the
Buckeye providing the most sport.
Last Tuesday, Lawrence Duffman
snagged % perch and crappies and
the following day while fishing with
Cloyce Deifendeifer each bagged 5
more apiece. The same evening Sam
Stepleton snagged a tagged perch
and IA inch bass at the Buckeye.
Wednesday provided luck for
Homer Bracey and son who hooked
18 crappies at the Buckeye. Rex
Alderman snagged pair and Jesse
Manges hooked 3.
Thursday, Charles Burkholder land
ed large bass and Aldine Weiss
filled his minnow bucket with IA
perch and crappies.
Two of those crappies measured
IA inches each. Larry Matthewson
snagged around dozen perch and
crappie or so and Donnie Burk-
holder hooked perch the same day.
Chaley Alderman hooked 3 crappies
in the evening.
Friday evening Oliver Steiner
snagged 2 bass and 5 crappies, Rod
die Balmer a II inch crappie, w.
R. Thompson landed a 10 inch perch
and 10 crappies and on Saturday
hooked II crappies and perch.
The largest rock bass of the week
was taken by A. T. Worthington,
who landed II inch at the Buckeye.
On Saturday, Kenneth Collar and
Bernard Norton of Lima had 21 perch
in their live bag. Aldine Weiss was
lucky too and hooked 10 perch. Dale
Wilson from Rawson snagged Is
perch and crappies on Saturday also.
Very few persons fshed early Sun
day but late in the afternoon quite
number were on hand. Vernon
Harris, Lima, hooked Z perch and
rock bass; Larry Matthewson landed
a pound bass and IL perch; Thomas
White had perch in his live bag;
Herb Rupright snagged two bass
Zone had a tag); Lloyd Brauen snag-
ged a tagged pickerel and several
crappies and perch; Bernard Norton,
5 perch, and Jess Manages led the
pack with around a dozen and half
perch. Wade Oberly had a nice
perch and crappie on his stringer
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and Shirley Hazel from Lima landed
z perch later in the evening. Ollie
Steiner really landed "a big one when
he hauled in a IA inch crappie and
landed smaller later before he went
home. Roy Klingler has been lucky
this spring at the Buckeye and has
hooked over 40 fish. Says he landed
some nice pickerel, perch, crappies
and bass, but no tagged ones yet.
At the Water Works quarry Ed
Root has had some very nice catches
and late Sunday hooked big crap
pies, averaged IL inches each. Will
lard Jennings, Floyd Hardwick, and
Beach from Jenera each landed
bass and Russ Montgomery hooked
3 crappies.
Fishing was fairly good Monday
evening and Homer Bracey and son
John snagged 9 crappies and 3 perch
at the Buckeye. Other fishermen had
luck also. Dan Tripplehorn landed
his limit of bass and released 5
more under size the same day in a
fishing excursion out Big Riley over
the week end.