The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-13
The Wet -.
and the =.
~ ~sae
Hungry -.
BY DON KNOWLES

hunting and fishing, let's devote
little space this week to whats
going On in the state game de-
parment" altho before con-,
tinuing I might pass along the
information that those hardy
whitefish are still grabbing bait
up there at Priest Rapids on the
Columbia. with the weather as
it has been, however, I'm willing
to take second hand information0
What is being done for the ring
necks? The state game department
has been distributing grain dur
ing this last several weeks in the
more frigid areas this does not
include this banana belD to farmers
for the feeding Of game birds. In
addition of course a good many
farmers who are true sportsmen
are doing this same thing on their
own. The pheasant production of
the Washington state game de-
parment reached $4,000 birds
during 1913. Large plants during
1913 helped relieve a shortage
caused by heavy spring rains and
flood damage, providing consider
able more hunting than other
wise could have been anticipated.
The majority of hen pheasants on
Washington farms are being held
for spring release to bolster the
natural crop -. Cbut you know
it also takes rooster every timeo
The lands management division
of the WSGD, headed by Norman
P. Knott, has mapped out CO.
crdinated bird habitat develop
ment program for the Columbia
basin during the past two years.
! Release Of certain areas will be
asked as these areas become open
to irrigation. "Much Of the work
we have done has been Of "get-
ting-ready", nature, he says. "The
game commission and director
have been aware of the hunting
potentialities offered by the CO.
lumbia basin and have been in
terested in getting program laid
out ahead of time, so that it can
be started as soon as the areas
are opened to farming.
Back to fish - Approval of APP
preparation requests now being
made to the legislature will pro-
vide funds for a replacement Of
the present out-moded fish hatch
cry located. at Walla Walla this
coming year. OF course salts
factory water supply must be
found. This should be Of great
interest to those of you who have
fished in vain through out the
Blue Mountain area for q catch at
least something comparable to the
good old days.
The program the state game de-
partment has begun to create
small in areas without sufficient
fishing is paying off and will be
expanded, according to Game Com
i missioner Virgil Bennington Of
Wall Walla. Ponds created artifici-
ally in the Tucannon river, with
the aid Of Buldozers and other
means, provided considerable fish
ing enjoyment during the past
summer. The streams are not OBJ
sruuced in such a manner as to
prevent the movements Of migra-
tory fish, but the dams are Of suf-
ficient size to create ponds in
which trout :an live and grow.
Such little ponds mean countless
added hours Of outdoor recreation
| for a father and his son, or for
general family outings.
What Is q Kamloops Trout?
This is a question I have heard
argued just about as much as the
one concerning the whitefish and
the greyling. According to biolo.
gists the Kamloops trout which
migrate down British Columbis
streams to the sea and return as
steelhead, as do the Rainbow
trout are of the same family as our
rainbows. AS a matter of fact il
you can tell the difference be-
tween a ten pound rainbow and a
Kamloops you got me.