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ew fishermen catch most fish THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1976 Page IB Only a few of the fishermen catch ost of the fish. , That point has been emphasized fishing surveys conducted by the. >xas Parks and Wildlife Depart- ent. What are the rest of the anglers wrong? Many times it is the little over- ght that leads to a fisherman’s' jwnfall and lets a trophy fish es- pe the hook. Here are a few ways to lose a fish: -Old line: Neither braided nor onofilament line lasts forever, ong periods of disuse as well as instant action and excessive heat weaken a line and cause it to ;eak at the wrong time. How often an angler needs to change his line depends on how much he fishes and the type of, water he fishes in. Long hours of fishing in water with a lot of under-, brush might call for a line change every few trips. As a general rule, the average freshwater angler should change his line once or twice a year. And at the same time, reels should not be stored where line is 1 exposed to direct sunlight or exces sive heat. — Frayed line: Abrasion is prob ably the single greatest threat to fishing line. The bass angler who constantly fishes the underwater forests of Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn should be particularly alert to line abrasion. A wise fisherman should scan his legal trotlines problem or game wardens line carefully or lightly run it through his fingers to check for, rough spots before each fishing trip. Some make it a habit to strip off and discard the first few feet of line be fore a fishing trip. Check rod guides for rust or rough spots which could damage line. — Damaged hook: Dull hooks mean lost fish. Either sharpen dull points with a whetstone or replace them. Some fishermen make the mis take of reusing hooks which have been spread open. Bending the hook back into shape weakens the metal. And, of course, rusty hooks should be replaced. — Littered boat: A bass guide re lates this story: “I had this old ‘bucket-mouth’ bass wallowing at the side of the boat. I reached for the landing net and it wasn’t where it was supposed to be. I turned AUSTIN — “Game wardens have ken more than 1,000 miles of il eal trotlines from Central Texas kes over a one-month period, ys Henry Burkett, director of law iforcement for the Texas Parks and 'ildlife Department, and the ackdown will continue. “The trotline tag requirement is passed to keep one person from igging a good fishing spot indefi- lely, and also as a safety factor to irmit the removal of abandoned iks and lines from the water,” Burkett. Game wardens are required to troy illegal, unclaimed fishing “Trotlines not tagged with the icr’s name, address and the date e line was set are illegal, and iliermen have improperly tagged les stand a good chance of losing their line or paying a fine,’’ Burkett said. According to Burkett, a trotline may be tagged with a metal tag, plastic lettered strips or with the in formation printed on a plastic bot tle. Some people even put their ad dress on a piece of paper in a small medicine bottle tied to the line. All these methods are satisfactory. Game wardens will pull any un tagged lines; those that have been in the water more than 90 days; or one that is illegally constructed, such as having too many hooks, Burkett said. Since many counties in Central Texas have special trotlines laws, fishermen should refer to their game law digest to find the specific trotline restrictions for the county in which they intend to fish. CAA track IN, TX.| with con- IDiscus—1. Boys Chambul, Washington, I2-3(61.34); 2. Ralph Fruguglietti, Southern Hlfornia, 201-11 (61.56; 3. Ken Garden- Ims, Brigham Young, 194-10 (59.38); 4. Ben pcknett, Missouri, 194-7 (59.32); 5. Jim Lard, Westmont, 190-7 (58.10); 6. Darrell fcer, Southern California, 187-5 (57.14). llOO-meter relay— 1. Tennessee (Jon ping, Ricci Gardner, Jerome Morgan, Be lie Jones), 39.16; 2. Kansas, 39.39; 3. South- pCalifornia, 39.51; 4. Arizona State, 39.62; lAubum, 39.66; 6. Texas Christian, 40.01. liOO meters—1. Ken Handle, Southern plifornia, 45.2; 2. Herman Frazier, Arizonia llate, 45.3; 3. Evis Jennings, Mississippi llate, 45.5; 4. Mark Ceilings, Baylor, 45.8; 5. Bile Saloman, New Mexico, 46.0; 6. Ronald |mis, Tennessee, 46.0 |5,000 meters— 1. Joshua Kimeto, jigton State, 13:47.84; 2. John Ngeno, iington State, 13.55.60; 3. Samson mbwa, Washington State, 13:56.36; 4. ./Cotton, Arizona, 14:00.22; 5. Steve iencia, Minnesota, 14:01.23; 6. Randy on, Arkansas, 14:04.16. 11,600-meter relay (Championship, two sec- smn, winner determined on time basis): ist beat — 1. Arizonia State (Clifton IcKenzie, Richard Walker, Carl McCul- Ji, Herman Frazier), 3:03.49; 2. Kentucky llate, 3:03.50. 3. California, 3:03.92; 4. lor, 3:05.63; 5. Howard, 3:05.87. Second |eal—1. Tennessee (Michael Barlow, Ron rris, Lamar Preyor, Jerome Morgan), 15.07; 2. Florida, 3:05.23; 3. Southern Itlifornia, 3:05.62; 4. Kansas, 3:05.88. Final ladings — 1. Arizona State; 2. Kentucky We; 3. California; 4. Tennessee; 5. Florida; | Southern California. 1,500 meters— 1. raonn Coghlan, Villanova, 3:37.01. (Meet d. Old by Dave Wottle, Bowling Green, ).7, 1972); 2. Wilson Waigwa, Texas-El Paso, 3:37.26; 3. Matthew Centrowitz, Ore gon, 3:37.-29; 4. Steve Lacy, Wisconsin, 3:38.52; 5. Randal Markey, Oregon, 3:39.98; 6. Rick Musgnue, Colorado, 3:40.66. 3,000-meter steeplechase — 1. James Munyala, Texas-El Paso, 8:24.86 (Meet re cord. Old 8:38.1 by Doug Brown, Tennessee, 1973); 2. Henry Marsh, Brigham Young, 8:27.88; 3. Ronald Addison, Tennessee, 8:29.47; 4. George Malley, Penn State, 8:30.33; 5. Greg Meyer, Michigan, 8:33.85; 6. Bill Lundberg, Kansas, 8:34.38. High jump — 1. Dwight Stones, Long Beach State, 7-7 (2.31) (World, American and NCAA meet record. Old world and American 7-6V4 (2.30), Stones, Pacific Coast Club, 1973; Old meet record, 7-4 (2.23), Rey Brown, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispi, and Tom Woods, Oregon State, both in 1973); 2. Michael Win- sor. Central Michigan, 7-5 (2.26); 3. (tie) Nat Page, Missouri, and Greg Joy, Texas-El Paso, both 7-2V4 (2.19); 5. Paul Underwood, Arizona State, 7-1 (2.16); 6. Steve Wilson, South Carolina, 7-1 (2.16). Team totals — 1. Southern California, 64; 2. Texas-El Paso, 44; 3. Tennessee, 40; 4. Washington State, 34; 5. Arizona State, 31; 6. Brigham Young, 30; 7. Washington, 28; 8. Auburn, 22; 9. (tie) Kansas and San Jose State, 20; 11. Long Beach State, 18; 12. (tie) Califor nia, Oregon, UCLA, Villanova and Penn State, 16; 17. (tie) Southern Illinois and Ar kansas State, 11; 19. (tie) Texas, Middle Ten nessee State, Arizona, San Diego State, Bucknell, Florida, 10; 25. Illinois, 9; 26. (tie) Stanford, Austin Peay, Louisiana Tech, Rice, Mississippi St., St. Joseph’s Pa., 6; 35. Baylor, 5; 36. (tie) Oregon State, Harvard, Wisconsin, Kent State, Seton Hall, Florida State, 4; 42. Pennsylvania, 3; 43. East Tennessee State, Michigan, New Mexico, Minnesota, 2; 47. (tie) Northeastern, North Carolina State, Neb raska, Texas Christian, Colorado, Boston Col lege, Arkansas and South Carolina, 1. You’ll love our Super Scoop. IT'S ONE QUARTER POUND - 4 BIG ounces of the smoothest, richest, best tasting ice cream you’ve ever licked. And fora very good reason. It’s quality ice cream. Ice cream made with a homemade texture and flavor you won’t find anywhere else. From that little creamery in Brenham, Blue Bell Ice Cream’s the best around. So c’mon by. The Super Scoop 317 PATRICIA — NORTHGATE Behind the Farmer’s Market II around and my client had his feet tangled in it. I lost the fish before I could get the net out.” Things happen fast when a big fish is on the line. To be prepared for such instances, an angler should be certain of three things: (1) he can move around in the boat if need be without stepping jn an open tackle box or getting tangled in something, (2) the landing net is within easy reach, and (3) once the fish is aboard there will be a safe place to put it where it won’t flop overboard, which has happened more than once. There are many other ways to lose a fish. Lack of concentration, not playing the fish long enough, poor net handling or lack of confi dence can all set fish free. And, undoubtedly, many more fish-losing techniques have yet to be developed. Texas dove hunting season was poorest ever recorded AUSTIN — Results of a statewide postcard survey of Texas mourning dove hunters are completed and fi gures show some 4.8 million doves were taken in the 1975-76 seasons. Parks and Wildlife Department dove program leader Jim Dunks said the season was a rather poor one, something which should sur prise few hunters who remember the scant number of doves available last fall. “We estimate 203,278 dove hun ters spent 916,800 days in the field during mourning dove seasons last year,’’ said Dunks. “Hunter success was the poorest ever recorded since the department started its harvest survey in 1971. ” Average daily bag of doves statewide was 5.4 birds, 5.5 by North Zone hunters and 5.2 by South Zone hunters. Across the state, hunters went dove shooting an average of 4.5 times, a record high even if they had only marginal success. Dunks said hunters in North, Central and South Texas ex perienced a decline in success. Hunting success changed little from past years in the Pineywoods, Coas tal Prairies and High Plains. Ed wards Plateau hunters had slightly better luck, and those in the Trans-Pecos posted a sizeable im provement. “There was a general pattern of more doves killed farther west in the state,” said Dunks. “Average doves bagged per hunt in the Pineywoods was 3.6 compared to 7.5 in the Trans-Pecos.” As is the case in past years, some 75 percent of the doves was taken in the North Zone season. All-day hunting was permitted in the brief January segment of the South Zone season, but with no de tectable change in the harvest. Dunks speculated that declining harvest of mourning doves probably was due to a broad shift in agricul tural practices. “Farmers and ranchers in the western half of Texas are planting more dry-land grain and seed crops,” said Dunks. “This probably accounts for a larger kill in western Texas; however, hunters from major urban areas such as Dallas and Houston are reluctant to travel great distances to hunt doves and the overall harvest declines as a re sult.” MON, THURS/ FRI 10:00-8:30 T U E S, W E D, SAT 10:00-6:00 MANOR EAST MALL Kennington Says it All in Mens Jersey and 4 Western Shirts America’s leader in mens fashion sport shirts! Choose from a large selection of 100% Arnel hylon printed jersey shirts all in confined patterns in brilliant colors to wear with all your lei sure suits, slacks, or jeans. Also choose from a super collection of western jean tops, includ ing embroideries, patch- works, quilted yokes, and many more. All long sleeve styles, all trim cut for that neat look. 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