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.
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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.”
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