Southern outdoors. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1946-1963, April 15, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJ wpr .pi f T2*) □ t 4S53 nil pKEHAL UBKARY Ap K 36 1946 | 1f Of QEnofii* Combined with OUTDOOR GEO IQ.T'I Where Friends and the Outdoors «...*. SIXTH YEAR — NUMBER 20 ATLANTA, GA., APRIL 15, 1946 Single Copies ... 10 Cents Yearly Subscription $1.50 Kingfish Run 20 Days Early At St. Marks ST. MARKS, Fla.—The “king- fish today” sign was hung up here approximately 20 days earlier than usual this season. Early catches have revealed that this favorite of many salt water anglers not only is running ahead of schedule, but also much larger. Big specimens were taken by early April anglers. As a conse quence, the old salts are predicting their first post-war season will overshadow all past performances before the season ends sometime in July. With boats enjoying their first unrestricted outside trips in sev eral years, the early runs of king mackerel are keeping operators busy. Parties planning to fish from this “kingfish capital of the Gulf” are advised to make reservations ahead of arrival. ille News * • Opens Contest For Anglers GREENVILLE, S. C. — Fishing in the Carolinas is a major sport and the Greenville News is expect ing a record entry in its annual contest which runs April 15-No- vember 1. The News contest, first of its kind to be inaugurated in the South, has been indorsed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as having a beneficial influence on conservation of game fish. It was conceived by Publisher Charlie Peace, whose News-Piedmont Com pany will award handsome tro phies. O’Neal-Williams, Greenville sporting goods store, is headquar ters for the contest, and catches must be taken there to become eli gible. Leon Williams is chairman of judges. All fish must be taken legally and with rod and reel or pole and line. There are five divisions, small- and largemouth bass, and brook, rainbow and brown trout, in which winners will be determined. En tries must be taken from lakes or streams in the two Carolinas. Committee Meeting7 Yep, fish and wildlife committee. It's important. Boat Hunters Take Turkey In Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Hunters who recently have been capitaliz ing on high waters in Southwest Alabama to shoot wild turkeys from boats are violating the game laws, according to Graham Hixon, chief of the Game, Fish and Sea food Division of the Alabama Con servation Department. Hixon \Varned that violators would be prosecuted if apprehend ed, and he urged wardens to make extra efforts to stop the practice. Regulation 10 of the 1945-46 laws makes it illegal to capture, kill or attempt her take Wild birds or animals from a motor boat, power boat, sail boat or from any floating device drawn or propelled by such boats. The Alabama law makes it man datory that a hunter have writ ten permission of the owner of land on which he hunts. This law also is being violated by the tur key hunters, according to com plaints of sportsmen reporting to Hixon. South Awarded $632,095 For Wildlife Restoration Fifteen Southern states have been apportioned over $632,095 in Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, according to information received last week from A1 Day, director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The budget for the United States government that has been submit ted to the Congress includes $3,- 000,000 for aid in game restora tion in 47 states. Final action on the appropriation has not been exe cuted by the lawmakers. FOURTH OF SURPLUS Observers, however, believe that they will approve the expenditure, which is only a fourth of the sur plus that has accumulated in the treasury from excise taxes on arms and ammunition bought by hunters in this country. Texas, the largest state, will re ceive the largest apportionment. The Fish and Wildlife Service has tagged $144,447.51 for the Lone Star State. Oklahoma is second, with $51,578, and North Carolina is third, with $42,964. Other Southern states and amounts of assistance they may expect to receive are as follows: Alabama, $41,122; Arkansas, $33,919; Florida, $37,681; Georgia, $35,950; Kentucky, $29,998; Mary land, $18,560; Mississippi, $37,398; South Carolina, $24,820; Tennes see, $40,774; Virginia, $43,571, and West Virginia, $40,719. SUBJECT TO CHANGES States were advised by Day that these amounts were subject to change. They were made on hunt ing license sales for the 1944 fis cal year. The actual amounts will be based on 1945 sales, which in most instances showed an increase. Strftes therefore are virtually as sured that the foregoing figures will run slightly under what they finally will be awarded. INVENTOR AND HIS REEL—Walter Haymans, young Georgia sportsman, has invented and placed on the market a hand reel for salt and fresh water fishing. Here he shows his reel, rigged for action and going after a fish in an inland lake. (See "Inside Outdoors" on page 3.J BREAM HITTING AT LAKE DECATUR LAKE DECATUR, Ga.—Fisher men are having unusually good luck in holes near the Lake Deca tur power plant. Shellcrackers and bluegills are striking readily and several limit strings of large specimens have been taken in recent weeks. Boats and cabins are available for visiting fishermen. Fly Fishing for Shad Popular in Bay Area RICHMOND, Va. — Fishermen farther South have something awaiting them when they start taking shad on a flyrod. Many Maryland and Virginia anglers in the Chesapeake Bay area are making regular pilgrim ages to the rivers during early runs every spring. Early catches on the Susque hanna River this season have been hickories. But on Virginia’s Chick- ahominy, white shad were striking last week, with odds favoring bet ter luck next week. Joe Brooks and Charlie Gillette, of Baltimore, fished 20 miles be low Richmond and averaged 30 a day for two days. Some weighed up to five pounds, but Brooks and Gillette returned all except two— they’re members of the Brother hood of the Junglecock—to the water. Numerous other fishermen were also hanging the shad. White bucktails and small spoons were the most successful lures. Clean-Up Demanded in Florida ... _ . _ . . « V i *1 4 A — L m m n ^ J . r 4vibi /tlrn 4 GAINESVILLE, Fla.—It’s Spring and past time to “clean house” in the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, according to the Flor ida State Sports Writers Associ ation. The sports writers adopted a resolution calling on Governor Caldwell to “set up a model wild life conservation and law enforce ment program comparable to that in other states” at their Spring meeting here April 13 President Ash Wing, Orlando Morning Sentinel writer, proposed the resolution and told his col leagues that there is less game and fish in Florida than ever be fore and that the Commission has failed in conservation operations. “Illegal seining of our lakes, Wing said, “has become a huge business. Bass are netted in doz ens of Central Florida lakes and shipped by trucks to Georgia and other nearby states to be sold on the open market. “Our game wardens are not wholly to blame. They are under paid, untrained and there are only half the number there should be. Florida has 30,000 lakes and only a handful of game wardens to combat illegal seining and other law violations,” Wing claimed. Ducks Unlimited Picks New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, La.—Ducks Unlimited will hold its 1947 con vention here. The board of directors, meeting last week in Milwaukee, named New Orleans and adopted the larg est budget ever set up by the group when it voted to spend $275,- 000 to restore duck breeding grounds in Canada. DU joined with Saskatchewan in a project to develop a million- acre breeding area. Going Hunting Next Season? Maybe you Hadn't thought about it. But when the leave* turn and the chili of autumn air puts an extra zip in your step you'll take a longer look at those pointers and setters that have waited nine months in the kennel. Where will you go this time? Good places to hunt are getting scarcer each year. Quail are not increasing. Guns are getting more numerous. Have you thought about Farmer John or Landowner Joe since you shot their woods and fields last season? Have you written him and reminded him of your appreciation for the sport he furnished you? Or sent him any seed for planting food and cover? Nol Most of us forget — until the season opens again. One sure but small way of remind ing your farmer friend .that you know he's the man who grows the game and provides your sport is a gift sub scription to SOUTHERN OUTDOORS. Don't wait until opening day and brandish a gun before saying "Howdy Mr. Farmer, here I am again!" Do it twice a month with SOUTHERN OUT DOORS. Send us the names and ad dresses of your landowner friends and we'll send them 24 issues. $1.50 a year, or $1 each for five or more subscriptions.

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Southern outdoors. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1946-1963, April 15, 1946, Image 1