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• Having been reared in an area where ice fishing was something we only read about, I've never ceased to be amazed at the fortitude of Luzerne County ice fishermen. The dawn of Feb. 10 found the countryside covered with a sheet of ice. Anglers Lou Wilie and Chet Mack of Glen Lyon set out for Lake Jean atop 2400-foot Red Rock Mountain. Fishing all day through freezing rain found tip-ups and angler alike glazed with ice. At 3:15 p.m. Lady Luck smiled upon the pair. Lou got a flag and when the hook was set, he had a dandy. After quite a tussle he called to Chet for help. When the fish was finally brought to the hole, Chet plunged his warm arm right into the icy abyss and collared the fish by the gills. Lou gasped in amazement as Chet hauled out the prize—a musky measuring 38 inches and weighing 118 pounds. Checking the Commission's age-growth tables, this is about par for a 6-year-old. I can remember the first fingerlings introduced here by the Commission in 1959. Looking like so many little green pencils, I found it difficult, then, to anticipate catches such as this. Unbelievable as it may seem, the musky was caught and held by a No. 10 treble hook on an 8-lb. test line. Some people have all the luck . . . in SPADES!-Di$lrict Warden JAMES F. YODER (Luzerne and E. Sullivan counties) • Mother Nature finally gave the trout lake fishermen a break and put enough ice on Chapman dam to make it safe. We had an unusual winter here in Warren County, more open weather than most old timers remember. With plenty of ice, some very nice catches were made, trout measuring up to 17 inches.—District Warden KENNETH G. COREY (Warren). • Walleye fishing continued good in January in open waters at the mouth of Tionesta Creek and the Allegheny River at Tionesta. A few muskies have also been caught in these waters. Charles Ciernik, Tionesta, Pa., caught a 31-inch, 11-pound walleye in the Allegheny.—District Warden NORMAN I. BLUM (Forest & Clarion). • In approximately six years of service in Lycoming County I have seldom seen more than a dozen ice fishermen on Little Pine Dam except for this year. Every day for two weeks in January there were at least 40 fishermen per day on the ice. Many drive their autos out on the ice and fish out of the cars. Anglers I talk to have a tremendous liking for the sport and express a desire for more places to fish. Many large trout were taken from the dam in January Taking the good with the bad, the ice was slippery—one broken wrist and one dislocated arm were reported. Care should be Used when out On the ice!—District Warden LEE F. SHORTESS (Lycoming). FROM THE STREAMS 11 11 i — i a ^ • During the first half of January, before the cold weath i 6 hit Northwestern Pennsylvania, fishermen angling FreflC Creek in Erie and Crawford counties were very w e pleased with the nice walleye they were harvesting' Anglers who store their fishing equipment away after u! leaves drop are missing out on the best catching seas" in this stream.-District Warden NORMAN E. ELY (Erie). • During the early part of January, which was unseaso 11 ably warm, walleye fishing was good using minnows a" jigs.—District Warden CLARENCE W. SHEARER (Venango). • In January I saw two chain pickerel about 22 inches Wf taken through the ice at Hills Creek Lake. To my kno^' edge, chain pickerel were never stocked in this lake *** how they found their way into the lake is a mystery- District Warden RAYMOND HOOVER (Tioga). • Pete Shulneski, Wellsboro, Pa., was setting up his eqU'P. ment for fishing Lyman Run Lake for trout. Pete bart e his jigging rod, set it across a folding stool. He the proceeded to set and bait his four tip ups. He just start* when the reel on the jigging pole screamed and rod, re and line vanished under the ice. Later Pete set up a W" up baited with a minnow in the same hole in which "J lost his equipment. The first time Pete retrieved this **" up, he came up with his lost equipment. Attached the rod and line of the lost rig was a fourteen inch rainbo v trout. The incident brought much laughter and appl a ° from the crOwd.-District Warden KENNETH ALEY (Potter)- • While patrolling Fairview Lake one day I checked t%v anglers and one man told his friend . . ."this is the fell"*' who gives fishing information to an outdoor column 15 ' telling of the good fishing in Pike County." The other m a looked at me and said . . ."there must be some mix-up ' my report to him and the final story because I could" catch a fish like the story outlined." I explained the F lS Commission's weekly Ice Fishing Report to him but was skeptical. He went on to declare a fellow can' 1 believe everything he reads. I went on to check otn t, anglers and when I returned to my car the "non-belie ve was there handing me a can he was reading from cover, with the comment . . ."now I know you can't beh e everything you read." The contents of the can was fr° ze , hard. It was a can of liquid placed in the gas tank the car to keep water from freezing the gas line! " fishermen like to venture out on the ice to fish the deep water and when they don't catch fish, they wonder wn" I explain they should fish water one to eight feet deep trout, perch and walleye. Usually, anglers think, * ; kidding and I suppose their pride is hurt because v few take the advice to move closer to the shore.— 0 " Warden JOSEPH E. BARTLEY. 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANG LS 1
li0ni SERV ATIONIST OF THE YEAR award to a professional conserva- ! Wy . Was Presented to Gordon L. Trembley, assistant director, Penn- 8(5"'° F ish Commission, by Grant E. Friday, president of Duquesne ftes '"9 Company. Roger Latham, outdoor editor The Pittsburgh ° r f'ght, received a special award. . n Bedford County, January 24 last, it was raining, the 51 P e rature below freezing, roads covered with ice. At A ^nee Lake I saw 20 to 30 fishermen with nice catches rea Uc * ers and pickerel. My attention was caught by a light [0 ^ Ctin S °ff the hat of a fisherman at the lake. Going up joi lTn I saw that all around the brim of his hat were small es. These ice anglers certainly love their sport, a fine fb Up °f Sportsmen.-District Warden WILLIAM E. MclLNAY ,Be dford). I ft %' • e ^ as been a definite increase in the number of in- L ^ concerning ice fishing in this area. Much interest gj en sn own and unquestionably more people are betjQ ln § to actively participate in this fine outdoor recrea- U.a Di *»riet Warden RICHARD OWENS (Huntingdon and SK en though very cold outside during the Allentown Vya Sltl en's Show it was not apparent to visitors for there alj P'enty of talk at the Fish Commission's display. Not ary, lce fishing as one would expect at this time in Janu- W Ut aD °ut shad in the Delaware, steelhead in the Detain a anc > Lehigh rivers, much emphasis on herring fishing War e '°wer Delaware. This kind of fish talk is usual to the Uw er months of early spring but this year there were \'Q ^ a the shows.-District Warden MILES D. WITT (Bucks and |7 th ln quiries on shad and herring than at anv time I have id " ampton) arr \ s '^" ae l Badner, Deputy Game Protector from Mt. Cobb first • n S Lake Wallenpaupack in December after the Up . e formed. He was using tip-ups. A man pulled st0jj he open channel of the lake with a power boat, i,lt£ ed and yelled . . . "How they bitin' ole buddy?"- | Borden HARLAND F. REYNOLDS (Wayne). n, c e fishi, " 0i llr >g is a very popular sport in Monroe County. >gh k
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