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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1959
Page
10
A winter gathering by the fireplace leads to talk of fishing guns ice fishing and archery as a friend jokes about action after a long off period. The piece shifts to wildlife funding ending bounty systems and notes deer and bear damage claims in Wisconsin and the Nene goose recovery in Hawaii. It mentions a new field guide on animal tracks and reports on Ohio Forestry Association events and Boone and Crockett Club deer rack data efforts.
Archery's big money move with a $7000 Ben Pearson Open to run March 28 and 29 in Detroit Michigan. Teams of four from each state may enter unlimited entries. Ohio already has one team. Top prizes include a $1000 diamond ring for men and a $1000 mink stole for women. Individual and team awards plus a 20 prize handicap round. Contact Rothgery in Elyria Ohio to enter.
Ohio wildlife officials announced 1958 muskellunge stockings totaling 94 638 fingerlings. Kincaid Fish Farm produced the most stockings, with St Marys and Finchey State Park also contributing. Fingerlings valued around 100 000 dollars in total, stocked into multiple lakes and rivers statewide.
Elyria’s Rothgery owner of Mohawk Sporting Equipment Co wins the North Central Ohio archery golf championship at Cleveland Metropolitan Park. He defeats Bernie Terhart of Cleveland after a nine hole sudden death playoff, finishing regulation tied at 44. About 60 to 70 shooters entered the event. The field will compete at Ohio State University Golf Course in Columbus on March 7-8 for the state title.
The National Wildlife Federation announced its 1959 Wildlife Observation Stamps are in the mails. Six color lithography features 34 species and real life scenes, with art directed by Roger Tory Peterson and contributions from Carl Burger Al Kreml Don Eckleberry Bob Hines Maynard Reece Michael Bevans. Proceeds support federation educational and conservation programs.
The Put-In-Bay Chamber of Commerce released ice fishing data listing Ti guides with phone numbers and eight lodging options. Local guides offer shanty gear fuel bait and tackle and meet fishermen at Pat-In-Bay Airport. Air service from Sky Tours operates daily with daylight and afternoon flights from Gypsum Airport.
Biologists from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service forecast a large spawning run of Lake Erie smelt this spring. The fish, seven to eight inches, flood streams during spawning as the 1957 hatch was poor but improved in 1958. Ice anglers in the lake’s eastern end near Erie, Pa, report catches up to 200 per day per man.
An Elyria archer may join Ohio’s Big Bucks Club after preliminary measurements place a deer head from the 1957 season at about 1421 points under Boone and Crockett scoring. The rack, from a buck shot near Clarksfield by Tera Sheldon, is evaluated by official scorers including Merrill Gilfillan and the Department of Natural Resources. The entry requires at least 140 points in the typical antler division to qualify.
Archery notes explain the Goat Shoot format at Wellington Bow Hawks tests. Handicaps set after three course passes by club official. Participants buy a Goat disk, record name, and the final tally awards the winner with the most goats. kids add to revenue and allow reentry.
A 1958 Lake Erie angling survey covering 3.1 percent of the lake found five million perch caught in 160 days by 65,800 sport boats. Data show 171,000 fishers, 95 percent of boats active, average 3.6 anglers per boat, 3.65 fish per man hour, and perch making up 93.3 percent of the catch weighing about 1.31 million pounds.
Lee Howley of Vermilion Lagoons is installed as 1959 commodore of the Vermilion Yacht Club at the annual meeting and installation held Saturday evening at the Cleveland Athletic Club. New officers include vice commodore Dr. Stanley Birkbeck Elyria rear commodore Virgil J. Siebert Lagoons secretary-treasurer Walter H. Pingel Lagoons and three-year trustees George Anders Carl G. Myers Virgile H. Waite and Carl A. Widdlestios. The Lake Erie Star Fleet meets Sunday at Lorain Yacht Club with a 5 p.m. business meeting and 6 p.m. pot luck dinner. A Commodore and Mrs George Anderson of Lagoons plan Florida and West Indies cruise.
New York biologists report the lake trout population has been reintroduced east of Lake Ontario. Although not yet sufficient for commercial fishing, recovery is promising and commercial catches could return soon.
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