Spring fishing license rules and wildlife week notes
Anglers need a new license as the old expired last Saturday. Exemptions include those over 18 lacking age pension proof and armed services personnel. Ohio Wildlife Week co chairs announced. Conservation Month proclaimed. Also reports from Michigan hunting area with geese stats, upcoming fish and game hearings March 13, and gun ammo tidbits. Willard Paine caught a 26 pound dolphin off the Teddy Bear. A teenager Tom Ankeny sighted a robin. Quail cartoon critique noted.
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Armed Service
Nautical Notes Prompt Coast Guard Flotilla Clubhouse Move
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 9 4 Vermilion Boat Club and Treaty Yacht Club plan activities. A new Lorain Coast Guard Station clubhouse is due, with an early May party. TCYC directors and Rear Commodore John Kolis meet to discuss by law changes and initiation fees. Orville Meyers finishes a molded hull race project. Flotilla 5 members may transfer docking to Vermilion for summer operations.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
Beavers Park
Lorain Coast Guard Station
Orville Meyers
Lorain
Nova Scotia
TCYC
Cedar Point
Coast Guard
Flotila
Vermilion
Classifications To Change Archery Clubs Take On The New Look
The tenth edition of the NFAA Official Handbook of Field Archery is on sale at local archery shops. It lists affiliated clubs and provides the National Fields information for beginners and pros. It also announces a new look in classification rules to take effect after the winter mail tournaments closing April 1.
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NFAA
New Archery Association
Highway Kills Prompt Wildlife News From Ohio
Platinum foxes killed on a highway are reported by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, with sightings in Mexico and South America noted as mutations. Ohio deer hunters bought 42,670 deer permits for the 1958 season, per the Department of Natural Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Ohio
Harry West
Department of Natural Resources
Field Trial Set For Mar 22 At Black River Club
Black River Game Club officials announce an any breed field training field trial to be held March 22 at a site one quarter mile east of Route 76 on county road 64 north of Litchfield. Entry is 10 dollars with three birds planted per hunter, and birds killed up to the limit may be kept. Open to members and non-members with Joe Stazone running the hot foods and drinks concession. Previous winners included two pointers an English setter a German Shorthaired Pointer a Labrador and two beagles.
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Black River
Silent Wading Tips Help Fishermen Stay Stealthy
Sportsmen advise using soft quiet wading to access water beyond reach. Fish from the bank when possible and move low behind bushes to avoid vibrations that spook fish in small streams.
Onaping Lake Moose Tale and the Old Fence Post Pike
A two year old untold Onaping Lake adventure recounts George Laycock and the author chasing northern pike and bear and beaver along the Ontario waterway. A legendary fish dubbed Old Fence Post emerges from submerged logs, sparking bets, photographs, and a fiery forest moonlit night.
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George Laycock
George
Onaping Lake
Ontario
Sudbury
Robert Hart Sr
Bob Jr
Ohio Conservation Congress Opens in Columbus With Busy Weekend Schedule
The Ohio Conservation Congress begins March 12 at the Southern Hotel Columbus and runs through March 15. Saturday features a packed program with sessions on legislative membership water wildlife education and forestry chaired by Gene Murdock. Speakers include Herbert Eagon Ida Kuhlmann and John Pelton with a panel moderated by Dr. B K Jones. An annual banquet caps the event with Ira N Gabrielson as guest speaker. Sunday covers routine business and the annual election.
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Ohio Conservation Congress
Southern
Columbus
Mar
American Forestry Association
OCC
Gene Murdock
Herbert Eagon
Mar. L Yard
Harold €. Spider
Ira N. Gabrielson
Witte Management Tates
New Boat Club Attracts Applications Ahead Of Meeting
The nearly formed Double R Boat Club receives many membership applications. A meeting will be held tomorrow evening at Earl Hollis's home. National Safe Boating Week runs this year from Monday June 29 to Sunday July 5.
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Scuttlebutt
Double
R” Boat Club
Earl Hollis
Yellow Bullhead Catfish Description Distinctive Features
The yellow bullhead catfish may reach about two pounds as an adult, with average weight around one pound. Distinguishing traits include whitish cream chin barbels and two longitudinal bands on the anal fin, greenish to yellowish brown upper body, sides not mottled, rounded tail fin, and excellent flesh flavor. The species travels in schools feeding on aquatic life on the bottom and is baited with worms and other common baits.
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Ornemr Bottom
York
Westlake Club To Hold Trap Matches Sunday
Westlake Sports' men's Club will host a Lewis Class trap shoot at their Ca hoon Rd field in Westlake on Sunday. Vern Hall says practice starts at 1 p.m. with 5 16 yard targets and 50 handicap targets. event open to all. The ruffled grouse is also known as mountain pheasant drum.
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Sahar
Oberlin Sportsman's Club
OSC
Westlake Sports
Cahoon Rd
Westlake
Vern Hall
Waterfowl Food Growth Boosted by Audrey’s Aftermath
State reports credit improved conditions for waterfowl foods after Hurricane Audrey. Blues winged teal and shovelers normally winter in the region now find better forage, aiding populations and hunting prospects.
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Don Miller
Charles Dambach
Herb Rumfield
T. T. Lee
Gov. DiSalle
Michigan
Chronicle-Telegram
Parker Miller
Met
Marathon
Florida Keys
Willard B. Paine
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Dan Boone
Thomas Ankeny
Bell Ave
Tom
Cleveland
C. P. Dodd
B.D
Amherst
Dows
Miami
Fla
Way
Dodd
Tammy Schoen
Nautical Notes
By Dayle Rodgers
Vermilion Boat Club
Seven Hills
Fina
Meyers
Cooper
Bob O’toole
Boader
Bowman
Expart B
Vermilion Yacht Club
Lee Howley
Virgil Siebert
Lagoons
Lewis Huttman
Emmett Davis Jr
Loraine
Walter Pingle
County Conservation Association
Gas Co
Walnut St. Elyria
Fred Beck
Michael’s Grove
Jaeger Rd
Beck
Rawson Ct
Elyna
Ted Haag
Russia Rd
Elyria
Oho State University
Metropolitan Park
Wellington Bowhawks
Bowhawks
Wellington
Jack Hollinger
Bill
Ack
Vermilion Row and Barrel Club
Vermilion-On-The-Lake Dancer
Fred
Columbiana County
Detroit Coliseum
Cleveland Museum of Natural
Hayden Olds
Lorain County
Highman
Flint Round
Wedness
Gordon Gallatin
Earl Shovlin
Mervin Styer
Beryl Reed
Don Powers
Ron Miller
Barbara Holliger
Mexico
South America
Louisiana
Pike
Moose Lure
North Woods
Dave Taylor
Laycock
Joe DiMaggio
Lunker
Moon
Heaver Dam
Archer
Cimmam
Roms Hockey
Sportsmans Digest
Sharp
Westlake Club
Wen
Walt Decker
Larry
Thousand Call
Center Ridge
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