Operations Chief
Reports on Fishery
Terming the steelhead "prob.
ably the most important fish"
and calling the rainbow trout
the "workhorse," Dr. H. J.
Rayner, Portland, discussed
"how the wind is blowing" in
the Oregon game commission
fish program in a talk Mon
day night to members of the
Jackson County chapter of
the Izaak Walton league.
Dr. Rayner, chief of opera
tions of the game commis
sion's fishery division,, told
the group that the department
likes to put its major stocking
efforts in lakes and reservoirs
"because that is the cheapest
way we can spend your mon
ey." Mentioning accusations
that the commission is not in
favor of warm water fish, he
declared that this is "not
true."
Addressing the regular
monthly session of the Wal
tonians at Medford Gun club,
the fishery chief said that his
division is still hoping it can
get at the answer on the
propagation of steelhead and
salmon. He pointed out that
the steelhead, as of now, is
not adapted to hatchery con
ditions and there is not the
return that is wanted but that
the idea is not being thrown
"out the window." The divi
sion is doing some artificial
propagation, he reported, and
. the first rearing pond in the
anadromous fish rearing pro
gram will be set aside for
steelhead.
Experimental. Stocking
Rayner stated that the sum
mer steelhead is "probably
the best we have" and that
those which pass over Gold
Ray dam are probably the
best in the Rogue since they
are the biggest and have been
in the river the longest time.
No one knows what makes a
summer steelhead, he said.
The fishery man said that
the winter steelhead are in
better shape. It was found
only last year where the
steelhead were in the ocean,
he reported. He added that
they don't come back to us as
they should.
The . game commission is
stocking salmon just for ex
perimental purposes, Dr. Ray
ner informed the Waltonians.
He said that salmon hatchery
operations are being found to
be a tremendous burden and
with silvers actually detri
mental. Salmon stocking in
the Rogue amounts to 50,000
a year, he reported.
r Nature does a better job in
propagating salmon, the fish
ery chief maintained. This is
not saying, he stated, - that
hatcheries are not the answer,
it's only saying that fishery
men do not yet know how to
use them. "I think that the
rearing pond idea is the near
est we've come to the an
swer," Raymer answered.
Budget Slash Huits
Then, the game commis
sion man pointed out that this
pond program has been hit by
the $2,237,739 cut that the
state department of finance
and administration has made
from the game commission's
budget. The commission has
budgeted $350,000 for im
poundment, construction and
rearing of an anadromous
fish. Rayner stressed to the
sportsmen that "you are the
ones to suffer" from the budg
et slash unless the amount is
restored. "We would be test
ing the rearing pond idea
which would provide you
some fish you need."
Rayner indicated the role
of the rainbow trout as a fish
for the average angler. Asked
why no eastern brook trout
had been planted in Fish lake
after the -1951 rehabilitation
operation, the fishery chief
turned the question over to
Cole Rivers, fish biologist and
department field man in this
area.
Rivers answered that the
rainbow policy was because
of the much higher return to
the angler. He spoke of the
brookie, however as a desir
able fish, 'ine biologist said
that the comeback of that
trout, from those which es
caped poisoning, shows that it
can fill a gap. Combining rain
bow and eastern brook in the
lake is being considered. Riv
ers reported.
Browns are Cagey
It was further reported that
eastern brook in high lakes
have a tendency to become
overstocked and limits were
raised as a measure of cut
ting down the population.
If this section of river was
right for brown trout, they
would be here by now from
a planting long ago up the
river, Rayner brought out.
They are not in this part of
the stream because of the
warmer water temperature,
he said. He stated that browns
lack the diversification of
rainbow.
Browns are wonderful fish
"if you can catch them" but
a tremendous population is
needed before they can be
caught in numbers, Rayner
told the Waltonians. He men
tioned their "cagey ability to
withstand the hook", and list
ed them mostly as a fly fish
erman's trout.
Key Stream Planting
Concerning the commis
sion's desire to put the major
stocking efforts in lakes and
reservoirs, Rayner reported
that rivers just do not return
percentage of fish that lakes
do. He spoke of the program
of planting trout in key
stream areas where anglers
can get at the fish. He said
that there have to be a good
number of fish in the stream!
before angling. gets good and
that a great many more fish
than are going to be caught
must be stocked.
Kamloops trout were stock
ed at Diamond lake because
"a wild creature" was want
ed and fishery men were con
vinced that it had a bit more
moxie on the end of a rod
than the regular rainbow, ac
cording to Rayner.
Cutthroat trout are unique
in that they can "fill so many
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FIGHTS
Oakland, Calif. (UPI) Johnny
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Paddy DeMarco, 141, Brooklyn,
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Sacramento, Calif. (UPI) Or
lando Zulueta, 136, Cuba, de
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Honolulu (UPI) Tombstone
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(10).
holes" in the Oregon fishery
but their environment is first
to be hurt by disturbances of
industry, such as logging, the
fishery chief pointed out. Cut
throat must spawn in small
streams. Loggers are good
people, Rayner asserted; He
told of the need to get next
to them and explain that
there are two resources and
there is no reason why the
two can't get along.
Discover Salmon
Rayner emphasized that his
department is not trying to
eliminate warm water fish
but is trying to keep .their
population in check and to in
crease their size. There is a
great demand from new peo
ple in the state for the. type
of warm water fishing like
that where they came from,
then these people suddenly
discover the salmon, Rayner
said. He mentioned that Ore
gonians generally are for the
salmon and trout and forget
the warm water fish.
The speaker remarked that
the warm water species have
a very high reproductive po
tential and that there are not
enough anglers to catch these
fish and keep their population
at a desirable level.
Rayner reported that the
channel catfish promises to be
one of the most successful
animals brought into Oregon
streams. It was introduced in
the Snake. Bullhead catfish
are doing too well and are
"our big problem," the fish
ery man said, telling of their
small size because of being
overcrowded.
Waltonians Want Guarantees
Before Rogue River Waters
Used for Industry Purposes
Resolutions asking that
statutory restrictions prevent
ing industrial use of Rogue
river waters be kept in force
and seeking restoration of
funds in the Oregon game
commission budget were ap
proved at a Monday meeting
by members of the Jackson
County chapter of the Izaak
Walton league.
The Oregon state water re
sources board has' recom
mended that the limitations
SPORTS
Nut Buster
Team Wins
Trap Tiff
John Deaver's Nut Busters
tallied 18Vi points Sunday
and wound up as champions
with 102 points in the team
trapshoot tournament at Med
ford Gun club.
Loyd Langston's Meat Balls
were second with 95. Jack
Porter's Knot Hole Pluggers
had 68V4,. Ray Coleman's Nail
Drivers 22, Ed Kliever's Iron
Men 16V and Joe Jorgensen's
Cream Puffs 6.
Henry Niedermeyer of the
Cream Puffs won the shoot
off 24 to 23 against Ray Cole
man of the Nail Drivers for
individual honors. Each had
a 292 score for 300 targets in
the six Sunday shoots.
Deaver Tractor's Busters
were tops in attendance last
Sunday with 14 men and had
top total score of 600. The
Chrystal Meat Balls had 240
for high five and were sec
ond in the day's scoring with
,17 markers. Pluggers had 9Vfc
for the day, Iron Men 11, Nail
Drivers 3 and Cream Puffs
1.
Meat Balls were second in
attendance with 13 and in to
tal bird count with 556. The
Busters and Pluggers tied for
high five runner-up with 237
each, and the Iron Men were
close with 236, Drivers had
234 and the Puffs 230.
A dinner and dance will
be held the last week of this
month as a wrap up to the
tourney activity.
against Rogue water use for
industry be repealed or
amended but Waltonians took
the stand through their reso
lution that they want the leg
islation on the books until
guarantees of sufficient
stream flow and against pollu
tion of the Rogue are as
sured. Waltonian members passed
the resolution by a wide mar
gin after thoroughly discuss
ing the measure and bringing
out the importance of indus
try in the basin. They ex
pressed their desire of proof
that stream flow will be main
tained by industries and that
the river will not be polluted.
It was stated that the game
commission is not in favor of
repeal. .
. On the game commission
budget matter, members ap
proved a motion that a resolu
tion be drawn up opposing
the cut of $2,237,739 made in
the biennial budget made by
the state department of fi
nance and administration.
It was stressed that the
game commission money is
not out of the general fund
but is "dedicated revenue"
mainly from license fees. It
is "silly" to call it a savings
to cut the game budget, one
member remarked, declaring
that such action is not a sav
ings of taxpayers money.
Items which have been re
moved by the finance depart
ment include $350,000 for im
poundment construction for
rearing anadromous fish, $40,
000 for stream clearance, $96,
000 for a warm water fish im
poundment program and $84,
000 for fishway and screen
ing activity.
Tom Rickard, Henry De-
Voss and Paul Weiland were
named to draw up the resolu
tion which will be forwarded
to Jackson county legislators
and to the proper legislative
committees. ,
PACKERS NAME AUSTIN
Green Bay, Wis. (DPD -Bill
Austin, former Oregon
State college football star,
has been named as offensive
line coach of the Green Bay
Packers of the National Pro
league. Austin now is an as
sistant coach at Wichita uni
versity. He graduated from
Oregon State in 1949.
Rhode Island is only about
one two-hundredth the area
of Texas.
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McLoughlin
Defeats EP
McLoughlin Junior high
ninth grade hoopmen down
ed Eagle Point high freshmen
36 to 31 yesterday.
The Bulldogs were on top
10 to 3, 21 to 15 and 30 to 19
at the quarters. Steve Geren
had 12 points for EP and
Larry Plankenhorn seven for
the Medford team.
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T A Elmgren Meyers
F 8 Schroeder ' Skeeters 4
C 5 Renner .... Hawkins 5
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G 4 Clause Palm ' 6
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FRIDAY GAMES
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Springfield 38, North Salem 34
Grant 47, Franklin 39
Jefferson 56. Washington 35
Madison 48, Roosevelt 47
Wilson 64, Benson 48
Cleveland 42, Lincoln 30
St. Helens 70. Dallas 58
McMinnville 61. West Linn 45
Tillamook 68, Tigard 62
Forest Grove 54. Newberg 36
Oswego 59, Oregon City 36
Albany 47. Molalla 34
Sindy 48. Gresham 45
South Salem 67, Beaverton 61
Lebanon 40, Silverton 35
Mae-Hi 56, Hermiston 51
Enterprise 55. Joseph 48
Oakridge 55, Creswell 43
Willamette 67, Central 50
Junction City 69, Drain 56
Elmira 53. Pleasant Hill 42
WiUamina 52. Yamhill 36
Yoncalla 76. Canvonville Bible 26
Philomath 69, Sherwood 38
Sheridan 43. Amity 27
Douglas 62, Reynolds 50
Corbett 53, Concordia 45
Monroe 57, Alsea 29
Knappa 43. Vernonia 42
Parkrose 65, Jesuit 51
Mapleton 64. Triangle Lake 50
Westfir 47. Lowell 40
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ow., Wtdnttday, rrtrwtry 11. 1
Gael Team Ahead by 2
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The St. Mary's Gaels took
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any doubt as to their su
periority over second-place
College of Pacific.
The Morgans out-rebounded
and out-shot the Bengals
Tuesday night to move into a
two-game lead in WCAC play
with a 6-0 record. COP had
a chance, slim it is now evi
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place by defeating the Gaels,
but now trail the latter with
a 4-2 mark.
Tom Meschery held the na
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Wright, to only 12 rebounds
and pulled down 18 himself
while leading St. Mary's to
a convincing 63-47 victory.
The Tigers managed to end
the first half with a 24-24
deadlock, but faded in the
final period.
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points in the third quarter and
the Hornets had period leads
of 7 to 0, 12 to 0 and 15 to 6.
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