MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGOK
StfSDAY, JBBE S3, IS
SIPdDIKTrS
Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hnk DVos
There is problem devel
oping here in the Rogue ba
irn that may become one o(
the most serious to threaten
the salmon and the fishing
for salmon in the ' Rogue
River. This problem was
mentioned in earlier columns
but is reaching such a depth
of seriousness that it is felt
to require more attention.
THE PROBLEM
Th upptr river hu on
oi the largest runs of spring
Chinook salmon runs In sev
eral years retting in the -various
deep holes from the
mouth of the south fork to
Gold Bey dam. These fish are
scary as a result of all the
lures and bait that have been
tossed at them and don't
seem to be in the mood to
take or . strike at anything
else. As a result of such a
frustrating situation, mare
so-called fishermen are try
ing to catch a salmon by any
method they can; and this
means they are snagging fish.
The law states that it is
illegal "To net, trap, spear,
gaff, club, snag, or shoot
game fish. It further states
that ". . all sinkers or
weights shall be located or
fished or have the place or
nearest attachment in a po
sition 18 inches or more
above, and never below the
hook, measured from the eye
thereof, and no weight or
sinker shall be used on or
attached to the shank or
shanks of any of such hooks
in any manner." In regulat
ing the size of hook to be
used, the law says, "There
shall not be used in any sal
mon or steelhead fishing, any
treble or double hook, of
which any one or all thereof
are larger than three-quarters
of an inch from the point of
any such hooks to the shank
or shanks thereof . . ."
The snaggera are well
aware of the law and how
to avoid or ignore it. The
oldest method of snagging is
io buy the largest treble
hook available, and there are
so-called sporting goods stores
that stock them, tie it to 90
pound line on a broom-handle
pole, wire the heavy sinker
under the hook, heave this
deadly combination across a
salmon-holding pool, and jerk
whenever a fish swims
against the line ai it is pulled
through the hole. The most
important part is to pick a
time and a place where the
law cannot tee you ai work
with this gear.
The latest method is to use
legal gear and take a chance
on the law not being on the
spot when a fish is beached
and kept. Legal gear consti
tutes a spoon with the largest
treble hook the law allows,
the weight the proper length
above the hook, and a show
of innocence while releasing
a snagged iish if the law hap
pens to be around.
The problem of snaggers
has been a constant one on
the Rogue river, and It would
be foolish to think it could
be eliminated. What makes
the problem so serious at this
time is that there are many
people who are taking up
fishing as a sport and who
are easily convinced that any
thing goes so long as you're
not caught. The multitude of
snaggers, and many of them
are lousy fishermen and
worse snaggers, are landing
about one out of every seven
or eight fish snagged. The
fish that get away are almost
certain to die a slow death
that will prevent them from
spawning and providing fu
ture salmon for the run. This
is the painful fact that means
something must be done
about snagging that laughs at
the law as it is now written.
THE CURE
It is the consensus of con
servationists, sportsmen, river
guides, geme wardens, and
fish biologists that the moat
elfective way to stop all but
the die-hard snagger is to
change the law so that single
hooks are the only means of
taking salmon or steelhead in
the upper river. The outlaw
ing of treble hooka will make
any user of such suspect and
liable to arreii. It is recog
nised by all interested par
ties that without a treble
hook a snagger cannot hope
to hook into a salmon except
by chance. The odds are too
high to work against and we
could hop that most snaggers
would return to a less destruc-
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tiv way of fishing. Also, this
would mar mHmnti- k.
blaming the game wardens
for a situation that makes
the law laughable because it
is unenforceable
THE ANGLER S LOG
Those Who fiffuro n nrn.
vidinE the fatnitv fnr Hit
of fishing fun might be in-
leresiea m Knowing that the
game commission is planting
a Fourth of Julv wooir
with trout from 8 to it inches
long. There will be about
about 20.000 of these husky
trout scattered from Foster
creek in the upper Rogue to
Weston riffle below Grants
PaSS. The Urmor Ann(f.a4
and Carberry creek will have
aoout louo new fish. Big
Butte will have 600, and
Sucker creek of the Illinois
river will have 1500 starved
fighters.
Bowling
UHhUkshW VVAsh outs
Team Three (9-3 1 3, Jaedene
Chadaubt 410; Team Seven 4-tJ I.
Ann Skeeten 489-
Team Four 8-4) S. Hatet Reed
433: Lucky Tour (3-Jl 1. Ruth
Carpenter 433.
Next Times (8-4 Vci'tatl Out
house 471; Hopefuls (4-8i t, VI
Corby 411.
Diizy Deant (3-71 3. Zclla Voder
44.1: Team Two (3-81 1. Vetia Hte-
day 377.
Tomasa Urlen 184: Sandy Malot
182, Ruth Carpenter 171. Team Sev
en 1835.
(Team Seven and Lucky Four
have make-up trame Monday at
9:30 a.m. i
QUARTETTES
Four Squares 11S-41 3. Elsie
Eddy 301: Poor Excuses tlO-tOl 1.
Eunice Johnson 464.
Crary Dazy (12-81 3. Shirley
Mitchell 484; No Comments (9-111
1. Corky Jones 373.
Headaches (ll?-8i 3, Dona
Pottrud 402: Late Starters (7'i
12N) 1'i. Pearl Crow 427.
Grin and Bear Its &-ll 4. Marl
on Jones 441; Few Strikes t5-151
0, Donna Hunter 498.
Jo Valimert 200, Donna Hunter
191, Viilenne West 185; Four
Squares 2241. -
WASHOUTS LEAGUE
Four H's 115-51 2, L. f'.ouston
483; Pushovers (a-12) 2, D. Small
535.
Pin Cheaters 112-81 3, J. Cuozzo
508: Four Pins Ui-Bl 1, E. Duke
shire 473.
Spoilers (10-10) 3, p. Bright 499;
El Rancho Motel (9-11) 1. B. Kel
son 473.
Eisht B!l (8-12 J. Emil Nel
son 488: Don't Cares (7-19) 3. K
Schula sn.i.
Phil Bright 200. Joe Cuozzo
302; Pushovers 18S9.
THURSDAY PIU BUSTKHS
Crawdads 113-31 3. Tohy Dorey
59; Team Ten (4-8) 1, Barry Hal!
415.
TMm Four flo-61 3, Bob Poin
dexler 461: Team Seven 18-81 I,
Lf" Thrun 558.
Team Six (8-4) 4. EJdon Vlnwn
SOS: Teum Eight (8-8) 0, Bob War
riner 448.
Hoe Dads 7-9 3. George Allen
43; Team Nine (7-9) 1. John Rains
528
Team Three (S-!0i t. Wavne Ar
cher 503: Team Five (5-7) 3, Rich
ard Osborne 550.
Tobv Dorsev I8T, Florine Dote
188. Grace Bouiware 180, I,en
Thrun 313, Bob Poindexter 202.
RichBrd Osborne 200; Team Four
2253.
Sandbiower j
Slate Opens!
On Monday!
Medford's park and recrea
tion department Sandbiower
baseball schedule will open on
Monday with competition ttt
two leagues at six teams each.
The season will continue
throuBh Aug, 18 when a play
off between the American and
National league champions is
scheduled.
National league teams are
on the west side and members
are the Griffin Creek Reds.
Jackson Braves, Jefferson Gi
ants, Washington Dodgers.
Washington Cubs and Jeffer
son Pirates. American league
is an east side circuit. Teams
are the Wilson Yanks. Howard
Coils, Hawthorne Tigers, Haw
thorn Hawks, Hoover Angels
and Hedrick Sox
Games in the National
league are set for a.m. and
those in the American for
1 p.m.
The teams play schedules of
28 games each.
In charge of the Sandbiower
games are Bill Piche, Loren
Soderlund and Maurice Kel
son. SAStlBLOWlR St HHDUl.E:
Monday moraine Griffin
Creek Reds at Jackson Bravea;
Jefferson Giants at Washington
Dodgers: Washington Cubs at Jef
ferson Pirates.
Mondav afternoon Howard
Colts al Wilson Yanks: Hawthorne
Tigers vs. Hawthorne Hawka; Hoo
ver Angels at Hedrick Sox.
Tuesday morning Griffin
r.k Red at Jefferson Giants:
Jefferson Pirates at Jackson
Brevet: Waihineton Dodgera
WRihinfftan Cuhs.
Tuesday afternoon Hawthorne
Tigcrt at wtison Tanas: nenrc
Colts vs. Hedrick Sox; Hoover An
() at Hawthorne Hawks.
Wednesday morning Griffin
Creek Reds at Jefferson Pirates;
Jefferson Giants at Washington
Cuhs: Washington Dodgers at jsck
Wednesday afternoon Wilson
Yanks at Hedrick Sox: Hawthorne
Tters vs. Hoover Angels ai eo
rick: Howard Colts at Hawthorne
Hawks.
Dellenback To Talk
At GOP Youth Camp
Corvallis- HIPS -A week-long
summer camp for Oregon
Teen - Age Republicans has
been scheduled in Lane Coun
ty July 28-Aug. 2. Anne Kcnis-
ton, chairman of the Oregon
TAR organization, has announced.
Purpose of the camp, near
Mapleton, is to acquaint teen
agers with politics.
Speakers slated during the
week include Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr.,
State Sen. Arthur P. Ireland
(R-Forcst Grove); Rep. John
R. Dellenback (R - Medford);
Rep. C. R. Hoyt, (R-CorvaltisV
Rep. Shirley Field, (R-Porl-
land), and F. F. Montgomery
R-Eugenc).
E
Carpenter Elected
President of Board
Alfred S.V. Carpenter o
Medford was elected presi
dent of the board of directors
of Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital last week.
He succeeds the late Bish
op Benjamin Dagwcll in the
position.
The Rt. Rev. James W. Car
man, Portland, bishop o the
Episcopal Diocese of Oregon,
was named vice president of
the board, and Eugene Thorn
dike, Medford, was elected
chairman of the executive
committee succeeding Carpenter.
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