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Show The Chub Are Gone Leaving ' A Stink Behind Them The chub- and of course the trout as well--are gone from , Pangultch Lake, but the smell ' Is going to linger for a while. Judging by the lack of news release rrom the Fish and Game Department they are I; ashamed of the whole mess. Here It Is .three daya after the big drive on the trash fUh and $ not one word or Information or evaluation from the hot shot publicity department of the Fish and Gnine people. In fact we have not seen one word on the story from' the man , who Is euppojed to be handling the Fish and Came publicity. . We doubt very much whether ft there has been a bigger story e sports-wise 'In this locality In ten years time. Yet It has been f almost completely Ignored by j the stupidly Inept publicity dlv- Islon of F and O. -i, Poisoning of the fish was . carried on by mil McConnell and John N'euhold In a work- manlike and errictcnt manner, with 2,400 gallons of N'oxflsh n commercially prepared emulsion !J of rotenone, being 'dumped and pumped Into the waters of the lake. The actual operation chub I started with lloss Night of Cell dar City flying back and forth oxer the shallow upper end of ! the lake In his npraylng plane. Lee Kay of the education dlv. ; Islon of the Department was on hand to make photographs and documentary films on the project but we won't see them until next year. And when the chub were poisoned then fun began! The visiting F and Q "VIP3" and their friends took to their boats, 1 and while the throng of wardens held up a ho King hand against us peasants, said Vlps and friends scooped up the cream of the kilt. One or two smart local folk w1io read the rule, found that they said: "Starting at midnight August 15 the water will Iw closed to fltblng" that meant that anyone Mirewd enough eould lime gut out onto the lake during the actual mIoii. Ing procedure and picked up trout. And one smart enough to do Just that. It Is rumored (the news unconscious F and O people would not think of giving out Information) that 1500 trout were taken out mostly by wardens for , donation to hospitals and In-gultch hospital got a fat 20 lbs. Poisoning Creek Fntiecesvary A sad part of the operation was the unnecessary poisoning of Pangultch Creek. It would have been so simple for the F and .people to have shut off the lake. Any chub In the creek would have had a hard time swimming back over the dam. In one short stretch of the ci-eek where fishing'" only fair, 07 large trout, over1 10 Inches In length, home weighing nt least two or three imwiicK, it liuh, and 2 suckers were found dead. Mishandling of the people at the lake on chub-day, lack of public education on the matter, tnd a general tneptness news-wise can be called responsible for strengthening the ranks of those who originally felt the poisoning to be uncalled for In the first place. iHBBLs ISbsSSHIsIbIbIbIbVbk '"JbIbIIIbw zm'?W':i V |