Show I By Ted TeJ fasting KIst Last summer a man his wife and three children were ob ob- observed observed served fishing from a bridge over an outlet to a lake in which some specially tagged lagged fish were believed to exist A friend came up and spoke to the man Hello Charlie see you have havethe havethe the whole family out today I Yeah answered Charlie 1 figured five poles are better than one Im I'm going to get one of the I I special prizes fish Does that hurt your ears fish fish- fisherman fisherman erman As pointed out by outdoor writer Don Merriman that phi phi- philosophy philosophy is spreading Its It's the at at- at attitude attitude taken by the newcomer to toI the angling ranks who bought I his rod and reel so he could enter one of the Increasingly popular water fresh-water fishing con con- contest contest test But Dutil It isn't only the philosophy philosophy phy that's bad These contests are spawning some material faults Last summer sportsman saw I contests which on the surface had all the glamour and ent tnt harmlessness of gigantic Bank Night at the neighbor neighbor- neighborhood r- r hood movie house hou e One went I something like this A thousand I game fish were trapped special special- specially specially ly tagged and then planted in lakes throughout the state I When the right fish was caught the tag lag could be redeemed for forI I more than in prizes which were provided by commercial sponsors In addition as a come on there was a grand gra d dI prize worth more than This contest with its apparently fabulous prizes electrified the whole state not to mention potential po po- tourists a thousand miles away awny Now many queries from other states stabs indicated the coming season may play see a number nUIl of stunts similar similar in pattern What's wrong with this type I of fishing contests The biggest fault lies litS in the Uw cynical commercialization of or an otherwise clean sport One Om unhealthy un un- un unhealthy healthy feature of the fishing fl hing contest lies in the Incentive to break brak the law If the th prize is big hit enough it can lead to 10 the dynamiting dyna dyna- dynamiting of spawning beds the tilt setting of illegal traps or other similar acts of lawlessness Cpr Certain tain so-called so sportsmen even now have a habit of disregard ing log liberal limits on fish without being given the temptation Now if the earth will refuse to revolve without fishing salting contest con II III there r rU are some basic a changes a in inthe I I the fundamental U I a aa matter manor I of ear car i them out which should be II I made put up as a is the thein th sin in sinning in inI inning ning water fresh fresh s titer fish m III tend i I able rough fish such as the cup cite eelpout bullhead or sucker n ih I Imite mite on ii ors r f ra fa a rosiest 1 alas or- or iiii ii t II 1 i This will th the pt iii r which is an Ir Olin HIt tn tm I reruns sir h hI t r I i I III take a as it nil II-nil I t I till I ti f that s-iii s It hn t Ir I I f fi i 1 I l III It III I Ii 11 n in h he InI made If I f t t hI t a 11 ir 1 1 i i n T I tn t fin Ih h l 1 lief at OIL the heit lt t and allt Ik In I h n 1 fishing contests lc eh alum 1 |