Show I Lotta Tuna I rr LI 4 cu y ti f. f Lt James Lynch S Sou South o u t h Orange N. N J. J the gentleman with the rod took this tuna at BiminI on June 5 The tuna was the largest taken at Cat Bay nay or Bimini this season Lynch was using a a. Cortland 39 thread linen line Une a aHne aline aline line which in varying thread strengths took many record fish during the season A A A More About Carp Contrary to popular opinion carp are not vegetarians Tom Moen Moon fisheries biologist for the Iowa Conservation Commission in the examination examination examination ex ex- of carp stomachs during 1946 through 1949 found that carp of all sizes and ages feed principally principally principally prin prin- on animal material The food falls into three groups insect larvae crustaceans and mollusks Game fish egg predation Is inthe in inthe inthe the popular mind one of the principal principal principal prin prin- cipal objections to carp Moen found that carp do take walleye eggs during during during dur dur- ing the spawning period From 37 carp collected in April in Spirit Lake one contained three walleye eggs On analysis of 51 stomachs no eggs were found in Spirit Lake while of two carp from Okoboji 9 walleye eggs were found in in one stomach Winter food studies on carp from four Iowa lakes reveals that there is considerable feeding during durIng during dur dur- ing winter months with animal organisms making up per cent of the diet with only traces of plant material found During winter both the volume of food and the per percent percent percent cent of stomachs containing food was found to be considerably less than during the summer A A A Hook Disgorging The job of extracting a deeply deeply- swallowed hook from the throat ofa of ofa a fish isn't the tough job it used to be Many alert manufacturers have taken pains to provide anglers with a means for making malting this formerly formerly formerly for for- merly messy job more desirable They have made a simple and effective effective ef ef- ef hook remover of a metal tube with a slot down one side The Theline Theline Theline line is slipped in the slot and the tube is slid on down the hook Only a slight twisting frees the hook J |