Show 1 P y B JIM RHODY 5 carp villainy it seems that the villainy of the cp carp will never be exhausted ile he cent reports from the US fish and wildlife service declare that as an other evidence of 0 his undesirability the carp has been uund found to be a competitor of 0 ducks and geese for food that these fowl fol must have already the other side of the tracks member of the finny ingv tribe stands branded as a competitor of 0 garne game fish and a destroyer of game and other fish spawn ile he is regard ed as a lowbrow low brow interloper who ho should be decimated as rapidly ns as possible by the game fishermen although he has plenty of vigorous and vociferous supporters support urs amonn among the cane pole gentry who rate him as a battler equal to any even if he does docs not indulge in surface acrobatics when khen hooked the fish and wildlife service says that where carp exists in large numbers plant food suitable for ducks and geese may be entirely destroyed in certain areas of the west and middle iddle west especially on wildlife refuges large scale carp removal programs have been necessary essaiy if quantities ot of duck and geese food 1 p were to be retained in one marsh in ohio all carp and other fish were killed by the fish poison rote rotenone rione after thousands of pounds of dead fish were cleaned out and removed the waters were re stocked with game fish within a short time wild celery and sub vegetation suitable for waterfowl began to grow again on one wildlife refuge a recently recently planted 10 acre patch of chuia chufa an important import nt waterfowl food plant was com completely PI e destroyed by carp the carp P not 0 only devour entire plants but by their bottom feeding habits kec keep the water too turbid to permit seed germination to re reestablish establish new plant growths other plants besides chufa which are important duck and geese foods and which suffer from carp depredations are the sago pond pondweeds weed weeds s bea bearing ring starchy tubers and wild velery celery wild rice bulrush spike rush etc this constant movement of tre the carp while grubbing out plants on the bottom places silt over the eggs of desirable fish preventing their hatching when carp adversely at feet the growth of plants they also aiso prevent the growth of numerous forms of small invertebrate life such as the freshwater shrimp which are dependent upon the plants tor for their existence these little animals are an important link in the tha food chain for game fish their loss is usually simultaneous with the loss of aquatic plants A A A hook remover alert manufacturers of fishing tackle and gear have taken pains to provide anglers with a means of extracting hooks books from fish usually a messy disagreeable operation the new hook re movers are arc simple and efficient one such gadget ct is a metal tube with a slot down one side the line Is slipped clipped in the slot and the tube Is slid down the hook only a little pressure is required to free the hook the remover comes in big and small sizes ai one might have guessed fc fr r both dl big and pan size fish A A A small minnows when fishing for crapple or new lights and calico bass as 81 they are called in some sections section 3 it would be well to forget just now the big plump minnows that are used later in the season dinst instead ead during do r ing the early spring pursuit of 0 the crip crappio crippin pic what the angler needs is a small bait mm min now the afie smaller the better use a rather small hook book and the tight line technique dont dally daily once you feel a bite lift the rod tip at once and begin the Lu business siness of getting the fish landed it if you don it I 1 the crappie will simply guzzle your bait and go questing for more liest best results at this time of year will rome come from fishing from 10 to 12 feet deep A A A spotted bass cent 0 bass current A large per lv caught from grand lake in or ken spotted potted oklahoma are aich which only tucky lucky bass a species recently has been a accorded a distinct identity identify by ichthyologists been so little known the he fish had bad in correct difficulty that thre there th re was v as identifying it ly the spotted bass laks and acts the largemouth between lilke ie a crops crois black bass but bu ard and distinct species are e separate |