Show By JIM RHODY Fishing Safety Fishing is Americas America's Number 1 sport sport but but far too few anglers take the necessary precautions and safety measures while they are par par- participating participating participating in inthe the sport Time after time safety measures are stressed in an effort to make fishermen conscious of the perils they risk Tragedies of the sort that befall fishermen can be pre pre- prevented prevented prevented vented if certain fundamental rules will be observed while the angler is in or near the water Here are some of those rules As with many other things liquor and fishing dont don't mix Make sure your boat is safe and if it is make sure you dont don't overload over overload over overload load it In most cases four per per- persons persons persons sons to a boat can be managed but bul three is more desirable and two is always best Use caution when taking chil chil- children children children dren on a fishing trip and remember remember remember ber that if you cant can't swim you'd have no chance to save them from drowning Knowing how to swim is of course the best policy There There- Therefore Therefore Therefore fore never pass ass up any opportunity opportunity opportunity to take a a course in water safe safe- ty Even if if you can swim remember remember remember ber that many good swimmers have drowned droWn d' d So dont don't take unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary chances Some boats are made so they wont won't overturn easily easily- others are re not If you arent aren't a good caster get yourself plenty of room and be careful And a boat decidedly is no place in which to practice Hooks can put an eye out or snag an ear and your antics may upset the boat Last but not least If your boat has upset and thrown you in the water keep your wits This is nine- nine tenths of saving saying yourself Even the inexperienced can keep themselves afloat by paddling dog-paddling or turning on their back and floating You'll Youl get water in your eyes nose and mouth mouth but but that's a lot better than getting your lungs full Take it easy Threshing about wont won't help A nee A A A High Sea I s t I i f y Z S Lauritz Melchoir l Wagnerian opera star warbles an aria as ashe ashe ashe he holds aloft a couple of sea- sea run fish which should have known better than to tangle with such a warrior He en en- entered entered entered the catch in the Miami metropolitan fishing tourney A eee A A Worms for Profit Add business statistics twice as many were packed in tin cans in 1949 as in 1948 And from all indications this is only the beginning At least that's the feeling of of of- officials officials officials at the Bios earthworm hatch hatch- hatchery hatchery hatchery ery in Boulder Colo where Professor sor R. R Forrest Davis and the Amer Amer- American American ican scan Can company have collaborated to produce canned live worms for far anglers The worms are packed in cans about the size of size large-size house house- household household household hold spice cans A mixture of peat moss and earth makes them feel at home horne and small perforations in one end of the container enabled the worms to breathe In perfecting his product for the market Professor Davis who op op- operates operates op- op operates his business as a sideline to teaching biology at Boulder high school deftly overcomes one mar mar- marketing marketing marketing problem The worms per per- persisted persisted persisted in working their way to the bottom of the can but the professor sor outsmarted them by having the can labels put on upside down I So when the fisherman opens the con con- container container container the worms are right there ready for the the hook Thus may pass soon another practice practice practice tice of the good old days that of waiting for the full of the moon and the right amount of moisture before venturing out to the gar gar- garden garden garden den armed with a spade to dig for night crawlers A eee A A Angle Worm Care If you use angle worms for tor bait they will need careful attention on your fishing trip trip trip-a a fact not gen gen- generally generally generally recognized by fishermen Take a box without any cracks and cover the inside bottom with sod taken from black soil soil side up grass side down Put in a little dirt sprinkle on some worms cover with black soil mix in some pieces of sod and so on until the worms are in the box without touching each other |