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As Seen By
Hartley R. Davis
The Sportsmen's and Boat Shows
Lave come and gone as has Feb-
ruary and most of us are getting
the fishing fever. It's the kind of
fever that no doctor can cure and
many an angler is glad of it.
For you anglers who just can't
wait, try the Bass River bridge for
flounders and the inlets for white
perch. Clams for flounders and
Bhrimp for perch. But where are
you going to find shrimp? Oh they
are In "some" brackish streams,
folks.
Royce Baker. Wiley Davidson
and I were talking over the recent
boat show in Boston when Wiley
remarked , "They had plenty of
boats up there. Some were for the
fishermen like you and I, but soma
of the boats were too costly, all
right for the moneyed man. Some
of the fancy plastic boats looked
all right but they aren 't too practi-
cal, mostly of the outboard vari-
ety. Some outboard motors were
priced way up."
"A fellow might just as well In-
vest In a good Inboard motor for
what he has to pay for one ot
those things. I don 't think that an
outboard does a boat any good. It
puts too much of a strain In the
back of a boat and the sides. Then
again, Uiey are fussy critters,
won't start half of the time ," com-
mented Royce.
"Can't say as tney are too good
for fishing from either. Give me an
inboard ," furthered Wiley.
Henry White , Brad and Ernest
N'orris took in the boat show and
Henry didn 't appear too impressed
with the affair. Said Henry, "Well,
there was boats up there but not
many that interested me. Oh there
was some big boats of the yacht
type but can afford them. Those
outboard things are not for me. All
in all, I saw only three boats that
interested me."
"Had a good rabbit season what
few times I had to get out. Been
working on the boats and getting
them ready for the coming season.
Hope we get some big bluefish this
year. There were too many small
ones last year ," was Carl Sher-
man's comment when I asked him
what was new.
Wa3 chatting with Jerry Sheerin
about fishing and I suggested that
white perch would be in the Inlets
and rivers come a few days. White
perch come into the Weewiantlc
River along about this time every
year and then gradually move down
the coast towards our streams.
They are a fighting fish anil won-
derful eating. Use grass shrimps as
a first choice for bait. Worms are
also good and a small chrome or
any bright wobbling spoon like
the Baker 's Tab Wobbler will take
them. Kelley's Pond in West Den-
nis is a good bet as is Follins
Pond.
"Things are pretty quiet right
now. Who won the first half of the
Cape Pistol League? Why Hyannis
won it of course," was ('net Con-
way 's comment on the news.
Better get that reel ready. Hav-
ing troubles with it and it just
doesn 't work? Well , I guess that
you are not the only one In that
category right now as I saw Line
MacDonald repairing several the
other day. Drop into see him at
Kenney's Sport Shop. Line has
more patience than most of us as
well as the necessary ri-pair parts.
How many hours go into making
a good double barreled shotgun?
Well , a double takes many hours
of hand labor , more than does an
automatic or pump. Just for a com-
parison, it takes lfiO^ hours to
make a Dakin double and at the
cost of good goldsmiths today,
don 't complain if a double costs
more than other types.
"Was riding by the mill stream in
West Yarmouth the other afternoon
and up got a flock of black ducks.
They went overhead and headed to-
wards the bogs. They were good
sized ones too", said Don Crowell
as he and 1 were chatting over Eng-
lish muffins and coffee
Heard the rumor that one of the
leading charter boat operators in
these waters is going out of the
business and will go Into dragging.
Brad Norrls and Al Scaramelli
had quite a discussion the other
afternoon over the comparative
merits of a landing net and a
gaff. Said Al, "I like to have a
landing net aboard when I go out
after blues. That day my wife got
that ten pounder on the line I al-
most lost it trying to land it, so
I went and got myself a net . Now
lt Is standard equipment on my
boat."
Brud replied , "Well 1 had an
aluminum landing net out one day.
Tried to land a big blue with it
and the handle snapped and I lost
the fish . Ever since then I've used
a gaff. Of course you can lose
them with a gaff too."
"I'm going to take in the Boat
Show. They ought to have quite
a display. I can get some pretty
good ideas for my boat from the
show", said Stuart Coggeshall.
"The Bay is frozen 'way out by
the Spindle. The ice is all wavy
and rough. Never saw the bay
frozen like that before. Hope it
breaks up slowly and that we don't
have any big blows to toss that
ice around . If it gets rough that
ice can cause plenty of damage",
was his comment on the ice in the
harbor.
"I'll be glad when I can get my
boat out again. 1 suppose If a fel-
low caught a bluefish in this
weather it would be frozen hard
enough to keep until summertime ",
said Bill McGlammery in discuss-
ing the cold spell with Stuart Cog-
geshall.
Deep snows make it hard for the
wild life to find food and they
face other dangers as well. Birds
can 't scratch for wild seeds or find
food on the ground. Rabbits chew
on roots and tender shoots of
shrubs , bark, roots and such and
they too find it hard to get a
square meal from these sources.
The deep snows add more dangers
to deer. In the stormy and cold
weather deer herd up. Dogs find
them and will chase them in the
deep snow. A deer can run very
swiftly ou bare ground but he
breaks through the crusty snow
and tires very easily. The dogs
catch up with the deer and Mr.
or Mrs . Whitetull becomes an easy
prey to a dog or pack of dogs.
Dogs will attack the deer and fin-
ally kill it after the deer has be-
come exhausted. It isn't a very
pleasant death for the deer. Near-
ly every dog will run a deer. It
need not be a hound to chase deer.
Eido or your supposedly docile
housepet will attack and kill a
deer. Some states, Maine for in-
stance, has hunters and owners of
dogs make sure that their dogs
are not running loose when deer
may be present during the month
of February. Now, I'm not trying
to start a crusade to have all dogs
tied up during the winter. We here
on the Cape di> not have the deer
situations , the heavy growth of tim-
ber nor the heavy snows that
Maine has. let's not become alarm-
ed. There Is no need for such a
law In these parts.
Was talking with Albert Salo the
other evening abou t ice fishing.
Said Albert , "I went over to Cen-
terville lliver a few days back and
tried for some eels. Had pretty
fair luck. It 's not like it used to
be. You used to see the bays cov-
ever with follows after eels."
Jim Woodward and his son Rich-
ard are pretty hardy fishermen.
After making a good catch of eels
they wen t ice fishing over to a
certain pond In West Yarmouth
and had some excellent pickerel
fishing. The largest one went five
pounds and was nearly one foot
In girth. The fish was weighed in
and measured at Kenny 's Sports
Shop by Line MacDonald. Said
Line. "That was one of the largest
pickerel that I have ever seen. It
had a huge girth and was a pudgy
thing."
I know the name of the pond
where Jim caught those pickerel ,
folks. I've fished it many times my-
self . I'm not going to divulge lt
because 1 don't believe in naming
a person 's pet spot.
Bob Boody just can't wait until
the fish come back again. Said
Bob, "I'm ready for them. In fact ,
I have my bait so they can come
any time."
A few fairly warm days, the
sound of returning geese and the
news of fellows catching white
perch and flounders is certainl y
good news. Spring is just around
the bead.
I have heard a flock of geese
passing over my house several
mornings now. They are certainly
early risers as they pass over just
at the break of day Hope they re-
membei the opening of the fishing
season . April 19th, and do their
honking a couple of hours before
sunup as then I will have to set
my alarm.
Well , looks as though spring is
just around the corner or perhaps
just beyond the tide. Win Cahoon
of Osterville weighed in at Ken-
ney's Sport Shop a four pound and
14 ounce flounder . This plcatorlal
delight was 21 inches long and had
a girth of 20 inches.
Had a very interesting chat with
Walcotl Aames, Jr. 'tother evening.
Said Walcott , "Guess hunting on
Cape Cod is just about done. It's
not what it used to be. There's too
many developments and building.
Fishing is beginning to be the
thing. The state has done some
wonderful work in the ponds. They
have reclaimed and stocked and
now our Cape ponds rate with the
best. It has been an asset to the
state and to the Cape in particu-
lar. We have overlooked these
assets. It takes little or nothing
for an investment and the towns
get a big return from the fisher-
men. Why these fellows who come
down here to fish spend money
and we all benefit. And , don 't for-
get, they are here in April and
May and September and October,
our dull months.
"The business that these fellows
bring us add more income j ust at
the time we need it. They add more
time to our season and this added
Income will tend to make up for
poor weather nnd such during the
regular season. I think that these
ponds are a much overlooked and
neglected asset."
I asked him what he thought
about the state taking over the
Mystic Lake area. Said he, "I hope
they never do. As lt Is, the fel-
low that fishes over there Is not
the noisy type and the fellow that
abuses tho privilege. He thinks too
much of his right to ilsh and lt
we lose that land , you can't tell
what type will get in there."
Was talking with Bob Scudder
on the failure to vote for the bulk-
head and bis remark was brief but
truly reflected his feelings. It was,
"False economy."
Jack Garcln certainly likes a
spinning outflt for general fishing.
Said Jack , "I like a spinning out-
fit for general fishing. It Is easy
to use. I'm not an expert by a
long ways and I don't get any bad
slashes. I like bridge and pece Ash-
ing. My house is just a short ways
from the shore and I take along
some seaworms and sea clams for
bait and have a grand time."
Fish hawks are beginning to ap-
pear along the bogs and marshes
again. Have beard that several are
tending the South Sea Avenue. The
Frank Morris' have a couple tend-
ing around their cottage .
Hawkes, in general, will be
noticed more and more as time
goes on. These birds know that
birds are returning from long trips
up from the South and after that
trip and fighting coastwise storms
on the way up they are nearly ex-
hausted. The weaker ones fall prey
to hawks.
Later on young birds will be
around as well as the young rab-
bits and Mr. Hawk will be out
looking for a tender morsel.
Crows are beginning to be real
active again. They will gather In
flacks and chase away songbirds,
chase your pets and believe it or
not, they will even raid your gar-
bage pails. Many an Innocent dog
has been blamed for upsetting and
scattering the contents ot a gar-
bage pall.
Bill Mclntyre and I were chat-
ting about hunting 'tother evening.
"There's plenty of ducks around
now. Bays, ponds and mudholes are
full of them. Makes me sick when
1 see them and the season is off.
Can't we do anything about it?
Say, how about a split season on
deer? Maybe first week In Decem-
ber and the first one In January
or something like that. Something
like that wouldn 't kill off al! the
deer. It would work to the advan-
tage of everyone. It might tend
to cut down on accidents. As It Is
now hunters congregate over small
areas In great numbers as they
have only a few days.
"If It was a split season It would
lessen the pressure on deer and
hunters. As It Is now some hunterB
have but one day or perhaps It
they are lucky, maybe two," said
Bill.
BUI, you have something there.
It's true that with a week some
hunters have but one day to go.
If it storms you lose it and It
spoils half the week sometimes.
Many hunters save up their vaca-
tion time to go. Come a storm and
where are you?
Several seasons bach we had a
deer season ot two consecutive
weeks, the first and second weeks
in December. The first week had
pretty fair weather up until the
Friday of the week when we had
a heavy snowfall. The second week
saw several inches of hard frozen
noisy snow in the woods and there
was actually only four good days
of hunting out of the two weeks.
Aurln Allen and I hunted in that
snow In the region between what
now is the Mid-Cape Highway and
Hathway's Fond. I jumped a big
doe In back of what is now How-
ard Johnson's and tracked him In
the snow for hours until I pushed
it out by Hathaway's Pond on
Phlnney's Lane. It came out to
Dr. Blnford who killed It.
A two weeks or split season
leads to many complications,
especially in the law enforcement
end. The present day deer tag
would help but as nothing is per-
fect , some hunters would find a
way to tak e advantage of a well
intended season. I can see where
it would give many more hunterB
a chance to go, would tend to com-
pensate for last days because of
poor weather, would tend to lessen
chances of accidents, relieve pres-
sure on deer that is put on them
In one week and some hunters
hunt In a hit or miss method ol
hunting and need five out of the
six days to find where deer are.
But to dampen all this, here are
some drawbacks. Hunters could
get one deer one week, use the
tag again and get another the fol-
lowing week . It has been found by
careful study that our deer herd
can stand a one week season very
well, but not two. If we had a two
weeks season, twice as much area
would be hunted per hunter
we would hn-e Western Ma89 '
setts hunters in our area and ti
would tend to hav e un there ?
time it would tend to lessen on Cape Cod
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