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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1957
UNIQUE EXPERIMENT BY STATE
Lake^ In Sandhills Wildlife Area
Open For Fishing; Permit Required
(The following article, of inter
est to fishermen in this area, is
reprinted from the May issue of
“Wildlife in North Carolina.” It
was written by Bob' Humphries,
fisheries investigator for the N.
C. Wildlife Resources Commis
sion.)
One hundred acres of renova
ted fishing water!
That’s what Tarheel anglers
have to look forward to when|
they fish the lakes on the Sand
hills Wildlife Management Area
at Hoffman. These lakes have
been available for public fishing
at -various times during the 15
years since their construction as
a public works project in the
days of the CCC. However, there
was never any management or
care applied to the lakes other
than stocking, and the fishing
varied from good to poor.
Two years ago the Fish Divi
sion of the Wildlife Resources
Commission took over the ad
ministration of the lakes and set
up an intensive management and
research project designed to im
prove and maintain the fishing.
The fruits of this project are be
ginning to pay off.
The object of the project is to
find out how to maintain a high
rate of fishing success on a sus
tained basis. What commonly
happens in small lakes of this
type is that fishing success is
good for a few years following
stocking and then begins to fall
off and becomes progressively
poorer. The reason for this is
usually an over-production of
forage fish such as bluegills,
which results in an overpopula-
Ition of the lake and stunting of
I the fish due to the inadequate
food supply.
Thus the bluegills are too
small to be caught and the bass
too wellfed.
The only solution to this situa
tion is to remove some of the
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smaller fish either by natural or
artificial methods. The breeding
potential of bluegills is such that
they wiU produce more fish than
the lake can support. These sur
plus fish must either die, be eat
en by other fish, or removed ar
tificially—or a stunted popula
tion will result.
To overcome this problem, two
ideas will be tried on the Sand
hills lakes. One will be an ex
treme drawdown of the water-
level ot two lakes during the
winter to concentrate the fish
population and thus allow the
predator fish (bass) to cut down
the numbers of forage fish, blue
gills. It is hoped that in this way
the bluegills wiU not become too
numerous for their food supply
and will not become stunted.
Also it will increase the rate of
growth of the bass and when the
water-level is returned to nor
mal, the bass, having to look
harder for their food, will bite
more readily.
The other idea to be tried has
already proved successful in a
study made in Illinois. It consists
of draining a lake completely
every two years and replacing in
the lake all fish of catchable
size. Thus, by removing the
smaller fish, overpopulation can
be controlled.
The draining will be done im
mediately prior to the opening of
the fishing season and the lake
refilled immediately. Thus no
fishing time will be lost. This has
proved successful in the above-
mentioned study but it remains
to be seen if it will work in
North Carolina.
The Sandhills Wildlife Man
agement Area has eight lakes
which will 'be open to fishing
eventually. Six of these lakes
have been drained, the rough fish
in the streams feeding them
poisoned out, and th,en restocked
with bass and bluegills. Four of
these lakes opened to fishing on
June 1, together with one of the
lakes which has not as yet been
drained. *Experimental work
done this spring indicates that
fishing will be extremely good
this year.
In order to determine the suc
cess of the management princi
ples applied to these lakes, it
will be necessary for the Wild
life Resources Commission to
have a record of every fish
caught in these, lakes. For this
reason a free permit is required
to fish the lakes.
A fisherman must pick' up a
permit at one of two checking
stations before going fishing and
then must return the permit to
the checking station after fishing
so that all fish caught may be
weighed, measured, and record
ed. In this way an evaluation of
the success of any particular
method of management may be
made.
In addition, each fisherman
will be given a large colored
badge to wear while fishing. This
badge may be seen at a consider
able distance and will identify
him as having a proper permit
and license and will permit him
to fish without being disturbed
to check his permit. This badge
must also be returned after fish
ing. (Complete regulations gov
erning the fishing at these lakes
are available 'upon request from
the Wildlife Resources Commis
sion.
The lakes open to fishing dur
ing 1957 and their size are;
Broadacres, 22 acres; Kinney-
Cameron, 35 acres; Scotland, 22
acres; Crawford, 25 acres; Gun
Swamp, 65 acres; and McKinney,
65 acres.
North Carolina is literally full
of small lakes similar to the
Sandhills lake?. It is hoped that
the knowledge gained from the
study of these lakes may be used
to improve fishing in small lakes
all over the State.
Little can be accomplished |
without the full cooperation of
the fishermen in helping the
Wildlife Resources Commission
gain the information necessary
to the success of this project. Li
this way the fishermen of North
Carolina will be helping the
Commission in fulflUmg its
motto, “More sport for more peo
ple, equal opportunity for all."
Insect and disease control is
important in getting high yields
of any agricultural crop.
Increase cotton yields by fol
lowing recommendations of the
North Carolina Agricultural Kx-
periment Stations.
If moss is taking over your
lawn it probably needs more
lime, fertilizer, Ught, or air in
the sod.
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DfllRM QUEEN
Open Daily
Regular Season — 10 ami. to 11 p.m.
US 1 between So. Pines & Aberdeen
HOWARD'S BAKERY
Oven fresh every day
N. W. Broad St.
SANDHILL OIL C6.
520 S.W. Broad St. Ph 2-4902
H. M. SMITH. Optician
Johnnie A HaU J. H. Carter, Jr.
NJl. Broad St. Ph. 2-5772
&
Southern Pines Pharmacy
N.W. Broad Ph. 2-5321
Prescription Specialists
Southern Pines Warehouses
Quality Building Supplies
Our 32nd Year Phone 2-7131
LlTOSAMr
[EVSPECnON^
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Phillips Motor Sales. Inc.
Sales - OLDSMOBILE - Service
Phones 2-3151 — 2-4411
S. W. Broad St.
Aberdeen Supply Co.
McNEILL & COMPANY
mJOHN DEERE Dealer
for Quality Farm Equipment
ABERDEEN. N. C.
Phones
8661 8662
Feed - Seed
N.W. Broad St Ph. 2-6244
TULLOCH'S FURNITURE
Ph. 9541 Aberdeen, N. C.
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JACK'S GRILL
AND RESTAURANT
S.W. Broad St Ph. 94422
J
Bigelow Carpeting
HALLUM FURNITURE CO.
Aberdeen - Rockingham
PIEDMONT
Electric & Phunbing
E. Broad St Southern Pines
Phone 2-6783
CLARK & BRADSHAW
Auto Service
N.W. Broad St Ph. 2-7171
SHEET METAL WORK
JAMES A. TEW
Lennox Healing Equipment
Phone 2-5052 Southern Pines
^CLUB
bourbon
•Kentucky'
Bellows
Bourbon
BHLOWS & COMPANY,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL
DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CO.
STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY
. 86 PROOF
AREY & SONS, Inc.
Cabinets & Building Materials
Ph. 8263 Aberdeen, N. C.
OFFICE SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT
SANDHILL OFFICE SUPPLY CO.
SHAMBURGER TIRE CO.
Gulf Tires — Accessories
Phone 9261—^ABERDEEN
H. L. Brown Agency
W. Penn Ave.
Typewriters 8c Add. Mach.
Southern Pines
BROOKS Open Air Market
Meats - Fruits - Groceries
Open 8 a.m. - 11 pjm.
U.S. No. 1 South
BUSHBY ELECTRIC CO.
Television Service
N.W. Broad St Ph. 2-6311
McAllister & hobbs
Food Market - Fine Foods
N.E. Broad St. Ph. 2-7514
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SOUTHERN PINES
PLUMBING & HEATING CO.
Oil Burner Service
Air Conditioning
Phone 2-7281 138 Conn. Ave.
Household Furnishings
Ready-to-Wear
RAY'S OF ROBBINS
Phone 3411 ROBBINS, N. C.
COLLINS DEPT STORE
Offidal Boy & Cub Scout
Equipment
Ph. 9881 Aberdeen. N. C.
THE GLITTER BOX
Expert Watch Repairing
Aberdeen — Southern Pinas
WM. J. STRATTON
Television Sales - Service
Phone 2-7570 — Southern Pines
Barnum Realty & Insurance Co.
James S. Baird John S. Rugglea
Jerry V. Healy
Citizens Bank Bldg. Ku 2-5161
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PINEHURST CREAMEHT
Distributers
Long Meadow Milk
Ph. 3861 or 2391 Pinehurst ^
Parker BULK GAS
Priner-O-Meter Service
OIL
Phone Aberdeen Collect
AMBULANCE SERVICE
POWELL FUNERAL HOME
Phone 2-6161
Southern Pines. N. C.
SOUTHERN PINES
COUNTRY CLUB
Open Year Round
Through September
SAVE at
McLEAN'S STYLE SHOP
' oTOr If It's Fashion News — It's Herel
Aberdeen, N. C.
Phone 7701 103 South St.
PICTURE FRAMES
TULLOCH'S
ABERDEEN
Phone 9541
(X>NCRETE-MIX. INC.
Mixed To Your Order
Phone 2-9081 Manly. N. C.
Soil Pines Recapping Co.
Ph. 2-4273 S. W. Broad St. Extension
Southern Pines. N. C.
FHA and GI on HOMES
Conventional on Farms and
Business Property
GRAVES MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.Ph. 2-2201
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
COOPER ELECTRIC CO.
Lakeview, N. C.
Phone Southern Pines 2-7556
BILL'S SHOE SHOP
Expert Shoe Repairing
DYEING — SHINING
East New Hampshire hve.
MILL OU'TLET STORE
Dress Materials and Accessories
Draperies and Upholstery
Penn. Ave« across from A&P
FIELDS PLUMBING & HEATING
Plumbing - Healing - Air Conditioning
Pb. 5952 Pinehurst. N. C.
I-C-E
Crystal Clear. Block or Crushed
C. G. FARRELL ICE & FUEL
Ph. 2-7622 Southern Plnec, N. C.
Goldsmith Construction Co.
Forestry Service
Phone 2-6081
Southern Pines, N. C.
PAUL 8e MARY'S DRIVE-IN ,
and RESTAURANT
Steaks - Chicken - ,Sea Food
Sandwiches - Thick Milk Shakes
Midway Southern Pines 8c Aberdeen