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SECTION C Interest In Shad Fishing Showing By JOEL. ARRINGTON Outdoor Editor, North Carolina Travel i Promotion Division Interest in shad fishing is growing in North Caro lina. Perhaps the princi pal reason is the dramatic come-back of angling on the Cape Fear River. About 1915, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers built three locks on the .Cape Fear, blocking shad from their spring spawn ing run to rapids at the fall line. When the locks closed, shad fishing on the Cape Fear ended. It did not resume for 50 years. Then, in 1962, state and federal agencies began to work together in a pro gram to open the lower of the three locks during spawning periods, allow ing shad access once again to water suitable for egg SERVICES AVAILABLE Certified Watch Makers Clock Repairs Jewelry Repair Diamond Mounting Baby Shoes Bronzed, Silvered Razor Service Silver Replating Refinishing Engraving Wedding Invitations G. T. Davis & Company Jewelers Nexi to Taylor theatre EDENTON, N. C. Plymouth, N. C. Wonderful New Selections Arriving daily in Spring Formals all in Pastel Colors. Suits, Coats and Costumes. All fa mous Name brands. Bra Slip by Gos sard and Vassarette. Visit our store soon, for your Spring selection. Open on Wednesday Evening Until Easter. FOR SOIL SAMPLES and BULK SPREADER SERVICE Lime - Lime and Potash Mixed * Fertilizer SEE OR CALL Home Feed & Fertilizer Co. W. Carteret St Edenton, N. C. . Phone 482-2313 or 482-2308 THE CHOWAN HERALD laying. Over a six-year period, the project was ex panded to include all three locks. Since 1967, the entire river has been cpen for the shad migra tion. During the peak Cape Fear spawning run lart April, anglers lined the locks almost shoulder-ta shoulder and small boat fishermen anchored gun walc-to-gunwale in the riv er. The wildlife commis sion estimates approxi mately 20,000 shad passed through the locks. Hardly anyone failed to catch fish once the migration was under way. Shad are free spawners and require turbulent wa ter to keep ti'.c :r eggs sus pended and free of silt. The Cape Fear is not the only Tar Heel river pro viding this condition, al though it is the principal Forget-Me-Not For Damp Spots It's a problem that low. damp place in the garde. t, especially if it's also in shade. The plant to beau j tify it must be tolerant of both conditions dampness and low light intensity. There's a plant that dotes on these conditions for | get-me-not. Tnerc’s also a i variety that will furnish j blue flowers from spring Ito frost if you will just plant the seeds. First you must know its proper name which, of course, is in Latin. Myo sotis (forget-me-not> palus : tris (swamp or b.ig-lov ing) semperflorens (always 1 blooming). j Isn’t that just what von want? An everblooming. swamp . loving forget-me | not? Write the proper name jon a piece of paper. Look jin your favorite catalog for a listing and order the seeds. Your problem spot will be a problem no longer. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 3, 1969 one. The Black River, a tributary of the Cape Fear, has good fishing be tween N. C. 53 bridge and N. C. 41 bridge near Tomahawk. The North East Cape Fear, another Cape Fear tributary, provides angling between N. C. 53 bridge and Tin City. Inside the city limits of Rocky Mount on a stretch of the Tar River there is good late-season fishing. The favored spot is behind B-ud Melton’s barbecue restau rant from the railway bridge upstream to the textile mill dam, a dist ance of about a mile. The Neuse River in the Kinston and Goldsboro areas boasts good angling, and the juncture of Pitch kettle Creek and the Neuse east of Kinston near Ft. Barnwell has long been a favorite spot. Good fishing has been reported on the Trent River, but few fishermen have shown interest in it. it is quite possible that the Trent will become an im portant siiad river as ang lers explore its possibili ties during migrations. There are two game spe cies of shad in North Ca rolina tivers. The Ameri can. or white shad, is larger, running from one and a half to eight pounds, with a maximum of 12 pounds. The hickory shad is smaller, from one to three pounds, wi t h a : maximum weight of six pounds, but is a better jumper than the hickory, and ounce for ounce ever; . bit the game fish as its larger cousin. Whereas white shad pre for to spawn in major liv ers, hickory's like smaller tributary streams. The , best white shad spot is the Cape Fear. Both white , and hickory shad are | caught in the Black. North East Cape Fear, Trent and I Tar. The Neuse is better knowm for hickorys, at , though it has its share of .•hires, but at Pitehkettle Creek whites are rare. ’ The North Carolina state • i ecord for shad was set i just last spring on the Cape j Fear It ver by Randall H. II Nte'. ;'he fish weighed i i five pounds and four | ounces. Since the Cape 1 j Fear fishery has developed i'recently, it is likely that i the current record will not | stand long. Increased ang i 1c .iterest will surely re i su .n more fishermen on the river, more fish caught i and larger specimens re \ p .rted. | jln most years, the Tar j 1 Heel shad migration begins ! 1 in late February, peaks in [ April and ends in late i j May. But the run occurs i in stages, with small peaks |j a few days after run-offs, i Low w'ater somewhat re i tards upstream movement. | White shad occur along j Iho Atlantic coast from i northern New England to | Florida, but the hickory j rhad is principally found i in the southern half of ] this range. The St. Johns j River in northern Florida I has a run of white shad | that peaks in March. The j Connecticut River migra -1 tion reaches an apex in | May. [ Curiously, southern shad i populations die after ! spawning only once, while Great Increase In North Carolina northern shad may spawn two or more times. Shad hatchlings remain in the rivers until fall, then re turn to the sea where they may remain for two to five years. Some adults return *••.2 T : ' V* ■-♦*'***-' . ■■ rsw : A FAVORITE—An angler lands a hickory shad at the mouth of Pitehkettle Creek betv'een Kinston and New Bern. Gwen Covington, a Are you really O going to earn tm. over SSO in one year with j "Yes, I really am going to earn over M $50.00 in interest in just one year with a Peoples Premium Passbook Savings Account. That's because Peoples Bank & * premium f"jk passbook t-M savings account ? Trust Company pays 5% interest on my Peoples Premium Passbook Savings Ac count. Which is pretty good, I think. I made an initial deposit of $1,000.00 and I'm going to add another hundred To my way of thinking. Peoples Premi dollars next month. What's so especially urn Passbook Savings Accounts are the nice is that the interest is figured on a nicest things to happen to money since daily basis and is compounded quarterly. they invented banks." ' ... - j - to their parent streams, but a significant number have no discernable migratory pattern. Shad enjoy an enviable reputation as an excellent game fish on light tackle and a superb delicacy on the table. These qualities, together with increased numbers of shad in the Cape Fear, are stirring in terest in the Tar Heel State. Annuals To Use In Very Poor Soil How often have you heard some gardener say, “But rav soil’s just ordin ary soil and nothing thrives in it”? Even ordinary or even downright poor soil will support certain an nuals. The most tolerant of or dinary soil are zinnias and marigolds, with sweet alys sum and bachelor’s buttons close runners-up. For growing in down right poor soil—soil that is so sandy you wonder how any flower can grow in it—trv t nasturtiums or por tulacas. If the sandy area is in sun, these two will thrive. Make Sure You Are Registered So You Can Vote For Henry G. Quinn For MAYOR On May 6th Books Open April 18-25 ■ i I #.4,# I I xU ruLf I SECTION C Mass Schedule At St Ann’s Father Joseph J. Lash, pastor of St. Ann’s Cath olic Church, announces the following schedule of masses: Friday, 7 A. M.; Satur day, 8 A. M.; Sunday, 8 A. M.; Monday, 7 A. M.; Wednesday, 7 A. M. At All Souls’ in Colum bia: Tuesday, 6 P. M. (Lenten devotions after mass). At St. Joan of Arc. Ply mouth: Thursday. 5:30 P. M. (Way of the Cross after mass); Sunday, 10:30 A. M
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