AMERICAN WILDLIFE 
 
 
bass is found in nearly every part of the 
state, the former of course being confined 
to the streams of the western counties, 
and the largemouth being plentiful in all 
the fresh water tidal estuaries of the bay, 
and in the ponds and lakes throughout 
the entire state. The Potomac River, the 
Monocacy, the Conococheague, are three 
of our best known bass rivers. Few wall- 
eyed pike are found in Maryland; below 
the dam at Conowingo is probably the 
best place for these fish. Crappie may 
be found where they have been stocked 
in mill ponds and other similar waters. 
  It would be impossible to do justice 
to the fishes of the Chesapeake in this 
article; mentioning a few that afford 
sport, also commercial fishing, will have 
to suffice. There is the great striped 
bass, locally called rock; thanks to the 
abolishment of the purse net, and other 
protection afforded this fish, which is 
at least a part a year round resident 
of the bay, it has increased recently; 
further remedial measures are necessary 
however, before we can sit back and 
feel safe; the primary need is a scien- 
tific study of the habits of this species 
for too little is known about its breed- 
ing grounds and migrations. 
   The sea trout, or squeatague, or weak- 
fish, whichever name you prefer, is found 
in the bay during the summer months, 
and provides good hook and line fishing 
for thousands of residents and non-resi- 
dents. It is an old reliable and few 
summers pass by that good catches of 
these fish are not taken up to 6 and 7 
pounds.   And the "blues," finicky and 
hard to please, here one season, absent 
the next, slaughtering silver minnows or 
menhaden one day, while the gulls hover 
around feeding on what the fish kill but 
 
 
do not consume, and gone the next day. 
The bluefish supplies food for thought, 
food for our citizens, and to many, the 
greatest of all salt water bay fishing; 
they  run  to  very  large size in  our 
Chesapeake. 
  But it is the humble hardhead, or sea 
croaker, that actually supplies the com- 
mercial fishermen and the hook and line 
fishermen with the greatest poundage; 
caught in all parts of the Bay and its 
salty tributaries from early summer, it 
provides consistent fishing when other 
more   prized  denizens turn   up  their 
lordly noses at offerings of food, both 
real and artificial. There are countless 
other species, including the white and 
yellow perch, the catfishes and the spot; 
these provide many anglers with sport. 
  And let us not forget the recently 
discovered sea fishing off Ocean City, 
on the edge of the gulf stream where 
the deep sea angler can take marlin, 
dolphin, and   other so-called  southern 
game fishes; nor the fascinating form 
of fishing along the coast at that place 
known as "surf fishing," where the red 
drum or channel bass is taken in Spring 
and Fall, along with countless numbers 
of whiting, locally known as king fish, 
or sea mullet. Yes, Maryland has good 
fishing, and of any variety desired by 
the angler. 
   No account of Maryland      wild life 
would be complete without mention of 
the blue crab and the Chesapeake Bay 
oyster.   Volumes can    be written   on 
them; their decrease in later years, which 
cannot be blamed on pollution, how to 
bring them back to former plentifulness, 
and what laws should be enacted to pro- 
tect them, are questions for one better 
informed than I to answer; however, 
 
 
you may be assured of Chesapeake Bay 
oysters in season if you come to Mary- 
land, and crabs in the summer when 
you visit the Chesapeake country. 
 
 
 
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opinion, may be justly blamed for ob- 
scuring the issues and throwing sand in 
the gears. He may not know that aboli- 
tion of hunting would restore wildlife 
only to a level determined by the pres- 
ent carrying capacity of the lands and 
the waters-which in many places would 
mean no restoration at all. He may not 
understand the elementary fact that not 
all who are born can survive. If he 
does not understand these and the other 
biological fundamentals, his opinion is 
worthless, for this is a scientific matter. 
If he does, and still opposes all hunting 
on   other than  moral grounds, he is 
guilty of intellectual dishonesty. 
   I should like to point out once more 
 that all of us who are interested in wild- 
 life at all, from  the dyed-in-the-wool 
 game-hog to the most extreme protec- 
 tionist, are seeking the same thing wheth- 
 er we realize it or not. If we want more 
 wildlife to enjoy without killing it, we 
 can get it only by increasing the carry- 
 ing capacity of the lands and the waters. 
 If we want a larger crop to harvest, 
 year after year, our method must be the 
 same and the objective of the non- 
 hunter will be attained as well. We all 
 seek  a larger breeding reserve.    The 
 only difference is that some of us wish 
 to leave the entire surplus to be killed 
 by natural factors, the others wish man 
 to take a fair share of the surplus. 
 
 
FREDERIC C. WALCOTT 
       PRESIDENT 
   F. B. DAVIS, JR. 
     VIC.PRESID.NT 
     T. E. DOREMUS 
       TREASURER 
 
 
AMERICAN WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OFFICERS 
                  HERBERT L. PRATT 
                  CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 
                  ELTINGE F. WARNER 
               VIC-.CHAIRAAN OF THE BOARD 
                  FREDERIC EWING 
              CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
                   HENRY P. DAVIS 
             SECRETARY AND BUSINESS MANAGER 
 
 
      ALDO LEOPOLD 
CHAIRMAN, TECHNICAL COIIRITTZE 
    C. M. PALMER, JR. 
    ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
      ETHEL M. QUEE 
    ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
 
 
BOARD OF TRUSTMES 
 
 
DR. ARTHUR A. ALLEN 
ROY F. ATWOOD 
ROBDT R. BAKER 
KARL A. BICKEL 
R. R. M. CARPENTER 
J. G. CATLETT 
HARRY CHANDLER 
FRANK L. CHEEK 
W. P. CONWAY 
HARVEY C. COUCH 
POWEL CROSLEY, JR. 
T. R. DANIELS 
C. K. DAVIS 
F. B. DAVIS, JR. 
AN'ONIO DEL CONDE 
M. HARTLEY DODGE 
D. LEO DOLAN 
 
 
T. E. DOREMUS 
B. W. DOYLE 
A. FELIX DUPONT 
FREDERIC EWIING 
MAX C. FLEISCHMANE 
FRANK B. FOSTER 
SETH GORDON 
DR. JOSEPH GRINNELL 
DR. ALFRED 0. GROSS 
HARRY F. HARPER 
HARRY E. HAWER 
AUGUSTUS S. HOUGHTON 
GENE HOWE 
J. K. KIWNEAR 
IRVING H. LAROM 
SYLVESTER LEARY 
 
 
FRANK IV. LOVEJOY 
ALVAN MACAULEY 
CHARLES S. MCVEIGH 
L. B. MAYTAG 
ORSON D. MUNW 
BRADFORD NORMAN, JR. 
JOHN M. PHILLIPS 
HERBERT L. PRATT 
JOHN L. PRATT 
R. M. QUEP-NY 
GENERAL M. A. RECKORD 
R. J. REYNOLDS 
J. J. RICKS 
WR. G. ROSS 
DON JUAN JOSE RUIZ 
DR. ALEXANDER G. RUTHVEN 
 
 
A. G. C. SAGE 
JOHN L. SALTONSTALL 
GEORGE W. SNYDER 
W. B. SPENCER 
LESLIE M. STRATTON 
E. R. TINKER 
M. C. TREADWAY 
FREDERIC C. WALCOTT 
LT. COL. L. W. T. WALLER, JR. 
ELTINGE F. WARNER 
C. A. WHEATLEY 
CAPTAIN HAROLD A. WHITE 
C. E. WICKMAN 
GENERAL ROUT. F. WOOD 
W. L. WRIGHT 
JUAN ZINSER 
 
 
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