The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 212, Ed. 1 Monday, July 6, 1981 Page: 15 of 28
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Monday, July 6, 1981
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Some Of Colorado’s Best Trout Streams Being ‘Fished Out’
CLEAR CREEK, Colo. (AP) - Not so many years
ago, a good fisherman could wade into this foaming
stream west of Denver and fill his creel before noon.
A fisherman on Clear Creek nowadays is more likely
to hook up with a traffic jam on U.S. Highway 6 than he
is to catch his limit, and he must watch for broken bot-
tles and tin cans when he steps in,to the chilly water.
Clear Creek, fortunately, is an exception rather than
the rule in the Rocky Mountain region, where fishing is
more popular than ever. But some of the area’s fabled
trout streams are beginning *to show the strain of too
, many fishermen. Others are threatened by pollution or
dwindle to dribbles in the dry months when developers
and vacationers make impossible demands on them.
State wildlife officials are fighting back with policies
aimed at ensuring that fishing for wild trout does not
become a‘n endangered sport. These include no-kill or
limited-kill regulations, limitations on size, periodic
closures of certain areas and bans on fishing with bait,
permitting only flies and lures. •
Utah, for the first time ever, is limiting anglers to a
catch of only two trout longep than 13 inches. “Perhaps
the fish are as numerous now, but the number of people
fishing is so much greater,” said Barbara Hansen of
the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Both Montana and Wyoming are considering catch
restrictions of a half-dozen trout or fewer in some
areas, with only one fish over 20 inches allowed — a
marked change in a region where 50-trout limits once
were common.
In Colorado, the state Wildlife Commission is con-
sidering an unprecedented “wild trout policy” that
would implement many of the new policies but also
discontinue stocking hatchery fish on selected streams.
State fish manager Ed Kochman said the proposed
wild-trout policy is opposed by fishermen who think the
■answer to any trout problem is to add more hatchery
fish.
But many fishing experts now believe that stocking
can backfire in wild trout streams, reduping rather
than increasing the number of trout because hatchery
fish compete for space and food with wild trout.
A study on Montana’s Madison River indicated the
trout population increased by 180 percent when stock-
ing was halted for two years, according to state
fisheries chief Art Whitney.
Kochman said Colorado would continue to stock
reservoirs to accommodate fishermen who want to
keep their catch, blit the state also wants to offer the
“high-quality experience” of fishing for the more
' elusive wild trout even if the fish have to be tossed back
in the stream.
The answer, Kochman said, is to expand the state’s
no-kill policy known as “catch-and-release” and limit
the number of fish to be caught and kept in other areas.
“It’s a challenge,” he said. “Since the mid-’60s we’ve
doubled the number of fishing licenses (to more than
600,000) and funds are harder and harder to get.”
Barry Nehring, a biologist with Colorado’s Division
of Wildlife, said some streams that historically have
had a flourishing trout population have felt “an ex-
treme impact” in recent years.
Among the reasons, Nehring said, are the big in-
crease in the actual number of fishermen and improv-
ed fishing techniques.
“It used to be rare to find a really good fly fisher-
man,” he said. “Now there are thousands of them.”
' Nehring said the “catch and-release” policy may be
the best answer for many streams. He said trout are
larger and more abundant in catch-and-release stret-
ches than in open waters just yards downstream.
Dan Belsey, executive director of the Colorado
chapter of Trout Unlimited, said wild trout are more
spirited than hatchery stock and are more likely t6
grow to the 14-inch-and-up size prized by most
fishermen.
■ Belsey predicted that trout supplies would remain
adequate as long as catch-and-release policies and
other restrictions were employed, but he warned of
growing problems related to water flow and pollution.
8 Former Hostages
Suing Iran, U.S.
LOS. ANGELES (AP) -
Eight of the former U.S,.
hostages in Iran have filed
a $40 million damage suit
Scott said. “Terrorism
must be costly.”
Scott, 49, who recently
retired after 3J years in the
against the governments of military, repeatedly stress-
Iran and the United States.
Their lawyer, James
Davis, who had filed an
earlier damage suit on
behalf of Marine Sgt. John
McKeel, said he is seeking
a ruling on whether the U.S.
government and the presi-
dent have the right to waive
the hostages' "right to sue
for damages.
That waiver was part of
the agreement for the
hostages’ release.
Davis and one of the eight
former hostages, retired
Army Col. Chhrles W.
Scott, also told a news con-
ference outside the federal
courthouse that they hoped
to win and thus discourage
future terrorist acts.
“I believe very strongly if
we are to discourage inter-
national terrorism, Iran
must in some way be made
to pay for this outrage
against the United States,”
ed that he has no quarrel
with then-President Carter
over the handling of the
hostages’ release'.
In fact, Scott said, he was
scheduled to return to his
native Georgia and spend
the”Fourth of July riding
with Carter in a holiday
parade in Atlanta.
“I know that without hilt
dedication and commit-
ment to' obtaining our
release, I probably
wouldn’t be standing here
today,” Scott said.
But he added, “my major
concern is the impression
the settlement may have on
those who consider ter-
rorism in the future... if the
cost is not prohibitive, acts
of terrorism will continue.”
The other hostages join
ing the suit are Leland
Holland; Paul Needham;
Regis Regan; David
Roeder; William B. Royer
Jr.; Don A. Sharer; and
Duane Gillette.
Former Hostage To
Join Army Reserves
DETROi'T (AP) -
Former American hostage
Joseph Subic Jr., discharg-
ed from the Army a year
.ahead of Schedule, says he
is considering an Army in-
vitation to re-enlist in the
Reserve.
Subic, 24, the only ser-
viceman ajnong the
hostages not decorated by
the Pentagon, said he plans
to join the Reserve in “a
couple of months or so.”
The staff sergeant, a
native of Redford Township
now living in Virginia, was
discharged from the Army
last week.
: “ The Army said it was bar-
red by law from disclosing
details, but Subic said the
discharge was an honorable
- one.
“I decided to leave the
Army once I,got back from
Iran, before anything was
said aboiit the medal,” said
Subic, adding he also plans
to return to school for a
.. ,, ...a.-'.!..
degree in governmental
studies.
During his 444 days in
captivity, Subic appeared
in a Iranian film critical of
U.S. involvement 'in Iran.
The Army said he did not
behave as expected under
stress.
“lean justify what I did, ’
Subic said after signing his
discharge papers at Fort
Meyer in Arlington, Va.
“When somebody puts a
gun to your head and pulls
the “rigger and nothing
goes off, then they poll it
again ... the question is how
long before you speak.
The i seven-year veteran
added he wasn’t bitter
about not getting the
Defense Meritorious Ser-
vice Medal.
“I don’t think I’m bitter
in the sense I have a com
plaint against the United
States Army ... that waS a
decision the United States
Army had to make,” he
said
Top Cop Is Female
D OAK (AP) -
chief of police here
you don’t have to be
:ho” to do the job -
i is a good thing,
ise that’s one thing
Ransom isn’t.
237 year-old^ mother of
who became top cop of
ive-person police force
is North Texas hamlet
ltly, is among the first
!e chiefs in the state.
Oak Mayor Lester
;ins said he couldn’t
been more pleased.
Je think she’s doing an
[lent job. Everyone on
council is tickled to
i,” Watkins said,
s. Ransbpi, whose hus-
is a corporal with the
oto police force, says
; a little nervous about
iew position,
m apprehensive about
everyone will take
” she said. “But it’s
no problem so far.
e all working as a
Ransom says she’s
inist, but adds that
dca “if a '—5"
The qualified to do the job, then
!iere she’s just as qualified as a
man.”
“You have to be tough at
times, butT don’t think you
have to be a bad macho
type,” she said.
“She’s a professional,”
said officer Mike Womack.
“She runs the department
just like any chief.”
The former medical
secretary was named ac-
ting chief of police last
April when former Chief
Brad Hayes resigned. She
had worked for the Red Oak
department sihee
September, and before that
was a reserve De Soto of-
ficer for about eight mon-
ths.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 212, Ed. 1 Monday, July 6, 1981, newspaper, July 6, 1981; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019511/m1/15/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.