Texas Game and Fish, Volume 8, Number 9, August 1950 Page: CONTENTS
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amedFish
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DE-
VOTED TO THE PROTECTION
AND CONSERVATION OF
OUR NATIVE GAME AND
FISH; AND TO THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF HUNTING AND
FISHING IN TEXAS.
TEXAS GAME AND FISH is pub-
lished monthly by the Texas Game,
Fish and Oyster Commission. Subscrip-
tion price $1.00 per year. Single copies
10 cents each.
TEXAS GAME AND FISH regrets
that it connot continue subscriptions
beyond date of expiration. Checks and
money orders should be made payable
to STATE GAME, FISH and OYSTER
COMMISSION. Editorial and Advertis-
ing offices, Walton Building, Austin,
Texas. Entered as second-class matter
May 19, 1943, at the postoffice at
Austin, Texas, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Postmaster: If undeliverable, please
notify TEXAS GAME AND FISH on
form 3578-P at the Walton Building,
Austin, Texas.
Members of the Game, Fish and Oys-
ter Commission: W. Scott Schreiner,
Kerrville, Chairman; Gene Howe,
Amarillo; Dr. Will E. Watt, Austin;
A. T. McDannald, Houston; V. F. Neu-
haus, Mission; Walter Lechner, Fort
Worth; H. D. Dodgen, Executive Secre-
tary; H. E. Faubion, Assistant Execu-
tive Secretary.
Directors of Divisions: F. M. Cow-
sert, Austin, Law Enforcement; Marion
Toole, Austin, Inland Fisheries; W. C.
Glazener, Austin, Wildlife Restoration;
Robert G. Mauermann, Austin, Depart-
mental Publications; Joe Marks, Aus-
tin, Hatcheries and Engineering; W. J.
Cutbirth, Austin, Chief Clerk; J. L.
Baughman, Marine Biologist.
Manuscripts should be addressed to
Editor, TEXAS GAME AND FISH,
Walton Building, Austin, Texas. All
manuscripts should be accompanied by
photographs. TEXAS GAME AND
FISH always is interested in pictures
of game and fish catches, unusual hunt-
ing and fishing scenes, bird dogs, and
in group pictures of hunting and fishing
organizations. Photographs used in
TEXAS GAME AND FISH will be re-
turned after publication.
COVER-By Orville 0. Ricefin JAt Jijjue
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August, 1950 Vol. 8, No. 9
CONTENTS
El Paso Fish Blitz.----------------------------------------------------------. 4
Ascarate Lake undergoes an overhauling of its piscatorial population to bring
about better fishing facilities.
Bird Festival at Rockport................................................ 6
By FRED D. THOMPSON
Third in the series of articles on bird hunting with binoculars.
Fisheries Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico..................10
By J. L. BAUGHMAN
Two boats are this summer beginning a long-needed survey of the fishing
potentialities in the Gulf.
Texas Wildlife Federation Annual Rodeo......--------.....11
A picture story by Lon Fitzgerald covering the wildlife event held at
Brownwood.
Fish On a Mandolin String......................------------------..17
By MARVIN R. MACE
An easy way to land fish on a piece of wire no bigger than your hair.
Big Bend Panthers--------------.------------------18
By CAS EDWARDS
Hunting the big cats is not only great sport but also valuable predator
control to the ranchmen.
Duck Diary ---------------------------20
Game department biologists are banding the mottled duck, long popular
with Texas waterfowl hunters, as a means of studying their habits and
eventually expanding the flocks.
Marine Fishes of Texas-----.----.--- . --- -- --22
By J. L. BAUGHMAN
Fourth in the series on the marine fishes of Texas.
Wildlife Research and Management...........----------......-23
By J. G. BURR
The venture into the field of research was prompted by a recognition that
many states were willing to take advanced steps but were without the
educational facilities necessary for carrying on the program.
Fishes of Texas---------------------------- --24
By MARION TOOLE
Sixth in the series on fishes of Texas.
Chuck Wagon ... 1950 Style.. ...............................25
By SCOTT MOORE
This chuck box is built to fit a car trunk, or the "1950 chuck wagon."
Books .- .............--------------------------------------- 30
ROBERT G. MAUERMANN
Editor
GThe Cover
The blue marlin of the Atlantic Coast
is the subject of this month's cover by
Orville Rice. This highly prized big
game fish occurs in the Gulf of Mexico,
and in recent years this deep sea fighter
e has been taken by sportsmen off the
Texas Coast.AUGUST, 1950
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