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4) bd 1 Eat SERIE SECO AREA IAS EH HRY LR! WICLIAES RLY Kh Sh 5 > ASTID AD SAP SAMA SD L,Y Zao ACER RA PEER DICT Rs RTL BR RL a CEP ALO : © - PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, Jan. 27th, 1966 All Fish Huts. Must Have A Number Obtained From The Dept. Of Lands And Forests Once again, as soon as the ice becomes thick enough on Lake Simcoe, hundreds of ar- dent ice fishermen will be head- ing out on the lake to fish for lake trout, whitefish, lake her- ring, yellow perch and pike. Some will rent fish huts from the commercial operators, but many will take their own huts We would re- 4 ~out on the ice, 2 mind hut owners that all huts placed on the ice for the pur- pose of fishing must bear a number obtained from an offi- cer of the Department of Lands and Forests, and that all huts must be removed from the ice by March 31, 1966, Lake Simcoe, recently, has been set up as a separate Fish Management Unit under the di- rection of biologist A, S. Holder, assisted by fish management officer F, H, Marshall. This Unit, with headquarters at Sib- bald Point Provincial Park, near Sutton, will be obtaining information necessary for pro- per managment of. fish within the lake. Several programmes are already underway, including a summer and a winter creel census, netting and fish tagging operations, and investigations of water quality. Tagging is a valuable tool in studying the habits and harvest of fish in a lake. Over the past vear many whitefish, small- mouth bass, lake trout and yel- low walleye have been tagged in Lake Simcoe. The tags, small yellow oval-shaped disks of plastic, with a number on one side and the words "Lands and Forests" on the other side are attached to the dorsal fin with nylon fishing line. Any angler catching a fish, with such a tag should send the tag to the nearest Conservation Of- ficer or to the District Forester, Department of Lands and For- ests, Maple, Ontario, including the information as to where caught, when caught, the total length (from tip of snout to tip of tail with the lobes of the tail fin pressed together), and any other interesting informa- tion, The data secured from tag returns will help us to un- derstand the habits of fish in the lake, information which is very necessary to the success of any fisheries management programme, To recover these tags we need the continuing co- operation of the angling public, Last winter the success of the fishery was investigated by an intensive creel census. Results showed that 2092 anglers fished 10,0183 man hours for a catch of 7367 fish or a return of about 0.7 fish per hour spent angling. A projection for the lake, over the entire winter season, indi- cated an estimated fishing pres- sure of 691,000 man-hours for a catch of about 406,000 fish, of which 280,000 were white- fish, 185,000 lake herring, 48,- 000 yellow perch and 1,700 lake trout, These figures show the intensity of fishing pressure during the winter fishery which lasts less than three months, They also show, & most fisher- men will agree, that the past season was an exceptionally successful year for whitefish anglers. The winter creel census on the lake will be continued again this year. Conservation Offi- cers and management staff will be regularly checking anglers on the ice. They will be count- ing the number of people fish- ing, recording the number of hours fished and the number and kinds of fish caught. Also on certain days officers will be measuring and collecting scale / buys a spacious 211 cubic feet of cargo space U and big wide doors for easy loading and a reinforced all welded hody with a flat floor and the dollar-saving power of a famous Chevy 6! you and special protection against corrosion What more could ask for at any price? T-7668 A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE Phone your Chevrolet dealér about any kind of truck you want won nss BEARE MOTORS LTD. PORT PERRY, IN PORT PERRY ONTARIO QUEEN STREET -- Be sure to see Bonanza on the CBC-TV network each Sunday. Check your local listing for channel and time, reese samples from lake trout and whitefish, The ages of fish can be determined from the scales and, in this way, we can learn the age composition of the angler catch. This year Fish and Wildlife staff plan to col- lect stomachs from as many lake trout as possible, This in formation will allow us to de- termine whether the diet of trout has changed with changes in the fauna within the lake in recent years, Over the past years the De- partment of Lands and Forests has received excellent coopera- tion from the anglers. We wish to take this opportunity of thanking them for the help and to wish them the best of luck in the coming winter fishery. 125 Dairy Farmers Tour Dairy Barns On Tuesday, January 18, a successful tour of recently re- modelled dairy barns was held in Ontario County. Taking part in the tour were 125 dairy far- mers, The first visit was made to the farm of Mr. Arthur Stable ford at Cresswell, R.R. 1. This is a new single storey frame dairy barn, with 80 comfort stalls. Completely controlled environment is stressed in this barn. There is complete control by the use of various sized fans, of air temperature & humidity. The second visit was made to Smithlands, Limited, Oshawa R.R. 1. This farm is owned by Messrs. It is a new loose housing layout for 100 cows. One large pole barn contains two loafing areas, two straw & hay storage areas. The silo is located behind the pole barn, and the automatic feeder runs through the pole barn and out into the yard. The milking unit is located in a separate building on the south side of the yard. This building contains milk house, milking parlour, holding area, office & washroom, The third visit was to the farm of Jackson Bros., Brook- lin. This farm is owned by Messrs. Alf and Doug Jackson, This is free stall housing in an old conventional barn. The milking parlour is outside and connected to the original barn, There are two rows of stalls face to face in the main barn, and two rows of stalls that face out in the L of the barn, Stalls were made by a local welding show to incorporate barn sup- port posts. The tour was arranged and supervised by Mr. Howard Nod- well, Agricultural Engineer with the Department of Agri- culture, Lindsay, Ontario, and Mr. H. L. Fair, Agricultural Representative, Uxbridge. INVEST NOW 6% VICTORIA and GREY TRUST Guaranteed Investments. Interest is payable half yearly or may be left to compound . Emmerson Insurance Agency LIMITED 191 Queen St. Port Perry Telephone 985-2421 Neil and Glen Smith, J