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600 ; Increase in
Smallmouth Catch
The number of smallmouth bass landed on the South Fork of the Shenandoah Increased from 24,212 In 1965 to 142,658 is the 12 inch limit established by the Commission of Game ind Inland Fisheries in 1964 began to produce a noticeable effect on the fishery, Fish Research Biologist Gene Surber reports. The catch of legal smallmouths per unit of effort remained about the same for both years, due in part to a decrease in the number of anglers since the total legal smallmouth take declined about 25%. Catfish catches declined on the South Fork and increased on the main river while sunfish catches did the opposite. The number of legal fish creeled on the river system increased 16.5%. The great increase in the number of smallmouths hooked represents a remarkable increase in the number in the 10 to 11 inch cla ss which are just under the legal size. The presence of these fish indicates that most fishermen are abiding by the limit and throwing back under size fish. Before the regulation was put into effect, anglers creeled most of these small bass and took them home.
90.6%