Fishing for Fun
One of the WINFORCE team, Dr. Arthur ("Art") Murchison of Hawaii gained his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was once a student of the
prominent Ichthyologist, William Gosline, and a sea-going tuna biologist for
a while on the U.S. Fisheries Department's research ship, 'The Charles
Gilbert'. Dr. Murchison taught at the Unversity of Hawaii and the UH Community College system, and he
finally left the UH part of the State of Hawaii education system and took a
position teaching Advanced Placement Biology for the 'Gifted and Talented'
program of the Department of Education after after he retired from a research position at a US Navy Lab. The AP Bio course is a rigorous
university/college level laboratory course that gives the students college
course credits for their freshman year at University if they score high
enough on the national examinations.
His cyber-tour of the Lakeview Complex has encouraged Auld Art to contribute this article. He says that the detail of his experiences should prove he has had enough fishing and fish cleaning (more
accurately, dissecting) for several life times and the notion of actually
doing it again for the purpose of recreation somehow doesn't seem like
recreation to him any more. However, he states that with his forthcoming visit to the area in mind he continues to remain
keenly interested in the modern direct descendants of our planet's first
vertebrates and thus has no reluctance to reading of fishing, hearing about
it, or watching others do it. On the contrary, he says, "Fish are fun when
you just read, look and eat." We all know he is particularly fond of some
species of fish after they have been caught, cleaned and cooked by someone
else, "as soon after being caught as possible!", he always adds.
Art suspects that many visitors to the Lakeview Complex including those who can only see it via the internet will be asking questions in regard to the stocking with carp, roach, bream, chub, barbel on the lines of "Is the species of the Carp Cyprinus carpio?" and in an effort to assist he offers the following very interesting specialist websites for you to visit:-
- CARP
- ROACH (Rutilus rutilus)
- CHUB (Leuciscus cephalus)
- BARBEL (Barbus barbus)
- PERCH (Perca fluviatilis)
- BREAM (Abramis brama)
There are some excellent pictures of the latter on the internet, accessed by clicking the name MURCHISON RIVER.
Murchison Falls National Park, with 3,840 square kilometers is Uganda's largest National Park. The world-famous MURCHISON FALLS are a must for any visitor. The most impressive view is at the top, where the Nile forces its way through a 7 meter gap in the rocks and tumbles 40 meters down. A path leads from the parking above the falls all the way to the bottom and offers spectacular views of the foaming waters rushing into the gorge, with a deafening roar.
Art is himself returned to Melton for a further holiday and research visit in June 2003 and found time to enjoy Lakeview, Holwell, as well as visiting the Belvoir Kennels on their Open Day. Such is the fame of Sir Roderick and his well-known association with Melton Mowbray that we feel compelled to quote one biographer who said "Aged 29 he gave up his obsession with fox-hunting to take up science" - and this is to be found at the first of our three selected links listed below for readers who wish to learn more about this illustrious gentleman:-
Back in the sixties, Scott was a member of that small, silent brotherhood that pursued the black bass. The more involved he became, the more he saw the need for an organization that could elevate bass fishing to a higher level, and make it available to many more anglers.
He thought the best way to accomplish this was to hold competitive fishing tournaments which would honour and recognize the best bass anglers in the country, attract media attention and consequently build his business. This led to the founding of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and the first ethical, disciplined bass tournament series in the America.