Trout Stamp

ANGLERS ALL across Maryland will have a small piece of Carroll County on their 1997 fishing licenses. Wildlife artist and Sykesville resident Stephen Perrine has won the 1997 Maryland Trout Stamp Design Contest with his acrylic painting "Gold Rush."The watercolor, which depicts brown trout feeding, was awarded first place by a panel of graphic artists. The judges rated the image on correctness of biological detail, artistic technique, coloration and the possibility of reproducing the design.

About 1,500 rainbow trout found new -- and very temporary -- homes in four of the city's streams and ponds yesterday morning. The state Department of Natural Resources stocked Patterson Park and Gwynn Oak ponds, the Jones Falls and Herring Run with trout for anglers to catch and clean for dinner. "We want them out of here ASAP," said Bob Wall, recreational programmer for the city's Department of Recreation and Parks. Wall expects all the fish to be caught within two weeks; the four areas will be stocked again in late April.

During its first four years, Santa Maria Cup women's match racing was sailed on the Inner Harbor. This year the regatta moves to Annapolis, where racing among eight crews begins on Thursday.The regatta schedule calls for round-robin eliminations on Thursday and Friday, semifinals Saturday and the finals on Sunday. The crews will sail J/22s.This year's field is headlined by Courtenay Becker-Dey, navigator for America3 through the America's Cup defender trials in San Diego and a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in the Europe class.

Trout Stamp winner to display his worksSteve Perrine, three-time winner of the Maryland Trout Stamp competition, is displaying nearly 40 of his works at Fairhaven, 7200 Third Ave., Sykesville, this month.The Sykesville resident has been an art teacher in Howard County since 1969. His works focus on wildlife, rustic topics, seascapes and still life scenes with decoys.His exhibition is on display in the Beaseman Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.Information: 410-795-8800.Arts council awards prize for best wine festival posterCarroll County Arts Council has awarded the top prize in the 1997 Maryland Wine Festival Poster Contest to Carli Oliver of Waialua, Hawaii.

Trout Stamp winner to display his worksSteve Perrine, three-time winner of the Maryland Trout Stamp competition, is displaying nearly 40 of his works at Fairhaven, 7200 Third Ave., Sykesville, this month.The Sykesville resident has been an art teacher in Howard County since 1969. His works focus on wildlife, rustic topics, seascapes and still life scenes with decoys.His exhibition is on display in the Beaseman Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.Information: 410-795-8800.Arts council awards prize for best wine festival posterCarroll County Arts Council has awarded the top prize in the 1997 Maryland Wine Festival Poster Contest to Carli Oliver of Waialua, Hawaii.

About 1,500 rainbow trout found new -- and very temporary -- homes in four of the city's streams and ponds yesterday morning. The state Department of Natural Resources stocked Patterson Park and Gwynn Oak ponds, the Jones Falls and Herring Run with trout for anglers to catch and clean for dinner. "We want them out of here ASAP," said Bob Wall, recreational programmer for the city's Department of Recreation and Parks. Wall expects all the fish to be caught within two weeks; the four areas will be stocked again in late April.

There's something fishy going on in Dundalk, and Michael Francis is thrilled about it.Mr. Francis was the driving force behind yesterday's first stocking of Dundalk's Stansbury Pond with 500 rainbow trout. An avid angler, Mr. Francis lives two blocks from the man-made pond in Stansbury Park near Lynch Cove and fantasized about its prospects as a trout fishing hole during walks with his three children along the water's edge."I've always thought of this as being a nice place to fish trout," said Mr. Francis, who has lived in Stanbrook for 10 years.

Gov. William Donald Schaefer announced Friday that Jane Island State Park will open Monday with the assistance of the Janes Island Volunteer Group. The park is among 12 state parks that were to be closed until July 1 because of budget constraints.The volunteer group of Crisfield-area residents will assist in reopening the 3,147-acre park in phases.New Germany State Park, another of those 12 parks, will remain open through the end of March at least as the result of actions by a save-the parks committee headed by Tom Williams of Bethesda.

NAMES AND PLACES * Louis Frisino of Severn won the 1993 Maryland Trout Stamp design contest recently with his acrylic painting of a brook trout. Frisino, who attended the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick and was graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, won the first Maryland trout stamp contest in 1977 with a painting of a brown trout.* The Department of Natural Resources will hold two hearings early next month on sea trout regulations. The hearings will be held at 6 p.m. Sept.

Jules Verne once wrote about the improbability of anyone going around the world in 80 days.These days, were a jet to travel 500 mph nonstop, one could pass round the world at the equator 38 1/2 times in 80 days.But if the mode of travel is a sailing vessel, then passing round the world in fewer than 80 days becomes an accomplishment of some note.Last year, a group of four Frenchmen and Cam Lewis of Lincolnville, Maine, set out to break Verne's mythical standard and win the Trophee Jules Verne.

ANGLERS ALL across Maryland will have a small piece of Carroll County on their 1997 fishing licenses. Wildlife artist and Sykesville resident Stephen Perrine has won the 1997 Maryland Trout Stamp Design Contest with his acrylic painting "Gold Rush."The watercolor, which depicts brown trout feeding, was awarded first place by a panel of graphic artists. The judges rated the image on correctness of biological detail, artistic technique, coloration and the possibility of reproducing the design.

There's something fishy going on in Dundalk, and Michael Francis is thrilled about it.Mr. Francis was the driving force behind yesterday's first stocking of Dundalk's Stansbury Pond with 500 rainbow trout. An avid angler, Mr. Francis lives two blocks from the man-made pond in Stansbury Park near Lynch Cove and fantasized about its prospects as a trout fishing hole during walks with his three children along the water's edge."I've always thought of this as being a nice place to fish trout," said Mr. Francis, who has lived in Stanbrook for 10 years.

During its first four years, Santa Maria Cup women's match racing was sailed on the Inner Harbor. This year the regatta moves to Annapolis, where racing among eight crews begins on Thursday.The regatta schedule calls for round-robin eliminations on Thursday and Friday, semifinals Saturday and the finals on Sunday. The crews will sail J/22s.This year's field is headlined by Courtenay Becker-Dey, navigator for America3 through the America's Cup defender trials in San Diego and a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in the Europe class.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will stock rainbow trout in Lake Elkhorn through April.Scheduled dates include the weeks of Feb. 27, March 13, March 27 and April 10.The daily creel limit will be five trout per angler. Fishing will be permitted during daylight only.To fish and keep the trout, fishermen ages 16 through 65 will need a Maryland fishing license ($10) and a trout stamp ($5). People 65 and older need only a senior license, which costs $5.For information, call the Regional Office of Fisheries for Howard County at 442-2080.

Jules Verne once wrote about the improbability of anyone going around the world in 80 days.These days, were a jet to travel 500 mph nonstop, one could pass round the world at the equator 38 1/2 times in 80 days.But if the mode of travel is a sailing vessel, then passing round the world in fewer than 80 days becomes an accomplishment of some note.Last year, a group of four Frenchmen and Cam Lewis of Lincolnville, Maine, set out to break Verne's mythical standard and win the Trophee Jules Verne.

Two Carroll County anglers claimed best fish honors in the recently concluded 1993 Maryland Sportfishing Tournament.The state's best bluegill catch went to Jeremy Barth of Westminster. Last July 14, Barth pulled a 2-pound, 4-ounce bluegill from a farm pond. The Maryland bluegill record is a 3-pounder caught by Michael Whittington from Jamieson Lake in 1986.On June 11, Westminster's Frank Graham caught an 87-pound black drum off Poplar Island, exceeding the 40-pound minimum qualifying weight by a notable margin.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will stock rainbow trout in Lake Elkhorn through April.Scheduled dates include the weeks of Feb. 27, March 13, March 27 and April 10.The daily creel limit will be five trout per angler. Fishing will be permitted during daylight only.To fish and keep the trout, fishermen ages 16 through 65 will need a Maryland fishing license ($10) and a trout stamp ($5). People 65 and older need only a senior license, which costs $5.For information, call the Regional Office of Fisheries for Howard County at 442-2080.

Two Carroll County anglers claimed best fish honors in the recently concluded 1993 Maryland Sportfishing Tournament.The state's best bluegill catch went to Jeremy Barth of Westminster. Last July 14, Barth pulled a 2-pound, 4-ounce bluegill from a farm pond. The Maryland bluegill record is a 3-pounder caught by Michael Whittington from Jamieson Lake in 1986.On June 11, Westminster's Frank Graham caught an 87-pound black drum off Poplar Island, exceeding the 40-pound minimum qualifying weight by a notable margin.

With sunlight streaming down on their backs, the two ducks appear so lifelike they could waddle off the easel.But wildlife artist Louis F.X. Frisino isn't done with them. He puts his glasses on, dunks a thin brush in a glass jug, swishes the wet bristles in white watercolor on the palette. He wipes excess paint off on a rag, and then feathers the tiniest line on one of the ducks. He scrutinizes the waterfowl and delicately lays on another white slit. It's as if he is painting these ducks feather by feather.

PERCH FISHINGA week ago Tuesday, the yellow perch were scarce in the Hillsboro area of Tuckahoe Creek on the Eastern Shore. In the week and a half since, the moon has come full and the perch fishing has picked up.Reports from the Patuxent and Blackwater rivers also show the run of yellow perch gathering momentum.The best baits to use are grass shrimp or small minnows on small hooks beneath bobbers.Try getting your bait into deeper areas on the slacker edges of the current. The perch are headed upstream to spawn and will be following the path of least resistance.