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Show Fill PARTIES LEAVE FOR IDAHO Cold Weather and High Winds Prevent Good Cat-iishing Cat-iishing in Utah. IMPROVEMENT COMING Warmer Temperature and Calmer Air Promised; Monster Carp Caught. Cold weather and high winds have resulted re-sulted in little or no catfishing on Utah lake or in the Jordan river during the last week- Hundreds of dcciplcs of the rod and reel havo tried their "luck," but the results havo not boon satisfactory satisfac-tory in any case. The weather man promises warm weather for today and tomorrow, but the result tomorrow will not bo what it would have beeu had tho weather been warm during the past few Cl'rhree fishing parties left for Idaho last night. , . t The experienced fisherman has learned that the catfish in Utah will not bite freely on cold davs, nor when the wind, is high. Howovor, and according to the state fish and game department, there arc millions of catfish in the Jordan river and in Utah lako. All that is needed to mnko a good catch is warm weather. Jiv a week from now the limit lim-it , if the law provided for such a thing for catfish, should bo caught within an I1,.( iiwlinntinTin hrP. that. Willi hour. Present indications arc tnat, wimi ono rod and tho two hooks allowed bv law, the average fisherman should catch from fifty to 200 within a fow hours next week, ciflier in the Jordau river or Utah lake. However, watch the wcathor. Tf it be cold or windy, don t trv. True, you may get a few, but the catch is not worth the expense Catches Monster Carp. Cache, Weber, Salt Lake and Utah counties offer somo excellent fishing lor carp, mullet and chubs at tho present time. Tho waters of all streams aro high, so fish closo to tho bank, for theso fish do not take to the current when it is heavy but prefer to go near to tho bank and to tho still waters. ! One catch of a seventeen-pound carp on a six-ounce rod waa reported from Cacho conntv this week. Tho diciple of Izaak Walto'n reported that he had the best fight of his lifo as a fisherman for over thirty minutes before he finally landed the fish. In speakiug of his experience ex-perience this man said: "Ouuco for ounce, when the water is cold, I believo that a carp can put up as good a light as any fish that swims. Ono catch of a fourteen-pound carp was made in the Surplus canal, west or Salt Lako, during the week. The catch was mado by a lH-your-old boy. who was onlv saved from going into tho canal ca-nal bv'tho assistance of his companions, compan-ions, who held onlo him while ho "played" tho fish. Many Go to Idaho. Lovers of tho trout and they aro numbered ir- thousands in Utah thoso who cannot wait for tho opening of the season iu Utah on Juno 15, have a chance to got good fishing in Idaho, declared bv many to be the best fishing state in the country. Tho season thoro openod yesterday. Idaho bas only ono closed month in the year April. Last, night scvoral Salt Lakers left for Idaho fishing grounds. Ono of the parties was headed bv J. W. Shipler, a clean of tho gamo in tho west. The Shipler party will leave the train at Idaho Falls this morning and will spend two or three days oil Ivanias creek. Anotlier party will go to Soda Springs and then north to tho Blackfool; river. The members of the third party refused to say where thoy were going, except ftto Idaho." Every member of tho three parties has promised to catch the limit. Fishing Is Superior. In commenting on the fish law of Utah and Tdaho last night one member of tho three parties going to Idaho said: "Idaho has an open season for fishing eleven months in the year. Utah has an open soason for less than seven months. Idaho charges .$2 for a licenso for elcvon months, Utah charges $1.25 for its short season. No wonder that fishcrnieu prefer Idaho with the catches that can .jo made thero as compared with those made in Utah streams." Another member of ono of the parties declared that Utah was making a mis-lako mis-lako in its spring open season; that there never should bo an open season during February and March for fishing in Utah Still another member of tho party said, that as far as his observations observa-tions had gone "spawning" fish could be caught at any time of tho j'ear; that he had caught moro "spawners" in July and August than he had caught at any other time in the year in Utah streams. nflie argument finally ended, at least as far as Salt Lake was concerned, when the conductor announced "All aboard" and the 11:40 train, with a number of Salt Lakers aboard, pulled out for the nortu. Tho last word of each was: ' s'o5ll get tho limit." |