Show FRANK K BAKER BAKER- The little fellows in the population of Fis Fish Fishlake Fishlake lake owe C. C Oren Wilson Vilson of Salt Lake a vote of thanks thank for hauling the pound ounce Mackinaw out of th the J Jake ake on the recent opening of the season A lot of them will still be alive at the end of the summer with wit the Mackinaw 1 gone who wouldn't be had he been left t to roam as he pleased about the deep waters of the lake Wilsons Wilson's prize victim was an outlaw among the fish population who grew fat off his neighbors When he felt the need of sustenance sustenance sustenance sus sus- he merely roamed around in the depths until he caught caugh up with one of his smaller brethren which brethren which was about as frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre as he pleased pleased and and then he gobbled them up It is the law v we of the e civilized world call survival of f the fittest Its It's one version of tag or black mans man's race in which the big fellow v has every advantage and offers no concessions The Mackinaw outlaw takes what he wants Rainbows Rainbows Rainbows Rain Rain- bows or Brook they all look alike to him when hes he's in th the mood for a tender morsel Fish and game authorities were present when Wi WiSOn'S Wi- Wi SOnS ions victim was cleaned and dressed Iri Ii his huge stomach stomach stomach ach they found spines from seven other fish he had gobbled gobbled gobbled gob gob- bled d down wn for his own nourishment only a t short while before he was fooled by Wilsons Wilson's tackle According to Wilson Vilson the fish authorities estimated that the big fellows fellow's last meal had weighed between seven and ten pounds On the assumption that he averaged five pounds of food a day he would need pounds of choice Rainbows Rainbows Rain Rain- bows vs and Brooks every month or nearly a ton of fish a year for his IDS diet alone Wilson who is secretary of the state high school athletic association association association asso asso- has been trolling for only four years Prior to that he had his fun with the fly He had never caught more than an eight at trolling although he had land landed d one one Rainbow weighing a a. a little over ove nine pounds on a fly Wilson says Arch Thurman his companion really landed the fish After a great session on the crank of his reel Wilson finally pulled the big fellow in alongside their boatIn boatIn boat In urn the excitement of looking at him in the water he looked as long a as an oar Wilson said In In fact he was 41 inches long But to get back to the catch With the fish alongside the boat like a tug nosing up to a gre great t ocean liner Th Thurman tried to use the landing net Thurman tried first at the tail The net wouldn't fit The tail was too large Thurman then tried io o loop the n net t over over head but that too was far too large Suddenly Mr 1 Mackinaw v heard the call of his favorite haunts along the lakes lake's bed Down he went vent nearly feet of copper line singing out so rapidly it wore vore down the metal in inthe the reel guides This is Wilsons Wilson's story and I Im I'm stuck stuck with it Wilson then began the long cranking session again finally pullIng pulling pull pull- ing ng the fish once more to the surface The fish was wearied b by p and as he loafed momentarily against the b boat at Thurman knelt down and ran his hands gently along the big fellows fellow's belly When the fish opened his huge jaws Thurman urman rammed his fingers inside Viciously the Mackinaw clamped his teeth upon Thurman's fingers but Thurman didn't let go Perhaps he couldn't have relinquished relinquished re re- re the burden then even if he had been so inclined Anyway he held on The first lift was not successful so Thurman Thurman Thur Thur- man braced himself and yanked with v all his might Wildly he stumbled stumbled bled backward balancing dizzily on the gunwales with thirty pounds of wildly flapping Mackinaw v in his face Both stayed inthe in inthe inthe the boat and a monkey wrench blow on the head finally put the Mackinaw out of his fighting mood And that's the story of why the one one- two- two and three in Fish lake are arc so happy this week |