Show (i 1 Sunday Morning- - Paul Sorgatz Pocatello -- - Everything (hut Trout) Comes to Him Who Who’s Who in Fishing -4 t- Salt £akf grihunt- TTI)C '5'’ it Vfc - t 'le of the “fightcn’est” fisherman in Idaho and probably in a lot of other territory too goes indisputably to Paul Sorgatz of Pocatello He rates because he had a fight with a bolt of light ring — and the lightning came off second be't Paul doesn t like to talk about devotes all of his time to luring the this accident but as an experience smaller of the family "f?e says nfthe first rank it comes right at that the big trout of today don t the tip Jt happened on the I’ort-Jiegive a fight as they did in times river bottoms in 1917 But long past and he can get more let Paul tell it thrill out of luring the smaller ones t ‘Four of us were out fishing on of one or two pounds to take his the ‘bottoms’ that day We usually dry fly went four m a party because there To Paul goes the credit of be-I"erent many cars then and the the first one to take AI four canvas boats we used went on Stoker premier fisherman of Poa w agon easily catello on a trip to the “bottoms" “Sine then” saul Faul Pishing Alone "I can’t go fishing there any I was fishing alone in my boat more because Stoker Is always "ith the rest of the party fishing using my favorite places” in differ ent places I had caught a fi w nice fish and when the thunAmong Paul’s stones is a parderstorm came up I was almost ticularly interesting one on the ready to call it a day but you know “hardest fighting fish I ever how it is when you ve been having caught” That was bock in the "good old times” too and concerns good luck its hard to quit a native trout Jliat was 22 Inches “So I cast out and in length a foot in again girth and had a MBrted the old routine of luring tail seven inches aerpss It weighed the finny beauties blit just as I eight and one-hapounds began to bring back the rod for Leaders hip another whip the lightning struck The bane of Paul's existence ‘To this day I can’t explain it says he is the habit the native because even I don t trout have of whipping! a leader Very well The rainbow acAs with their tail know exactly what happened near as I can tell the bolt strut k cording to him fight harder at the the bamboo pole I was using start but a native is an all around coursed down my right arm and game fighting fish and puts up a longer battle went out through my hack 111 The trout he caught with the believe too that if I had been seven-inc- h tail made him prouder using a steel pole it would have than when he landed his burned me up in nothing flat because of the peculiarity As it was the bolt seemed to sort of toss me out of the’ boat and of its shape and its overdeveloped I landed quite a way outside In habit of slapping the leader with about 10 feet of water My body Us tail was completely numb where the of an 'It took me hour to land that fish and believe holt had hit Landing in the cold water woke me it really wore me out— comme up hut I i nuldn t use my right pletely " arm or leg at all Fishing tops all of Paul’s hobbies and he uses two favorite dry flies Icy Water now the "jungle wing’ and a spe"I don t know how I got out hut cial one of his own design called I faintly lcmember struggling a "yellow jncket ” Su far hes had a full fishing life through a nightmare of icy water that began to numb me all over and according to him "It ain’t after I had been in it a couple of over yet either " minutes Fven after I readied the hank it was just about more than I could do to crawl out of the water and then get to the top of the steep bank through a jumble of sticky weeds and undergrowth Somehow I reached the top friends loaded me in the wagon and took me home “I never went to the hospital but stayed in bed at home for a few days AAith little change forecast in weather conditions the current hot "My side was completely paralyzed for about a week and where dry weather that is baking the the lightning bad struck didn't states makes the task hurt at all until three or four of picking the best fishing streams days afterward and then it began to burn as the numb feeling this week a difficult one as many went away an angler has discovered For those in the southern part of “But after a week I was as well s ever and about two weeks later Utah fishing veterans recommend either Fish lake or Navajo lake I w ent fishing again ” That's quite an experience for as the best he’s while for those anv man to undergo but it didn t who like to hike in the Boulder deter Paul In his love of fishing mountain lakes are suggested and he still fishes at every opporHies V three-quarte- ‘ By Don Brooks £ i ' it-lf- If V k Wi KVk I'ortneuf River Paul used to fish on the Portnenf ‘It quite a while ago and says would top any fishing water in the world right now if it were in the w v -- V V T ''vjV-tS- WtW V tl as when I fished same condition there all the time But times have changed and the carp there now constitute one of the biggest reasons why it has lost its wonderful ' fishing Miny people have wondered just how the iarp did get into the Port-reu- f and Paul has the straight di pe To Slock Idaho Lakes had a flood here a mini-l- x r of years ago that was so strong it even washid out the substation (on the hanks of the I’ortneuf in I’oiatello) and the ilani located above it ‘A little while before this flood some people fiom I'tah planted a few ( at p in a pond near Marsh creek When the flood cflme bv It look the pond the carp were in and washed it right oyer into the Those fish are a main chuinel s’urily tribe anyway and I guevs the wilir of the I’ortneuf seemed In agrie with them To make a long stmy short t hat s how the r f ii sl got urp ” Wet to Dry 1 Tribune Intermnunlain Service TWIN FALrit Idaho— Tw o Twin Falla aviators Weoncsetay will pioneer the first actual aerial fish planting operations in the history of Idaho The two are Lionel A Dean local ‘flying councilman” and Lamoine S3 M Pml an mumble powerful man likes hiit to talk of fishing in the ‘old times ' In those days he used wit fins rxi fusively boiHuse he inferred angling for the big trout th it lav on the bottom or will under the surfai c Since then ho las changed to dry flies and now Haltin' Hites Pro co (Moose) (ninphclt Null I like C ly innate ur base ball star went fishing on the upper Provo I rulav and got pic ntv of fish—and also Ihe working end of a rattle- mi Ice's bite uinphc II reported Nalur-eln- v that tin re are many rattlers mar the river drawn (here hemuse of the exc cash c In at lie reported hia ‘lute” so that other Waltons limv Ice prepared The snake sent one of its fangs right through the bed Im II s hool of in anil fang lodged In the heel He was fnrtunalr enough In Ice n nr a ramp where lie obtained first aid In a hurry -- SI’HIAL THIS AMI K WATI RPKOOr SIil I H A (1 — Complete with Air $4 JL Mattress G 075 ta -V v i niseis 1 Adams Go a r w lot i i Annual Meet Paul t OR I MBRI LI A TI NTS I OI DING ( AMI ( (ITS SI I I PING RAGS AIK M AT1RLSSI S e WallonsPlan Hirer Angler HEADQUARTERS & v ir vo -'- some 10(1 de leLARAVIF gates arc sla i cl to n'trnd ttie fif teuith annual convention of Iiak Walton league rhapter heie August in 11 and II an nnunces Dr John W' hcolt head of the I mvu dv of Wyoming Wvo-min- former alatf di p ert nu nt zoology fish and game comnusstonrr and hairmatt of Ihe le cgue a stale pio-igrar- n omnii Ic e u Sate effi cis h tpler presidents and national officers will Join in Ihe fuel session of Vhc conclave following wliuh will kf pillules w he show n '111 v at 'I all e her id he In Ihe A ban mi sessions t i out house Dl S oil ateid and ic gr ml w ill In a mi lulled in Ihe cl sc iission of tlm slale Will life e I i vv rolde n In pi e nrssnu v c s nl it iv s ilicitn fiom have bn il tnvili el iif i o nrr m n s s sics of Enthusiasm ran high as we rolled north through lush fields just before dawn ‘I know a riffle on the south side of the river” I told John intersteen who up to this year had done most of his fishing lit Nebraska “where we might have some link in tho afternoon with light lender and dry flies" ho that’ where we were about S p in that dav — offering those fish everything in the book Now and again there was a listless strike — and onee John hooked into some thing that took flv and about four feet of lender That really got him fishing — hut there wasn’t anv use All of a sudden they quit striking entire lv ft Just befoie sundown we moved up under the railrond bridge just below the dam and tried small spinners in the deep water The result was half a dozen yellow perch— which are plenty good after they re skinned and dropped into sizzling butter for a few minutes— any number of 8 to 10 inch chubs and half a dozen nr so three and four pound cirp Nary a trout1 ft ft Wasn't a Fish "The river rats will be down If soon s It gets d erk ’’ I said anyone can find these trout thev can” ho we crossed to the north shore built a fire and while the pu me him h w vs being onsumed ‘ 1’ Stoker ‘Pier’ Pu rpont and Pex Howard arrived on the sc ene d Sure well show you t lie v h or a while the finied M uv s Hole’ was litei vl y alive with flies spiniuis and assorted lines whistling out across the river I gave up rolled up in a blanket on (he hank and r night up on sleep thinking the Id iho experts would steer John onto a big one Ihcy woke me up nt 1 to a m md there w vsn t a fish in light e hor-iise- ft ft In 1 e n i SPORTSMEN’S Smith nt-- 1 Io A ’ route to Pocatello I remembered n prued fishing knife had linn left near tin riffle on file south shore — gone for good ihe in vt afternoon prolmhlv that knife was the first tiling 1 spot t it ft ft hour tw o oi k w “ -- eaf left inn Written Attack Tribune Intermnunlain Service GREFN RIVER Wvo -- Action of the Wyoming state game and ft 9pm ft ft Good for Ducks been weather’s the Wbile wrong for fishing It’s been great for duck — where the diiek need it most Bain in the great ( wild eliiek factory promise the greatest crop of waterfowl in years according to Duck I nlimited Tin national organization of wiUlfowler ha just completed a survey of Saskatchewan Albert i and Manitoba — where the hulk of the continent duck are produced and found an almost general reversal of file drouth rondition which threatened to bring a federal ban oil all duck limiting a few year Imc k -- ft ft rihune Ii 'i mount ml k rv e II lice — I' IDAHO I plans ty the Ilcho s e'e f fi a lew ileparimnt nieitereilz dl he re ale d io s Industry I ills will be so ND v i eta era d ale t lees cos! J he R Rot h ns o' the 1 n de nl of dc of l ii ii f unv ei i i I on mi in u ic a c ne iui s i A lit duck supply — but they found in addition that 11)9000 acres of of which were m ushos-mn- st di vmed in unsuccessful land promotion schemes— have been by dams constructed by the Canadian branch of Ducks And an additional Unlimited 4iionoO acres contributed by the pi ovine va governments being restored as duck breeding refuges So the shooting this fill should he cm e turn il u HotWcalher Hits Pi ’OVO s Ic i in i f is f II e Ha mc it he mm g by iirec it !l s i v s One turkev grower r siv o it used ll g ecu a w il h g e i S hr in ( irk hui h he i use sec uiUy di tap ill ' i uiml 1'ioilmg in'n tie iri nt Ihe i the trap ric Ice! s to he fice fiom ihe wic'cr ell up a w ii e netting funnel o n c on n nrr on r trio l A it lion' ic s nee not so sen e h it gal ii xcit n sl hi ii g a fpw moving i I u kc mi among killr s n I not man spimd bv c upland bit i beaver Fire Warning dams us ng iv dc it a Trihune Inlermountain Service Con ROCK STRINGS Wvo tinned drouth conditions in the Washakie national forest on the south end of the Wind River mountains has brought a warning to Rock Springs and other Sweetwater county sportsmen that care must be taken with fires to prevent forest fires in the region The forest affected is a favorite place with Sweetwater county peo pie hundreds from here going to its streams for fishing The warning issued by Paul E Riggs of Lander end a ranger on the forest was a direct appeal to people from this county to use the utmost care in preventing forest fires Riggs pointed out that the dry condition of the forest creates a serioua hazard Care in handling campfires and a warning against tho careless uae of cigarets was sounded Smokers are asked to refrain from smoking while walking or riding horseback through No burning cigaret the forest cigar or pipe ashes should be thrown from a car he aid Comof campfire plete extinguishment when it has served its purpose is asked of all campers Small trcums in the south end of the mountains are drying up rapidly and recent visitors to the South Pass country report that pra tic ally all of the small stream that are usually fair fishing at this time of year are dry by the time they reach the Sweetwater river Aa a result thousands of will die as they did dursmall ing the drouth years of 1934 and 1935 when lack of water caused a depletion of trout in email strains of this same region - in by and k J asstu union and there really study the matter rather than using snap oLj fi-- “I iLi p lJi New and Sensational 1940 Model Regulations for the 1979 Utah big game hunt will be drafted August 4 and 5 at the sta'e capitol when the hmrd of big game control holds its aim il mec ting T he hoard m wle up of sportsmen and stoi kgiovvt s will determine liovv manv elk and licunless deer will he taken and in what mens they mav lie hilh d in a el ht ion the offu lie vx map e eliiiix's in game junrie J i i COMING SOON heiun-dari- New Lower Prices s Jerome hporl’siiieii Plant 3000 i kS 11 During the pist week Hie Jerome Rod and 7fxi0 small (un cluh lias plantedWilson hi ic k bos in Like bring d ing the total number of RHi pi mte in he lake by the cluh to approximate lv 10 noo for the season report members ot the hailing eommit-- JI ROME Idiho I’ ints w oil’d be etab ished tn t he oni ert rop - cli rov u g kc ts into com nlraie for fi h i lu'ihcrics and poultry nun Pc S mi’s Hint other orga mzat lotm (iiiimg donation would he for gathering tne lil- I v Anglers Get draining stagnant water behind them that we tan take care of the 1 trout" he said He explained that the fish feed have claimed it to be necessary to post 'no trespass’ signs on their behind the beaver dams and that places because sportsmen are ac- during periods of extreme low water become cut off from the main cused of leaving gates open trampling crops etc Now it is becoming stream later suffocating as the waa racket and the excuse for col- ter becomes stagnant Conditions in the Strawberry reslecting JI or more for 'tiespass' or for forcing to hire ervoir proper are okeh he said but sportsmen horses guides or cabins admitted that continued dioulh ‘The latest case is that of Silver might result in loss of many trout lake in the Wind River mountains History of the Sti aw berry reserwhere for years the road has run voir reveals that suffocation has through the land of a rancher Af- taken thousands of trout in the ter these years he has placed a past Mm-- t of the deaths occurred padioek on his pate under the plea after winter set In and fish died that his horses had escaped from beneath the ice from lack of oxy the pasture However he has now gen the condition whn h Cook fears started renting horees as a means will occur on the Scofield of reaching Silver lake This is but Southern I tah one example of what is going on ‘We notire that the commission Meanwhile from Frank G Marhas yielded to the importunities of tinet! president of the Sevier Coun-ta fi sternal organization in Rock Fish ami tame association it Springs and closed the setson on was learned that southern Utah doe deer after a count hid shown trout also may suffer from the hot the number of doe in Sweetwater weather Martines reported that many of county to have reached serious The number of hiu k ciecr the reservoirs in that section of the remaining were not sufficient to state are dropping rapidly guarantee any increase in five deer herds of the county After all it is the sportsmen’s organizations whu h have the welfare of wild life conservation at heart and fraternal lodges have not until recently taken J-Aanv interest in the matter li 'It teems if they really had any interest other than sentimental they would join some sportsmen s i our Cowboy State Vic-toi- y Temperature Drops “Temperatures have dropped this sector and I believe that Game Board Slates Meet TPOYO — Hot weather is making Trovo river fishing poor to fair Hi t is the best hire for the muddv w i er below Deer Creek dam I lies are nuw popultr above the dam Pc el f ‘lung is repor'ed above the c' cm Some good calc lies are be mg repor'ed on the lower Provo ill Ihe C u ti rv ille sec t inn to al f lung in t ported on Su ng ruck just below the slate fiMi (lat he iv I I MvcDen (elite deputy fame w it ti re purls goo 1 Hi lies fiom m tu in rrv mentor up until Monel iv ami nor since Hen He it to the hot dry weather Worms and live minnows are best hi t II pro-teit- this meth v judgment ac M v vie (on into tn I nt l’c j r li cl i f !l e u xc g i n in hi is i a w ce iris thee u r cli te r mint J U o ii mil n ( e Tonne lie e I 'I d I kior linens Dree hi nd I i n U u me it w ii doieei n i "We have been bothered with manv fires most of them small during the last few weeks and inasmuch a the situation is growing worse we ask the cooperation of every Hahn in ihe state’s timber" Cook said v than 1000 Canadian oh rrvers levelled a 27 year per cent me lease over in precipitation from April 1 to mid June This in itwill past self is enough to increase the of more Reports fish and game commissioner and state fire warden to campers and fishermen to guard against forest fires before to prevent limit from suffocating but the game It ider believes that it w ill wmk and his depaitnunt is willing to trv it on Ihe Strawberry Meanwhile nir to the river fiom Ihe re highway bridge which loomed aa another danger spot last week the situation appeared less critical Cook reported following a survey "of the area ganizatlons The letter also assailed ‘poste hunting and fishing areas charg ing that ranchers are making a racket out of the 'no trespass” w arnings Jensen said "For manv years the ranchers lui-pou- ft s ml To Cooks knowledge oil Ins neiir been tried fish commission in t losing the reason on doe and allowing the shooting of buck deer onlv drew fire here Thuiscjav when S G lenseir president of the Green River Sportsmen’s club made public a letter written the game commission in which he charged the commission with responding to the petition pf a fraternal organization instead pf heeding requests of sportsmen s So from about until 1 a m we wore out right arms selling various flies out over the Water letting them sink a foot or two beneath the surface and rolling them in Even Max another of the angling Howards couldn t connect— and when he can t get a big one fishing in those spots is piactically a washout Just befoie deciding to give it up for good I tied a No 1 silver Colorado on my line sailed it out and started to reel in After the battle there was a rainbow on the bank— the onlv trout taken in two days of fishing— but that one was worth all the effort Continued hot weather and drying timber Saturday brought a word of caution from Newell B Cook state Cook explained that this amount of water will he sufficient to safeguard the trout provided the area that gels a fall and winter run-of- f w ill raoe the u e ‘In ease we do not get a suffi-eiewe fall and winter run-of- f will try a new method -- use of an Hlr enmpreosor— to supply oxvgen to the w iter under the ice" Cook Law Draws was time to trv the ‘spout’ and the fnrehav for big ones-f- or it was dark with just a sliver of moon riding over Ihe hills to the west Prerent Fire Fall Run Off Wyoming Doc ’ Idaho Msiy Use Crickets To Fml Hatchery Trout T n G 1c nut eui the lift c ircnliicid one struct and a pound and a half trout took a No 4 ( olor iclo spinner and two feet of leach r — iituk then it A i 4 i McDonald Jr F R Pett and Lakers Hot weather has resulted in catthcs dropping off on the river recently —r Enthusiasm High e 1 t-- M JMafRarct Kramer J F Carpenter all Salt the reasons fishing hasn t boon too hot the past week was the heat-a- nd perhaps another reason is the moon is veering towaid the full during which time it u light enough for trout to feed Rt night so they aren t hungry during the dav Scofield and the Strawberry which have been yielding fine catches have been in the above category— with returning angleis reporting few Even strikes and fewer fish the Duchesne river and its tributaries have yielded fow catches worth boasting about And thats one of the reasons why this department thought the Snake river below American Falls might be right last week One i c i Jt t Cook Makes Appeal to As was tho case last week the danger spot appeared to be the Scofield reserv oir w hn h this spring came into prominence for the first time in its history as a major source of supply for Utah trout eggs Cook reported that during the week he met with officials of the Trice Water Users’ association and learned from that body that It intended to inn all the water it could out of the dam However the water users Rro anxious to save the trout and will not resort to pumping aa they did during the drouth of 1978 unless the Irrigation situation becomes aggravated If pumps are not used about 550 acre feet of water will bo U ft in the reservou s Vlsv Fishing By Don Howard levels -- r '' ‘Lei’s Go ( - L 4 ( e That the state will have to take drastic measures to save thousands of trout from suffocation was foreseen Saturday by Newell B Cook Utah fish and game commissioner as the heat wave continued unabated and rosetvous and sticams dropped to new lowf '—ft? s' f £ I wish I'd get a bite” Here’s a contingent ot out” on the Provo river at Jor- anglers “waiting them danclle Left to right (in the foreground) Don Bridge rxi-’m- ‘‘ tr ft" W' “Gee Aviators Plan : f IWftHWlNi aJJ Idaho Loses Sage Hens Pic-ab- sl H Jr t Hot Weather Cuts Down Trout Catches ous h 4 4 I Stevens Both are commercial pilots Dean’s ship will be used in the operations and the pilots will take tut ns in flying it At least seven primitive Jakes in the Stanley basin region will be stocked from the air during the flights which are expected to take two days to complete against weeks formerly needed by ground crews During the planting expedition the fliers will base at the Rocky Mountain club flying field On each trip approximately 4000 fish will be carried in a specially constructed tank which has been placed in the front cockpit of Dean s plane Flying low over the lakes to be stocked the pilot will be able to release the fish through a vept in the bottom of the tank any time he desires made in Experiments Deans ship have proved that the fish are not nljured when they strike the water Lakes to be 'tooked will include Imogene Toxawav Alice lourth Hitting of July Ydlowbellv Champion and Trout are hitting flies on these waters Mast streams in southern Washington in the Stanley basin Utah are very low and trout are region The flights are bring sponsored not striking hv the Frontier club with Jack In the northern sector (he Uinof Buhl in charge of artah mountain country holds the Tingey rangements answer Most of the lakes in the vinmtv of Minor like are yielding trout Streams in the northern area are unproductive Idaho reports similar condi ions in most streams The best bets appear to he the Portnenf river near Pocatello Silver creek at o Little Wood river at Picabo DUBOIS Idaho — If the sage hen Big Wood river at Hviley river at Bliss Springfield like at Is as near extinction as believed Springfield and tributaries to the and all evidence supports the besouth fork of the Snake river lief Idaho hunters will never agun Hebgen lake enioy an open season on the native bud Water M ester Elvin Hehgen like and waters in 'he upland 11 of Dubois soys e Henninger th of Madison vicinity rivrr upper "It is doubtful if sage hens thiv are good Montana reports wi'h a similar rondition g on the rver be brought back Thev wull r piggo tne wav of the pnssen alRed Rock river at Arnistcvd eon sandhill irane and huff tlo ” though the stream is a little high Clark minty until recent y(Mrs As usual excellent fishing is ellow stone pilt w is noted for its nbumiince of reported from s ege hens Now research authoriwith the jirtlmnal parks service polties are studying habits of th tn miniof limits the icy cutting N ige hens canmum and keeping a nreful check bird in this aica on catches appuently pivmg big not he pinpigtted in captivity After hiving nested and re ire d tl idcnels vnung throughout the footJitkson lake In the Teton coun- their hill are is of the county the sage try of northwestern Wyoming is hens moved hv thousands to Mu I giv ing up many big one to tro Dr the firN heavy snov with aveiage catches reported on lake with Now in an all elav for wm'er streams m the aiea se in h a lint ur e Inver would see few if anv As lcle gx four veers Call lira Drop Off ago eloc us of the buds would LOGAN — Anglers repent that hive tie n sc n Us ippi u me i' of he turd Is most streams in Cache valley are ihuted to huiitc is gm s j teel almost deplete d of fish of anv mzc onsuinpliiiii of nest mg liluls t t w o re si rv on s m exc ill n m - im luclm hv m and two in Ulnksmiih link In film- disc ur i of the lipcworm and mule ennvon where Urge catihcs arc t it ion hv in re in d she ep a’ d at lie being reported on bait and flics s lie rds on r u tunity Paul has been fishing quite a while At least so far as can be learned he has been whipping a rod sinie he was 7 years old Of course it’s not to be said that was a long time ago but still he has a store of fishing knowledge that would make old Iznak Walton jeal- U (kune Leader and Water Users Confer on Seofield Situation lf 4 y Idaho 4 C5 Cook Drafts Plans To Save Trout TFnz’fs l6 July 23 1939 1 e W pu like il on t of Ic ale omits is leu rome Executives' Cars and Demonstrators Drastically Reduced Only Fivo Cars Left— Hurry — 1 in the east IJeenwe Stile Jump? All late model used cars slashed in price— as much as S2000Q It's your opportunity to own a Quality Car In Oneida County MM Ml Idiho- - Dm mg the fit wt there were PiH monjhi of mme fishing In ernes Is ued In ( )m nl i mini v than during the I J Williams same j nod in ' f) c j u v game war lilt lepnils Ihe totals for the jeriexls were 18 and fi‘8 in 19 9 Of the 480 in Motof amount sold in 19 9 about 50 were mb nt licenses Home torn six 1 1 H Jackson Motor I'm karri Ihstrikulnr t I Co Avc & 2nd East Wasatch 34S5 |