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Show I LAST PARADISE OF ANGLERS IN IDAHO'S LAKES i State Officials, Forest Serv- ice, Fish and Game Asso-IM Asso-IM ciation Stocking Waters nv mP" o.-.rv r.'irh r.( t nutomoblle nt Mountain roads. rUrrtohlng ;,nJ fringed by densely wooded forests H .,. Reflfteh Lakes, deatineo1 to- be- come an angler's paradise. Through the combined fforta of the ,. fjcials of Idaho. the Wood River Wt ,,i 1; i.).- latlon and the H Forest Service a shipment of eyed . ft or the landlocked .salmon or Ouennnlche has he-n sent to the Hay hatch( d there and the resulting fry I M lings placed In the ..nous 5 Redfi.-h lakea . I. S proposed to close lo trout risn- E I nleta to the lakes In which B 1 la ndlo ked i re pla i I I and a 1 that tills excellent g.ime fleh will bc-' bc-' me stabllsned there The 'akes contain abundant foods I and the inlets provide exceptionally fin spawning conditions. GAME l isn s rr ' :. be onw to same family Jjfr .,, cutthrbat, steal head ami rain-bow rain-bow trout, average batt eon two and three pounds and seldom weighs more than eight pounds. They are game and take the fly readily I uiananichc. pronounced one-ann-lch with the accent on the second -Unble. I is ot Montagnals Indian derivation I from the Interrogative. quen-a'' there! What la that?" I This fish, therefore is The little I t rm still desci Iptlve I f ir Its exact ri tee In the scientific clas. I si fl cat ion of fis-h--.-- has never yet been settled- I They are blaclc spotted, rcsemblinir I somewhat the native trout but arc I -without black spots on the tail are I more silvery with bronze colors on the I head and have larger scales C They may be distinguished from the I rainbow and native n-o k and the I palmon by the absence cf block spots I pn the t.ui although brownish mark; I lngs occur there, the presenco of conspicuous con-spicuous black spots on the head ana hody. the absence of red coloring and the general silvery appearance. It would be more difficult to distinguish dis-tinguish them from the orown or L,ocn Loven trout hut neither of these occur ifrjs Redflsh l LAKE M STREAM Those that have fished for them tinder both lake and stream conditions say they are among the gamest fish' that swim. In one Instance fishing i tinder stream conditions for four days cost more In lost files and leaders than J the cost of board at Ihe hotel. Plenty p of fish were taken however, nnd on the evening preceding and during the arly hours on the next morning be-I be-I fore tho stage left the limit ot 25 M v- t "" ' was taken. E W r yarding this fish. Dr Henry Van E t ill But the prince of the pool was the HKnnnK '-' ua im 11 M 11 . inr iiiiio moon H ol c' John Here let me chant tny praise, thou noblest and most hlrh- rnJnded fish th cleanest feeder (he yt merriest liver, tho lofilut eadei bravest warrior of all creatures that swim ' Thy cousin, the trout. In his purple and gold with crimson spots. . wears a more splendid armour t.ian ygfll " thy rus.set and silver mottled with black, but thine is the klnglier nature. His courage and skill, compared with ( thine 'Are as moonlight unto innllght. . ,jf And as water unto wine ' Vw ' ilmon of th sea who be- fc-" hee long ago in thos. Inland L waters lee-imo a backslider, descend-r descend-r ing again to the ocean and grew gross fc4 and heavy with coarse feeding. But J thou, unsalted salmon of the foaming floods, not landlocked as m n call Hkp ml ehooslntr Of thine own free H will to dwell on n loftier level in the 9H . p srwlfi current Of a living atream, i hath grown in grace and risen to a better life "Thou are not to be measured by , quantity but by quality, and thy five pounds of pure vigor will outweigh a i rcorc of pounds of- flesh less vitalised by spirit. Thou feedest on the files of the air, and thy food Is transformed Into an aerial pajsslon for flight, as thou sprlngest across the pool, vaulting vault-ing toward the sky. Thine eyes have grown larger and keen by peering through the foam, and the feathered hook that can deceive theo must bo deftly lied, and delicately cast Thy j tail and fins, by ceaseless conflict with I the rapids. have broadened and I strengthened, so that they can flash thy Blender body like a living urrow I up the fall. As Launcelot among tho knfghts. so uri thou among the fish the plain -armored hero, the sunburnt 'champion of all the waterfolk." I Some fish, what! I S. B Locke. In charge or fish and igame branch of the forest service with ' headquarters at (Jgden suj t These are waters containing large 'quantities of feed und are well stocked with coarse fishes, such as squawflsh, I suckers, whltcflsh and BO forth. Growling Grow-ling conditions are excellent and such in it as the rainbow, landlocked I il-' il-' mon eastern brook .and. possibly somn I lake trout, such as the golden trout of Sunapee lake, would bo desirable. .HI -vI'VU MM. II. ( I -"All of these fish except posslM tne ! rainbow would utilize to a considerable consider-able extent the young of the coarse fishes and the abundance of this food ! would result In rapid growl h. Tho macklnaw trout would utlHze much ot this food but It Is so cannibalistic In Its tendencies and Bjlvea so Ilttlo sport In its capture that 1 would consider it an undesirable lntroductron. "In view of tho abundance of coarse fishes stocking with trout of reasonable reason-able piscivorous food habits will be advuntagetm. Bpeclea of flahea that spawn in streams are deslrstble on account ac-count of the excellent quality of the spawning beds and tho fact that th young fish will largely bo protected from coarser fishes while thoy are In the streams. "I would recommend that as liberal plantings as possible be made In these waters of rainbow trotrc. -The fish should bo liberated well up In the ln-and ln-and under no circumstances turned turn-ed loose in the lakes Beoauae of tho COal of t raiiMP-ortatlon advanced fry or small fingerllng would be preferablo to larg- flngerling providing care vviis liken to pTace these In tho smaller branches away from any large fish. Becauae of the trouble in obtaining si ijcR. tu" tfrS l.i rult. rt"?( 'T tttt iTtrn WTBTHI B desirability of gllng them a fair teql in these- watafa two pTintTYigs coiild' Lf made, one" of small ffhrfe"rl)ngs as fsoon "as the- roads-' Wer" Open In ea'rTj fommer and the othoY fn early Sep- Mr. rxcfces sugirestlons nlofig this line has been aiTd aTo beTng arrle, oMt - - location rrr lark However, brother angler, it wbn't be necessUrj-tor yo"u to tak Out y.oir tscTkle for a while- tor WeTI thbuph these fisti thrive there will Ml 111 real f letting vmtH 'rtrit w-m he the first eea-Fo-Fi tor them to spawn l imtny of them iniffh-t not p"awn until un-til 192. It wnird"be n. Juamrrlo fake the babies before tliat time TIm-4-m- irtxiper are l-oinretl in th-western th-western part of blain irnd Caster roiin-tlea roiin-tlea nnd IK- t4i" we :nr of till Salmi.ni Mver iile. and bloT! Ijjj?n ar IMMnOOOUB wnnrilr l.ihf Hmo --tivi 1 st bast- t Hn- Saw tuoth lUOlijMaiiM. Tho InlM ntc.iiwa with th-1r many Miuiiiiif ti-iiiHt.iFie hi- te,t (rem the mvow ui the-metre prottxeW slopes aiiH-im iIih rugged p. . ol ih s.. tooth r.in v.itu ujjii Uuifc J ni.non to 10.800 feet Tho elevation of Uie larger ra-ke is ftiftfjl r.?no feeT Ideal cauiplng spotsi arc t(f Vk found Bl yll'The T-.k- I -ana rhe-rr-,resr service hat "fnatajtled ' tolaphbfl'aa within r'fifh 'of- rhe A1Tura,s iftke tftiToll It aurreilndbad br scenttr hfeatrty Full directions are found at ihe in-srrju-ment--fo'r Ycip-onln frr,.-v tS the lorct officer! and Tor-sef-orlnK hi'lf'" In rnw ot' nc1lrnt TKIiKIHONL: WKWUM Another feature' of vttnl ffhpdttaiht trire tourt-te-th" hvlD yvhb h ts jela'd- lj given by be otv3t mngern MgaCro lirg K'j.Ih ,mri ir ill, aH tn he had for the Asking" vver fb" t-hp)roTTt- Alturas lake which is also calhrd ' SoLmoH- lt-l-bwrt w ofrfeff hD& onvi ractloaiiy feurtt-.fi'aa , Yrnie in widJh. Un ih.v Mkle i a bjtawily wuQdkid tulnu 1 Iblritf ouy tewt in a Ki ntle fUvpo fre-in tlw wutwn Jgc.-'in Jgc.-'in tbe. jui ore -sandy aixl iru.r portions J of the hore arv pine treb -exoveaingly straight (tml from 4 to 1 oo- feet in J height, Banatb. the 1 roe ra frajMaa a.ml ntiniej-OJie. fLowfirirvg c!ut ndJ 5 Jshrubs. In the shaced and damper tangle ore brilliant patches of tho beautiful uhootlng star whose delicate tlowers w.lher and die early In July( or August. And arnons tho grasses in the level and marshy places may bo sen In profusion the largo doop bjU" gentian with Its short stem long after the frosts and tho first .snows have come A rugged granite mountain ridge rlrB about 1500 "feet above tho northwest side of the lake with but little timber upon tho sldo toward the lake. Tho avenge depth of the lake Is I 150 foot with Its water pure and so: I clear that one can readily see the bottom to a depth of 40 feet If the 'surface Is undisLurbcd. ! Across the upper end of the lake Is .ii dense irrowth of vegetation harbor-1 Ing Ihf ureat bulk of food of most of I tho coarse fleh that live in the lake SCENIC $E 113 n ( Equally as beautiful from a scenic point of view is Pettit lake. Redflsh lake. Stanley lake and the others. J . ETQfll what ha.- bvn twtltl It must 'not be understood that there is no 1 trout fishliiK Trout rrmy be. found In practically every stream, more aboundant in somo I than In others. Fishing through all this section Is good and at th proper season all kinds of fish from the small brook trout to the 40 pound coast salmon sal-mon are caught with hook and line. The scenery along the Salmon r,er i beautiful. The road is excellent. Add to thin tho lure of the wild country, the deer, the mountain goat and the mountain sheep that you will run Into unexpectedly especially if you wish to test your mountain cllnibing ability on the Peaks of the Sawtooth range, many of which are as yet unsealed un-sealed by man. This Is the haunt of the Rocky Mountain goat. Trout streams with the sunlight dancing across the riffle where It breaks: th music of the water slipping slip-ping by. the fragrant odpr of tho pines; the call of the bird . life; the n.ai-stv of of the mountains, tho grandeur gran-deur of the grout outdoors, covering an ivreu of about 83,000 square miles, u not work of beautiful trout streams-Trout streams-Trout fishing, yes. and calling you. |
