| Show MOAB WAXES WAKES UP TO valued OF RESOURCE fish Adocia association tion equipping boat fr for pleasure on colo radd iziver i some twenty ye years rs ago the editor of the san juan record realized the great value of the Colo colorado river as a potential resource resource to the town of moab when properly properly taken advantage of and we ve are glad to see that through the efforts y f the moab fish and game association that resource 1 is about t to 0 be tva utilized tl 11 z 1 I to attract people to ea eastern stein U the last issue issue on of the times inde pendent had a double doub e column article telling of the aslant planting t ng of the river with channel the plans plana of the association to develop a scenic trip through the colorado river canyon 1 from there we edwith 1 rom clip extracts tracts from the article in in oi order r er tu to h help lp advertise thy the roost most laudable lau dible scheme less than ter ten beirs years ago sportsmen en of moab through congressional influence were able ti tb secure a shipment of I 1 three manstof cans can of channel cat fin gerlings they were planted in the river at moab and promptly forgot ten then about the hear year 1925 moab disciples of isna isaac walton corn com fenced catching a ne variety of lish that resembled the speckled mours moun tain trout after some som mystification the fish vas ivas identified as the channel cat since that time these fish are aie being caught u h b by s spot sportsmen ot amen in in con scantly inci easing as in 9 number u fil ber berces a few years cars a ago go a ns nerman sern n catali tell on the colorado d 6 T i e aran mostly to suckers carp and bulkheads bullheads bulj bull heads now the channel catfish predo iff nates thai the river Is ideally adapted to these fish I 1 is s ab shown w ii by the J fact a that they v 11 are attain attaining ing I 1 ammens uze ira and have spread up an and down finver fl biver nver t from rom moab for great 1 1 cats ave ae now the most common fisi fish caught in in the river avei at dewey 40 miles above moab and they have n migrated down the colorado river liver to the mouth of the green river avei and up that stream to the town of Green Greenn river vei a distance of some miles evidently these game fish like their new in out southeastern heastern utah last year a channel cat fish was caught at moab weigh weighing nine pounds pound in the missouri and mississippi rivers ineis their native habitat channel cats rarely attain a size in in excess of eight pounds the people of bf moab and southeast e ein rn utah are aie not disposed to be stingy with then their channel c batfish in ill fact they are willme willing and anxious anxious to share shaie the recreational advantages afforded by the colorado river avei with the sportsmen spoils men of the west cst facilities rai litis ire now available whereby a wonderful wonder fui boat trip on the colorado colon lo 10 river avei with channel catfish thrown fit in for foi good mci ensure suie is open to tn the world A few years ago when a number of oil wells were dulled drilled the banks of the river below moal moah several boats were constructed conati by the moab garage company to haul fi freight eight and passengers to and front the wells the expensive boit boat equipment has hah been turned tinned over to the moab fish game association for foi the entertain ent eitam ment of sportsmen sports nien and tourists one of the boats a stein 62 feet long with a 16 foot beam powered by a horsepower motor and capable of transporting people is 13 being remodeled into a house boat with all the conveniences it will be equipped with kitchen and lining dining room cabins and electric lights an experienced river avei and boatman will ill have charge of the craft lie ile is 13 now I 1 making preparations for foi launching a commercial tourist business on the colorado river camp sites up and down tle river will be selected the best fishing spots will be charted chai ted and by spring a new thrill will vill be available to the sport loving people of the west the boat will bo be equipped ath w th all 11 necessary essaiy fishing tackle so that t tile the tourist will find everything in readi nos for him hi ni when lin hr the th but boat for a voyage up or down the river ner the colorado river avci canyon irr the vicinity of moab offers scenery that rivals the famous grand canyon of the same river in in arizona A boat irin up or down don the ile hieam stream iron from moah moab Is an experience that will thrill the most blase gobe ciattei the ever changing pa panorama pano nornma inma of canyon and cliff the vermillion vor million coloring of th the e massive nails that use rise from the rivers banks for hundred eds 8 of feet all this seen from a co clinort ort able chair on a powerful powei ful houseboat house boat will be a new ex perince for foi those who have been accustomed to undergoing I 1 luid hard knocks to view MOW the scenic marvels of the Colo Color indo rido river ner countley unquestionably the colorado river liver boat tup fill with the added thrill of channel cat fishing will within a fw few years yen is become one of nf the most popular pleasure trips the west affords fouls af for such a unique voyage cannot long remain hidden front public notice there IF i no ro of depleting dople tins the supply of channel catfish by r i influx of sportsmen for hundras of miles the river ncr winds through thio it canyon with perpendicular cliffs on either side and is accessible only by boat during the spring and months when fishing is at its best there probably will never come Is k time when there will vill be more moie half a dozen fishermen fisli eimen for each mile of river due to the of the st stream renni naturally it will be rather difficult to overdo oveido channel cat fishing on the colorado Coloia do river |
