The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-06-20
Monster Trout of New Mexico.

Having seen the article entitled " New
arr 5 Noted Anglers In the Chicago Fied scvcfa
nT r ns" ana also the communication questioning
| Nruok trout, and not seeing any reply from him,
selt thc Doctor note requesting him to send me m
recount OF his exploit. Aud here II U.s. The Doctor
WIN certainly have to lower his prctenslon somewhat
US several larger trout have been captured. His ac-
| You lust rs received II. r. = NJ
| r. s. MorRcU Esg.
DEAN SIN: In answer to yonr note N
lne dN Instant asking me for particulars con.
cernlng the landing o trout " unusual Size win
StNte That although lover Of plscatorlal sport
neNc, called myself scientific fisherman nor dd
ever Keep any record of my failures Successes The
following incidents can locate positively, aud with.
ni doubi in my own mind rs TO their rullfulncss
pul Tear distance aud lapse Of time would render ii
hard Ion the to nnd proof:
~ The month Of July, 1868, I captured In the head
waters o tc naluplta river, In the Taos mountains,
New Mexico, In one mornings fishing, using q six.
tech onnce trout rod, made In ST. Louis fourteen
Sltcklcd trout, the smallest Of which weighed three
p"nh'lN "nd Two ounces aud the largest four pounds
onu fourteen ounces. ! took these trout within a
space OF half mile, aud the Of them from under
an on bedrer dam, using both fly and grdsshoppsr.
IN June, 1859, took from the lilo Colorado CHI
Qua IN the same mountains, large number OF trout
IRON one to -four pounds, where do not believe any
WINE man ever hshed before. Aud now, IL you will
allow me, win describe as well I can the taking
o the largest trout ever saw II was true trout and
the Few natives aud miners who saw II so declared IL
was on gold hunting expedition In the Cimarron
valley, ana had crossed the mountains for n hunt aud
nSm WIN TWO companions had been fishing for
nSoi on The stream that promised to he perfect III
una'l" Tor my frst east gave me fine fsh AT least
htee pounds, as recolleCt. For about one hundred
N,us Tue stream hsl narrowed aud dccpcned aud was
wen covered 10y tall grass my second east gave me
.nnmcc OF fastening to something that upset me- mem
tly AMI physically Tor I lost him In about two
minutes, rs Ibid my NY aud smell. - He's whom
per- S'ih Ia myself 'and l. n yet him before 90
nome 80 ! marked the spot, aud making a
ue'our ! fished the stream for u milo or more
anu TOOK turn at prospecting until afternoon.
ON returning to this, now, to me Interesting litiic
canon, commenced trying to find my lost hook Of
course not the fish that took II. Fly after y grass
nopper after giasShoprer, moth worm, everything
could thihk OF did ! bait with, hut nothing hui
slaal fsh. Al last happy Thought struck me. sal
down aud opened one of my largest nsh: In Ills
stomach found pieces of kind root that did no,
recognize as ever having seen bcfore they were
abont one-half inch In length, white, soft, and on
umt,ng found them sweet and aromatic. I con-
AMI II was success, for struck n fish that took ali
my nerve ana experience to take care Of For nearly
one hoir did all could To conquer him. and at last
succeeded. And when landed him, hy wadinp In n
shallow place that had coaNed him into and laid
MIN on the grass thought that II was very whale
In size. took him to camp and weighed him, Now
ior the big part of II; he actually weighed nine
POUNDS anu fourteen ounces and II was n trout-the
biggest tish that hal ever been seen In New Mexico
me natives and people who tho fish pronounced II
him. ~ 's"
the stream Is at least I, 500 miles from sea water
900 feet above the level and $50 miles from any
large stream AMI Is not more than fifteen feet Wide
ana varies from one to i've feet deep This Ash mys.
maker, U. ). A., were here he would say: ''Dr.
simpson can catch and bring home larger and better
is, than any man that ever lived I'm New NeyIco ',
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