The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-31
Speckled Trout and Where to Catch
Them at This Season Of
the Year.
The Game and Fish Law Which
All Sportsmen Should OBJ
serve and Maintain.
The Sweepstake Shooting Match by the
Rod and Gun Club Yesterday-A
Regular Shoot To-day.


fsherman's heart. Every day small parties
leave town for days sport in the nearby
streams, and they return with abundant
evidence that the speckled beauties are to
be found in numbers sufficient to delight
any reasonable sportsman. The high water
prevents good fishing in the larger streams,
but by June l this will be lowered SO as to
permit fishing during the remainder Of the
year. One advantage that Montana has
over other sporting grounds is that the fish
ing season lasts twelve months in the year,
though the best fly fishing is between June
l and November l. This does not mean
that trout and erayling cannot be caught at
other times. Last December well-known
sportsman of this city caught twenty-five
pounds of trout in one day in the Prickly
Pear creek. The disciple of Izaak Walton
finds unusual opportunities for good
sport within easy reach of Helena. He
can drive twenty-five miles to New York
gulch where there is an excellent hotel, and
starting from there he can whip line
through the clear waters of Trout creek to
his hearts content, and can be we'll re-
warded for his time. The fishing in this
stream is quite as good as last spring. One
a s picked Up % pounds OF a s%
little diaiculty Is to be found in following
the stream. Beaver creek is but short
distance from the gulch, and the fishing
there is said to be even better than in Trout
creek. But both are good streams, which
are we'll adapted for a days sport. The
Little Blackfoot, twenty-five miles on the
west, has long been favorite stream with
Helenaites who can get away only for
day. The train will stop at any place for
several miles along the stream to land the
Al, l. ,uS~v Al
the following day.. If he knows the sim
plest rudiments about fishing he will re-
turn to town we'll supplied.
For the better protection of game and
fish in Montana the sixteenth legislative as
sembly passed the following law, which all
hunters and ashernen will do we'll to OBJ
serve: That any person or persons who
shall wilfully shoot or otherwise kill or
cause to be killed, any white-tailed deer,
black-tailed deer, mule deer, noun
tain sheep, Rocky mountain goat.
or antelope, between the first day
of January and the fifteenth day
of September of the same year, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than twenty dollars nor more
than fifty dollars for each offense commit
Section Z. That fishing tackle consist
ing of rod or pole, line and hook, OF
spear, shall be the only lawful way that fish
can be taken in any OF the rivers, streams
lakes or ponds of this territory; that sale
hook shall not be baited with any poison.
GUS bait or substance, and that it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons t.
make any dam or use any fish traps, graf
hooks or similar means for catching
All b. lr,1~~
or or giant powder, or other explosive
compound, intending to catch, kill or de.
stroy fishes of any species, but nothing
herein contained shall prevent the use OF
any seine or other catch net used to catch
fish in any river or stream below two hun
dred miles from the head of any such rivel
or stream; provided. that such seine Of
catch net shall have mesh of net less thar
one inch square, and any person or persons
company or corporation offending against
this section shall be deemed guilty of {
misdeneanor and upon conviction thereo
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
$3.50, or shall be imprisoned for periot
not more than six months and shall pa,
the costs of prosecution.
The Rod and Gun club, of this city, i
again getting in shape for excellent work
It is an institution affording good spor
to its members, who number among Their
some of the best shots in the state. Yester
day sweepstake shooting match took plac
between the following gentlemen: Messrs
Tooker, Cronin, Kenneth, Wheeler, Brogar
Brooke, McHuffy. Hinckler, Harrity
Clewell. The stakes were won by Nj
Wheeler in q close contest. The regula
weekly shoot takes place at the Rod an
Gun club grounds this afternoon.
The Great Northern carried 4S6 passel
gers from Helena to Great Falls yesterda.
Nearly all report good time. The DO,
race between Gsudaur and Hamm was We
contested, resulting in q victory for Ga,
daur. In the ball game between the Heller
team and the Great Falls club, Helena can
off victorious by a score of twenty-five
eighteen. Complaint is made that little a
tention was paid to the visitors upon the
arrival. The accredited representative
the Caledonian club is especially displeas
at the want of courtesy shown by the bret
rem of Great Falls.