The Portland daily press., 1895-06-24
JUMPING SALMON.
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One Of the Attractions Of the Town Of
Caribou.

A Pool There Which is Rival to Bangor's
Tourists Are Beginning to Find 1t
Out-Stocking the Streams With Sal
mon and Trout.
Caribou, Maine, June %. Have you
been down to see the salmon Jump"
That is almost the first, question which
the citizen of Caribou asks of the visitor
now a-days. And if he is wise man,
the stranger will let the native conduct
him to the shore of the river down by the
dam. Then if he has the good luck to
find the salmon jumping, the visitor will
see one large fish and then another and
another bound from the water, turning
somersaults in the air. in fruitless effort
to get into the still water above ithe dam.
This dam is structure faced with logs,
the water pouring in a smooth and un-
broken sheet over the incline to break
into foam at the foot It is at this foam
capped wave that the fish make their
leaps OF course there is a fish way in
the dam so that the salmon do get over
it after learning that to jump it is impos-
sible. A local amateur with kodak
ssshot" at a salmon last year just as the
big fellow was whirling over and over in
the air in a mad endeavor to climb the
dana The picture has since been en-
laPged and printed and now makes an
attractive advertisement of the salmon
pool which is likely to rival that at Ban
Ess.The pool proper is just below the
dam, where the water ripples and breaks
over lot of small rocks and then eddies
about and become dark and still in deep
pools between the shallow places. Here
at this season of the year may be seen
the fishermen, with big rubber boots
flies and now and again "playing'' the
gamey fish which reward their patience
by making long and gallant struggle
when finally they have swallowed the
deceptive flies.
The salmon began to run up the river
about ten days ago and S. L. White
caught the first one, an FOUNDER He
soon had competitors at the pool and a
dozen big fish were landed in the next
few days. Nine have since been caught.
This salmon fishing here is a sport which
has been introduced since the building of
the dam five years ago 1t is already be-
coming known to the sportsmen from
other states and a Boston man was
among the first of the arrivals this year.
Most of the fishing however, is still done
by the local anglers
Fish Wardens Collins and Cummings
have given the salmon their attention
this year and have spent some time in
the vicinity on the look out for any of
the law breakers who violate the fishing
laws by spearing salmon In the night
st is possible to paddle quietly along the
stream with light burning at the bow
of the boat Then the sharp eyes Of the
men in the boat can easily detect a sal
mon on the bottom of the stream A
quick thrust with spear and the salmon
e. H. I-x4 -, 4l.,0~r Il
in violation of law. This year, however,
there have been no arrests of poachers
and no cases of poaching reported
The residents of the southern section of
the state are apt to think of Aroostook
only as potato growing country That
is not true picture. There are many
other crops grown in the county and no
mean harvest is that of the fish crop.
A number of years ago, Caribou men es-
}ablished fish hatchery here and ran it
themselves without state aid, except that
)hey were given some of the eggs. This
1eason the fish and game commissioners
have made this state hatchery. In the
pens, where the clear water runs all day
bnd night, there are now between 100, 600
pnd 200 coo young sea and landlocked
salmon and trout They have reached an
ege when they must soon be turned
loose to shift for themselves, except that
30, 900 will be boarded by the state in
The new feeding ponds recently construct
ID here. These youngsters will be cared
Tor until next October, being fed on a
diet of fine chopped liver. Then they
too will be let adrift in the cold, cold
world of water, land and rock to grow
big enough to adorn the string of some
fisherman. Now, however, these future
prize catches, are about half the size of
Einnows They are lively little fellows
and dart from side to side with lightning
rapidity when the shadow of an onlooker
falls on the water in the tank. The new
feeding ground consists of number of
small artificial pools built in lot of land
on the road to New Sweden Mr.. B. L.
Briggs has charge of the hatchery and
will have an assistant to do the work at
the feeding ground.