Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-29
A Little Fishy.

OlS Jun vi salmon, ana tie pay is
teeming with the royal chinook and
} festive silver-sides, or as some of
the boys call them, Bryan fish,"
The local sportsmen are having lots
Of fun trolling for these birds of the
briny deep. Probably the biggest
catch this season, or at any rate the
most exciting time, was had Tues
day out in front of town, when
Wells, Waugh and Jones we're hav-
ing great sport. Waugh was boat
puller and Jones and Wells each
had out about 200 feet of line, or
namented with a I6 to silver
spoon, and a red, white and blue
trolling hook. Waugh was pulling
quietly along near Meckay's point
when Jones sang out, "I've got a
bite!' Instantly all was excite
ment. The gamey fish jumped
about twenty feet out of the water,
got two half bitches of the line
about his tail, and Jones says that
he actually turned seven M
saults in the air before finally hit
the water. and then started to swim
off at the rate of 400 miles an hour.
About this time Wells got a royal
chinook hooked, and then the fun
began. Waugh lost an oar, and
the two salmon started down the
bay at a I6 to I gate with Jones
and Wells hanging onto the lines
for salmon and dear life, while
Waugh stood up in the boat and
shouted, "see 'em go!' About
this time an old dog salmon of the
tribe of Chinook tribe, who had
seen many summers, attracted by
Waugh's wild gestures broke water
near the boat, and Waugh made a
pass at it with the remaining oar
and of course lost it. AT this the
old salmon bouted ship and made
for the boat, catching hold OF the
gunwale of the frail craft with teeth
that tones declares were five inches
long. In trying to kick him loose
Waugh got fouled in Jones' lines,
and between Waugh's frantic kicks
and the salmon's high jumps, Jones
says he thought the boat and the
bay were both full of fish and toll
ing spoons. And now the boat be-
gan to fill with water, and Wells,
who had caught his breath for a
moment, shouted, ''fpr the shore,
for the shore. pull for the shore"
~whereupon Jones pulled loose a
seat from the boat, letting go his
line, thinking that Waugh could
hold the salmon while he padded
the boat ashore, but the old CHI
nook who had his teeth fastened in
the boat, Topped water in Waugh's
eyes so bad that all he could do was
to hold on to the forward seat with
both hands while his feet hung
over the side of the boat, with the
salmon Jones had hooked pulling
his leg tor all hat was out. Final
ly just as the boat was sinking land
was reached. Wells jumped out
and made his line fast to a telegraph
pole, and Jones dragged Waugh out
of the boat and sat on him to keep
the salmon from dragging him into
the bay, and then Wells ran to a
neighboring house and got a gun
to shoot the fish. The boys finally
captured all three of the fish and
have extracted the teeth of the old
timer. Waugh wants to send them
to his brother in Ohio, who is a
great Mckinley man, to help Nc
Kinley cut his way out Of the
woods ON the grid Of November, but
Jones says he is going to send them
10 the chairman of the democratic
committee in Nebraska and have
him fit them in a silver plate and