The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
+ the end Of ten years trout
fishing in Lake washing
ton win be q thing OF the

uQuncemont was made by Capt. A. II.
Leake, the veteran fisherman. who for
merly owned the Eagle boat house on the
shoge OF Lake Washington.
ny reason for making this statement"
continued the captain. SIS that pickcrel
ar9 thriving In the lake and anyone who
0nfQuainted with their habits and light
4krQuaiities cannot but realize that the
extinction Of the trout must follow.
~ do not know whether pickerel were
pukS into Lake Washington purposely or
- but believe It was mistake. A.
near a. can trace the matter down a
1akge seine was drawn somewhere in the
middle West, think 1t was In or near
thu mississippi river. some time in 1880.
One half Of the fish taken In that haul
wsrs put In tank and sent to this city.
8vorything In that tank was dumped into
Lake Warrington. II II my opinion that
thef6 were some small picksrel among
the fish, know Of no other explana-
tien Of their presence In the lake.
~A1hat tins special enemy OF the trout
Won actually present and thriving did
NOT come to my attention until about
four years ago. Then someone saw a
Iafgs hsh under q house at the south
told about Il and Immediately recognized
thu pickerel.
~ Later K had positive proof Of nav belief
w.l.s n9n;ns rom the nost st my boat
o1s nao s me p,aSs co. vel, Dai r,s. up
l1 z iax scnooi q trout wole pl1yln9
c:mmotion In the water, and the trout
for this .bscams clear when I saw large
piekerel isisursiy swimming along. In
fsct. Il nassed between a cable. which
~ acvvv trtc ara watar froy, fhe noat
sxs me noa' , ,.se,r 49,, !, -.
.x.&-ss,sS- ~ a. 49, 800, - ~.
pssx e presence e. = ~. ,nst many OF the ne
tSssr bodSes 81 hsyins been rskcd by
ehAxp teeth. The pickersi enjoys trout
dlnuer a. well - human beng. ana
with its big mouth and extremely sharp
49, - co 9, oV y s On rae p9 ~ ro
keoenty ! ssw anotnes picxerel a.
r,cS,nw s,crr 4 n nssr ~ e IN sns 81 ~
q Uosesy. am positive e. 90 the nsn
NV and am sure II would weigh three
o. four posndA After the pickerel APP
SSsss nrsvion.,v the vstsr ~ sbo,iinS:
ssS ~ -
.sn snsnA
\. 3. Coz and Joe schlumpf brought
home all the ducks they could carry from
H. GkAgit flats last week. The exact
S6sf whom either Of them goes out he
10 great luck.
y, ,zo,.,n..or. s. v.r..rovn mort.
srS man ana Charles I.athrop have 4
- 6mon ss nm mot someWhere near
Hhrisns TSsy We're out few days ago
-
yic'S|s S 81 snG ssattie Isst week. He srrsts
S1rds were in the msrahss only = tsw
~ - er rsu 'Aes spe1 49, - -" 800
lRnfa 4. Calhoun. or Seattle, holds the
rScord fof clean duck killing this season.
One afternoon at Rentop last week he.
sSofs' II was the preftiest night IN the
SSnton section. Tor many. months and
darkness alone prevented the lucky hum
.. 49, a.,., ns,. -
5nooun9 on tne na9s a,.h mass ~
Me- COW c - 1iuiu. me ducks mora al.
isr~ a ri Iiiiv and a. III. Christopher
$ssE' "a was the fl first shooting Mr, Lilly
Ss ~ o Say he ws sp mak;n9 doubles with
~. Lilly had his interest," IN nsnmg ana
week + q: Antlsrs on Lake c s.aSns.
a.
q the NattonAl Bank OF commerce ne
climbed M. Rose, ana aiso to0k sevel sS
nshing trps Up the roufn 5Ao .H ~
Mgue Of the trips. he said ne felt twenty
xcass younger, and dld not realize unui
the present what ne nao Deem MISSING.
Good duck hunting is reported from
Nasei. wash, In the South Bend
,6b5ntfy Henry Parsell and Ray Wheal-
don were among the lucky ones last
week; In short hunt they killed enough
-+>-%
-. .., - .,,.,, rorchas In the
raL nS @ riyer va,,ev nwine To the estsb-
iT3 ancr I've II Snresst resar1a has resulted
MsH ah VI q ao thts veer of an I,nuslaiiv
Y we p rcSvtSe - 1sIos Hear. deer and
nc,,rar sia ars esneciaiiv plentiful. Baker
cCusaL az oapeIhaay ~ haar because
lake Is 2 great nome LOT p ts otcherv
many salmon are kii rss Z nS Co,nty
and thrown 1--WE awty a re onnoafttzman re.
Iimes s ,a,y t.h. ueT.se re daw He
cehtiy khleu three ~ o"S o"5'