The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-17
WRESTLING WITH A SALMON.
Sport That Is Exciting but Also
Very firing.

Sport That Is Exciting but Also
Very Tiring.
!. n. r.. in Chicago Record Herald
When the Royal Chinook, the great
est of all food fish, enters the Column
bia river from the Pacific ocean at the
end of the month OF March the myriad
gill nets and traps stretched from the
oregon to the Washington shore are
not the only rangers he has to en-
counter.
On the Washington side. where the
Columbia and Pacific meet. there is a
sharp spur of rock ilanked by a
beautiful grove of pine trees. This is
Fort Candy, where the United States
government has made beautiful
army post out of wilderness and
where several batteries of artillery
are constantly on duty. The cliffs.
falling abruptly to the level of the
water. shclve off at the surface and
run out level with it for hundred
feet. washed and left bare alternately
by the tide.
In this floor Of rock are numerous
circular holes, many of them four feet
deep and the same distance across.
With every receding tide salmon are
left iloundcring and stranded in these
holes, and if you happen to be suf-
ficiently in the good graces of the
commanding officer OF the post you
can Chamber down the steep sides of
the cliffs when the base of rock is
awash and enjoy sport as exciting and
novel as any hunter might desire.
The Royal Chinook often comes into
the Columbia Weighing from forty to
81, .l,,l .sn
reach twenty pounds more. A strong,
gamy fish at all times. he is at his
best when he first strikes fresh water
from the sea. Even after a swim Of
nundeds of miles mp the river he is
still able TO leap straight into the air
and jump several feet, surmounting
swirlng cascades and rlunging up
cataracts as if his fins We're wings.
When he finds himself stranded in one
Ct the Fort Candy water holes he has
the" strength of a horse and is no mean
opponent even when his enemy is arm
ed with Il gan hook and stands at a
point Of vantage above him.
Stripped down to a bathing suit YOU
scan the holes from the top of the cliff
as the tide goes oft, watching eagerly
for the commoton and impotent tail
Tapping that will give notice of Il
stranded salmon. Soon the SIGNS an
near and eager for tho battle for II is
, hattie ann not :. s,,urhtor yo,
scramble down tbu sid, of tho hill and
nic, your way carcf,,llv over tho rocl,
i'm Won Stand bos;de vnur fish
NV this ,imoba is ,Sbinp bimself INFO
, f,,,v IJo seos yn,r shadow aud
whi,linr ro,nd foccs tho now
,rd mi. nov., d,,oo,, orir,,inr along
,lnn. his wbnIo len@th Tbon ho dives
usir" o,orv in,b ~ bie su,iminr roor,
and soel.ino rafetv II, cnn,t,nt and In
rrodib,v swift morton Thev sandy
d,nosit IN tho hottnn, of tho ho1o .ids
his nurnnsn and soon vo,, have IN liz
rat IN tho roc,, and hang over tho
edro of his nrison to nnt =, rlimnso of
hin, -, ou ,rhon no c,,ls a,onr tho
hnt,o,, nc ',,;otIv .s bo c,n .nd as tho
v,atar ranidIv clears Won, SEQ him in
fum view for the tirst timo IF Won ,ro
cut for ru,cherS you may mack MN 10
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''e '.'"'''"i an" Ss''e'i""t '''"'"''
OF nan an houf pe'ofe.
iut II YOU are Tor real sport you
Will lay your Saff aside within easy
reach Of your hand, plunge into the
water hole and give him a fair fight:
M yo, tbcrc arc two clements of
a,,nor h;s G,s o,d c;,ls tb.t c,n
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Nv" '''" ="
lhe iui sweep oi MS pods can h''ocN
any man oi ms leet.
The moment he feels by tho dlSplacc-
mcnt Of water that some other body