The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
UTAH PARADISE
FOR HUNTERS
State Affords Wild Game and Fowl
in Abundance for Sports
men.
FINE TROUT STREAMS EXIST
STREET CARS TAKE ANGLERS TO
FISHING GROUNDS.

IN the state, because we'll regulated and
enforced tsh and game laws have prac-
Ideally eliminated the game hog" with
the result that both fishing and hunt
ing are as good in Utah today as in
the days OF the earliest settlement.
The reason for this is the presarva-
ton OF fish and game by an efficient
state warden and the thousands of
sportsmen, who through their clubs
work with him TO accomplish these
ends. well equipped Ash hatchery,
with several branches each year stocks
the streams with fish fry. To this is
added large supply each year by the
Ito Grande railroad company which
each succeeding season carries hun
dreds Of fishermen from the east to
utah to spend q week or month whip
|pfng the streams for the native noun
tain trout. believed by many TO be the
jgamest FISH on the American CONT
'nent.
Sentiment Against Pot Hunters.
One factor OF the preservation of fish
and game. is the large element Of
sportsmen I'm salt Lake City, composed
Of business men, bankers, mining men
and professional men, who take ii
upon themselves to help the game war
dens IN the enforcement of the law
Themselves ardent lovers OF sport they
are always on the lookout for "poach-
ers"
The result is that FISH today are as
plentiful as they have ever been In the
history Of the state, and. IL is stated
by those who ought to know, that fish
ing in Utah will always be as good as
It is today
The season opens on June 10 and
closes on Dec. Is. During this time
there are thousands of streams in the
state where a good fisherman. and he
must be a good fisherman, as Utah
rsh are the wisest Of the flnny tribe,
can easily catch the limit of fifteen
pounds allowed by law as one days
catch. Both flies and bait are used TO
good advantage, the condition of the
streams and time OF year determining
which is the better to tempt the wary
trout
Fishing Close to City.
IT might seem a rash statement by
many. to say that 1t is possible to drop
work at o'clock in the afternoon, step
into one Of the city's ycu equipped
sporting goods stores where one can
select fishing tackle from an assert
ed stock as large as any in the United
States, and twenty minutes later cast
q fly in a clear stream OF clear run
ming water. Then II the person be a
good fisherman. two hours later board
a street car and step off at his homo
with a catch large enough for a trout
dinner and some left over for the neigh
bors. Yet this IL a fact and is done
every day during the fishing season.
Probably the nearest fishing
tS'grounds" to the center OF the city IS
Mill Greek below Thirteenth South on
State street. This can easily be reach
ed by scent street car fare within flf-
teen minutes from the center T the city
and hundreds take advantage of the
opportunity for an afternoons sport
touring the summer months.
Or perhaps one would prefer to try
EPariey's or Big or Little Cottonwood.
"A bicycle. automobile or horse and cart
will take the fisherman to their banks
within an hours ride from the business
tsection Of the city. Daily during the
FISHING season. these streams are lined
with the followers OF Isaac Walton, and
If a person be a fisherman, IL is a poor
{a1ternoon's sport that will not be re-
sDatd with q welt filled basket OF the
most toothsome fish known to man.
Fine Streams In Mountains.
For those who wish a week, or a
months outing IN the canyons, the
heads Of the nuInberless streams
throughout the state will take one into
almost virgin fishing grounds. A camp
ing outfit. the wife and children, with
perhaps an agreeable neighbor's fam
sly, can leave Salt Lake by wagon and
sn from one TO four days reach what
one might believe TO be inaccessible
spots far from the heat Of the city and
cares OF every day life. Here one can
FISH to his hearts content. 1t is here
where the biggest catches are made
and the larger fish, the kind you tell
your friends about, is skillfully taken
from some pool where probably Mr..
Fish has been the king Of his tribe for
years. Every day during the vacation
season one can see dozens Of citizens
vending their way UP the several can
yons leading from Salt Lake to such a
place. Next year and the year after
the same families can be seen travelling
over the same road, and each season
reports are brought hame that the fish,
ing was better than 1t ever was in the
past.
The fish most common 10 Utah's
streams are the trout, bass and noun
tain herring. and the poor mans fish.
the sucker, club and carp, the latter
being found almost exclusively IN the
valley lakes and streams.
Ducks and Geese Abound.
But it is the man who likes shooting
who win find Utah land where he
can enjoy TO the limit his favorite pas
time. In Utah the duck, goose and all
other kind of water fowl can be found
in an abundance perhaps as plentiful
as I'm any state I'm the Union. Again
1t is the we'll regulated game laws and
well conducted duck clubs that make
this possible.
The duck season opens on Oct. l and
lasts until Jan. 1. In this space OF time
there are perhaps a million birds killed
annually within the limits Of the state
This may seem a strong statement, but
q few figures will readily show that 1t
IS not overdrawn.
During the season of 1900 Vince Davis
killed over 900 ducks at the mouth or
Bear river IN sixty-one days. HIS