The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
GREAT CATCH Of
TROUT
Speckled Beauty Caught Within
City Limits Weighs Eight and
Quarter Pounds.
| MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN
OF THE FINNY TRIBE
Salt Laker Makes the Record
Catch in Big Cottonwood
on Sunday.

What would you do II you caught
brook trout that measured 27a inches In
length and weighed 81 pounds, having
landed this magnificent fish and congrat-
ulated yourself that you had scored
record in Utah. in fact. 1t is a record for
the intermountain empire for size and
weight. and then cast your line in the
same hole In the river and the instant
your minnow struck the water to have
another bite and when you landed this
second fish you had another beauty that
weighed A pounds? Would you not feel
that you had accomplished. wonders?
Forty minutes had been taken up In
landing these two speckled beauties.
Then just to show that you were not
an expert with rod and line you just
made another cast and when your min
now rested upon the water there was
another bite and you pulled In third
speckled beauty weighing two pounds.
Well. the limit was reached.
And when you had accomplished this,
and that, too. within the city limits
between State and Seventh East streets;
In Big Cottonwood river well even II
the bottle OF bait the snake bite remedy
and would be as proud as king.
On Sunday morning a. J. Lowe Lowe VINO VINO
car southbound on State street. Muir.
ray car leaving First South street at
$50 o'clock. When the car reached Big
Cottonwood river Mr., Lowe left II and
started in to fsh, going up stream. He
began fishing at $50 o'clock and ny
clock had made the catch noted above
and the catch was made between state
and Seventh East streets.
Will Mount Beauty.
Mr.. Lowe brought his fish to The Trib-
une office, where they were exhibited TO
large number. OF people during the
morning. All three fish were native
mountain trout. beautiful specimens or
the hnny tribe. Mr. Lowe was offered
$50 for the largest trout, but he intends
| to have II mounted and in all probability
have II exhibited at the Commercial ciuo
or in the exhibit In the Vcrmort builn ,
ing In the event that II is not mounted
Mr. Lowe Will have the fish frozen In
d block OF ice and will place 1t on ex-
! hibition in the window of The Tribune
/ business office.
statement offering SIS per pound for trout
! The offer was as follows;
give dollars pound Is what The salt
| Lake Tribune considers trout and bass
| are worth. provided they are caught
with hook and line In Utah. There Is so
much interest In fishing In TINS state
that The Tribune will give to the person
| catching the largest trout or the largest
| bass S5 per pound for sucn hsh that is
! caught In a Utah stream or lake tne
present fishing season, Those who WISH
! TO compete for these prizes must have
! their flsh weighed and registered with
! Manager w. p. Fowler OF the Salt Lake
! Hardware company's sporting goods de-
! partment or with Manager a. Cowan OF
J the Western Arms and Sporting Goods
! company ten-pound trout will bring
the angler $50 and bass OF the same
( weight will bring the same price
| Last year there were several 'rouS
taken from the Jordan river that
weighed over eight pounds each. and sew
cral black bass were caught In Utah lake
Weighing six and seven pounds.
hat
these fish are caught II the parties wish
TO register for The Tribune prize money
for the largest poundage caught. the nsh
must be shipped to this city ana reg
istorcd with either Of the sporting goods
stores named. This is done to avoid any
disputes which may arise as 10 VINO
! caught the largest fish.
| II the trout caught by Mr.. Lowe proves
! to be the largest fish caught during the
open season he will receive more than
! $40 for his big FISH.