The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1911-11-02
FISAERmEN'S
PARADISE
DISCIPLES OF ISAAK WALTON
ANXIOUS TO SEE ARKANSAS
RIVER CLARIFIED.

III LIS t4<-1AsAA A@>Ds
The fishing season throughout Col
orado will close Tuesday and a penalty
will attach under the statutes to tax
ing fish from any of the lakes and
streams Of the state after that date
IL the matter is brought to the atten-
ton of the authorities. The cold
weather and frequent rains on the
western slope during the earlier
months of the summer made fishing
in the Gunnison river and its tribu-
taries more of hardship than
pleasure and fewer trout were caught
than usual on account of the unfay
orable conditions, although the num-
ber of anglers and campers is believ-
ed to have exceeded that of any
previous year.
It will be interesting to some of the
readers of this paper to know that
many nice trout have been caught in
the Arkansas river during the last
few months and there is a possibility
mat fishermen will be able to OBJ
tain considerable sport next summer
by whipping It's waters with the arti-
fetal ny almost anywhere between Pu-
eblo and Salida. Trout weighing be-
tween two and three pounds have been
taken from the Arkansas river by
fishermen in the vicinity of Cotopaxi
and Texas Creek within the last four
or five weeks and smaller ones In the
neiEhborhood Of Parkdale asnd Canon
City. Piscatorial experts, like George
r. Casedy, express surprise at the
great number of small trout found II;
the river this fall and say that it will
be teeming with game FISH in the
course OF a couple of years II the
placer workings along its upper
course can be stopped by judicial de-
cree. Both native and rainbow trout.
some of them FIVE or six inches in
length, have been caught in the ir-
rigating bitches about Canon City this
years. something that has not occur
I'd before in generation. Most Of the
summer the water in the bitches along
the streets was perfectly clear and
convinced a amjority OF observing
people that the only permanent men
ace to the purity of the flow of the
Arkansas river is the hydraulic min
ing operations at Cache creek IL they
can be put out of business by the law
as inimical to the health and we'll be-
ng OF the people living further down
the valley the Arkansas will in few
years take a front rank among the
trout fishing streams OF the Rocky
Mountain region.
Nowhere in Colorado Is there a
finer stretch Of possible fishing terri
tory than from Canon City to Salida
and IL trout and greyling are estab-
lished there, as they easily can be IL
the river can be kept free of mineral
matter, 1t will become one OF the most
popular resorts for fishermen in the
United States. The banks are free
from weeds and brush AMI the angler
can pursue his sport with a pleasure
fennd nowhere else Pueblo. Florence,
Canon city, Saiida, in fact every town
alsng the river for hundred and Fifty
niles. would be filled with tourists
every summer who come to this state
70 enjoy their vacation in fishing and
nnping. Trout and greyiing inhabit
the same waters without trobule and
the Arkansas river is admirably
adapted for either OF them The state
Ssh and game commissioner has
promised large consignment Of both
kinds as soon as assurance is given
that placer mining in the vicinity II
Granite has been stopped by the
sssrts. With the Arkansas river re-
stocked with trout and other game
-. like it was thirty-nve or forty
years ago, hundreds OF devotees Of
the rod and reel from all over the