Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-07-05
A TRIP TO THE
RED FISH LAKES
nm. -. l.. HlGt> TELLS nEWiis
or NAEID>N. SPORTSMAN
HOW TO CATCH FISH
WITHOUT RAFT

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Sportsman has an ~ fiaining arii-
Gle from TIE pen OF Or. DIP. liiggs
which describes a trip 10 the Red
Fish lakes We believe It will
prove Of interest 10 our readers.
o. interest 70 our readers
August The ist and vacation time.
This is the date that promised
myself and family aha wa would
get away from TYPHOID fever and
other Ills that como TO suffering
humanity az this time 81 the year
and 80 into the mountains for an
outing. SO my wife. two children,
myself. Jim Grow. the town barber,
and his wife and baby packed our
beds, guns. ammunition. fishing
tackle and a hundred other things
that 80 with women aud children,
took the train FOR Haley. Idaho,
where John Lighifooi, fcom Camas
Prairie. was 60 meet us with a two
a. De He'd Fish Lakes p the Saw
tooth mountains The transition
from the hot valley Of she Snake
River 20 tho cool valley Of the
Big Wood river was a delight at
this time Of the year
We left Gooding. Idaho. al noon
and arrived az Haley a. q m.
and Lighifooi was there 90 meet Us
ard hy nine o'clock TIE next day
Nv had bought our grub and comp- (
lcied our OUTFIT. and we're on eur I
WAY 20 ihe hed lih Lakes Ia the |
Savieoih mountains. ~ miles away
We stopped a Keicnum. an old
mining town which once had a op.
nlaiion Of several thousand but nov
somewhat dilapidaiod with ~
about four hundred Here we noon
ed and by b. ~. wcrs on our way
up the easygrade Of the Big Wood
river That evening We camped a.
hove Galma.a deserted mining town
and only three miles from the SUM
mR 1hc next morning We made
che summit and nooncd on top: the |
altitude here was 1920 feet above I
sea level. distance Of forty three 1
miles from HALEY. Here on one side a
began Big Wood river:on the other G
ed down the grade on the Salmon a
river side. and at five We arrived n
al Aliuras lake. one Of tho Red L
issh Lakes. and made our camp y
imMg the pines ana flies. We were g
ired bot happy. glad that we got v
here without 4 mishap of any kind r
We worked llll after the stars came a
lta Hsflnr our cam, comfortable. "
md Lighlfoot found an abundance al
i feed for the horses about mile II
lboye us.So we turned in that night al
bred h,ii contenled, happy in the "
~ ihe sport THAI We m
er awalied US ca
Il developed upon Lightfoot and b,
atseif 10 do most Of lthe cooking IN
lhile Grow carried water and Wi
rood and ihs women folks looked ca
fer the children and did a thons- av
nd other things that there was no ho
80 10 doing Next morning we got so
p early and after "A hurried break "a
sst.we rigged up our fishing tackle
"a went down 10 the placid lake adj
iai invited re a. east into is s,iil am
nlrrs and wecasi from rocks. old he
go and sandy beach an noon. our VII
ieled oue bull trout and eai
rk 10 camp ga ed
ree while fish Somewhat discour- the
ar Chs derislNe remarks O. the we
omen and b. answer about four Bel
indrod questions asked by my the
W teet four While we sho
're eating, a sheep man came ano
me and told us that the 0esi The
hing was not 10 the lake we
{ above Il Il we wanted to get hoo
fish. or below Il we wanted and
sd trout. he also told us Il FAR
s ehom liue Che Fish were rum san.
u % stream rs they always ga and
about tbe fourth day Of August cha
z ihal N8eA they eiu start up. N
4 Ne could selal 81 them We chill
med This was good news. and low
asked bling what kind o. bait had
bes 10 catch them with fort
Informed us that the Red Fish Viii
no nos take any kind 81 bait or aims
Crow said"Oh. SEQ. we are beg,
poea % sei into thewaier and and
them d0v-a. and added thai Aga
nsaef was unichiof race horse wins
water. espeeiallylf ne had TO pine
rlie dtifl every thirty fest We belo
ghed and The sheep mar show cluG
hou - lash large hook ION side.
esd ~ sipole. ard said when II
- fish were pasring. ala We aud
70 DO was 10 place cou