, 1922-04-05
LOCAL IKE WALTONS
OUT APRIL lST
Lakes and Streams Lined With
Hopeful ~Fishermen---Un-
communicative as to
Results


This idea of having a closed sea-
son on fishing is not very popular
with our local enthusiasts. 1t seems
"A long time to wait-this first OF April
business and then. too if your luck
isn't good some chap yells April
fool" at you and you get mad.
However. when Saturday morning
sdawned it found the local Ike Wal
tons ready for the fray, and the way
they sneaked out OF town before sun
up showed thet each one intended to
get them all. For days little groups
ciuld have been noticed in the post
office and on the corner. with their
heads together. planning the details
of the first days trip. They discuss
ed the most likely places, the most
suitable tackle and the possibilities
of the weather. They would even
reminisce. when their listeners would
permit, int tell Of the big ones they
lost last year.
So when Saturday dawned a fair
day It found the shores OF our rivers.
creeks and lakes well lined with a
cheerful, hopeful assortment Of pis-
catorial experts. There was doc"
Chamberlin. dean of them all. down
by Corbett, Doc having arisen at
three a. IN. Bill Hogg. Roger McGin-
mis- and Mike Dayer chose the neigh
borhood OF the South Fork bridge at
the head of III big lake. while on the
North Fork side Charlie Stump, Wal
ter Ford, Doc Trueblood and a few
others had lined up to do their worst.
Mike Clarx'e virile figure could also
be distinguished somewhere along
the lake shore. In fact, all the more
~1eisurely OF u fishermen. that is,
those who never work and those who
never permit work to interfere with
pleasure, all were QUITO a mar.
1t is too bad conditions were not
more propitious-for there was con-
siderable ice still left In the lake and
along many OF our streams, and the
weather was still cool. Then, too.
the fish did not seem to know they
were wanted. The fishing continued
all day and on Sunday even a larger
crowd sailed forth.
Unfortunately. reliable information
cincerning fishing arties is very diff
ficult to obtain, for some reason; so
we can only give unauthenticated
bits OF rumor as to the results of the
two days. Walter Ford, however. ap-
pears to have been the only one in
true form. both as to his fishing and
RS to his storytelling. Walter braz-
emily states that he got the limit"
So much for that. Doc Chamberiin
declined TO be interviewed. Bill Hogg
got one trout on Saturday and two
white fish on Sunday. while Mike
Dayer caught O. minnow that had es-
capped from Bills hook. Bill Leather
man caught the biggest one weighed
exactly four and a half pounds-but
It got away. Mike Clark only got
two. but he says that's all there we're
in the lake.
Otto Koenig was non-committal.
Otto already has SO many fishing rec
ords that he feels he can be indie
pendent about IT.; but Doc Trueblood
really deserves the prize. Doc, the
reports state, landed a huge eel or
pleisiosaurus. Just the same as thcy
have down in Patagonia Only this
one was just below the big dam. The
monster had to be snaked out of the
river with Docs automobile MANY
others were moderately successful;
even Bill Richards modestly admits
getting eight in two days; but II the
weather man will keep his promise
for warmer weather 1t is expecteu
hat next week we will be able to
publish a better story.