The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-26
Marvin Carter
Wins Club Gun
Opening Day

Even though streams were high,
the day was cold, and in many
parts of the county rain fell, the
streets of Libby were deserted Sun
day afternoon as citizens of the
community spent the opening of the
fishing season along the streams and
on the lakes of Lincoln and nearby
counties.
Many a Libby angler, either by
being too modest or too INDECENT
failed to register his catch, thereby
missing the opportunity of winning
a worthwhile prize. Nine prizes
were given, going as follows:
lst lake and Grand Prize-Mar-
vim Carter, who won the engraved
cup from the club and a casting
reel from B. P. o. K. with a 234-lb.
rainbow, 81 inches long taken from
Thompson Lake; I'd lake prize went
to Howard Blanchard-l3 "a lib. cut
throat, 17-in. length, from Thomp-
son Lake, winning casting rod
from Jaqueths, Inc. A nine ounce
l17s-in. rainbow from Thompson
Lake won Frank George third prize
for lake fisherman, a tackle box
from CANDLES. Fourth lake prize
went to Robert Hileman, who won
a First Aid Kit from the Libby
Pharmacy with a l212-in., 712 -oz.
eastern brook taken from the Kill
bremen Lake Ralph LeDuc won
similar prize from the Libby
Pharmacy with a 16-in. bass weigh
ing 1A-lbs. caught in Thompson
Lake.
Three stream prizes were award
ed: An air mattress from Woods
Hardware to Ray Rice who won
first with a 1712-in. rainbow |
weight "a lbs. from the Yak. Sec
ond prize went to Forrest DeRosia, |
a set of waders from Miller's Cloth |
ing Store, for a 1512-in. cutthroat |
weight lib. from Thompson River.
Third prize of a tackle box from |
the Kahspell Motor Supply went
to Walter McCallum for a 1874 in, !
eastern brook, weight 9-oz taken in
Wolf Creek. The creel prize of a
double tapered line from the Gerr
niger Hardware went to Forrest De-
Rosia whose Thompson River creel
weighed in at 5-lbs. 7oz.
The fishing reporter spent so
much time running down prizes, it
was impossible to interview many
fishermen. However sew
eral interesting yarns have been run
down and verified. Walt Partlow,
Earl Barkee and Jack Harrison
we're at Kilbrennen Lake at the
opening minute and soon annexed
heir limits. Gus DelZer and three
friends also landed four limits in a
lew hours fishing Sunday morning;
waters not reported to the reporterl
The fishermen with the toughest
uck however, were Jim Christie
md Fred Cloutier, who with their
wives and Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Har-
is and MIR. and Mrs. John Myers
opened fishing season on Thompson
AXE, The Harris's did not fish;
Hr. and Mrs. Myers divided honors,
ach landing fish Mrs. Christie c
anded a lib. rainbow, and Mrs.
,loutier a 2-lb. cutthroat. Now
-ou've guessed it: Jim and Fred y
ach watched his wife land a nice ;,
ish, and neither of them even got
good strikel y
Lorne Bolyard and Walt Kemp 4
rought in four mackinaws from Z
IcGregor Lake, each weighing u
lose to 10-lbs. and correspondingly r
arge in length and breadth, the L
,ngest measuring 27 inches. p
Gary Rasmussen and Dick Nc s
alum entered fish at the George
food Hdw Kids contest. Gary's
lstern brook weighed lib, 2-oz. L
nd was 14-in. He took it in the C
ids Fishing Pond, Troy Dicks V
|-in. cutthroat from Bettes Lake F.
eighed three-fourths of a pound. G.
Harry Chapman is looking for CT
clip to land the big fish in Thomp- L.
IN Lake which Sunday took his M
nit, bit his finger, then broke the L;
exile and swan away. b