The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1940, Page 26

PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EDITION 'STRIPPING' FOR SALMON GREAT UNEAY SPORT Big Kint s,thoes Taken on Light Tackle All Summer Long ¢ CURTIS SHATTUCK in the world of- | trot Hin world, is in in th own this name from salmon fish- trip cut from the Thriil thril alest hing greater quall ng -~ sal- been taken as but because a deep water prefer the acro- ule ypers’ ar Ace 2 few pounds to 1 average about weight is no ability, however. ) will quickly wreck or woman fightin an his been and ten- own type two-piece out- > from s 0-pound test Japanese or from outward ap- reel a heavy ank Du- sad of the Commi that - cohoes - can { TS s a-recent fisherme but sion, the the coming ] king salmon April, in w fish usually are iile the coho run is at its August and September. © are far more numerous— or eight fish per mar sual. Excellent catches have been made, but less 1 of cohoes nest Stripping almon - fishinz has because Alaska’s | and cohoes is tionably the finest in ‘the| Considering the size of the| fish and the magnitude of their mi- p ska has a virtual mon- particular sport should not get are beinz ne- u area. While salmon fishing have fewer attacks on lake 1, the bulk of the fishermen djvide their time between salt and fresh water fishing Lack of adeguate regulation and ation has resulted in a dan- depletipn of the lakes and immediately adjacent to the 1 although pots are by no means Planes Reach “Parad It’s another story, however, when plane or boat is used to get places a little farther off the path. In such sports the regardless of his “relig- the ethics of lures, in a real "Fish- in ch argest [ e asized unque ”,r; on thi Trout fishermen the id at trout scted in the Jur the attractions of con treams Juneau these via an to beaten fisherman, ion” concerning will find himself erman’s Paradise,” a term inade- quate only because of its overuse Three varieties of river trout are indigenous to the fast waters in the Cutthroats, rainbows and dol- S From May until well r little difficulty will tered in fillin; creel with » of these varieties, while earlier in the son - oceurs remarkable run of steelhead, the | rainbow, believed, erron- by many fishermen to be a salmon One till the s 20ing of the greatest thrills that can offered a fisherman is an airplane trip from Juneau to one of the virgin lakes on nearby Admiralty Island. Incredible catches of cut- threat and rainbow have been made in t lakes, many of the trout measuring more than two feet in length. These secluded lakes offer an excellent opportunity to the fly crman. Juneau al to Co offers stopover facilities | y major city on the Pa- st—modern hotels, com- | pletely equipped sporting goods shops, adequate transportation fa- cilities by airplane, boat or auto- mobile. A visitor to Juneau will have no difficulty in finding assist. ance in arranging the desired trip. eq cific VSIS ST HUNTING. FISHING et i | Death-Lock 3 of ating Alaska | bull Add Wildlife A3 moose . which in combat. Last December, Wildlife a wolf patrol f with Pilot Airways, saw two stru in a death lock too windy and too late m to make a landing so Ben- | son returned by plane the next | morning with four volunteers mm‘ 1 coil of rope. Agent | ) ght | McGrath Don | of Woodley tied the ter- rified moose and separated them by sawing off one horn. The smaller of the two animals was badly woun- ded by & horn thrust in the neck v and died shortly after the arrival of the rescuers. Meocse Walks rger moose, its feet when spea and h Away however, freed stag- aska in and The gered to Fighting throughout streams and lakes of Southeast an ed in a primitive region. T Strip Fishing Yields Trop hies Like THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY " TROUT ABOUND INSOUTHEAST ALASKA WATERS \Cutthroat, Rainbow, Dolly Varden Teem in Lakes and Streams By HARRY SPERLI NG Forest Service trout the abundan can creeks, be fc mountain Al- ¢ to be expect- e im- These Alaska fishermen don’t have to lie abeut the si of the salmon they caught. They have trouble making are cut- ly varden, steel- eastern brook r an introduced var- portant fresh wate thr species treut iety I cabins have the favored skiffs a he lakes. ans reaching the icularly inlahd seaplane alike are en- the Ton- a great recreation 15€ re- shelter at most of light cedar many of by and visitor sport fishing "ore ny fi to other licer an No extent activity quired kes Studied tions have disclosed \kes that apparently because of high wa- outlet streams. A ‘ren Fic v number have n terfall estiz their Thrill Enough it o Last a Lifetime A big king salmon takes out the strip fisherma wi's line in a surging run from the boat. is sporl, available at Juneauw’s front door, is ene of the grea ALASKA BUFFALO HERD [MCREASES - T0 200 ARIMALS offer. The 1500-pound ani- was weak and shy one prong which Benson sawed away, but car- ried no other of battle. Tk e spectacle { two moose av battle was photo- sraphed by the Benson party, ‘as s the operation of roping and | freeing the animals. | Benson reported the event took place near Farewell Lake, 75 miles cast of McGrath. He and Glass made ‘the original flight to-look for five wolves reported in the region. | They saw one near where the moose were fighting and so knew that un- | {less they returned promptly the ani- mals would ba killed by wolves. They | {5 incres counted 140 moose from the airsinip.om g m area of 20 miles square near Big . 0 0 S series of ¥ The total production of the Tread- well ¢ of mines near Juneau, ) to the time of its cavein in 1917, ‘as approximately $65,000,000 of which about one-third had been dis- ributed in dividends. Flying Alaska’s aska's buffal herd in the Rare Albino Calf Sighted on Big Delta by Wild- life Agents buffalo Do s may United Wildlife herd coantinues atifying rate ials made until minumber State Azents test the world has to ion last a Game Commiss calf the herd The animal, strong and husk ain seen dur the Tatc 1 buffalo hunic not more. than a dozen uffaloes were ever seen mil- licns that formerly rcamed the plains of Canada and Unite States. n wa | fall that hite - o Heavy 1939 Rain Beesis Jungau Normal A hez exceptionally the Ju- been Met- on, of a result of the / rainfall here in 1939 u normal rainf 1 revised, it nounced b t Howard Thomps: S. Weather Bureau The until 1 incl new nor inches of annual precipitation ne e the U 83.07 84.05 S ———— ] ..--,,,,‘,,,,,,,,~,,----,-,o-,',,---,----,,—--,-,-_,,,,,,,,,,-..--,—-,--'-—---.,,,,-‘...—_..,—-..--,.---.'-- | | i | { ; A. THATCHER MERCHANDISE BROKER e W e e B b MARCH 31, 1940 These in Alaska Ordway's photo their friends in the States belfeve them w hon they just tell lhu truth. Well here pr(mf Creek and in thi the hig of Creek, Windfall Creek and Lake Sport fishing Alaska includes saltwater “strip” fishir King and coho salmon in the many sheltered wa Southeastern Alaska large and increasing number of local and program stocking these lakes with rainbow trout was begun in 1638 by the Forest Service and Bu- reau of Fisheries. Trout averaging 12 inches in length were seined from Sashin Lake on the southern end of nd and carried by plane lakes on Baranof and Chichagof I Fifty thousand eastern brook trout eyed eggs were | visiting sportsmen are taking up planted last December at lower|the game. A fighting non on Dewey Lake near Skagway. These |the end of a light ves a thrill were obtained from the Bureau of | which even.the most seasoned fish- Fisheries and planted with the co- erman will long remember speration of the Skagway Alpine | > B gt anooo eass wore SEVEN RUSSIAN rough courvesy of tne pacic| SHIPS VISITED UNALASKA PORT through courtesy of the Pacific Alaska Airway tocking Harding Russian merchant called at Unalaska last summer Lake. Fresh water their way around the world Russia’s Baltic seaports to a new nental United perimentally planted in Southeast- e on the Paciti part of a merchant marine owned by the e Alaska in an effort to improve | the food supply trout. Also an U.S. 8. R They arrived at Unalaska from experimental hatchery has been op- erated at Ward Lake near Ketchi- n. The hatchery project is har dled in coope with the CCC and is confined to trout, including Union Bay, Vancouver Island, took steelhead on water and sailed for Petropav- |lovsk. The ships I»ft Leningrad June 1, coming to the Pacific by way of the Panama Canal It is believed they were enroute to join 11 Soviet warships trans- ferred just before the European war to a new base at Vladivostok The vess were the steam tug Respublica, Zarik and Trugnik the steamers Svir, Ladoga, Volh and Neva 1ly popular almon plentiful erways of and a sal shrimp from conti- | States are being ex Seven on from of They a ation Seientific Last s r a tific € ply tures, Stuay detailed, amination of trout foc wat na and temper: and other local conditions which have a bearing on the abund- ance or sc ity of trout made The results of this investigation will be used a lide in efforts toward improving sport fishing in the streams and lakes most ac ble to the various towns in Southeastern Al The waters studied in the vicinity of Juneau include ontar ien- sup- > e s ska It is smid that golafish salmon never s pike and America’s Most Popular Candies Sociefe Nut Butter Britiles Now Kitchen Fresh because they're Vacuum Packed “A'MoND cnsP‘% B iete Nut Butter Brittles rfect kitc you came to 1 warm. with ald your hands st as they n while they we “hen freshne plant and FOUR DELICIOUS VARIETIES Pecan Bulier Brittle 15c 1Lb. 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Tin Y our candy - dealer supply you 1 be glad t vessels LAKE STOCKING ‘Port Walter PROBLEM GETS ' Rain 20 EXPERT'S STUDY Feet D()()’) Dr. Wlldlng of Bureau of Fisheries Spent Last Summer in Alaska | Rainfall at ttest spot Little Pert Walter, in Alaska, was more wice that of Juneau in 1939, ng to reports received by the Weather ice here. le Port Walter precipita- for 1939 was 255.23 in- m than 21 feet of water. year the Little Port Walter reported all-time, all- I 3 inches held the Al- 1926's 248.14 in- ar, reported 206.93 The normal at La- cord 8 it Stocking of Southeast Alasi ota ren and near barren lakes w will heneeforth be based on science instead merely the idea that tain lakes would be handy place: to fish, the result of co-opera- tion between the Bureau of Fish- eries and the Forest Se: e which i led to a study of the Territory's 1939, lak: by Dr. J. L. Wilding, trout 5.99 £pe: st with the Bureau of Fish- eries’ Seattle office. Dr. Wildin summer exam- ined lakes to determine which can |be stocked su ssfully. This quires a study of water tempera- tures, trout food supply, water ana- ysis, etc Where restocking will recom be done by from, other propagation Centrast 1‘..|hm Few Miles Bay 197 ast rted is possible iend whether it shou transfer of mature fi waters or by artificial Little Pe 33.01 in- mber Latouche 40.86 y followed month at 33.83 December le month, , clo the same R - 40 arm inhabiting by W Many species of fish deep waters have no eyes. 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