THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



C. J. Spooner and W. F. Backus 

 visited the Sandy late in Novem- 

 ber and had some sport with the 

 silversides. They brought in eight 

 fine fish. 



The heavy run of silverside sal- 

 mon in the Sandy River last month 

 furnished some great sport for tlie 

 spoon casters. Warren Cornell and 

 W. C. Block made the record catch 

 of the season, taking 16 fish in one 

 day. All these fish were caught 

 on six-ounce rods and nine-thread 

 lines, and as several of the fish 

 weighed close to 15 pounds, these 

 fishermen should have no trouble 

 in qualifying foi the light tackle 

 Salmon Club next spring. 



Mr. George Kinnear made a trip 

 down to Rainier last month and 

 had a record day's fishing with 

 Captain Milton Smith, of that city. 

 They fished part of a day on the 

 Cowlitz River and hooked 40 sea- 

 mn trout. 



killed in this county. Thirty-two 

 in the Chesnimnus country. Several 

 dressed 250 to 275 pounds. 



Open season is past for deer, and 

 far better luck is reported by sports- 

 men than has been enjoyed for sev- 

 eral years past, probably owing to 

 the protection of the game. One 

 of the lucky number was Billy Mc- 

 Clain, who got a 15-point buck. — 

 Wallowa Sun. 



There has been a large run of 

 Little Redf ish or Kennerly 's Salmon 

 in Wallowa River the past season. 

 These dwarf redfish, commonly called 

 "yanks," that live in Wallowa 

 Lake and run up Wallowa River 

 each fall to spawn. It was for- 

 merly reported that these fish would 

 not take bait, but during the pasr 

 year many have been caught wiih 

 grasshoppers. These fish average 

 about ten inches in length. Many 

 parties caught the limit of seventy- 

 five of these fish in a day. 



WALLOWA COUNTY. 



Walter Lee caught four Dolly 

 Varden trout in Wallowa Lake, fish- 

 ing from shore. They weighed 33 

 pounds, which made an average of 

 8 1-3 pounds each. Salmon eggs 

 were used for bait. 



In the month of October it is re- 

 ported that about 100 bucks were 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



Fishing is reported exceptionally 

 good along Wilson River; good 

 catches are reported almost daily. 

 Small trout can be seen in great 

 schools in Gales Creek and other 

 streams in the vicinity of Forest 

 Grove. These streams were stocked 

 quite heavily both last year and 

 this year. 



