The morning call., 1891-05-06
FISH AND GAME.
A Rush Of Anglers to Lake Pill.
arcitOs.
Evidence That Anadromous Fishes Will Not
Thrive in Fresh Water Slaughter
Of Deer in Marin County.

Now that with the exception Of finger.
lings, the streams adjacent to this city con-
tain few trout there was, as expected, a
rush Of anglers to Lake PilarcitOs on Satur-
day and Sunday. The lake was opened to
the public on the LIST inst, and, as con-
sequence large numbers of anglers pre-
pared themselves for the occasion with q
plentiful supply of tackle and lures best
suited for lake fishing.
One angler, who is well-knOwn to the
fraternity, stated to a representative Of THE
CALL yesterday, that there must have been
at least calculation sixty rods on the lake
on Sunday, and that with one or two excep-
tiOns the fish taken were small, the average
not exceeding eight inches in length.
Th great quantity of food matter which
has &C smulated in the lake this season has
been the principal cause attributed for the
exceptionally few catches of large fish.
Trout OF, more correctly speaking, young
salmon, which the lake contains, are plenti-
full, but the large ones-many Of which will
scale four pounds-are, in the language Of
the angler, chock full of food.
They will not be tempted to accept of an
artificial lure until later in the season when
the small streams which feed the lake run
dry, and as a result the supply Of natural
food viii have become diminished TO a great
extent,
TROUBLED BY PARASITE.
Quite a number of trout" basketed on
Saturday and Sunday showed the marked
signs of the parasite. Complaints have
been made In past years of the impeT-
feet condition Of the lake fish, owing 10 the
attacks of a freSh-Water worm, which can
not be eXtermnated as long as the lakes are
pr0pagated by tile species Of fish commonly
called salmon trout
Experienced anglers and piSciculturiStS
laugh at the idea when told that the trout,
or more correctly speaking, young salmon
steel heads-With which the PiarCitOS
Lake have been stocked, will free them
selves Of these parasites when they become
Of a certain age. This is an erroneous belief
The fish of the above lake cannot escape
the attacks Of the fungus until they have
had an opportunity Of reaching their
natural element-the salt water-as they
belong to the class Of anadr0mOus fishes,
which frequent the rivers during the spawn
ing seasons, and Immediately afterward re-
tire to the salt water TO recuperate.
The salmon, of which there are many sDe-
cies On this CCaSt, are attacked by a salt
water parasite at certain seasons of the
year. and to rid themselves of this trouble
some pest they are by nature endowed with
an instinct which moves them to seek some
fresh water river or stream TO become free
from this enemy.
IN FRESH AND IN SALT WATER.
When in the fresh or sweet water few
weeks the worm drops off. leaving the fish
Zee from further annoyance on that score.
But parasite somewhat of a similar kind
again attacks the fish when il remains in the
fresh water any time longer thar the lay al
lows, SO &c speak, and unless the sufferer
Immediately retreats to its natural element
It become lethaTgic and sickly and unified
for table use.
The PilarcitOs Lake and other lakes
OF the water company have been stocked
with this species of fish, enormously
termed salmon trout and as d consequence
the fish, unable to reach its native element
the ocean-at certain seasons of the year,
are attacked by a fTesh-WateT fungus, which
can never be exterminated as long as they
remain IN the lakes.
1t has been suggested that the water com
paUy stock It's preserves with the trout
prOpeT-the native of the fresh water-that
Is II II hopes TO have good table fish. which
VIII also give the angler a fight for its life.
The brown trout is a beautiful fish, which
would thrive IN the lakes as would also the
Eastern trout cons gRment of which was
received by Commissioner OF HatcneTleS
Woodbury. last year, and placed in Shovel
Greek, tributary Of the Klamath River
BOTH OF THE SAME FAMILY.
Owing to the marked resemblance of the
rainbow trout, which have been taken from
the Klamath River for propagating pur-
poses, to the hOok-bill SalmOn-that is, in
appearance and general characteristics
noted by anglers, il Is the opinion Of many
experts that both are Of the same family.
Several thousand young Tainbows were
distributed last season by the Commission
eTs in the rivers and streams Of this and the
adjoining counties. Next year will be de-
teTmined the success which the stocking Of
the streams has attained in tbis particular.
OF the large number Of anglers who fished
"a Hn-
and Sunday, the following named returned
with good messes Of small fish average size
lncheS): a. Ebbntts, ). NiaderO, Holmes,
Butler, Oscar Lewis, Shingie Russell, Mayors
and son, and Captain Cummings.
The San Andreas Lake, which is well
stocked with black bass will, in all pTOha-
bllty, be opened about the lst proX. The
young bass wiz then be old enough TO care
for themselves. aud as the fsh'aTe very pro-
life the company need have no alarm in
opening the lake to anglers, as the bass have
increased wonderfully IN the past two years.
RUNNING DEER WITH HOUNDS.
The Country Club, which has leased the
vast property of Howard and McShafter in
Marin County for the purpose of a game
preserve, viii DY no means help the pFotec-
ton OF the deer family if it allows hounds
10 run deer at this season of the year, when
the does are in a delicate conGition.
A gentleman who fshed on the La
guni,as Greek on Sunday reports that
a short distance above the spot
where the Little Carson empties into
the Lagunitas he found the carcasses of
two female deer, which had been killed
only a few hours before the discovery, and
a WOOd-chOpper, who lives in tue vicinity of
the creek, Informed the angler that the
dogs that were running amuck belonged to
members Of tie Tamalpais club, some Of
whom have been in the habit of giving their
hounds little exercise occasionally.
1t IS not a sp0rtsmanlike practice to allow
hounds, either young or 90, TO run at large
at this time of the yexf, and residents of
1ocaloma and vicinity have vowed to
shoot the fist hound they see running at
large on any property.
PROTECTED UNTIL. 1888.
1t must be remembered that according to
the newly enacted State law governing
game and fish, deer of either sex cannot be
Shot until the season of 1893. There is no
doubt but that the Deputy Commissioners
will have their hands fud during the winter
with the attempt TO teach law breakers that
the game law must be observed, and it is to
be hoped that the officials of the country
towns viii aid the Commissioners in pun
ishing the law breakers, whoever they
NAV be.