The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-13
GAME AND FISH.
Duck. Shooting in Full Blast on
Marsh and River.
How Some Members Of the Country Club Shoot
on the Wing-Angling for Kookbiu
and Steelhead Salmon.

Every dog has its day." remarked a
sportsman welLknown among the fraternity
of hunters who returned last Sunday even
ing from q days shoot on the marshes,
''but this is our day, and l fail 10 remember
when there has been better duck-shoOting
than now"
As the jolly disciple OF cold quacker'' fin
ished speaking he pointed toward heap of
dead birds which included teal sprig and
widgeon that were bagged on the Alviso
marshes al an early hour.
Several good bags were made by those
who had the courage TO face Il decidedly
cold atmosphere, which had induced many
local sportsmen to remain within doors
until the sun had melted the leo crusts on
the ponds. The early bird who got the
cream Of the shooting laughed heartily at
his friends who were less fortunate when
the days shooting terminated.
on THE MARSHES.
Only within the past few weeks have
birds become numerous on the marshes ad-
jacent to the city. The influx is attributed
10 the dry weather, which, of course, COM
pels the birds to remain near the rivers or
such places as sweet water may be readily
obtained heavy rain is all that is re-
Quired to Danish the large numbers of
Quackers which have at present taken pos
session Of { e marshes TO inland resorts.
SpOrt>men should not allow the present
good opportunity OF enjoying good shoot
ing to pass uuheeded. Several members of
the Country Club visited the Point Reyes
preserve last Saturday for days shoot on
duck, quail and snipe. Among those who
made the woods in the vicinity echo and re-
echo with the sounds of hard-shootnL
breechlOaders were: L. BosQue. T. d Ath-
erton, =. j. D0nahue, W. ). kLtle, r. Is.
Woodward, (. ). Evans, L. Thompson and
John Is. OFT
BURNING POWDER,
These gentlemen were evidently not par
tcuar as To the number Of birds they
sought TO bring home or the amount of anl-
muuition they might waste in the hope of
securing a mess Of game. Any stranger
VINO might nave happened into Point Reyes
last saturday afternoon, and heard the can
uOuld ug' en- the "preserYed" marshes
would indeed have been inclined to think he
had found himself in close proximity to the
Bad Lands, aud was listening to a skirmisl
between Uncle Sans soldiers and the red
skins. The shooting was without exaggera-
ton something terrific. At least 1000 rounds
were fired within half an hour at tie broad
bills which were passing out of range of the
largest OF modern duck-guns. 1t Is hardly
necessary 10 say that the spOrtsmen VINO
did the shooting returned to their hotel well
pleased that the birds had escaped very
close calls.
SALMON FISHING.
Several salmon were caught last Saturday
and Sunday in the Point Reyes Creek, near
its mouth. J.. Deliver proved to be the
most fortunate OF the angling fraternity
that 'spOoned" for hOOkbill salmon. HIS
catch amounted to nine fiji which averaged
seven pounds. Perkins tried hard to wipe
out Delivers score nut failed. The latter
attributes his good luck to the fact that he
polished his spoons on ,he spot where the
wool ought to grow. Charley Precht got
two ''hOOkerS,' and his partner, Iwitchei
hooked and lost whOpper. Jack Cameron
noted Point Reyes fisherman, caught three
beautiful silver salmon, or roe. Tn Sc hsh
seldom take a spoon in this creek. and,
strange TO say, the hook bills are Just the re-
verse; the only lure they will accept is
spoon.
Horace Smyth, John Lemmar, H. Peck
ham and John Butler had a very nice VS.
fishing in Boiinas Bay. Although they did
not catch many fish, they report having had
real pleasant time, and that they thor
Oughly enjoyed the refreshing air of the
mountain side to and from the coast town
Al Wilson and Charley Green left this
city for GueTheYIlle last Friday antcipat-
Ing some good fishing. They found the Rus
sian River very muddy and high and no
fishing to be had.
Tile manner in which tons of salmon are
being caught by net fishermen who seine the
Russian River near Duncan's Mills ought TO
be stopped. There is no possible chance for
the hsh to ascend the stream, as the netting
Is going on all through the week, and the
nets are so arranged that it is a matter of
lmpossibility for fish to escape capture.