The morning call., 1891-11-22
ROD AND LINE.
Striped Bass at Point Reyes-Angling for
Griise.

Striped Bass at Point Reyes-Angling for
-Griise.
Salmon have begun to ascend the rivers,
and large numbers If grilse have been taken
by net fishermen at the mouth of the Sacra-
mentO River. John Gallagher of Oakland
caught nine grilse on Wednesday fishing
from the Oakland bridge near the mole He
used smelt bait
The United States Fish Commission will
soon plant 5000 yearling California salmon
in the he adwater streams Of the BattenkiIl
River in Vermont. The Battenkil is a
fl st-class trout stream tributary TO the
Hudson River. The planting of yearling
CalifOr MA salmon is a new departure from
the method hitherto adopted TO accimate
the fish in Eastern waters. Millions and
millions of California salmon fry have been
planted in streams on the Atlantic Coast,
and not one has returned to the streams
after they have gone to sea III their second
year.
During the past two years anglers have
made several trips TO points on the bay
where they expected to meet some sport
catching striped bass. Every endeavor to
lure the gamy fish has proven fruitless,
and those who spent many hours in the
hope OF surprising their friends by present
ing them with mess of succulant bass gave
up the experiment, which they finally con-
cluded as being waste of time. This sea-
son has gwen some h pc to the fraternity of
anglers OF enjoying sport which is so eX-
tensively patrouzed by residents of
New York who love 10 angle. Reports
from Point Reyes state that last week
three striped bass were taken by anglers
spooning for salmon in the lagoon. One
nsh that scaled nine pounds was killed by
an Indian, WHO speared it on rifle. Sew
eral small bass OF the striped variety have
been caught this year in the Russian River
and the SOnoma Creek. The prospects for
good sport in a few years hence look bright.
The striped bass IS one OF the gamiest Of
fishes, and many of them have been caught
IN Eastern waters that weighed upward of
fifty pounds.
Tie Montreal Star publishes a very good
stOty concerning an anglers outing on a
Scottish river Here it is:
Don aid Mcpherson was very quiet man, but
be knew how many beans made five. He was
acting as Doatnan and giIlie TO a gem leman not
very long ago Oh a Highland loch, and the latter
with a view 10 spur him to his best effort as well
as 10 keep things square. said, Now. Donald
Wen have dram tor every hllf-doZen fish,"
IN not lie mindin' whatever" was Donalds re-
ply. his arrangement was duly carried out TO
thtlr mutual satisfaction. Some days later the
same gentleman went 10 fish on the same lOch
aud Donald was again his boatnan. After land
ing several hsh Donald look ed up and insinuat
lngly remarked, I'm be thinkin' thaps half
dozen" NO, only hye," returned the gentle
n,har ok a., TO De surely" repeated the
was, and as Donald expected the flask was Lro
duced. The fishing continued, and agaiu Don
aid suggested, "Thatll be another six" NO
Donald, only hve this time. / counted them"
Without further words Donald otened the
basket, and sure enough dozen beauties lay
therein. The fisher was astonlshed. as lie had
counted his catch, The more carefully for being
wrong the flrst lime. But sceiDg's believing,
and, much 10 Donad's satisfaction, the flask
was produced. The next lime, however, the
gentleman counted most ca efuy-one, two
tbIee, Tour, hye-then turning, 10 his amaze
ment, and 1 may add amusement, lie caught
donald ID the act OF taking tish from his DOCK e
lne worthy Gael had, In anticipation OF the
same arrangement as the first day, prOyid d
himself with number OF fish as means to
hasten the drains.
In the National Museum at Washington
there Is an interesting collection Of fish,
hooks, many Of them dating back thousands
of years. Most of the more ancient hooks
are made from bones. those from the So
ciety Islands being nearly all human bone
houks. Deer horns, boai's tusks, flint and
bronze are the principal materials used, the
latter during the bronze age. about three
thousand years ago, at which time the barb
seems TO have first come into use What
strikes the observer most forcibly is that at
this time tile very curves of the Limerick
and Snaughnessy hooks, so popular with
modern anglers. are found in these antique
specimens. The tops Of tho shanks, too,