The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-26

has its own particular lair at tile lower slde Oh
large stone, at tic head or tail OF rlle OF 10 the
shadow OF an overhanging oank or Ip P ~ ua a
tree from whence it only darts TO selzs It's prey.
The best title TO nSh for trout Is either early ~
the morning or the evening, althougn they may
be taken on aud off all day.
The following opinion handed down by the SUI
preme Court OF Fairfield County, Conn.,, Oh the
January term OF 1891, viii oe OF interest," 10 an
sportsmen, particularly those who lease lands LOT
the purpose Of controlling the fishing anu SHOOT
Ing rights:
The Potatuck Club. at Newton. Conn, leased the
Cold Spring stream and adjoining land from john
b. Peck and had It posted. man by the name OF
George I. Turner was prosecuted on complaint OF
a grand Juror, for having entered the grounds OF
said club without permission for the purpose OF
fishing. The Justice Court before which the case
first tried found him guilty and imposed me
Turner appealed to the Criminal Court OF Common
Pleas. the case was given 10 jury and the detend
ant was again found guilty He then Appealed 70
the supreme Court OF Errors. claiming that as the
suit was brought 10y the owner Of the property,
and the posted signs were not signed by the owner,
the verdict was wrong and he should not have been
convicted.
The court held that Turner'S evidence as above
stated must be ruled out. as it had nothing to 40
with the case. The authority OF grand Juror 10
prosecute for a crime committed is fixed by law,
and cannot be controlled by the wishes Of any PER
son who may have bean affected by the crInle'
Neither did the question putting in fry OF sign
boards have anything to do with it, IL was proven
that the defendant committed q treSphSS anu he
must suffer the penalty. The court rendered 4
lengthy opinion quoting many authorities, ana Sls
tanned the decision OF the lower courts, hOldih9
that there was no error in the Judgment appealed
from, in which opinion all the judges concur eu-
An angler OF Ventura writes about the glow.
ing prospects for trOuI-hShing IN his section OF
the country as follows:
The trout season opened here on April LIST, aud
there fish in the streams about here tnan
been known for years. II is believed TO De due
to the enforcement during the past year OF our
law, whereby a irrigating and other ditches
screened by A-inCh wire mesheS before leaving
the streams Vast amounts OF both small ana large
fish formerly destroyed by being carried out
IN this way. Our local water supply company hrst
put in for their own protection, as the hsh
were constant source Of trouble to them by Plug
ging the distributing pipes. The requirement IS
a law, and is being enforced In this iocallty.
The largest catch for the season that have heard
of SO far was made by myself and two companions
on April LIST, when took out 475 trout. the
largest weighing one pound and measuring four
teen inches IN length They take any of the COM
monty used flies with avidity, probably preferrng,
OF those used, the professor cpachman. stone and
grannum. There in this county alone about go
miles Of trout streams all teeminE with the specked
beauties many miles OF which are virgin to the an
gler.
A gentleman who returned few days ago from
Nevada states that dangerous enemy has made
Its appearance In the waters OF that section, at-
lacking principally young fish. He describes IL
as being small white wnrm OF less than an Inch
IN length. It's method OF working IS TO SPIN a
web in the water after the manner OF spider
into which The fry swlms and Is caught by the
gls and fins as firmly as If held by the strongest
OF trout fishing gut.