The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-19

as the go-as-you-please fisherman, caught a
seyen-pound salmon last Sunday while fish,
ing for rock cod near the Farallones
AL Smith made very excellent catch OF
trout and black bass at San AndreaS re-
Gently. Smiths favorte angling weapon is
the old-time barn-yard worm.
Charles Precht was one of the lucky dis.
ciples who whipped the lake last Sunday.
He says that good fishing can be had either
from land or by trolling from boat.
ar angler who returned recently from a
fishing trip at the mouth Of the Guaiala
River, in Mendocino County, re ports that
he lost a large amount Of fishing gear while
trolling for salmon by hooking on to striped
bass, one Of which was caught that weighed
81 pounds.
Tie wizards Of the streams. AL Wilson
and M. S. Kinper, have gone TO TOmaes to
prospect for striped bass, number of these
gamy fish havingi been caught recently by
net fishermen.
trout in Lake San Andreas suggests that
brother Waltonians who desire good sport
try trolling with large hook on which are
attached half dozen wriggling worms.
1T is largely matter of speculation as to
what becomes of the shad and salmon after
they have spawned in fresh-water rivers
and returned to the sea-, says an Eastern
paper. " Various theories have been adj
vanced concerning the lives of these fishes
during their sojourn in salt water, but OF
one IDlDP only Is any one sure, anu IudC Is
that they wax lat during the time thai they
are absent from fresh water. One theory re-
mains that both shad and salmon run down
the respective rivers until they reach the
ocean, and then proceed either northward
or southwark along the sea coast until they
find water of suitable temperature in which
to spend the winter, and thai they return
along the coast the following spring, and as
each school reaches the mouth of its own
particular river it enters the stream to find
spawning grounds in the upper waters"
On this coast the largest run of salmon TO
the rivers occurs about the latter part of
autumn, and with the exception of few
large rivers very few OF the fish are to be
found in fresh water during the summer
months.
AS showing how little by little anglers
learn the habits of the fishes, w. z. Seal, in
charge of the United States Fish Commits
sion aquaria, has had brook trout in salt
water for more than year. and they retain
the dark colorng and bright markings
which characterize then in the brooks. be-
cause their surroundings in the aquariu m
are similar to those of a brook. When they
run down to sea from the brooks they take
on silver mantle, which temporarily COW
erS the spots, and this would indicate that
when at sea they remain and feed at or near
the surface, or at least away from the
bottom.
Trout, or, for that matter, any other spe-
cies of FISH, will change its cOlor.ng by be-
ing placed in different waters. the surround
ingS Of which are bright and dark. For in
stance: Some years ago number of dark
spotted trout were placed in the San An
dreaS Lake. Latter years conSignments of
siYered front and specked trout were de-
posted in the same sheet of water, and
what was the result? Every fish of the
front family now taken from the lake is as
bright as dollar and resemble the salmon
much more than the trout.
The following article. which recently ap-
peared In Boston paper on Rainbow trout
Will interest local ichthyOlOgists: The state
lnent of Colonel Mcdonald regarding the
success of planting yearlng California trout
in Tates Run in Virginia, after the failure
TO stock tile stream by planting thousands
of fry of the same species, recalled to our
mind something that we had heard concern
ing stream in Vermont during a visit to
General W. w. Ripley in Rutland last year,
when Secretary of War Proctor was pres
ent. Not willing to trust TO memory, we
again called upon General Ripley, and al
most his first words were that he had that
morning caught California trout of
nearly two pounds weight in stream
near Rutland, and had sent the fish
to Secretary Proctor. This stream is
the outlet of what was private pond that
had been stocked with California trout try
and confined therein. After the trout had
become established in the pond the dam
and the screen which confined them broke
away, and the fish, now grown to adult
size. escaped into the stream, stocking it so
that II is not unusual to get from ii rainbow
trout of fair size, showing that they have
not, as is usually the case when fly is
planted, disappeared down stream never to
return. Mr.. Higgins, Secretary of the st.
Bernard Club, also told us OF rainbow
trout of good size which had been taken
from the stream. One taken this year
weighed two rounds fourteen ounces. Why
the nature of trout should change by
being kept in confinement for a year we
cannot understand, but this case OF the Yer
mont stream only confirms what Colonel
Mcdonald said Of the Virginia stream, that
yearling or old California trout will, under
some circumstances, remain in stream
when fry will not