The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-21
ROD AND LINE,
Oh for the Williamson River-Bass Fish
ing at San Andreas.


OF for the Williamson River-Bass Fish
ing at San Andreas.
John Stack and party of hand-line fisher
men are making matters look decidedly un-
pleasant to-day for the rock-cOds and deep
water sea fishes of the COrdelia Banks.
Professor Goodman, the cOlOred v0Odoo of
Paper Mill Greek, returned yesterday with
an empty basket and five weighty poles. He
says that all large-sized fish have drifted
from the stream to the sea.
Al Wilson, "the wizard Of the streams"
visited BOlnas Bay In quest of striped bass.
Bassey was nowhere to be found, however.
and the well-knoNn expert tGrned en- the
perch, many beautiful specimens of which
he brought home.
Louis Rondeau is one of the most success
ful anglers who have whipped the Paper
Mill Creek this season. His great ambition
Is TO wipe out the record made by AL
Smith; but the latter has recently struck it
rich, and the race for high hook promises to
be exciting.
The Spring Valley Water Company will
open Lake San Andrras to anglers on the
LIST prox. This beautiful sheet OF water is,
literally speaking, full IF weighty bass and
Eastern trout Those who will be fortunate
to secure passes may look forward to some
grand sport.
Carp are now very plentiful in some Of
the streams and rivers close at hand. As
they are fish not easily caught, an angler
who has made tn cir habits study SAYS:
Conceal the hook in small ball of dough,
made from bread one day old, or bran or
bread; seasoning the paste, which should be
sun, with little arrOwr0ot. Mix the paste
in linen cloth"
Captain Cummings and his wel-equipped
army of trOut-slayerS will leave for the
Williamson River in few days. They in
tend 10 stop over 8t klamath Springs one
day to try their luck on rainbOws, which,
from ali accounts, are very sc arce this year.
From the springs the pleasure-Seekers will
stage eighty miles to the Klamath Reserva-
ton on the Williamson River. The Cap
tain has tished on this beautiful stream sew
eral tines within the past five years, and
his reports of hair-breadth adventures with
15-p0und trout that walked OFF, with sew
eral yards of valuable tickle are decidedly
interesting.
The gentle artists" will be gone five
weeks. and their friends patiently await sew
eral sweet meSSeS of Sllvered trout
StrlDed-bass fishing is royal sport but,
strange TO state, none of the anglers here
have as yet discovered q means of catching
any Of the bass which are caught by net fish
ermen at the mouth OF the Sacramento
River. A Baltimore paper, speaking of a
successful fishing trip party Of anglers re-
Gently had on the Susquehanna, remarks:
The result was thlTiy-twO fine striped
bass, five OF which weighed tifty-two pounds.
Two fish, one OF each was caught bY Paini
and Mckee, but neither of which WIS
landed, were estimated by Mr.. J. n. Nc
CullUugh, veteran fisherman of the neigh
bOrh0Od, TO weigh twenty pounds apiece.
The fish caught by Mr.. McKee, and which
escaped, carried away that gentleman's
line, sinker and tip of his rod That caught
by Mr.. Paini, and which also escaped, was
more unfortunate, as 1t left part of its jaw.
Reports from various parts of the country
give very lattering accounts of trout fish
ing, which, according to some authorities,
is first class. The mountain streams which
were a month ago too heavy for lily casting,
are now III splendid condition, and the
gamey inhabitants are having grand feaSts
on the var GUS winged insects which happen
to float over their beat. The head waters Of
the Eel River, in Humboldt County, is a
grand location for anglers who can afford a
trip to that vicinity. The McCloud and
also the headwaterS OF the Sacramento are
favorable localities wherein bask the royal
Dolly Warden, Which is one of the gamest
OF American fishes A gentleman who has
recently returned from an outing to Kern
Lake, in Kern County, says that the place
is a paradise for SpOrtsmen and anglers,
and that both game and fish are very
abundant.
The following bit of information will in
teTest tine Fish Commissioners of this State,
and those VINO are Interested in the propd-
CATION OF rainbow trout. II is from Shoot
ing and Fishing of Boston:
II is generally known, we presume. that the
rainbow or California trout, when brought 10
and planted as Try in streams OF the Allanuc
States, disappears entir ely when they are about
TWO years OLD. AT this time they are about SIX
Inches long and apparently they work their way
down stream 10 larger waters than the stream in
which they are planted, and are seen no more.
Tie same fish taken 10 England temain IN the
streams IN which they are planted. The Eastern
brock trout fOntinalis, when taken TO England
aud planted In streams disappear as completely
as do the rainbow trout IT ON tue streams Of the
Atlantic States.
The editor of the paper in question
brought the matter TO the attention of Mr..
Mcdonald, the famous authority on fishes,
and he gave like testimony concerning the
f0ntinalis, but added that he was of the
opinion that the rainbow trout Of California
had disappeared from Eastern streams be-
cause fry had been planted instrad of older
fish. He said that hundreds of thousands of
rainbow fry had been planted i'll Tates Run
in Virginia, on which stream the Wythvile
HaJching Station of the United States Fish
Commission is situated, and not one had
been heard Of afterward. Then he planted
400 yearling rainbow trout IN the same
stream, which stocked it and IL remains
stocked with this fish TO this day, and they
show no disposition to run out of the stream
as they did when planted as fry.