The morning call., 1892-06-26
ROD AND CREEL.
Striped Bass in the san Gregorio Lagoon,
Notes.

striped Bass in the San Gregorio Lagoon.
Notes.
1t has been said that striped bass. running
from pound to pounds, have been caught
recently at the mouth of the San Gregorio
Creek in San Mateo County 1t is hoped
that the report is correct, as a bass of 5
pounds will give more play than a salmon
ofdouble that weight.
Herr Won dem Borne writes that Prince
Hartfeld-T rachenbeTg. a nobleman of Sile-
slai has been elected president Of the
DeutscheT FiSeherei- Nerein, to succeed DIR.
Won Behr who died last January. 1t was
Dr. Won Behr for whom the United States
Fish Commissioner named the common
European trout introduced into this eouu-
try Won Behr trout"
Messrs. TNitchell and Precht returned
last Sunday from Point Reyes with very
handsome baskets Of trout.
Anglers are now making preparations for
cast on the beautiful San Andreas Lake.
MeSSrs Harry BabcOck. Charles Page and
John Adams are now enjoying the grand
trout-fshing which is to be had at the head
waters Of the klamath River. The fish run
from one TO II pounds, and according
10 Mr.. Adams, who has angled there in past
seasons, grander sport cannot be found in
America.
A. Diitop. who is one of the Oldest and
most ardent anglers of this city, is authority
Tor the statement that one day recently
while he was nshing for Whitefsh at early
morning on Lake ChabOt, a shower of frogs
dropped from the heavens, literally cover
ing his boat, and col0Ting his bald pate and
the waters Of the lake a beautiful green.
John Butler Lancashire john, Henry
Peckham and Johu Lemmar had a very en-
l0yaOle DAY hShlng On lake In Santa
Clara County recently. Butler lost his oars
while struggling with a huge bullfrog, that
had become fastened on his hook.
Alfred w Stoll, an expert fiYcaster, was
surprised q few weeks ago TO find a man
fishing on the Alamitos Creek. near the
New Almadeu mines, who could discount
him IN trout catching with common worms
and al ordinary cut pole.
On playing a good-slZed fish, II dangerous
distractions abound, tire him out as soon
as possible By putting all the pressure You
dare on rod and line; to force him away
from an ugly place shove the end Of the
butt outward, keeping pretty stiff pressure
with your finger on the line, unless you
have q strong click. When it gets to be a
question OF letting the fish have his way or
breaking your roo, choose the former
method every time.
Touching on the subject of the annihila-
ton Of tie salmon Mr.. Stone said in q
meeting Of the American Fisheries Society
IN New York; i will say from my per-
sOnai knowledge that not only is every con-
tTigance employed that human ingenuity
can devise 10 destroy the salmon of our
West Coast rivers, but more surely destruc-
tive, more fatal than all, is the slow but IN
eXOrabe march Of those destroying agen-
Cies Of human progress, before which the
salmon must surely disappear as did the
buffalo. The helpless salmon's life is
gTiDped between these two forces: the
muTdeTOus greed Of the fishermen and the
white mans advancing civilization. What
was it that destroyed the salmon Of the
Hudson, the Connecticut, the Merr mac,
and the various smaller rivers Of New Eng
land, where they used to be exceedingly
Ebundant2 It was the growth Of the cOnn-
try, the increase Of population. necessarily
bringing with il the development Of the
various Industries by which communities
live and become prosperous. 1t was the
mills, the dams. the steamboats,, the manu-
features injurious 90 the water, and smaller
causes, which, first making the streams
more and more uninhabltable for the
salmon, finally extermiuated them alto
getheT On the Pacific Coast. too, the
salmon is being rapidly killed of The de-
crease of the number of salmon there in
recent years has been remarkably large.
So # can be seen that the friends of the
salmon have more 10 fear than everlasting,
and a national park for the salmon is nee
essRry 10 preserve the fish"