The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-02
ROD AND CREEL.
A Bad Day for the Baby Trout Of
Mountain Streams.

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Mountain Streams.
The old adage, "the early bird catches the
worm," will be minded to-day by a large
number of anglers who left this city yester-
day so as to be up briEnt and early this
morning for the special purpose Of having
the first whip at the streams.
A it is yet too early for successful fly
fishing, the barnyaTd hackle-lhe worm
will be the lure most generally used to-day.
Properly handled the little wriggllng
groundwork, which has been stall fed"
for the occasion, is certain TO prove the
most killing bait at this season of the year.
Bait-fshing. although despsed by the man
who understands the gentle art Of fiy-cast-
ing, is quite trick in itself
1t is not every man who can impale
worm on hook In such a way as TO make
it look natural and attractive when pre-
sented to the SILVER king" of the mountain
stream.
There is quite knack in placing a worm
on hook. and a still greater knack in drop
ping it in the water in a manner to deceive
'old customers" or, in other words trout
that have been TOUCHED before by the sharp
end Of the steel
OF course, the tingerlings, or baby trout,
will accept Of most any kind of bait, and it
is the babies" who will suffer principally
to-day. 1t is to be hoped, however, that
anglers will not permit their greed for a big
basket to get the better OF their judgment
as to the size of fish which should be re
turned to the stream.
Certainly, the little fngerlings of four
and five inches will not add to the good ap-
pearance of any creel, and the man who
makes no distinction as regards the size of
IL oE,. Il l. - = l.
in the estimation Of the true angler than a
poaeher who slaughters fish at all seasons
of the year.
Trout under six inches In length should
be taken carefully from the hook and re-
turned to their natural element UnfOrtu-
Dately there will be, however, horde of
fish butchers on the streams to-day who
viii take anything in the shape of trout
from the size of a shrimp. It is this class
of alleged anglers who deplete the streams,
and the Commissioners oVerlOOke an i'm
pOTtant point when they failed TO introduce
law al the last meeting of the Legislature
regulating the size of trout which should be
taken by rod and line.
On Friday afternoon a special train was
run By the North Pacific Railroad Company
to Point Reyes, so as to accommodate the
members of the Country Club, VINO will
angle on their lakes for the beautiful New
Hampshire trout, which have now at
tanned splendid proportions.
HC DGdubllul lJhkuulldS anu L dDHT-Illil
streams will be whipped "out of sight" to-
day. One hundred happy disciples Of the
rod took passage yesterday afternoon for
that region.
% The Sonoma Creek and its tributaries
viii also receive lashing to-day. Late
news from Glen Ellen is TO the effect that
the stream is high and the water unfit for
fishing owing to recent rains in the noun
talns; consequently disappointment will
be the rule there.
The I,Oc f,atOc ROuldar
San GregOrto streams and tributaries should
pan out well to-day; at least, the reports to
hand from these places are very satisfac-
tory.
Henry Skinner of the firm of Allen & Co.
received a few days ago a sample OF spoons
used by the natives of Alaska for catching
trout and salmon. The spoons are made of
stone and constructed Oh such a novel plan
as 10 attract much curious attention. Al
though made by rough hands, thew are the
work OF genius and are we'll worth seeing.
Professor Mckenzie Will wet lines to-day
IN the swift-fOwing Calaveras River. Ben
Baum has made up his mind to clear the
Big Carson Of every fish worthy of hand
ling. Dr. Frisbie and n. B. Frisbie have a
box of secured" worms, with which they
expect 10 make big killing on the SuscOl
Greek. Charles Precht and his companion,
Twitchell, have made preparations to sur
prise the whoppers that are basking under
the powders at the headwaters of Nieasio
Creek.
Mr.. Murdoch of the Fish Commission will
cast a fly on the Country Clubs lake for
genuine speckled beauties. as will also
Ramon E. Wilson.
Messrs. a Smith, a. Terry, Frank Mar
Gus and Professor Miller, who is he under
study Tor Mr.. Bsrnaby of the BostOnians
are bound to surprise their friends this
evening with big baskets of fish. TEey will
worm and spoon the Paper-mill creek ''out
of sight," and it goes without saying that
when they encase their whips this evening,
there will be few fish lett for the anglers
VINO will tramp the same waters on Mon
day.
John Butler and Doc Simpson have gone
to Point Reyes in quest of the spent fish
Butler is sure to hook o." il there are
any big fellows about
James Chesley and DR.. o. B. Burns, the
crack billiardists, are now splashing through
the Harrington River.
point OF conseq uence to all parties in
terested in dealing in fish and game has
been raised by the recently appointed State
Fish and Game Warden of Oregon, II. D..
Mcclure, who has-in his official capacity
caused the arrest OF a number of fish and
game dealers at Portland. The complaints
charge the parties with having in possession
anu Offering for sale during the closed sea-
son steelhead and Chinook salmon. The
warden takes the stand that the law as
worded does not permit the sale during
the closed season, of fish and game which
has been kept in cold storage, although the
nsh and game may have been captured dur
Ing the open season. Warden MCGUIRE
holds that the fish and game cold storage
system is but an Illegal means by which
hsb and game can be slaughtered and kept
until such time as it can be disposed of. He
has determined to thoroughly test the le-
gallty oil his opinion, hence the arrests.
MI McGuire has acted in this matter upon
the advice of eminent lawyers. Naturally
the matter greatly interests all who may be
concerned about the protection Of game and
hshes, as we'll as the dealers in those COM