The morning call., 1893-06-18
ROD AND CREEL.
Angling in the Lakes-The Fish Par
asite.

Z
aSite.
/ The San ADdreas Lake was opened 10
anglers on Thursday, and the rush to the
fishing banks" was greater by far than on
the opening day of previous seasons.
According to a gentleman vino returned
with a large basket of trout ranging from
one TO four pounds in weight there were
$50 rods on the lake Thursday last and, as
was expected. every angler who had we
his line Tetu ned we'll satisfied with hi.
catch.
1t must be said. however. that the fish of
the lake are Inflicted this year with q
fresh-water parasite, which. according to
Professors Gilbert and Jordan of the Stan
ford University, do not unfit them for Ia
be use.
Salt water fish that are eaten daily in
this city are also troubled with parasites,
which are removed from the fish by the
market dealers before they are offered
for sale.
As regards parasites which attack fresh
water hSh an interesting article covering
that particular question will be found
later on. Ii is an opinion of q famous
ichiy9lOgist who, by the way, has given
exactly the same cause and remedy for
parasites on fresh water fish that THE
CALL has frequently pointed out to its
readers.
There have been very few black bass
caught IN San Andreas Lake since il
opened. The anglers State that the water
is yet ton high for good bass fishing and
| that the fish are satiated with food which
is said TO be plentiful III the lake this year.
In lew weeks from now better results
Will be mad, as the sass are always known
! to fel best in July. Sand-tfeas are the
most killing of lures. although some bass
fishermen contend that the little frog is
sure TO eaten on" when MIR. Bass Is out
for a mass.
The United States Fish Commissioners'
/ ear left Oakland for Chirago Friday even
! ing with Il choice assortment of salt-wate ter
i fishes which were caught in Monterey and
! San francisco bays. On Friday afternoon
/ Colonel Lambson, who is in charge of the
car, and Chief of the Fish Patrol BabcOck
engaged small tug and fished in the bay
! for all kinds of fishes. They caught
/ leopard sharks, sturgeon, rock cod, and in
| fact when they landed at the end OF Long
! wharf in Oakland they had quite variety
| Of saltwater denZens.
Stream fishing Is now frSt-class and
anglers who are preparing to take Il vaca-
/ tion In the country can hope for good
/ sport on any of the streams that contain
''speckled" beauties.
1t Is vet rather early 10 hope for good
! hy-hShlng In the mountain rivers, as the
snow from the hills Is melting rapidly, and
as result the streams are running bank
! high, August will he the month for
anglers who can master flY-fishing to try
their lnck in the upland rivers. Lake
h-hlDg. however, is good now, and a trip
/ t. Tahoe, Dunner or Independence lakes
will not be Disappointing.
In the bulletin OF the United States
Fish Commission for 1890 tile first article
Is, "ODServations on The AQuaria of the
United States Fish Conn mission at Central
station, Washington. D. c." by William
i. Seal The article is divided under two
Tpsh otar
| aquarla, aud Is illustrated with number
! OF llielikr cuts, including Entrance to
Marine Grotto." Interior View OF Ma
rine Grotto" and lesser cuts. Speaking o
MI seal, Mr. A. n. Cheney, editor of
Shooting and Fishing. says:
AS Mr. Seal was chosen to take charge
of the aQuaria at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cagO II Is safe to say that his knowledge OF
the subject is so full and complete, as the
result of years of study with the best
opportunities for observation. that lie has
no superior in this particular field in this
country. The article should be read in its
entirety to be fully appreciated. as TO quote
from 1t within the limits of one of my
notes would only mar it. The treatment
OF fungus on fresh water fish by COM
mttiDG them to salt water is of special
| interest to fish-breederS and others, apd
the statement that ali salmon and trout
may be transferred suddenly from fresh
water to water having density
OF 1.010 without Inconvenience to
them, and the water can then be
OF two or three days, recalls visit that
made to the aquaria; recalls. too, that one
Gay | became so obliv0us to everything
but Mr.. Seals conversation as we SAT- in
the grotto that l forgot an engagement to
dine until the night wa;chman informed
me that my host had ASKED over the tele-
phone if l had fallen into an aquarium.
The point. however, is this: Mr.. Seal
| showed NE trout, fnntinalis, in Il SAL
water tank that had been in the salt
water for, as now remem Der, bout year
end half. and was doing as well as any
saltwater hsh. 1t Is we'll known that
brook trout so 10 salt water for time
| when they have the chance not
all trout, but some. In Canada so many
| trout, fontinali', go 10 sea. that there has
beel an attempt 10 create a new species
| out of the sea rovers, and they are called
sea trout, and have had specific name
given 10 them even, because Of their
migratory habits, which change their ap-
pearance externally, for when they do 90
70 sea they pnt on siivery mantle, that
covers the spanglPs of gold and blue and
red. until a return to fresh water when
the silver veneer comes off and the fish ap-
pears In natural dress. Mr.. Seals fish in
inc marine aquaria at Washington was
coiored similar 10 any trout found in
mountain brook, and / could
not discover suspicion of silver
over the spangles. The bottom of the
aquarium containing the trout was not
unlike the bottom of a moss rock and
gravel covered brook. So that it is evi-
lent that trout, during their journey to
the sea. rest on white. silvery sand. or they
do not 90 near The bottom. Probably the
former. for trout in brooks that have
never been 20 salt water will run down to
the white sand beach of a lake ana be-
come as sllVery as so-eailed sea trout,
and, ID fact. are locally called silver trout
Ramon q. Wilson has contributed an
artlc!e TO the book, ''Favorite Flies" ln