The morning call., 1893-12-10

canght Dy means of roe, sprimD or spoon :.
Dolliver hooked a ten-pound steelhead
near the mouth of:Paper-mill Creek stream
al Point Reyes and would have certainly
landed the beauty had he only exercised
Judgment.
Dolliver. Butler and Banker belong to
tNe muscular school nf salmon fishers.
am unless they are provided with lines OF
sulncient strength to guarantee the land
Ing OIL s6n lion on the principle OF main
ana might they meet with poor success, so
lar as the landing of the king OF fresh
water fishes is concerned.
Dolllver hooked his fish all right. but
when the latter felt the sting of the sharp
s'eel and essayed spin uD stream. the
muscular disciple of the yanking system
OF angling braced his huge anatomy
against an old log. then twisted ihe line a
couple OF times around his arm an q pulled.
Inc hsh would not be denied his run,
and making a'determined effort to have its
SWING D0lllyer was seen To sit down sud-
denly. The abrupt change in the order of
proceedings was caused by the parting of
the line which the angler said was not fit
10 be used by sardine fisherman.
with lew exceptions majority OF the
members of the Rpe and Shrimp Club be-
lieve thallin mldwinter fishing strength and
awkwaIdness in handling rod are the
factors to success. Science and skill they
contend are requisites which are of value
only during the season when fish Will fear,
because water is clear.
According to the great angling pro-
pnet, Professor Crackneli, there will be
rush OF steel-bead hunters to Point Reyes
to-day. The indications for good days
sport are quite favorable. by the way. and
unless lines are weak some good results
should follow.
Considering that the water is tOlerablv
clear, the spoor. If properly put. should
prove the most killing lure. Among the
disciples who have rigged up for lto-day's
steel-headlng are: Z. Cahil, G. O'Rourke.
h. Everett, ii. Weise, G. Dolliver. J.
Christensen. the Duke de SugarhOuse.
John Butlerano, DIR. Simpsin. John Ben
zine, ALFONSO Smithen. Louis Ronducks.
| Professor Terry, who is better known
among the Shrimp Club as young man
afraid OF his boots." Jake Lemmer and
others whose names could not be gathered
before IHE CALL went TO press.
john Gallagher, the champion salmon
fisherman OF the City of the Oaks, is au-
| thorlty Tor the statement that the fishing
at Pescadero is first class. and that num-
Oers OF 1resh-run fish have been taken
! from the lagoon recently
In bait-hshing there is much of the sue
cess Of days trOuting In knowing how to
attach slnker on the line. Anglers have
their ideas in this particular, but the fol-
lowing pointer from correspondent may
prove interesting. He says: My idea is
10 put the shot on gut length l0oped at
each end and to fnsten the leader to one
loop and the snelled hook to the other.
making the shotted gut length the coDnec-
| tiOn between smell hook and leader The
| English idea is to attach the shot TO piece
of horsehair about two inches long. with a
loop at one end (gut would answer the
same purpOse), and then fasten the
horsrhar by the loop TO the leader
! above one OF the knots. In this
way the Shotted horsehair or gut length is
nd nf Lao md axy
be attached or detached without disturb
ing either" The editor of the Gazette says
of this device: ut Is a very old dodge In
Ireland in worm-fishing for salmon, In
which style of fishing the bait is thrown
out and then worked gently over the bottom
OF the river, and the Shot being on a separate
fine bit of gut attached by loop to the gut
line proper, if they get hung up on the
bottom you pull and they break off, thus
saving the rest of your tackle" This ar
rangement is upon the same principle as
the independent sinker and sinker line
used in deep trolling for lake trout.
The following report may interest the
| Fish Commissioners. 1t is from the Hum
bOldt Times: "The Times has been some
what amused at the petulant demands
from the Eel River section for salmon
hatchery upon that stream. Having be-
come tired CT abusing the Sporting Club
on account of the United States Commits
sioner selecting Mad River as the site of a
hatchery. the inteTcession of the club is
now sought.
THE facts in relation to the Mad River
| hatchery are that commissioner McDon-
| aid decided upon that stream for sclen life
| reasons before he ever met a mem her of
the Sporting Club. After he had made hi 5
| selection he asked for a meeting with the
club and stated he proposed to operate a
temporary hatchery on Mad River and
that the establishing OF permanent
| hafa flara ha int nf 1ictr t...-
tiun for the Pacific Coast would depend
entirely on the assistance he secured in
closing Mad River to market fishermen
that no permanent hatchery would be
established unless the United States
could control all the fish that enter the
river. The Sporting Club assured the
Commissioner that it would do all in its
power to give the United States control OF
Mad River. and until that result is accom-.
plished the Mad River hatchery will only
be temporary. subject TO abandonment
whenever the seiaiBg at the mouth of the
river prevents securing enough fish Ia
operate it,
"The objections to putting hatchery on
| Eel River or any of its tributaries are the
same which has made the McCloud hatch
cry useless as the principal point of distri-
button on this coast. That is, being un.
able TO control the fishing below the hatch
cry the supply of fish is constantly falling
off.
''The selection of Mad River was made
because there was a possibility OF control.
ling the stream.
| II Is fair to presume that il a permanen,
hatchery is established on Mad River no
river in the State will receive more advan-
tage than Eel River, for being in direct
communication with the Mad River hatch.
cry by rail the limit to young fish placed
there will only depend on the capacity o
she hatchery and the disposition of the
fishermen to assist in protecting them"
HANDBALL.