The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13

much. Once fish was hooked it was a
struggle for first place between the fisher
man and the fish; the latter generally
coming out Of the fight best man, so to
speak.
Before l had wet line / rowed along
side of a fisherman who was supposed to
be the champion salmon catcher Of Santa
Cruz. lie had not gone more than 300 or
400 yards when twenty-pounder grabbed
his lure and the sport commenced.
1.-The fisherman yanked as hard as he
possibly could on the line and the salmon
fought back la Sullivan.
Finally the fisherman had to let 90 of
the rope. and the salmon, finding that he
was free to race, dashed off with about
sixty yards of line Again the professional
bent over and attempted to check the
speed of the fish by holding firm grip on
the line. he succeeded to a certain ex-
tent. as the fish, somewhat exhausted
from the opening Of the battle, permitted
itself to be drawn toward the boat.
1.-THE fisherman smiled as he gradually
got tile salmon within close range of the
boat, but once the fish had gained a
glimpse Of the craft then came the tug
of-war.
Zip! and away went the noble quinnat
seventy yards on the first run.
1.-THE look of surprise and disgust de-
pcted on that fisherman's face l shall
never forget. The line had cut into the
flesh of his wel-seas0ned fingers, and he
dropped it like a-well. hot stove.
1.-The fish plunged after he had made his
run. ard again the fisherman caught the
line and pulled with all his might. The
salmon showed signs of quitting by turu-
ing up its belly, and the professional
quickly seized ;helast opportunity of claim
ing it as his prize. He drew it closer
and closer 10 the boat and was just in the
| act of sending his gaff deep into its side
when the noble fish made one fual effort
| for freedom and broke away. leaving a
portion of its jaw on the hook, which
proved that rough handling is not con-
ducive to successful sport. even in hand
| line salmon fishing
| Mr.. Wilson angled for the fish with
bass rod, using a reel which con-
tanned 100 yards of strong silk line.
batting as the professional. which
was sardine attached to a No. s
sproat hook with about two ounces
of lead for a snker. When trolling
he allowed the lure to sink about twelve
feet, at which distance from the surface
the sardines were swimming. When the
bait was allowed 10 60 to lower depth it
would be taken by kinghsh, which caused
the angler annoyance.
| During Wilson's three days fishing he
caught fifteen fish out of sixteen strikes,
the largest of which weighed thirty three
pounds and the smallest seven pounds.
He stated that the sport is now first
class and will continue good until the
sardines move to some other location of the
deep.
Captain Cummins, Harry Ravens and
wife and Horace Smith left for the
| fishing grounds on Monday. Last Sun
day Colonel BOland. DR.. Dean and
a friend prospecied for some whoppers,
but instead of trolling within fishing
range of the beach they roved
out into the deep blue sea and were caught
by heavy wind which wrestled with their
boat for several hours. 1t was late in the
night when the colonel and the doctor
acknowledged to their brother anglers,
who had remained up for hours waiting
their return, that in future they would
accept of good advice rather than take any
chances of home in the wet waters of
Monterey Bay by following out their own
ideas. The best fishing is within 800 yards
| of shore.