The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-07

streams between ClOVerdale and kan
which the lovers of the sport here should
give whipping before the season will
close.
The Russian River, between Guerneville
and Duncans Mills, contains thousands
of splendid black bass, but the cunning
| denizens of the very deep pools are de-
cidedly facetious, and the most tempting
of lures will not at times tempt the big
| fellows to ''enjoy' feast. Latest intelli-
gence from Duncan's Mills gives very fiat
tering accounts of big catches OF bass that
have been made during the week. The
| spoon. frog and mlnnow are the most sue
cessful lures when properly presented to
his hlghness. Old anglers contend that
successful bass fishing on the river will
continue until October. when the fish will
| then gather in schools and retire, so to
speak, for the season.
Accounts from Eel River are very favor
| able. Large numbers of young steelheads
are caught daily near Scotia and an occa-
slonal king salmon is hooked by those who
| fish with bait. John Butler, John Gala
CHER, DR.. Won Hoffman and John Benn,
the celebrated fly tier, will leave for Eel
River in a few weeks.
| The fishing on the Truckee River is
| improving and it is expected that the
| large number of anglers who will leave
| this evening for Boca will meet with good
! success. Bait fishing with sailed minnows
is still proving successful. A letter from
Boca states that La Forge, the crack spoon
| fisherman has been very i'll of late.
M. Mcdonald of Boca has completed the
| the Little Truckee which is a credit to
| him. Other mill owners might follow his
example. They would have the best
wishes of the angling fraternity.
! The Country Club has stocked one of its
lakes with 5000 young brown trout which
We're shipped to the club by Captain
| Doherty of the Hoopa Valley reservation.
The club has also planted $4,000 young cut
! throat and rainbow trout in its lakes and
streams. This systematic system of stock
| ing will afford the members of the club
magnificent sport in a few years.
| The Spring Valley Water Company is
| jealousy protecting the Upper Crystal
Spring Lake, where thousands of splendid
black bass swim unmolested by anglers.
A few chosen spirits, however, have had
great success this year, but an invitation
| from the company to fish for bass is as
| hard to procure as $1,000 draft on bank.
! The following is a copy of an article
| which recently appeared in the Visaia
Times. 1t will prove interesting to an
| glers:
AS is well known the expedition undertaken
| last summer by S. l.. n. Ellis and others TO
! secure number of Mount Whitney golden
| trout for propagating purposes at the State
| hatchery at SiSson was a success. The fish
were caught with hook and line, kept in ice
| cold water and packed many miles over the
mountains in tin cans on pack animals. The
| fish were delivered at the State hatchery with
| the loss of but very few. But in changing the
| fish last spring about spawning time the Com
missioners made mistake and every golden
| trout died.
This summer Mr.. Ellis again undertook the
| laborious task OF travelling to Whitney Creek,
| capturing some of the famous fish and bring
| ing them out to the valley for the Stale
| Commission. He was not so successful this
| time.
| Mr. Ellis, Yves Warren, w. II. Elan and
Robert Hill made the trip.
| Reaching Whitney Creek, the natural home
of the golden trout, they found the young
| spawn of this fish in great numbers. These tiny
| fellows were not more than an inch and half
| in length. With net they caught about $500
of them and placed them in two large tin cans
that had been made to order by 81. Askin OF
| Visalia.
On the way back they found one morning 10
| their dismay that every one of the young fish
| had died. The only possible cause, perhaps, OF
| this unfortunate ending OF their plans was that
| the cans had been used in going into the noun.
| tains to carry onions and other vegetables and
! before putting the fish in the cans had not been
| scalded. The aroma OF the vegetables had
| probably affected the water and killed the fish
| which live ard thrive only in the very purest
water on the globe.
The gentlemen all felt very much chagrined
over their failure, but to compensate for it in
! some measure they caught siXty-eight fine
| specimens of the speckled trout and sent them
to Eshom Valley, where they will be planted in
| the streams there by Robert Hill. These fish
| were caught on Rifle Creek a small tributary
of Little Kern, on the 9th of August.
John Benn, the crack fy-dresser, has
furnished up very handsome quarters al
631 Greenwich street. where he will be
pleased to see his friends.
Commodore Beardsley, E. T. Allen and
Judge Hunt left yesterday for Boca. AL
are expert anglers, and as matter of fact
the rainbow trout will have cause to regret
| their visit to Boca.
w. A. Tilley OF the Railway Mail ser
vice has gone on a months hunting and
fishing trip to Santa Barbara. He will
visit J. Lee Palmer, who is in the light
house service at Point Conception. Nc
doubt we will hear great fishing stories or
| his return.