The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-11
THE ANGLERS.
Bass Fishing in Russian River
Spooning for Salmon In Mon
t6r0y Bay.

III 0oiiiOIt AAi tuOtls
t5rey Bay.
Angleres who are anxious to enioy few
days good bassfshing should repair to
Guerneville, which is situated on the line
of the San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad, and cast their lines in
the deep pools of Russian River.
Several fine bass have been taken
from river recently by anglers who used
live minnows. Some good results were
also had from grasshoppers and large
angle-worms. The evening fishing is said
to be the best at the present time.
Justices Carroll and Groezinger are
meeting with grand success at Lake Inde-
pendence catching cutthroat trout. Jus.
tice Carroll writes that fiyhshing is excel
lent The trout he sent to his brother in
this City arrived in very poor condition.
Theodore Allison and Fred Gobey are
enjoying tirst-class trout fishing at Lake
Tahoe
James Stanton, father of the Railroad
Commissioners, shipped splendid creel of
rainbow trout last Monday to Ed Laid.
the gun merchant, from Tahoe.
Mr.. Mullin, well-known insurance
manager, Ed Greenway of the Four Hum
dred, ex-Sheriff Laumeister and Samuel
Daniels of the Bank of California. had
great sport last week catching salmon in
Monterey Bay.
ming, the champion hy-caster of Fruit
vale, Alameda County, since his depart
ure for Bonner and Weber lakes. The
friends of the Highlander are anxiously
waiting for some of those delicious trout
that the angler promised prior to his de-
parture for parts unknown.
L. ID. Curley, the forgetful angler,
Charles Green, Chris Moorehouse and Billv
Jones left this City last Wednesday to
prospect for bass in Russian River. The
party had as luggage fourteen bottles of
adulterated water. one barrel of condensed
milk and loaf and a half OF bread. It is
hardly necessary to remark that they pro-
pose having good time regardless of bass.
wind or weather. They will return to-
morrow evening if nothing unforeseen
happens to prolong their stay on the
Russian.
Professor Horatio Terry of the San
| Francisco Rod and Gun Club returned
| from Ten-mile River, near Fort Bragg.
last Monday. The professor states that
camping parties can be seen along the
banks OF the river for miles and that the
trout are consequently shy and wary.
FRANK marcus and John Butler are at
the present time "spooning' for salmon
In Monterey Bay. A friend of the anglers
wrote to John Lemmer yesterday to the
erect that the whales and sharks have
taken their departure for.other parts. The
leviathans OF the deep were evidently
alarmed at seeing the impliments Of
torture which Marcus and Butler used for
the capture of salmon. The writer states
that the spoons the anglers used in troll
ing resem bled, IN measure, the blades of
warship's propeller, and the recent de-
crease IN the mum bers of salmon and other
fishes in the bay is attributed to the sud
| den scare they received on seeing this
new and desperate device for their can
| ture.
The following anglers registered at the
San Bruno House during the past week.
| prior to making an attack on the steel,
heads of San Andreas Lake: P. j. Carroll
3. M. Warner, f. Byrne, A. Smith, L.
Rondo, o. Braunsdorf, G. Precht, e.