The San Francisco call., 1896-05-23
THE ANGLERS.
Why the Trout In San Andreas
Lakes Are Not Fit to Eat.

Why the Trout In San Andreas
Lakes Are Not Fit to Eat.
Fish Commissioner Emeric is authority
for the statement that the yearling Loeb
Leven trout which are now enjoying the
cool and placid waters of small lake near
the Sisson hatchery will in the very near
future be accorded an opportunity of
looking out for their own interests in the
small streams which feed the large rivers
of the Sierras.
The game little "highlanders" will be
distributed in the creeks which flow into
the Truckee and McCloud rivers, and the
lake from which they will be taken is to
be stocked with fry of the Brown or Won
Behr trout.
Those last named fishes will remain "at
home" until they are year old when they
will be liberated in the snow-fed streams
of the SisKyous. Mr.. Emeric states that
neither the Brown nor Lock Leven trout
will be planted in any of the coast
streams because at present the commission
has not enough fry of either variety at
hand to make a general distribution.
"If we should stock the coast streams
with those fishes, :" said the commits
ioner 1.-THE anglers would soon clean
them out, as they (the fish catchers) make
no QkSIluCllOu DeLWeeH uUSerslDgS and
| trout properly speaking.
Anything that has the appearance of a
trout that is of an inch and upward in size
gees into the baskets of the so-called
anglers who fish the streams within easy
reach of this City. OF course there are
some exceptions, but, generally speaking,
the City angler seldom returns fingerling
| to its element.
eve intend to plant those trout foreign to
the waters of this coast, where they will be
accorded protection, and when they have
accumulated we will then stock your coast
streams.
Last year one of our deputies, Al Will
son, planted several thousand cut-throat
trout in the head waters of Lagunitas
Creek. III they are not all caught by this
time they should be about four inches in
| length. Next season we shall know what
the result will be from the planting of this
] grand tablets The Sonoma Creek was
also stocked with cut-throattrout, but it is
/ yet too early to make prediction"
Mr. Emeric will leave in few weeks for
the headwaters of the Sacramento River
on fishing trip.
Anglers are puzzled to know why the
Spring Valley Water Company keeps its
lakes closed to the fraternity A large
stockholder in the concern, who is yery
much attached to the sport of trout-fish.
ing, said yesterday that if he had any voice
III tuc hdudSentnI Oh the IakeS-thaL is
| so Tar as the fishing is commemorative
would allow anglers to fish in San Andreas
/ Lake during the entire season.
THE fish of this lake." said the stock.
holder, "are Of the steelhead variety and
when the water becomes warm in july
the fishes grow sick and indolent, because
1t is not natural for them to be in fresh
water during the summer months.
"Fresh- water parasites attack them. and
| their only hope of freedom from suffering
is in a run TO salt water, but this oppor
| tunity is denied the steelheads of the
| Spring Valley lakes If the lake in cues.
tion was cleared of its anadromous fishes
and stocked with cutthroat, Brown and
Loeb Leven trout, then the company
would have fishes which any man fond OF
angling could feel proud of presenting his
! friends"
A large number of anglers visited Pieta
Creek last Sunday, but they found more
water than fish. The stream is vet toe
high for trout-fshing, and like many
! other creeks the Pieta will not be in CON.