The San Francisco call., 1896-02-12
ANGLING AND SHOOTING,
Result of Last Sundays Charge
On the Fishes of Paper
Mill Creek.
An Ordinance That Will Stop Fishing
With Nets in Mendocino County
Streams.

OIL CdmSs
One hundred anglers who wore sorrow
and disappointment in their features re-
turned on Sunday evening from Point
Reyes, to which place they had iourneyed
in the hope of catching some of the many
steelheads that were supposed to have been
loafing in the deep pools of the stream be-
low tide-water mark.
All kinds of lures were used, but the
educated trout of the Paper-mill would
not acknowledge the presence of the most
tempting bits of beautiful red roe or
shrimp impaled on decorated hooks, which
wore the appearance of the setting sun.
John Benn, the famous dresser of trout
files,was among the distinguished disciples
of Walton who tished in vain for silvered
denizens of the creek
81 cannot understand" said Benn, "why
those fish positively refused to sample
some of the good things that were proffered
them. l cali account for this strange con-
duct on the part of the fishes in one or two
ways. In the first place, they may have
lad big feast on Tomales Bay clans be-
fore they entered the streams and had no
appetite for nick-nacks and, in the second
place, they may have received some iEfor-
nation concerning the army of anglers
that was expected at the point on Sunday
and held an Indignation meeting ending
with an unanimous promise not to sample
a thing on Sunday, and they proved loyal
to their pledge
Experience has demonstrated beyond
argument that steelhead fishing in the
tide waters of the Paper-mill Greek is
growing annually worse, and old anglers of
long experience contend that unless the
brendInO fishes ar nrntactad there Will
be any remaining to speak OF in a few
years hence.
The fact that $50 rods which were
handled by anglers on the Paper-mill last
Sunday scored nothing at the end of the
days trials proves conclusively that the
anglers have not proven very destructive
to the fishing interests of the stream. 1t
is the netting that is done in Tomales Bay
ana the spearlng that is quietly accom-
plished above tide water that is destroying
the sport of anglers, and unless the Fish
Commissioners, as previously stated, will
detail deputy to look after the coast
streams during the months of February
and March the anglers may whistle for
sport when the trout-fishing season opens.
a letter was received at this Office yester-
day from Glen Ellen which states that
spearing salmon trout in the Sonoma
Creek near the town of Glen Ellen is
daily pastime and that the constables are
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thing as arresting a man for spearing
steelheads would iniure their standing
politically.
The Fish Commissioners say that their
funds are exhausted and that they cannot
afford to detail deputy permanently to
watch the streams that are fished by local
anglers in the angling season.
The Sonoma and Papermill creeks
should be closely protected, as they are the
prlncipal waters. whipped by anglers dur
ing the fishing season. 1t is expected that
the com missloners will not neglect to stock
them occasionally with some of the many
millions of young fishes that are now in
the State hatcheries.
Deputy Al Wilson and his friend Mr..
Cross returned from Duncans Mills Sun
day evening, after having made another
successful raid on Pennies nets, two of
which they captured last Thursday morn
ing near the mouth of the Russian River.
"Pennie may be under the impression
that Wilson is not attending to his busi-
ness, said Mr.. Cross, "but | have good
reason TO believe that he has changed his
mind on that point, as Wilson has made
four successful raids on his nets, which are
now housed in Santa Rosa. Since net
nsnlng has been stopped at the mouth OF
the Russian River thousands of steel
neads are now spawning in the streams OF
Mendocino and Sonoma counties, which
the fishermen were allowed to net the
breeding fishes at the mouth OF the river"
Deputy Davis returned from Point
Arena last Saturday and reports that owing
10 verbal war that has been pending for
some time between the sportsmen and the
net nshermen local ordinance has been
passed, which has put stop to fishing
with nets in or above the tide waters of the
Garcia, Navarro, Gualala and Little rivers.
IL IS TO be hoped that the ordinance Will re-
main in force permanently, as the rivers
mentioned are among the grandest in this
State for trout fishing if protected, and
would be visited by hundreds OF anglers
from this City during the summer months
II the sport was known to be good. 1t is
to the interest of the residents of Point
Arena and vicinity to cater to the sports
men and anglers of this City, who spend
thousands of dollars during their summer
vacations where they find good fishing
and shooting.
Among the most prominent of the dis
gusted anglers who caught more water
than fish at Point Reyes last Sunday are:
Z. Cate, D. Mcmillan. r. Hewson. A. Bo-
gard, G. Myrtle, L. Meyers, John Benn, ].
Sammi, Z. Dolliver, a. Banker, Howard
Vernon, A. Smith, G. Walker, G. Precht,
d. battu, Q. Braunsdorf, McGregor broth
James Nelson. ". Woodruff, Thomas
Nolan, Eugene 0'Rourke, E. Evette, R.
Lyons, Captain Powers, F. Meyer, w.
thompson, Louis Butler, E. Cross and
many others whose names were not ascer-
tained
Among the sportsmen who were quail
shooting and returned with small bags
were: d. Burwick, Sam Hughes, H.
Goleher, F. Vernon, Rudolph and son, ].
de Ruyter, F. Butler, J. Peterson and
Enghsh Setter Payne. Peter Hansen, P.
r. =. Steiner, L. Gurrain and NJ. Mcneil
returned from Nieasio on Sunday evening
with bag consistingof nine dozen quail,
which, with pardonable pride, they ex-