The herald., 1898-07-18
TWO JEWISH LANDED
PISCATORIAL DELIGHTS OF THE
SUNSET Isle
A Party Of Goat Hunters Have Hard
Trip-A Big Yellowtail Caught.
Late Arrivals at the Island

AVALON, Catalina Island, July Ito F.
s. Schenck and MIR. Ducykinck fall the
wreaths of honor that herald the catch of
the first jewish of the season. The gen.
tlemen were out fishing for yellowtail and
were. perhaps, the most surprised people
on the water when the strike Of a jewish
was felt. The first fish was played for a
few minutes, and then made good his es-
cape, and the same thing happened with
the second fish. The two escapes had only
served to set the determination of the gen.
tlemen to bring In Jewish, and there was
blood in their eyes when the next one was
hooked. Despite the good fight he made,
he was ignominiously hauled into the boat.
after rs minutes of firing rushes. The
fourth fish also found that the succulent
bait was q delusion and a snare, and soon
followed his fnny brother into the boat,
and, later, was hanging on the rope and
tackle, the admired Of the curious The
last fish was the larger of the two and
weighed 1876 pounds; he was caught by Mr.
Schenck. The first fish weighed lis pounds.
and was the trophy Of Mr.. Duyckinck.
Mexican Joe was the boatman. The fish
were found at ~the fence" just on the
ether side Of Church rock. Besides the
Jewish. the gentlemen were not particular
and took any fish that took their bait, and
at the end Of the day their catch was 1
yellowtail, Is barracuda and Jewish,
rather a mixed catch for the same tackle
and bait.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rider. accompanied by
Mrs. Cardinal Tom Manning, were out
fnw ntA <I&nk =
they got It, 10 barracuda, yellowtail half
dozen rock bass andsa sunfish being the
result Of their mornings sport. One Of the
yeIlowtail was classed with the longest ever
caught here, measuring Sc inches from the
tip OF his nose to the end Of his tail. He
was in very poor flesh and did not weigh
as much as would besexpected from a fish
Of his length. His weight was Al pounds.
while II he had been fat he would have
weighed at least 70 pounds. The monster
was caught by Mr.. Rider and took IS min
utes to land. The sunfish was found lying
asleep on the top of the water and was
speared by Harry Films. who was the boat
man on the trip. A peculiar thing was that
the approach Of the launch did not seem
to waken the fish.
Mr.. Nougle chartered the launch Santa
Ana and took a party Of friends on a goat
hunt down to the isthmus. The party found
the goats all right, and succeeded in bring
ing down a number, but II was not their
fate to have the skins to show for the work,
and the way Of 1t was this: The gentle-
men had started to return. and missing the
trail, they took another that led In the
same direction, and started for where they
thought the boat was. The trail that they
took finally led them into a valley with
very steep sides, but no notice was taken Of
this. After walking for about two miles
the canyon suddenly ended in a steep cliff.
and It was manifestly impossible to climb
It. loaded down with goat skins as they
were. 30 there was nothing for 1t but 20
leave the skins that they had worked SO
hard to, get. The launch was reached at
o'clock, after nearly six hours OF con-
tinuous mountain climbing, and It was the
dryest crowd that was ever seen. All Of
their water had been used up long ago, and
it did not take long to empty the demijohns
on the boat.
B. Fox, while out hunting, was for
tunate enough to run down and capture
small kid, and It was the only trophy that
he succeeded In bring in.
Tho regular Saturday night dance was
held at the Metropole last evening. and was
very well attended.
When the residents Of Avalon awoke this
morning there were three strange sloops in
the bay. and for wonder there was no
trouble about their landing. Tho sloops
were the Defender Jr., the Helene and the
Duke. all of San Pedro. The boats all came
over together, racing all the way, the
Helene first, the Duke second, and the De-
fender a long way behind was the order in
which they arrived. The wind was very
light all the way, and It took all day for the
run.
The Metropole-J. o. Kreihn, r. English,
g. B. Quimbish, c. stouner. ]. J. Laven-
thai, g. Klimostein. F. r. Sur, v. e.
Howard. q. B. wandling, W. W. Warner.
W. c. Boding, o. e. Newcomb. W. M
Crown. D. J. Brownstein. J. c. Beatus, H.
o. Archibald, c. H. White. Los Angeles; g.
g. Fraser. Miss 3. Phillips, c. W. Wall.
J. T. Plagmann. Miss Plagmann. Mr.
Sehrovy, San Francisco; Frank Cox, Phoe-
nix, A. T.; f. B. Cornishman New York;
G. w. Smith. T. o. Smith, San Bernardino;
Mrs. D. w. Prentiss, Miss Helen M Prem
tiss, Portland. Ore; e. v. Dunn, Santa
Barbara, J. B. Wood, Riverside: C. A. Mil
Ter, A. Cordner. Jerome, A. T.; e. Stanley.
London. England; J. w. Weiner, Edin-
borough, Scotland; Geo. A. Loughbrough
Marlborough, England; C. q Tomlinson, C.
M. sabin, Chicago; r. H. woret, Berlin,
Germany.
At the Island villa-Mrs. T. M. White,
Miss b. Penton, Mrs. J. Psnton. B. W. Bar
tsls, W. W. Knighten. B. III Dyer, F.
Bates. c. c. Howercroft, Los Angeles: ".
p. Kelsie, Miss D. Johnson. Bowie, Arts:
Miss n. kelsey, Santa Ana; Mr.. =. STAIRS,
Mrs.. H =. Mills, Topeka, Kaa