The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28
TROUT AND STRIPED BASS.
Fishing in the Tide Waters of Paper
Mill Creek-Spooning for
StriDed Bass

The past week of exceedingly dry
weather has had a scorching effect on the
coast streams, which were running bank
high two weeks ago. The Papermill
. Creek has already a midsummer appear
ance. and the steelheads which ascended
the stream at the time OF the flood are
now either landlocked in the deep pools
or captured by the handlers of the pitch
fork, whose only enjoyment is seemingly
spearing breeding fishes. Yesterday in
formation was received from Nicasio that
seven large steelhe6s were taken from
one pool by a sportsman. Everything is
reported quiet on the Papermill, although
last Saturday three fish were speared in
the IagunitaS.
Last Saturday and Sunday a large dele
cation OF midwinter anglers visited Point
Reyes, but they missed the first run and
returned home with empty baskets.
on Sunday morning Charley Breiden-
stein C'Pinky'D hooked a twelve pound
err at the rock hole, but through over
excitement and poor judgment on the part
of the angler the fish got away with sew
eral yards OF line. Charley PreCht, who
was an interested observer, was lecturing
the much disgusted angler on how to hold
a rod during critical moments, when he
was alarmed by the sudden click of a reel,
and, grasping his pole, he soon had
troubles OF his own.
The reel sang out merrily, and "Pinky''
was wishing that the fish on the end of
Precht's line would also find its way
clear of restraint. so that he could turn
the tables on the veteran stream whipper
But Precht was not to be fooled by the
mad ruSheS Of a game fish, and after fif-
teen or twenty minutes of fine sport he
landed his prize. and then discovered that
one of the hooks attached to his line had
accidentally caught in a loop of the leader
which Breidenstein had lost, with the re-
suit that he (PrechO had killed. so to
speak. two birds with the one stone.
Among the anglers who caught more
water than fish were Doc" Cox, O.
7. Evans, Frank Hall, Del Cooper. Frank
Handy Andy" Charles Linn, Louis
Javett, F. DolIiver, John Benn, ]. Gal
lagher and the only June Bug" Walker.
Doc" Watt fished on Saturday and land
ed limb of tree very successfully.
Walker also stuck fast in a branch on
Sunday and Frank Dolliver, by clever
craftsmanship shot the limb from the tree
and saved Mr. Walker his imported Eng
lish leader. Messrs. Cooper and Jackson
landed some very large bullheads on Sat
urday night at the rock pool. A large
fish was hooked yesterday by Mr.. Jack
son at the White House.
Al Cumming, NJ. Sachs and Eli Marks
have been fishing and shooting since Mon
day last on Salmon Creek. Cumming
shipped a ten-pound striped bass yester-
day to Henry Skinner Of E. II. Allen &
Co, and a letter which read that on We'd
neSday while trolling for steelheadS he ac-
cidentally happened to cast into a deep
pool, which was literally alive with strip
ed bass. For an hour the sport was i'm
mense, but when the tide fell the fish quit
feeding. Cumming landed nine bass, the
total weight Of which was thirty-three
pounds. besides one ten-pounder, which,
as previously stated, he shipped to this
city In good condition.
The successful angler used a small Will
son spinner with copper coloring on both
sides. The striped bass are now running
into the lagoons for the. purpose of
spawning.
Morgan of Duncan's Mills caught a
thirty-pOund striped bass in a seven and
a half inch mesh net last Monday in
Russian River. which stream is yet too
high for trolling or bait fishing.
The annual meeting and election of Off
GERS of the Fly Casting Club will be held
in the Mills building on Tuesday, Febru-
airy Z, when arrangements will be perfect
ed for the coming seasons fly casting
contests.
c. F. Grifiths, who is the fish and game