Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-05-04
s, E. Kendall Goes After Miller NOR
ris in Good Shape.

the Editor OF the Ledger.
Mexico, Mo-, April 2Sth, lsoo'-
Dear sir: l read in your paper Of re-
cent date, a letter from my old irieno'
p. M. Morris, who is now in Califor-
MIA, in which he gives us a pretty good
fish story, and he seems to think tnat
Uncle wallace C%lendennin and |, both
OF us having angled In California VA
ters for the speckled beauties, were
perhaps the only ones here, who could
lay him out on a fish story, and by the
tenure Oh his letter l think that he Is
looking to be laid out.
| don't for a moment doubt DIS
story, but as a general thing a fisher
mans stories are read with a grain oil
allowance, but California is known to
be the sportman's paradise, and this
being true any kind OF a fish story
must be believed.
Friend Morris tells Us OF the great
number Of his catch, but he failed TO
tell us of the size, this we would IKE
to know, as there are many kinds OF
small fishes In California, and he
might have been catching mlnnows
for bait, as we know him SO well that
he would not use the cork screw bait.
AS stated labove, California being
the sportsmans paradise, l viii tell
you Of some OF the different KINDS
sought after by the experienced ang-
Ter. l will begin with the mountain
| trout, the gamest fish that swims. lie
is very shy and even after you have
hooked him 1T requires an experienced
angler to land him, and then when
YOU see the speckled beauty wriggling
on the grass, you are almost sorry OF
his fate. The salmon are not sought
after by the angler, but can be caught
with a sein by the tons, there is a hne
sea bass that is caught in the serf on
the sea beach. The black perch is a
fine fish and is found in the inland
lakes, and affords fine sport, and are SC
plentiful that you can in a short time,
catch all that you want. The pick.
eral are also found In great numbers,
and many more deep sea fish that
cannot now recall. 1t is enough to
say that the sportman is at home In
| California.
without trying to tell a bigger ish
story than my friend, Morris, | Will
tell you Of fishing In the serf Of the
bay OF Montery.
Any one who has been on the sea
beach will remember that there are
waves or what we call rollers coming
In continually one after another, anc
with each roller as IL comes to The
shore, comes great schools of sea bass
They come TO the shore to feed on :
little red sand bug, that stay near the
shore. / with a friend went out where
the Salinas river empties into Mon
terry bay, and gathered up a supply o.
these little red bugs, and then wen
out on a large rock that projected ou'
into the bay, and dropped our hook
out into the serf, and 1t would not b.
a minute until w had a fine sea bass
This we kept up with each wave tina
would come in for about an hour.
don't remember how many we caugh
but we had all that we wanted +
carry home.
could tell you much more abou
fishing in California, and also OF hunt
Ing, but l will let up for this time
and give Friend Morris time to recu
perate and try 1t again.
Hoping that he may live long AM
have many more outings on the beau
tiful San Joquin and catch plenty o
fish and big ones.
Yours Truly,
S. e. KENDALL.