The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
ANGLERS ARE PREPARING
FOR VACATION DAYS
Big Meadows to Be Invaded
This Week by Men
From This City

With the approach OF vacation days
the anglers who have been whipping
the coast streams since opening day are
preparing for the more exciting sport
afforded by the mighty streams OF the
high Sferras- Fly fishing is reported
good at the present time on the upper
Sacramento at CasteIls, LeMoine and
other points IN the Shasta region The
Truckee is said to be high and the fish
ing on that grand stream will not be ar
its best for some weeks yet
Although some OF the streams in the
Big Meadows country are preserved
BY the Western power company. per-
mission can be obtained TO fish there.
The first big party of anglers from this
city viii leave for the Meadows next
week Included in il will be Sam
Wells. D. Mcmahon. Pop" Culver,
George Walker. Billy" Kennedy. James
Maynard Jr., George Martin Charles
Breidenstein and Adolph Poekxitz
Some Of the anglers will remain away
four weeks while others will spend the
summer on the streams.
To reach the Meadows the party will
take the train, TO Chico, where they
will transfer to another road This
terminates AZ Sterling and from there
the journey TO PrattvilIe is made by
stage TIE first OF these started yester-
day and e regular service will be main
tsined for the balance of the season
The fishermen are all going after the
big fish and are sure of great sport
With ordinary skill man can get 25
pounds of fsh in q couple Of hours with
the fly.
The black bass season opened yester-
day and this game fish can be taken
for the next seven months They are
IN great abundance IN the Sacramento
and San Joaquin and splendid sport is
promised They viii be IN the best con-
dition during the next three months, as
after that they get weedy and are not
paIafabIe. Lake Chabot. near Vallejo.
furnishes fine black bass fishing but a
permit is required from the officials
before az angler can wet a line there
The lake has been closed 10 all fisher
men for three or four years and IS un-
usually well stocked at the present
time DR.. Charles Turner of Vallejo,
an expert bass fisherman, redScts some
great baskets OF the dsh viii be taken
this season
Paper Mil creek still attracts many
of the city anglers Jim Turner and
Charles Iandresse secured % fine fish
there last Sunday. Jim Lynch also
brought home good basket. All were
taken on the fiy, the favorite lure be-
ing the gray hackle- The fish seemed
Nl41s II whenever
one was presented The campers have
not invaded the stream yet. but there
are q number of persons staying at the
hotels who are out every day
Sam Wells fshed at Point Reyes on
Thursday and was rewarded with a
dozen fine fish For some reason which
the fishermen cannot explain striped
bass fishing has been a blank for some
weeks Il was thought that the mud
dE the IA hor of > Aa
fish had something TO do with this. but
even when the water has been clear no
fish have been taken
The members OF the California An
glers' association think the plant of
100000 young trout which have been
promised them by the California fish
commission viii help two of the favor
ite trout streams considerably next
season Forty thousand Of the fry will
be placed in Paper Miil creek and s0.-
600 in Sonorna creek The trout will
be of the rainbow and steelhead spe-
cies. The men who have fished tne Pa
per Mil recently report that there are
Z great many four and five inch trout
IN the stream Five inches is the legal
limit, il being against the law 70 have
smaller fish in ones possession
Al n Cumming is still at klamath
Hot Springs and that he is having royal
sport with rod and line Is evidenced
By some boxes of splendid trout he has
sent down TO friends in the city. The
fish are all OF large size and are in
splendid condition
While Jim Turner and Charles Ian
dresse were near the old Camp Tayior
dam last Sunday they found q dead doe
which had apparently been shot
through the neck the previous day
From the marks on the dead animal il
is evident she had been chased by dogs.
II is just such transgressions Of the
law which the members of the Caiifor-
MIA Anglers association viii attempt
10 prevent II the fish commission Will
qualify a number of their members as
deputy game wardens The doe was
heavy with young. which made it all
the more dastardly a crime
! ". ". xovEs-The new headquarters Of
the L ". W Is located a. $40 Lzrkin street
reading roou- committee room and reception
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