The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

yards and yards, until It seems as II
the whole reel will unwind. But this
time he stops for good. The game Is
up He knows il and so does Mr.. Muir
dock. Save for few short spasmodic
jumps and starts, the catch Is brought
quietly In.
Mr.. Murdock can boast q record
catch Of 4S0 pounds for one mornings
sport. one individual salmon tipping the
scales at 81 pounds.
Just to give the salmon fair play and
still further develop the spirit OF
sportsmanship the keenest fishermen
have recently contrived q scheme
whereby the sinker Is dropped the mo-
ment fish Is baited. This removes the
handicap the fish has had to light
against and gives him "a chancs for
his white alley"
The salmon which fnhabit Monterey
bay are merely cousins several times
removed to the steel head or salmon
trout which makes the Eel river It's
home. These Monterey salmon last
year came as far north as Halfrnoon
bay and Bolinas bay, but the stronger
tides and winds In these places mill
tated against their popularity as far as
rivaling Monterey Is concerned.
Louis III. Eaton, the organist and
musical director OF the choir of Trinity
Episcopal church. Is another enthusiast
whose eyes and general expression OF
happiness tell their own story when
salmon fishing is mentioned For
tunately enough for Mr.. Eaton he Is
able to combine business and pleasure
His trips to Santa Cruz are made every
week, and 1900 pounds are his sum
total for the past four seasons.
Mr.. Eaton employs boatman by ths
season. About I o'clock in the morn
Ing, when everything Is beautifully still
and the spirit OF peace hovers over the
waters. the old man rows out to seine
the bait for the mornings sport Then
about o'clock Mr.. Eaton appears. and
after'that pupils. organ. church and all
things else are forgotten and there Is
nothing in the world that Is worth
while but just one great. big pink SAL
mon! One after another is brought
over the side OF the little sailboat. A
blow on the head ends any, further
misery and produces q bleeding which
materially improves the edibility of the
fish. AS soon as landing is made ths
catch is cleaned and sent to the city
packed in burlap. The true fisherman
keeps his fish away from ice.
Heretofore there seemed no need OF
rules and regulations governing fishing
in Monterey bay But all privileges
are apt to be abused sooner or later.
At Monterey the threatened trouble
Is a shortage OF sardines. duo to tbs
extravaganza Of a cannery situated in
Santa Cruz. There would seem at first
glance to be plenty OF both small and
large fish in the sea-" for all possible
needs The cannery. however. which
puts up the sardines, calling them
small mackerel. for commercial pur-
poses. last year caught and killed so
tons more of these small fish than they
could legitimately use, and the refuse
was thrown back into the sea. As has
been said. where the pait go the SAL
mon follow. Let the sardines disap-
pear. goodby to the salmon and to the
finest sport on the coast. We have
before US problem such as faced the
fish commissioners OF Massachusetts,
when such countless numbers of the
porgy and menhaden were sacrificed
that the entire variety almost disap-
peared from the Massachusetts waters
But for the present let him who is
weary OF the workaday world, him
who would throw on the cares that
fnfest the day" him who would bring
peace unto his soul. let them, one
and all. HE themselves down TO the
coast some 90 or 100 miles. There. put
ting out from Monterey. Santa Cruz or
CapitoIa. they can spend a morning
that will repay them hundredfoid
for whatever effort the trip may have
cost