The San Francisco call., 1908-07-19
Salmon Delay Visit
TO Bay Waters
anglers Disappointed By Failure
of Game Fish to Appear
on Time
By Lawrence LAYERS

The failure of the salmon to show
up in San Francisco bay is causing no
end OF comment among local fishermen.
And after the subject has been dis
cussed endlessly in places where rod
and reel enthusiasts congregate. the
explanation of the mystery is as TAR
away as ever. Never before at this
time of the year have these fish in
local waters been entirely lacking.
BY all precedence the salmon run
should have started three weeks age
and just now should be at its height.
Instead the advance guard of salmon
has not yet reached Santa Cruz, where
the fish are always caught in abun-
dance before they show up here Even
at Monterey, where some salmon are
taken at the earliest possible part Of
the season. only a few catches have
been recorded and a few fishermen are
willing to lay odds that this years
fishing for salmon will be over before
the run begins.
In the belief that the salmon might
be lying out in the deeper waters,
party consisting of Dick Jerome, Al
Bowley and F. Brown f1shed the waters
of the strait last Sunday. but in vain
From Point Bonita to BOlinas the men
trolled, but were not encouraged by
single bite Fred King, who is con-
sidered the best authority on bay fish,
ing. also spent last Sunday in quest of
the seasons first salmon and was no
more successful than the others
Reports of a few catches made by
net fishermen have been made from
time to time. One explanation offered
for this condition of affairs is the
scarcity of water in the bay streams.
and, consequently, a dearth OF fresh
water currents in the bay These cur
rents. it is said. are the attraction that
brings the fish in.
Trout fishing in the Truckee did not
diminish one bit in the quality of sport
last week While probably there were
fewer fishermen strung falonS the
rivers banks owing to other attrac-
tions in the hunting line as large fish
as ever were hooked by those who re-
mained and the baskets brought in
were just as heavy. The hycasters
club headquarters, after the crowded
times of the week before. were prac-
tically deserted. probably not more
than a half dozen anglers being there
during the week. Among those who
were there and who caught many fish
was c. S. Young of Oakland, well
known to local fishermen Young was
accompanied on his jaunt by his daugh-
ter Minnie, herself an adept angler.
large box of fine sized trout received
by A. Moller atteSted their skill and
luck
Much CONSERVATION was expressed oy
the trout fishermen earlier in the week
when a report that the Truckee river
was rising gained circulation. From
some mysterious source it was reported
that the sIuice gates of Tahoe had been
opened and the reserve waters OF that
lake were pouring down its outlet
Anxious telephone messages from the
headquarters of the anglers associa-
ton proved the falsity of the report.
Sergeant Mcpherson. keeper for the
fycasters' club, reported that the river
is at present lower than at any other
time this year
run of striped bass at LagunitaS.
which began two weeks ago, apparent
Iy did not last as few fish We're caught
there during the week 1t was believed
that the run was the beginning Of the
striped bass season. Striped bass in
uncertain quantities are being seen and
caught at other points, but regular
fishing for them has not vet set in.
Black bass fishing in YolO basin is
still good Native fishermen are reported
to have made record catches near Holt
on Wednesday and Thursday.