Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

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shy in angling bonhomie, but they no.
toriously "get the goods" when fishing
Beach Casting Itself an Art
Fishing from the beach is an art In
itself, and one that must be cultivated.
Many wharf fishermen are helpless on
the Shore owing to inability to cast;
others have to don overalls and boots
and wade in so as to place their sinkef
sufficiently far out. The experts often
stand high and dry on the beach and
send their baited leaders whizzing far
past the sinkers of those who nave
waded out, but even these are the ex-
ceptions. Such casting is not learned
in a day or a year, but is the product
of many seasons of practice.
Not at all times is it necessary to
throw far By selecting those places
where the breakers curl close in, and a
quickly shelving beach is Indicated
those not SO expert can nave good
sport at high tide often within 100 feet
The surf tribes come in to feed on
sandcrabs. and particularly favor the
deep holes, as the current keeps them
well stirred up, providing plenty OF
food. Such deep places are easily To-
Gated by observing the beach at low
tide. The large corbina and yellowfins
are taken III IHt tllctt liz
undertow sometimes excaVates just be-
low high water mark.
Redondo will be the headquarters OF
the anglers today, but other resorts
will be patronized also. Along the
south coast line good catches were
made Friday at all the points from
Bay City to Balboa, although few big
fish were reported. 1t seems to be no
trick for any ordinarily skilled angler
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fish at any of the wharves any time
except Sunday. A week ago Saturday
Charles Workman landed two dozen
god-sized corbina at Sunset Beach at
the end of a week of generally good
catches at that resort, and hopes of the
Sunday anglers ran high. Yet half
dozen small corbina was Sundays best
individual catch, and not three
nounder was landed. Meanwhile Al
Conrad, August e. Moore ana ot1ers
who fished farther south at the less
freauented resorts did much better.
Conrad always gets a good-slzed
mess and does it by keeping his own
company. Johnny Murset is another
angler who has cut out companionshlp
of late in favor of more fish.
Today there is apt to be fair peach
fishing along the western coast. be
tween Hyperion and Manhattan is
stretch of several miles winch SHOWS
many promising holes at low tide, and
is almost certain to yield yelloWfins
on high evening tides.
Great Sport at oceanside
OF interest to fishermen generally Is
news brought last week from ocean
side by Sherman Baker. Baker Is an
expert angler, and does not often wax
very enthusiastic without abundant
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of casting from the beach last Satur-
dav evening he caught gunnysack
full of corbina, yellowfins and croak-
ers. some of the corbina weighing up
tn five and six pounds, while many OF
the croakers dressed more than TOUR.
The trim was a three and half hours
tourney, Baker leaving town on .he
Santa Fe about l o'clock and arriving
Just in time for the evening Hsiiiis.
From to o'clock he lanaeu an me
fish. and had such backload ina.
he quit, being willing to have returned
then had there been tram.
A biyouac on the beach is part OF the
fun. The return is made the next
morning There is nothing particularly
arduous about the trip; big eaten Is
almost assured to any beach fsher-
man. and lunch and blankets shouiu
be taken along. Rod and reel hshIis
is new there, Baker says. very lew
of the residents along the beach IN
tbat vicinity have ever seen much of
II done. and the ground is practlcaliy
virgin territory; a condition III WHICH
local sinker shyers may reVel.
This would not be a bad point Tor
an automobile trip and few DAYS
vacation. Those who want record llsn
TO enter in the Rod and Reel cluo
tournament might do we'll to visit the
place. Baker will be glad to give an
necessary directions. He states that
tho beach bitches off into deep water
abruptly, and it is not necessary TO
throw out more than hundred feet or
so. a Mace anyone can fish easily.
sand crabs are plentiful, but it is al
WAYS best to have plenty OF clam palt
along. Sometimes bait can be picked
up in great quantity, but TINS Is not
To be depended upon, and the wise
angler goes prepared
Trolling Becomes Better
Trolling outside is picking up little
as the weather becomes more settled,
hut MANY anglers show timidity about
ventilring out however fair the prom
Use of the morning. as heavy wester-
Nv winds have been almost unprece~
IDENTIFY frequent this year, ana nave
continued much further INTO the cur
rent month than usual.
o. r. w. Robinson and party were
outside in their boat, the Pescador,
recently built for them in Pasadena
as a fishing launch, and trolled most
Of Thursday up the coast from Point
Firmin to Point Vincent, with a total
catch of some fifty rock bass, one or
two of which beat four pounds in
weight.
The yellowtail are not biting freely
on this side as yet, although occasional
big catches are made. Some sport mas
been enioyed off Redondo in launches,
and handliners on the wharves have
taken a few fish during the week,
these fish serving as the bearers of
bad news, inasmuch as they were found
full of squid. The presence of the
squid, although it gave Redondo the