Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-14
FISHING
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HISHING at the local beaches Sun
day was not as good as 1t has
Il been, both as regards the number
of fish caught and because of strong
wind and choppy sea. May of the
fishermen became disgusted with con-
ditions and reeled in their lines after a
few hours and returned home.
S. S. Spier of Los Angeles yesterday
went out with Shorty Stoughton in
the launch Myrtle, off Catalina, and
had an exciting two-hour fight with
black sea bass. Spier lost the fish but
put up game fight for possession. 1t
was the first time he had ever had a
sea bass on his line and was at loss
as to how to proceed, and during an
unguarded moment the bass snapped
the line with a swish of his big tail and
was off. Spier is now thoroughly ex-
cited over the sport and does not agree
with some fishermen who have ex-
pressed the belief that the black sea
bass is dead one" when it comes to
fighting. He also postponed a trip to
the east so as to have another try at
the big fisn.
Ed. C. Hedderly, T. Med. Potter and
Henry Lowenthal passed Sunday fish
ing at Sunset beach. In addition TO
thirty surf which the party caught,
IHby IldQ dn 6AClllllS lOl
with a large fish, the identity of which
has been puzzling the brain Of the
party ever since. Hedderly said: 1T
resembled a small jewish in size, ana
when 1t took the bait 1t darted OIL ike
a yellowtail does, but 1t was neither
of these. I never saw fish like II
before and am sure 1t does not belong
in these waters 1 was fishing for surf
and had a gut hook baited with clam,
and evidently a small surf had been
nibbling when seen by the big fish who
took it. He came up dead, just like
jewish does, and it was then had an
opportunity to discern the strange
markings which proved conclustvely
that he was stranger. He was
marked on top and bottom with white
spots about three inches in circumfer-
ence. 1 tried to gaff him and had bare
~ pricked him when suddenly he
sprang to action, and before could
recover from my surprise had made a
sudden dash, swapping the six-thread
line I was using" The strange fish
was the subject of discussion among
local anglers yesterday, who suggested
names of many kinds. But none of
them could enlighten Hedderly, who
knows the description of almost every
fish that swims in these waters.
A most remarkable catch of corbina
was made Sunday by Max Lowenthal,
consisting of a fish which weighed
eight and fye-sixteenths pounds, was
.wenty-seven inches long and seventeen
inches in circumference. The catch
was made at Venice, just south of
Center street with a sixteen-ounce
lancewood two-piece rod and a nine
thread linen line. He took the fish in
fifteen minutes. This is an exception
ally large sized surf. Only the fact
that Lowenthal is not a member of any
local angling club will prevent him
from receiving a button.
A. r. Morse of the Western Hard
ware and Arms company passed Sum
day fishing at Heromsa beach. He re-
ported poor fishing at that place and
only caught two surf fish.
A prominent officer and director of
the Catalina Tuna club will resign If
prizes are awarded by the Tuna club
for the big fish which almost daily are
being caught at San Clemente island.
When expressing his sentiments yester-
day he said he did not consider 1t fair
to the real sportsmen of the Tuna club
to be obliged to compete against fish
ermen who went way over to Clemente
for big fish and then come back to the
Tuna club for prizes. He said he did
not care where they went for tuna, as
the club was a tuna club but not an
albicore, Jewish or any other kind of
club.
John Beckwith yesterday caught one
of the finest yellowfin yet taken this
season at any point on the coast. He
was fishing at Peck's wharf, where
surf and yellowfin ran freely. Beck
with's yellowf1n weighed four pounds
and nine ounces. The fact that Beck
with is not a member OF any angling
club alone probably prevents him from
receiving a prize. Professor Emory
also took away a nice basket of yell
lowf1n. w. H. Rogers caught two yell
lowfin which weighed over two pounds
each and two sea trout. The latter fish
were of good size and the professor
was under the impression that he had
caught them with clam bait. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that in these cases
another small fish had been nibbling
at the bait and seen by the trout,
which made a quick dart for the little
one and was impaled by the hook. In
stances of trout being caught this way
are believed to be common.
Fishing at Manhattan Beach yester-
day was poor and only few anglers
were to be seen during the day.
Big catches of jacksmelt and mack
erel were yesterday made at Redondo.
The wharves were we'll covered with
anglers, many of whom caught the
limit.