Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-05

ny RED PERKINS

XII HAD a pleasant Saturday isn-
ing for trout at MatillJa
a Springs said Adolf Hartman
yesterday. while coast resorts We're
enveloped In shroud OF log, tne
canyon throughout the entire DAY was
bathed in glorious, uninternlttenI SUN
shine. A..
~ caught twenty trout and had the
pleasure of meeting AL Greenway, VINO
caught eighteen in short time. NO
less than twenty automobiles ira
yersed the canyon and at one time
there were no less than eleven OF those
ehug-chug wagons in line. Pop
Smith and Joe Richardson, as usual,
were on the grounds at the opening OF
the season. A Carpenteria party COM
posed of Ernest Franklin, Berl
Sprague and William and George Mar
tin. established a camp for few DAYS
at the springs and were busy casting
flies upon the troubled waters.
wilbur stiles, with his wife and the
McAlpine sisters, eastern women, mace
the trip by auto, while l was at the
springs. The catches of trout were
numerous, and the sport will improve
when the volume of water decreases
two weeks or a month later. Inc
trout are much larger about ten miles
lp the stream, but you know 1t would
take a horse to carry person up there,
which would mean heavy expenditure
on the person taking the trip"
A telephone message from Matilda
Harry Lelande, city clerk, yesterday
from his brother, Art, was to the erect
that Baron Long, while fishing In a
boat. fell out on the second day ana
was nearly drowned, but through his
ability as a swimmer, escaped with MS
life. The members of the party are
having the time of their lives hshlng
for the finny gamesters.
Harry Leland, city clerk, yesterday
returned from Catalina island, where
he went trout fishing with Charles K
Knickerbocker and o. w. Howard OF
Chicago, who spent four days on the
island. Good catches of rock bass were
taken by the party.
Gene Elliot, Smith Warren, Roy
Shaver, secretary to the Southern Cali.
fornia Rod and Reel club; Edward
Music and Charles Gay took a launch
and went three miles this side OF Ava
Ion Sunday, where they caught severa
bass. Smith and Elliot caught one bass
Weighing seven and a half pounds
while Gay, Music and Shaver caushl
three bass weighing between three ano
four pounds each.
Fishing at San Clemente was report
ed good the first of the week, ana an
angler named Glover caught thirty
pound yellowtail there, besides seVera
other fish.
Gus Knight who came down from
Bear valley yesterday, displaying tWC
fine rainbow trout, said if the fish anc
game commission would give him three
men he could have 10000 trout IN Beal
creek next year. He also reports tha'
fishermen are killing ducks out OF sea
son up near Seven oaks and that he
has reported the matter to the Los An
geles game warden to take action.
Ell. piper will go on trout fishing
trip up the San Gabriel river the f1rs'
of next week.
Word was received from Imperia
Beach, near San Diego, yesterday thal
Frank Howell had brought in 325.
pound Jewish. A Jewish weighing Sb'
pounds was also captured last Sunday
off Redondo.
In answer to a correspondent regard
ing the catches of striped bass the law
saws that striped bass may be caught II
Nav and June by hook and line only
closed to net and seine fishermen July
1 to May l.
Harry Slotterbeck made fine catch
of halibut last Sunday at Redondo. He
took in with a nine-strand line two
halibut weighing eight and one-hal1
pounds. one at four pounds and two al
two and one-half pounds. Several nice
bass were also captured there
Verge Grimes caught 13h-pound
halibut at Redondo yesterday. Mack
erel fishing was good and put the OLD
time fishermen in mind of the early
days when this fish was plentiful at tbs
seaside resort.
w. H. Replogle has constructed a
fishing launch 50x12 and will take
party of sixteen to San Clemente thf
first of the week. Among those Whe
will compose the party are J. +,
Schultz, L. L. Bertonneau, Edwaro
and Dan O'Connor.
There will be a large party heading
for Follows Springs next Friday, ano
from the number of accommodations re-
served 1t looks like the camp Will be
filed for the next two weeks.
"This is a cinch," said Asa Rice OF
the Rice Printing company as he angled
from the porch of his house at Ala
mitos bay. Three halibut were among
his catch, one of them Weighing thirty
pounds. The other weighed from
twelve to fifteen pounds respectively
according to a friend who was guest
of Rice.
SANTA MONICA, May 4.--The iden-
tity of a 21-inch trout which was sent
down from the Malibu by DR.. G. M
Lindsey is occupying the attention o.
local trout fishermen today.
For a number of years wise Ole
trout has occupied a pool in the uppel
Malibu, and every angler of any skill
has tried to tempt him with every
subtle means known to the fly fisher
man without success
Such well known sportsmen as Judge
J. c. Steele, Ralph Bane, w. A. Anvil
and j. c. Henry are among those WhS
have tried to lure the oldest inhabitanl
of the finny tribe without success, an6
they are all inclined to the belief thai
at last he has met his fate.
DEAF MUTE WALKER
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