The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
POINT REYES IN
FISHERMEN'S
FAVOR
Anglers Report Good Catches
But News From Other
Haunfs Not Favorable

According to reports brought in from
the fishing haunts favored by local
anglers during the last week the sport.
taken all in all. has been satisfactory.
though il has been decidedly poor in
spots. The streams and pools in Marin
county offered the best Inducements to
anglers. the famous White House pool
being the Mecca for the majority.
Advices from San GresOrio and Pes
cadero say that there has been a gen
eral betterment of conditions in the
lagOons and creeks at both places lt
is said that the waters have gone down
considerably in that region and pros
poets are favorable for good fly nSn-
ing. Correspondents Of the California
anglers association at Santa Cruz tell
OF improved conditions there. and SINH
lar reports from San Lorenzo and
Boulder creeks.
Nearly all of the local sportsmen who
visited Point Reyes last Sunday in
dulged in fly fishing. and numerous
good catches We're made George W ent-
worth landed 40 FISH. Sam Wells 35. Bert
Spring and Charles Breidenstein 50
each. Joe Pincus and George Uri %.
and Charles Cate 20. II. Gosliner landed
one IA and one poundsr. besides sew
eral smaller fish, and Fl. Baker took
Marcus. accompanied by AdOlph link.
the liliputian actor. Joined the aggre-
cation at the White House pool on sun
day morning link has an eastern rep
utati0n as a high hook and Marcus.
who had been telling him of the won
ders of the pool. proceeded to prove
some of his assertions by fishing with
angle worms. He got strikes on his
first two casts and landed his fish each
time, but on his third strike he handed
the line to link, who decided that the
/ fish was too large for a person of his
size to play and retired in favor OF
Marcus, thereby losing an opportunity
to take what might have been a record
trout.
There was nothing dong on the Paper
Mill last week. and Joe Uri. who
tramped from Jules to Garcia. a dis
tance OF five miles, on Sunday. did not
get strike. ]. Turner, II. Ladd and
James Watt. the dean OF local anglers.
also whipped the creek with Indifferent
success According TO these experts the
heavy rains during the latter part OF
March sent the fish down to the big
pools near tidewater.
On Wednesday and Thursday sam
\ Wells took so steelhead near Point
Reyes. and Joe Murphy and Dave Sachs
! got 20 each, most Of them being taken
from the White House pool. Dean"
/ watt visited the pool on Friday and
took 20 fish with a red fly spinner.
/ Trout fishing will be permitted in
Lagunitas lake after the first of Nav
but as permit is required TO hsh there.
\ only those who are in favor with the
Tamalpais water company officials can
/ expect to take a mess Of the large fish
/ that are to be found there
A small number OF striped bass fisher
men have been out recently, but their
much success. George M. Barnes reports
a run of smelt in the bay of Point
Blunt, and he is authority for the state
ment that As pound catch was
brought in.
Next Sunday the field day and bar
becue under the auspices OF the Cali
fornia anglers association at Point
Reyes will be the chief attraction for
anglers Numerous prizes will be
awarded TO lucky anglers. and an un-
usually large attendance is expected.
A NJ Cumming of this city. who wa
one or the hrSt to whip the klamath
river Tor Steelhead this season, reDOrts
nsh numerous in that stream and anr-
llng conditions excellent. as we'll Cum
ming, accompanied by Mrs. CUNNING
and several friends. spent several davs
on the river recently, and every mem
ber Of the party took good strfnes
fishing and picture taking, he being a
devotee of the camera as well as an
enthusiastic fisherman and hunter.
Some OF the pictures taken by him near
the klamath hot springs are repro
duced here.