The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
FISH ARE SCARCE
AND ANGLERS
PLENTIFUL
Followers of the Rod Are Hope
faI of Better Sport
in Future
BY FRANK O'DONNELL

Although conditions governing trout
and bass fishing are just the reverse
of being ideal and there seems to be
no Immediate prospect of improve
ment local disciples of the rod and
reel are not allowing themselves to
become discouraged thereat. as the
weekly exodus to nearby fishing re-
sorts will show Among anglers who
must be content with weekend jaunts
to favorite haunts well filled creeI
is an exception these days, but this
fact does not deter the dyed in the
wool fisherman from trying again.
The usual delegations of regulars
may be found every Sunday on the
nearby coast streams and the striped
bass fishermen continue to sling bait
and practice the provegbil Waltonian
patience around the bay.
Fishing is not only poor in places
close to home but in some of the dis
tant mountain streams the water is
not right for fly fishing yet, and in
some others the cold weather and con-
sequent lack of insect life on the sur
face of the water puts successful fly
casting out OF the question. The
Truckee is practically deserted as far
as fly fishermen are concerned, the
singers temporarily, while visitors to
the klamath are obliged to use spoon
and bait to get satisfactory results.
from the latter stream and II. I. Cope
land and Al Cumming evidently find
the fishing satisfactory, as they are
still on the river.
ported last week were taken from
Lake Lagunitas on Wednesday. Doc"
Watt and Doctor Martin and wife get
ting limit baskets with spinner and
fly. party of four headed by Bert
and Mrs. Harwood f1shed the lake on
the same day. making a joint catch
of 60 fish. Charles Breidenstein and
Doctor Miller spent last Sunday on
San Gregorio creek, fishing the stream
up as far as the junction of Harring
ton creek. Breidenstein took 23 fish
with spoon and Doctor Miller account
ed for about 20. w. j. Weymouth took
20 small steelhead from the Paper Mill
creek above Camp Taylor with spinner
and fly last Sunday, and Ed Cohen
bait George Uri. E. j. Preece and N
A. Dewar took few small fish be-
tween the county bridge and the
White House" pool. Nothing much
is expected from the Paper Mill until
after the summer vacation season when
the campers have left the country. By
tnat time. posted fishermen say, the
trout will commence to drop from the
high waters.
George Roberts and Joe Meyer have
returned from the GuaIa and report
fish they took ranged from to 10
inches in length. Nothing definite has
been heard from the McCloud river.
where j. 3. Kenniff, the champion fly
caster. is showing the natives some-
thing about long distance casting.
Frank Bell is about to leave for
Mendocino county and Charles Kewell
Jules We'll and Doctor lie Coste are
preparing for a trip to Simms on the
upper Sacramento river. Bert Spring
says that sport should be excellent in
that region by the first of June, as
the streams are always among the
first to yield large baskets of rain
bow. John Siebe, John Lemmer and
John Bergez fshed Salmon creek last
trouble and w. ]. Golcher, Nat Boas
and Ned BoSqui were also on the creel.
Bosqui took a three FOUNDER on a
brown hackle, but the others did
nothing.
George Urfer, C. B. HOLLYWOOD,
George Bliss, Bert Spring, Joe Uri' Sam
Wells and George Walters tried for
striped bass at Greenbrae Sunday, but
caught nothing but understood fish,
which were returned to the water. The
San Francisco striped bass club holds
it's annual midsummer outing on the
bay today. The fishermen will start
from Crowley's float at the foot of
Howard street and there will be an
excursion to Marin island. where the
members and guests will be served
with a sumptuous repast and fishing
will be in order all day.
The black bass season opens on
June / and anglers will have additional
diversion. These fish take No. bass
spoons and also artificial minnow.
They are game fighters in June and
July, but become sluggish when the
hot weather sets in. They are found
of the Sacramento and the sloughs
around Courtland and Walnut Grove.
Another good black bass home is in
the San Joaquin valley near Ffrebaugh,
and they are also found in Ballard lake
and in the Russian river around
Healdsburg and Bohemian Grove.