Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
WHERE TO FISH

q ALT water fishing was never better
~ than during the last week, and
~ all along the coast from Balboa
to Port Los Angeles splendid catches
were made all the week. OF course
there were off days at some of the re-
sorts and the rewards we're not all first
prizes, but as a rule the fishing was
good everywhere.
For the first time this season the
ebneficent effects of the seining law
passed by the last legislature, forbid
ding the taking of corbina, yelloWfin
and croaker except with rod and line,
was felt to its fullest extent, and be-
cause of the fact that these game hsh
are protected from the market f1sner-
men the sportsmen anglers who fish
for pleasure reaped a plentiful harvest
of these beauties.
The south coast which for more than
two years has shown a dearth of cor
bina and yelloWfin of any size, came
back last week with big runs of both
surf and yellowfin, and the average
catch was of one to three-pound flsh.
At Peck's wharf, where for two years
the fishing has been nil, there were
some splendid catches made Both surf
and yellowfin were running in num-
bers and in large size, and catch
there on Thursday is a sample of what
happened all week. Frank Munser OF
bakersfield, Prof r. b. Emery, Ed
ward Nelson, John Ward, S. j. NC
Kenzie, John Hebbard, oscar Baer and
two or three others took forty-eight
surf and thirty-four yellowfin on the
incoming tide. The surf fish ranged
from one pound in weight TO SIX ana
a. half pounds; the yellowf1n from
hree-uuarters to two pounds. On Mon
day Prof Emery, Mr.. Munser and Mr..
Hebbard took fifty-eight yellowt1n at
sundown, ranging in size from one 10
four pounds. Smaller fish were thrown
back into the ocean. O.
From the new concrete pier at santa
Monica other big catches of corbina
were made and more than 15O fish'
sizing from pound up, were taken
during the week.
IT must be remembered that until
this season Greek, italian and Japan
ese market fishermen, with seines from
300 to 1900 feet long, had made the coast
from Long Wharf to Redondo Beach
their pet fishing ground. and as con-
sequence when the real sportsman went
fishing he found the beaches along thls
coast cleaned of these gamy Fellows
that make life worth living for the real
angler.
Fishing from Balboa to Long Beach
was shove par all last week with the
exception of off hours when tide ana
other conditions interfered. Croaker,
bass, trout and corbna, with an occa-
sional halibut of size, were caught III
the bay and surf and yellowfin were
caught from the sea wharf at Baipoa,
Huntington, Sunset Beach and Bay
CITY were all popular resorts during
the week. and Long Beach showed
record catches of small fry. Redondo
Beach, Clifton, ocean Park and Venice
showed great runs of pompano, her5
ring, sea trout, small yellowtin ana
surf. Playa del Rey was also most
nopular resort during the week.
Tide will be high Sunday at 9:55 a.
m. with a rise of 4.3 feet, and low at
Pa %. M, with a drop to 2 feet. 1t
will be high again at 1854 p, m.,. with
a rise of II feet. This will make
fair current in the morning and a
REQUIRE big sinkers. Fishing should be
best in the afternoon and the early
morning hours.
BALBOA-Bass, corbina, croaker,
yellowfin, halibut.
NEWPORT-Bass mackerel, sculpin,
halibut kingfish, herring.
HUNTINGTON BEACH-Corolna'
yellowfln. bass, halibut, herring, POM
pano, perch.
SUNSET BEACH-Corbina, yellow
fin, bass. halibut, herring.
ANAHEIM LANDING-Bass, cor
bina, yellowfin halibut, turbot.
BAY CITY-Corbina. yellowtin, hall
but, bass, sculpin, perch.
ALAMITOS-Corbin yellowfin, hal
ibut perch, herring, kingtish
LONG BEACH-Halibut, sea trout,
corbina, herring, perch. mackerel'
tomcod.
SAN PEDRO BAY-Croaker, China
croaker, bass, halibut, hngfsh.
SAN PEDRO BREAKWATER-Ba
sculpin, sheephead, whitefish.
REDONDO BEACH-Bass, mackerel,
smelt, sardines perch, halibut, turbot,
yellowfin, herring, pompano
HERMOSA-Corbina yellowfin, bass,
mackerel.
MANHATTAN - Corbna, yellowfin.
halibut, sea trout, tomcod, herring,
perch.
PECKS WHARF-Corbina. yellow
fin sea trout, pompano, kingtish, hall
but, herring.
VENICE-Halibut, sea trout, corbina,
yellowfin, perch, herring.
OCEAN PARK-Corbina, yellowf1n,
pompano perch, herring, tomcod.
SANTA AMONICA-Yellowfin corbina,
haIibut, mackerel. perch, herring.
LONG WHARF-Bass, halibut, POM
pano, surf perch, mackerel. pompano.
OUTSIDE-Yellowt albicore, bar
racuda, bass.