Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-03
WHERE TO FISH

Fishing, which has been miserably
poor for many, many weeks, except for
rare catches now and then, has so
much improved within the past week
that the angler may safely count on at
least fair sport from now on to the
close of the season this fall.
The west coast has been productive
of the best sport and at all points from
Balboa to Bay City there have been
fair to good catches of surf, bass, hall
but and yellowfin. Sunset and Bay
City have been the most, popular resorts
and there the gamy corbina in good
size and number has been caught.
Pompano have been running freely
at Playa del Rey for the past week, and
many fine strings have rewarded the
patient jigger. Surf perch running as
high as five and six pounds in weight
have been plentiful all along the south
coast, and San Pedro has occasionally
come to the front with fair runs of
croaker.
The opening of the steelhead and ma
tive trout fishing on April has sent a
great many fishermen to the mountains
a month earlier than they would have
gone, but the real trout season will not
open until May 1, as usual.
Salt water fishing promises to be in
terfered with materially until the diff
Guilty in the way of getting good bait Is
overcome. The passage OF law by the
SupefNlSOrS OF San LUIS ODlSpO county
prohibiting the taking and shipping of
more than sixty CLAIMS by any one per-
son In day has drained the market of
this standard fish lure, and there are
not enough local clans taken to supply
a hundredth part of the demand. Many
of the regulars have taken to pile
worms, which when looped artistically
on the hook seem to supply ali the
needs of an attractive morsel for surf,
yelloWfin and croaker.
Arrangements are now being made to
bring a clam supply from Lower Cali
fornia, and IL successful there will be
no dearth of bait for everybody who
wishes to go fishing.
The passage by the legislature and
the signing by the governor of the
Southern California Rod and Reel
clubs bill which prohibits the taking of
surf fish, yellowfin and croaker except
with rod and line has been received
with ''glad acclaim by every fisherman
in the south except the market variety
The law becomes effective in May, a
short time after the opening of the reg
ular season.
Tide will be high Sunday morning
at 8:48 O'Clock, with a rise of ga feet.
1t will be low water at $3.50 p. m, with
a drop to O.6 feet, and high again at
9:13 D. M, with rise of Sc feet This
will make a brisk current both morning
and afternoon in the bays and cham
nels, and calls for heavy sinkers.
BALBOA--Croaker. bass. halibut, corbina
surf perch.
NEWPORT-Bass, halibut, mackerel. her.
ring.
HUNTINGTON BEACH-Corbina, perch
halibut, bass, mackerel.
SUNSET BEACH-Corbina, yellow I'm,
halibut, perch.
BAY CITY-Corbina, surf perch bass
halibut, herring
ANAHEIM LANDING-Bass halibut.
perch China croaker.
ALAMITOS BAY-Corbina, sheephead
bass, perch herring.
LONG BEACH-Mackerel, halibut, bass
herring
SAN PEDRO BAY-Croalker, tomcod
kingfsh, China croaker, smell. bass.
SAN PEDRO BREAKWATER - Bass
sheephead, whitefsh.
REDONDO-Mackerel. herring, tomcod
MANHATTAN BEACH-MackereL surf
perch. corbina, smelt
PLAY DEL REY-Pompano, herring
smelt corbina, halibut tomcod.
VENICE-Halibut, perch, mackerel, tom
cod, kingfish, bass.
OCEAN PARK-Mackerel, herring, smeit
perch. pompano.
SANTA MONICA-Herrins smeit, mack
PORT Los ANGELEs-Bass, halibut.
mackerel. perch. herring, sheephead, pom
PIANO.
OUTsIDE-Albicore, bass.