Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
WHERE TO FISH

O ALT water fishing is fast getting
~ into it's regular swing and with
~ warm weather and lack of storms
at sea the gamey inhabitants of the
Pacific are coming in shore and renew
ing acquaintance with the ways and
habits of the anglers.
The season is right at its height for
small fry, such as pompano, smelt,
jack smelt, herring, mackerel, turbot,
sole, kingfsh, tomcod and perch, and
at all the beach resorts they have
been more than plentiful for the past
three weeks.
The big game fish of the, ocean are
appearing in numbers and at Avalon
for the first time in three years the
leaping tuna has made his appearance
and has smashed more fine tackle in
the three days since his arrival than
has been broken in all the three years
of his absence.
Yellowtail, white sea bass and abb
core are also plentiful at the magic
isle and the increasing number of fish
ermen making their fay toward the
Catalina boats each day testify to the
drawing powers of the sport.
Sea trout came to the west coast
Wednesday in great numbers and at
Playa del Rey, Ocean Park and Venice
there was great sport during the week
catching this splendid fish.
Pompano, herring, yellowf1n, small
surf, mackerel and yellowtail were
also caught freely along the west coast
and at Long wharf especially was the
run of pompano heavy.
Long Beach improved wonderfully
last week and yellowfin, corbina, POM
pano, mackerel, herring and perch re-
warded all who cared to wet a line at
this delightful resort. Pompano were
caught in great numbers from boats
q half mile from the shore several days
during the week.
At Oceanside and Mateo in San Diego
county there were great catches of
corbina by Los Angeles fishermen who
spent several days down there. The
fish ran of good size, ranging from two
to four pounds in weight For the
benefit of fishermen who wish to go
there the Santa Fe has made special
concessions.
The south coast from Bay City to
Balboa has been the mecca of the surf
fishermen for the past week. At all
points the gamey corDina has been
running in large sizes and numbers and
not a disappointing day has been re-
ported from any of the resorts. Bal
boa led with the largest fish and holds
the record for a catch of an eight
FOUNDER. The catch was made on
Thursday and the fish weighed in two
hours after being taken from the water
at eight pounds, six ounces.
YelloWf1n, bass and spot fin croaker
were plentiful in the bay and a record
catch of forty-one was made opposite
the pavilion on Wednesday. Big
catches of sheephead are being made
at Rocky Point.
Tide will be high Sunday, sos a. m,
with a rise to 3.5 feet, and low tide
at 1929 a. m. with a drop to 1.6 feet.
1t will be high again at 5:25 o'clock
p M, with a rise to 5.3 feet. This will
make a brisk current in the bays and
channels, and fishing will be best dur
ing the afternoon.
BALBOA-Corbina, croaker, bass, yellow
fin, maekeTel' sheephead. halibut, perch
HUNTINGTON BEACH-Corbina, yellow
fin, bass halibut turbot, pompano, sea
trout. perch.
SUNSET BEACH-Corbina, yellowin,
mackerel smelt, perch, herring, turbot.
BAY CITY-Corbna, yellowhn, bass, hall
but, sculpin, mackerel.
NAPLES-Bass, halibut, perch.
ALAMITOS-Corbina, yellowfn halibut,
SAN PEDRO BAY-spothn croaker, China
croaker. kinghsh, bass whitefsh, smelt,
halibut.
SAN PEDRO BREAKWATER-Bass
whtehsh sheephead.
LONG BEACR-Pompano, herring, smelt,
jack smelt mackerel, halibut, trout, COR
bina, yellowfn.
Observation-Disclosures turbot corbina,
mackerel, sculpin, pompano, herring, smelt,
jack smelt, yellowtain. bass
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., corbina, mackerel.
smelt, halibut.
MANHATTAN-Corbn surf perch, yell
lowfin, smet, herring.
PLAYA DEL REY-Halibut, corbina, yell
lowfin, pompano sea trout, yellowtal, bass.
herring, perch. smelt
VENICE-Corbina, bass, halibut, herring,
perch smelt, mackere
OCEAN PARK-Corbna, yellowhn, pom
pano, herring, mackerel, perch, smelt sea
trout. halbut.
SANTA MONICA-Halibut. smelt, mack
erel, corbna, yelowhn perch, bass
LONG WHARF-Bass. halibut. mackerel,
smelt, sculpin. herring, surf perch, yellow
tail, sheephead
OUTSIDE--Yellowtai albcore barracu-
da. bass.
AVALON-Leaping tuna, yelNwtan. al
bieore, bass, barracuda white sea bass, black
sea bass whitefish.