The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
STEELHEAD TROUT
ENTICE ANGLERS
Rain of a Week Ago Frustrated
Plans of Fishermen ON the
Russian River
BY FRANK o.DoNNELL

By FRANK O'DONNELL
The season for trout fishing on Cali
fornia's inland streams had been closed
less than a month when anglers in the
bay region were notified that the bar
at the mouth of the Russian river was
opened and that the big steelhead
trout, which furnish anglers with ex-
citing sport every winter, were as
cending the stream In large numbers.
The report that the fish were much in
evidence came in from Duneans Mills,
and 1t was Immediately accepted as
authentlc, with the result that there
were large number of rods on the
banks OF the popular steelhead stream
last Sunday. 1t was also reported that
20 pound fish had been taken few
days after the schools had commenced
running up stream, and the reported
capture of six good sized trout by a
native In one day did much to heighten
the hopes of sportsmen who reached
Duncans Mills toward the close of last
week. The rain interfered with the
plans of anglers last Sunday and on
the preceding day. however, and, al
though few braved the elements and
fshed, or tried to fish, the creels of
the sportsmen contained but few pis-
'eatorial prizes when train time came
around Nearly all of the local angling
celebrities were on the river last sun
day. Among those up for Friday to
sunday stay were Doctor Abrams. DR..
j. A. Wibon, Louis Gotthelf, Charles F.
Breidenstein, A. C. Barnard. AL Wilson,
Bob Sangster. Race Terry, E. Medau,
A. sullivan. Al Baker, Jack Parmuter,
Doctor Raynes, John d. Siebe, Dave
Sachs and Billy Street
Conditions
Immediately after the storm, and as
early as Tuesday of last week anglers
were getting results w H Osborn
writing from Orchard Home to Charles
L. Breldenstein, said: There were 40
steelhead taken in this vicinity Tues
day, but only six of them were large
ones The other 36 ranged from one to
hYe pounds in weight. Al Wilson and
Bob Sangster Were in on the catch,
both of them staying over until Tues
day afternoon. The water is all right
now and the weather, too, Is fine"
rms newsy bit of Osborn's letter was
enough to convince Breidenstein that
sport had improved, and he left for the
river yesterday morning ACCOMPANIED
by DOCTORS Wibon, La Coste and Simon.
The brackish waters of the Paper
MILL creek near Point Reyes In Marin
county are again claiming the atten-
tlon of steelhead fishermen. There were
about a dozen fishermen near the
white house" pool last Sunday, among
them being e. Spence, George Uri and
friend, Frank Smith, Doctor Kranz and
George A. Wentworth All of them
picked up a few fish.
Striped bass fishermen have not been
idle of late. Every Sunday for the last
two months the usual delegations from
the city visited Wingo and the San
Antoine slough, but there were not
many fish taken. Several big catches
were made in the sloughs around Napa,
and the success of the natives of that
region induced some city sportsmen to
try that country for week end trip
Last Sunday Tim Lynch of the San
Francisco striped bass club and the
most persistent of the Wingoites was
high hook of the gathering at the flag
station with a "a pound bass. His
brother, Jim Lynch, also of the bass
club, who prefers the San Antoine
slough to Wfngo, did some good work
Lynch Jim Thomson and Chris John
son planned a trip to the San Antoine,
the latter deciding to leave the city
early on Saturday Thomson and john
son had been fishing for several hours
without results, when Lynch appeared
rather late Sunday morning. He made
UP for lost time, however, by getting
three fair sized fish in quick time,
while the best the others got was an
occasional strike. Lynch's catch was
the largest for the day on the San An
tone. A few days before Tim Lynch
got his big fish at Wingo, Charles
Bouton, a local bass fisherman, lifted a.
AZ FOUNDER from the creek near the
bridge, and a fish weighing 9 u pounds
became the prize of Joe Dober
The California anglers associa ton
which has maintained club rooms at
1771 Geary street, near Fillmore. for
the last four years. has leased quar-
ters down town and the members will
be established in their new home by
the first of the new year. The di-
rectors of the association held a special
meeting one night last week and de-
cidedf to establish new and larger club
rooms for the members. The quarters
selected for the new home of the or
ganzation are situated on the fourth
floor of the Dunno building, a. the
corner of Stockton and Ellis streets.
The new rooms will occupy one-half
of the area of the fourth floor and will
adioin the quarters of the Greeters
club The members are already pre-
pairing for house warming to be held
shortly after the new quarters are
fitted up.