Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-16

| 90 material 1t was so ordered. This
means a six-thread line may pull as
high as fifteen or sixteen pounds ana
a nine, twentyfour. AS the idea OF
the club was to limit the power of the
| tackle and as no one but an expect
| knows No so flax on sight, 1t is hard
to see Just what the new rule amounts
| to from the sporting point or view
| Last fall il was decided to enforce the
two pounds per strand rule in view or
the basic idea underlying light tackle
which is to limit the power at the an
gler's command and place an added
premium upon GOODNESS and judgment.
The present ruling looks like retro
gression; and it may be said the expert
anglers who have made their reputa-
! tion upon a twelve-pound line seem
quite united in this view and do not
| view with favor being compelled TO ue-
fer to the unskilled tyro by dividing
credit with his achievements aided by
four pounds greater margin. IN lhe
| nine-thread division the rule allows a
twenty-four pound line-the equal or
| a twelve-strand as judged by the ola
rating. Have the line manufacturers
handed the worthy directorate OF the
Tuna club a little package? However
the directors We're not a unit, ne
harvesting of silk thread lines at pres
| ent will be pointed out as practlcdl
argument in support of the new ruling
no doubt. But a twelVe-pound llne
! proved sufficient last summer, az
| though it called for skill and some
work before success was attained. sup
posably. that is the destderatum Oh
! the ught tackle movement. The pres
ont three-six tackle, considering the
! stronger line and stiffer tips is, in my
| humble opinion, more powerful than
| the first nine-ounce, nine-thread COM
| bination and hardly can be considered
a step in advance, except in name
The Southern California Rod and
Reel club does not seem much en-
| thused over the new standards ana Is
ant to retain the old strength limits
which means its members will be
handicapped in contesting for Cata-
| uno trophies. but they Will nave
greater satisfaction in using tackle
| that is exactly what it purports 10
| he. lust another tempest in the sport
! ing teapot that is all.
Surf fishing was poor alongshore cur
| mo the week, as it usually is Wheh
| tides al at midday and the water re-
mains low during hours in which most
! CITY anglers are able to be at the peach'
| A few croakers at Sunset, several cor
| bina of fair size and occaslonal yelIoW-
fms halibut and turbot comprise the
| fare. The corbina are large, Out tnAs ls
not the exception early In the season
| Anglers remember the midsummer run
of s7ninners'' of the previous season and
| forget the early run of bigger tSh that
ushered in the sport. 1t will be noticed
| from now on that the greater part OF
the large corbina taken Will De praVlu
| fena1es which have come in presum-
ablv to spawn as nearly ripe ova VIII
be found maturing in them. Inc roe
of the surf fishes is a great dellcacy'
although many foolishly throw away
| this, the best part of the hsn'
AT Sunset Thursday several mid
weekers passed a pleasant day, ana
Jacob DanZ gave the usual eXepnnca-
| tion of beginners luck. He Is rapluly
qualifying for California residence ana
caught about all the fish, While Snltny
| Warren and other experts upneld the
traditions of the craft by lanulng
| choice assortment of marine oo1ets
Dart including most of the known
varieties of shark, skate and ray. DanZ
| landed a 21h-pound croaker, as did L.
Med. Potter. 1.-TWO Rods" Carr, who is
not quite that TALL landed the best cor
bina of the day on the beach-petter
than three-pounder.
Oscar Baer and party fished HUNT
| ing Beach with Baer's usual ante-sea-
son luck, and Godfrey Fritz and Simon
Spier. who were at Bay City and Ana
| helm Landing, afforded another PROOF
| that when the corbina are not bltlng
one place there generally is not much
| doing anywhere else in the same terri
tory. Huntington Beach is not running
UP to it's reputation, probably because
the wave motor pier Is padIocked.
IT used to be an angling adage that
crowded wharf stopped at the beach.
Last Sunday the hole at Bolsa Chlca
| delivered a solar plexus jolt TO the
| theory. No less than twenty men, some
of whom had been there all night, had
pre-empted this 200-yard strip, and
when the place had become too con-
gested for piscatoriaI comtort more rous
still were disembarking, with an air OF
| eager expectancy, from the frequent
trains. The only sensation was af-
! forded by Fatty Carey, who in his
anxiety to place his lead in the second
breakers got beyond his depth and was
| sWatted full in the face by partlcu-
! larly vicious comber. Down he went,
until the tip of his rod passed from
sight. only to re-emerge, striking out
! for shore like a frog until he floundered
on to terra firma once more, little worse
| for his duckin. They say he is used to
| II. Carey. by the way, got nice basket
of fish in reward for his wettings. Bet
ter than most of the rest Jared. Max
L Loewenthal, ]. B. Winston and son,
John Murset, Ralph Middleton and sew
eral other regulars were among those
! present.
AL Green reports run of small fry
! at Santa Monica Pompano, jack
smalts, surf perch, yellowfins and a few
corbina are in prospect at the cement
pier. Occasional schools of mackerel
| in passing afford sport. Similar condi-
tions obtain at the long wharf. 1t is
time to look for little sport in the
surf along the west coast.
Reports that the seining law limiting
capture of corbina, croakers and yell
lowfins to hook and line methods only
! is being violated continue to come in
| Any anglers, whether affiliated with the
Southern California Rod and Reel club
or not-and all should be-are requested
to please report Immediately to Secre-
tary e. r. Abbott at phone A554S or
51497 any violations they know of, or
any information such as might lead to
the apprehension of lawbreakers. There
are some surf fish coming into market
and they are undoubtedly seined fish
In this connection it is said some fisher
men have seen seiners pulling nets and
throwing corbina back into the water,
first crushing their heads or 'gilling"
them. This is a shoddy pretense at
complying with the letter of the law
while violating it's spirit, for these same
| fish when they drift ashore can be
picked up. Such practices can lead to
! only one thing and that is the passage
| of a law placing corbina, croakers and
yellowlins in the mosaic" clause of the
game and fish laws. Surf fishermen in