The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
FISHERMEN find
THE GAME SLOW
Plenty of HuStIerS Are Out But
Few of Them Meet
With Results
By FRANK o'DoNNELL

The stretch Of water from Tennessee
reef I'D toward Bolinas bay was dotted
with the launches of fishermen out
trolling for salmon every day last week
and while fair catches were reported il
would require a lot Of imagination to
say that sport was uniformly good.
Some fish were taken every day, but
individual catches were small as a
rule, and almost every sportsman who
went out returned with a we'll devel-
oped crouch against the weather
Charles H Kewell was out on Sun
day with Joe Ade and Henry stevens.
two sportsmen with eastern reputa-
tions, and the trio hauled in exactly
three fish Fred ". Gill. Henry Weir
and third party did a little better,
accounting for a joint catch of six big
ones. Al Boley. Jim Thornton and H
Smith comprised the fishing crew of
one boat and their joint catch totaled
nine Even the veteran. Al Wilson,
had 10 be satisfied with small returns.
His boat which carried two fishermen
besides himself, came in with only hVe
FISH. Doc Wilson and Frank Marcus
came in early Sunday afternoon with
only three. They tried again on Fri
day, but they did not do much better.
Bill Campbell Of Sausalito had a
launch party out every day up to
Thursday. His boat accounted for nine
on Monday. eight and seven on Tues
day and Wednesday respectively, while
only five were brought in on Thursday.
Lee Thomas and George Bennett were
among the others out on Tuesday.
Thomas hooked up with a big one that
49,
Guy T. Wayman and friend brought
seven fine Quinnat specimens to gaff
on wednesday and earlier in the week
q Soint take OF 10 fell 70 z. Brasseur
and friend. One of the biggest salmon
taken last week, a IS FOUNDER. was the
prize OF Alvin ". Thornton, his catch
making him the high rod for the Cali
foTnis anglers association Kewell-
Stewart trophy.
Striped bass fishermen did not do as
well as the salmon trollers, the number
Of hsh taken during the week being
very small because Of unfavorable tidal
conditions. 20 pound bass was re-
ported taken by an unknown fisherman
from Tiburon lagoon, but the regulars
got next to nothing al Wingo and on
the San Antoine. The tide is right for
bass on the San Antoine today and
great things are expected at that place
and also at Wingo.
Angling AOI trout was almost Tor
gotten last week, but some f<ir baskets
were brought in from the streams and
lsRoons on the line OF the Ocean Shore
road in San yMsteo county, and advices
from Sequel creek, near Santa Cruz
said that steelhead weighing up TO five
pounds were being taken.
Guests at distant fishing resorts
found sport 10 their liking. some good
takes being reported at the lakes in
the vicinity Of Tahoe. A seven pound
trout that had refused the lure of a
score OF fishermen, who wet their lines
in Gladys lake near Tallac. became the
prize OF Jake Hoffman OF racetrack
fame a little over q week ago Holt
man, with several compa anions. had
been fishing the lakes in that region
with satisfactory results until the can
ture Of the seven FOUNDER made the
creeling of smaller fish seem common
place. The Truckee river commenced
70 figure in the gossip OF fy casters ?
few days ago, when Dave Sachs left
for the lodge near Boca in response to
reports that conditions on the stream m
were rapidly improving