Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-15
to expect that the worry over securing
bait be spared them.

to expect that the worry over securing
bait be spared them.
Several have asked of late regarding
the corbina, and why they are not bit
ing better. Trouble lies here with the
fishermen and not the fish. 1t Is not
time for a month at least to expect
much sport in the surf. Fishing of this
class does not as q rule, assume q
steady and reliable character until very
near Decoration day. The occasional
catches made must be considered as
extreme good fortune, and not be eX-
pected. In this connection, 1t will be
interesting to observe if any difference
in the supply of corbina, numbers ana
size considered, can be observed since
the no-seining law went into effect.
Anglers are apt to be oversangulne.
More Is hoped from the new law than
the laws of nature permit of realiza-
tion. The work of q decade cannot be
undone in a year, but the very great
decrease in seining effected by the law
has unuuestionably affected the supply
favorably; and the result will be more
readily apparent next year than this.
There is one subject that properly lies
In the field of the various angling CLUBS
hereabouts. That is the shameful waste
of fish that has been carried on by the
market interests of this city for years
past. Every now and then some news
paper stumbles on to the wanton waste
OF a ton or two of good fish food in or
der that the market (and the poor
people) be not glutted, and temporary
hue and cry is raised, but all quiets
down again.
The injury of such waste is twofold;
first, to the supply, and second, TO the
public 1t is inexcusable waste to al
1T Ava tnFad nf a
cuda when the market can hardly nam
die two tons, and that fact Is well
known when the fishermen set forth.
The markets, by permitting this, slim
ulate an unwholesome competition in
catching fish quickly and getting them
In first, that they may find market.
The public does not benefit, for the
surplus fish, instead Of being thrown on
sale at prices that would move them,
and would give the poor relief, feed
fattening Vernon hogs. They do not
even make good pork; 1t is bound to be
fishy.
This practice is not limited to barra-
cuda, although being a chief supply
fish since the halibut banks were
cleaned out for miles around by waste
ful and extravagant methods, barracu-
da naturally figure in the matter prin-
cipaliy. When the cold stores are filled
and the market has all it wants, then
the waste begins.
The past proves that the market IN
dustrv must be ruled with an iron hand
and by power that is deaf to speclous
argument. Left alone, It's policy is tenn
porarily profitable destruction; the
most money in the shortest time, fu-
ture disregarded. Crawfsh, local CLANS,
halibut. aiongshore varieties all pointed
the wav the surf varieties were certain
to go. and would have gone had not the
Rod and Reel club won Its preliminary
slxirmish. and for two years at least
stopped the slaughter 1t took drastlc
measures, but none other would win.
There is an end to the fish that are
in the sea. other countries have learned
n. in fact, other parts of the United
States have found that the marine hsn
supnly. with its natural enemies aug
mented by mans murderous ana me
chanical destructive devices, cannot
survive. Regulation is a necessity
which generally cannot be impressed
upon the public until the damage Is
well nigh irreparable.
One of the best trout taken In nearby
waters was landed by Thomas McD.
potter Thursday in the San Gabriel. IL
measured fourteen inches and proved a
fine specimen of it's kind. Potterized
garden hackles proved the killing bait.
Perhaps the stream could have peen
raked with a fine comb and not dis
closed another of its size and beauty