The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
Salmon FISHING Is
UNUSUALLY. POOR
Season Expires This Week and
Anglers Are Disappointed
With General Results
By FRANK o'DoNNELL

The salmon fishing season expires
with this week and unless the sport
shows wonderful Improvement during
the next six days the light tackle ex-
perts will be obliged to admit that this
has been a decidedly lean year with
the hook and line. The big fish have
furnished but comparatively little
sport thus far.
Catches have been small as a rule
and general results more meager than
last year. when the going was gener-
ally conceded to be about the poorest
that angling sportsmen went up
against.
The fishermen got off to a bad start
on Sunday. There were about 20
launches cruising on where the big
fish are generally found, but only a
few of the fishermen connected. Charles
H. Kewelr and Charley Breidenstein
brought in three fish each and they
were high hooks for the day.
Louis Lacay brought two TO gaff and
Sam Beamish was one Of several who
negotiated a solitary salmon.
Conditions were more favorable on
subsequent days and sport showed
some improvement. Bill Campbell was
out alone on Tuesday and returned
with 10 and on Wednesday he and
George Barnes made a joint catch of
six. Barnes hooked up with several
that he failed to gaf, losing seven at
the side of the boat
On Thursday there were about 10
boats and all of them brought in some
fish. Lou Meyer took six on that day
and George Barnes accounted for four
On riday things took a turn for the
worse. Doc" Wilson, Emil ACceret.
Frank Marcus and Charles Hullsmul
Ter comprised a. party that preferred
trolling for salmon to watching the
parade. They got numerous strikes.
but only one fish came over the side or
their boat. VIII Turner got couple
on that day and the veteran Al Wilson
had only two to show when he came
in There should be a big turnout
today, as this is the last Sunday of the
open season
There was some good striped bass
fishing on the San Antoine slough dur
ing the last week and the taking of a
few small onesat Wingo was regarded
as an Indication that fishing was i'm
proving at that resort.
On Thursday Roy Anthony lifted an
is pound bass out of the San Antoine,
besides several smaller ones. Emil Ac-
ceret was with Anthony and he ac-
counted for several weighing up TO six
pounds.
Billy Hillegaas made a killing on
Monday, landing three good sized fish
that weighed from u TO IA pounds
each, and joint catch OF IL was made
by Hugh Draper and Emil Acceret
Doc Wilson, Frank Marcus and Roy
Anthony went up To the slough in
launch Saturday night and fshed on
Sunday with fair results.
Among the others on the slough
early in the week were Jim Lynch. Jim
ThOmsan, c. p. Landresse. Chris John
son, L. Dement'S, Charles Bliss and
Harry Hook.
Trout fishing is not receiving much
attention from weekend fishermen. as
the streams accessible to city anglers
are about hshed out.
Several members of the Fly Casting
club are at the lodge on the Truckee.
where sport is said to be picking up a
little Gordon Smart and j. Cannon
fishei at the mouth of the San Lorenzo
river last Sunday and Monday. They
reached the stream just in time TO get
the benefit of a run of steelhead and
had excellent fishing for the two days
They said that the run was a big one
and that the trout were much larger
than those taken earlier in the season.