The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-16
SEALS GORGE ON BIG
FISH IN The PACIFIC
Cons of Game Angled From Sea.
side Piers-Sardines Caught
by Barrels.
From the Los Angeles Times.

TTOHi INC BOS Angeles Times.
one OF the largest runs of yellowtail
that ever swept into the bay at Re-
dondo came to an end yesterday morn,
Ing, when gay young herd of seals
and dolphins from the blue waters of
Catalina Isle dashed in among the
game fish and put them to rout.
Sunday the run was at it's height ana
every boat, launch and yawl was
pressed into service and the piers al
Redondo were literally black with
fishermen and sightseeing tourists.
1t is estimated that 1000 pounds OF
yellowtail were caught at pier No. I
at Redondo Sunday afternoon. There
was corresponding number of
pounds Of fish caught at the other two
piers near by.
The prize catch OF the day Is though-
to have been made by the gasoline
launch Alpha" of the Southern Cali.
fornia Fish company, out of San Pedro.
The launch secured so tons of yellow.
tail before returning from about one
mile out.
At the same time as the yellowtaii
were running so freely a tremendous
run Of sardines began. The waters
surrounding Redondo were literally
alive with the writing, squirming lit.
tie fish. They were everywhere and IL
became tame sport to catch them. Nets
were lowered and raised as fast as
strong men could handle them. They
would be pulled out Of the water 8.
veritable mass of sardines. The fisher
men would shake the fish as free IA
possible from the nets and return the
nets again to the water, while they
still contained hundreds Of pounds O,
the little fish.
Tourists who crowded the wharves
could see millions OF the little fish ir.
the clear water and the sight was one
long to be remembered. Boys armed
with homemade nets would dip them
into the water and bring them up al
most bursting with the mass of fisk
they contained.
Seine Sardines.
A great quantity of the sardines
caught were rushed to the Los An.
geles markets while yet fresh bur
the greater portion was sent to the
various canneries and packed for flu.
ture use.
Yesterday morning a crowd of en-.
thusiastic anglers went to Redondo at
an early hour to participate in tho
wonderful fishing, which they expected
to last over another day. Instead OF
the plentitude of yellowtail they saw
the little harbor dotted here and there
with leaping black forms of seals.
There were hundreds Of them and
they drove the yellowtail into deep
water in an hour or SO. At times the
water was fairly boiling with the rush
of the seals and few dolphins as
they gave chase to the fleet yellowtail
While the fishing was not good, the
sport of the onlookers was never bet
ter. 1t was a fishing match on a large
scale. with the seals and dolphins act.
ing as fishermen.
The seals are thought to have fol.
lowed in the wake OF the yellowtail
from their usual haunts around Cata-
lima island, and it is expected that
after remaining at Redondo a few DAYS
they will again disappear toward Cata-
lima.
Yesterday the seals became 81
frolicsome after their feast of yellow
tail that they came into the shallow
water and seemed at times about to
come out Of the water onto the beach
The presence of such great numbers
Of sardines brought with them a vast
flock Of pelicans which infested the
waters around Redondo throughout the
day. These pelicans, together with the
seals. dolphins. sardines and yellowtail
combined to form an aquarium Of the
entire bay around Redondo.
The run of sardines is expected ia
last several days, and the fishing COM
panies say that If they have luck they
will secure the largest stock of the
toothsome little fish they have ever
had in their history.