Arizona republican., 1916-07-03
TUNA NOT GREATEST
OF COAST CAME FISH

SAN FRANCISCO, July ITO the
average angler, fishing in the waters
about Catalina Island off the Southern
California coast. is Synonymous with
landing q tuna or some other giant
fish as big a. the average man Il
IS TIE ambition Of every fisherman 10
match his strength, skill. and STAYING
powers against one OF these monster
game fish. so that those who make
the trip Il the island quite overlook
the fac; that its wa :ers abound with
smaller fish which. for their size, are
endowed with all the necessary qualifi-
cations OF sameness and fighting
ability.
In this connec' ION the following in
| terrinw corning from Captain X s.
Walker. an old time angler who is
! thorcIehly familiar with every fish
ing groUnd in the locality, is Of par
ticular interest to fishermen:
Ore thing that merits more atten-
ton than has beer paid to it is the
small fi-hinS about Catalina The fish
| now despised will one day be sought
and appreciated at their true value
| once men are taught how to go about
getting froa them all the sport there
| is e be had ny fine tackle and deli
cate methods.
For example. the hlue perch. so
plentiful about ne island around the
reefs and Up Ship ,;oc-s Wv partic-
ularll'. can hs coaxed into taking q
/ fly, and they ale strong. lusty little
/ begsars with which not all the fur
is done when they are deed for they
are very choice in flavor as we'll a.,
handsome to look upon.
THE rock bass will eat up most OF
the plugs" used by fresh water bass
rasterS ant are not a bit inferior as
| game fish pound for pounG when given
Ia chance upon light gear allowing
them t. use .heir strength to same
advantage wi:hout fighting a great
sinkcr.
One Of tine Silver canyon shore biz
yellow fins are plentiful and as goo{
surf fishing is 10 be had there as am
one desires
All these things will oe developed
and brought out in time They vii
add much &c the diversiiying of tn,
I
&c &C out ara wrestle all day Will
big, scaly orrtes that como one o.
tF" week. Some like little NOR.
action as they go along. The develop.
nent of the small fishing about Gaia
'inJ will be Of great value becaus,
it is to be depended Upon: the fish
always ueing there. and this is E
work that scer;s TO be up to the boat
man % undertake. as the Tuna clul
stands pretty much committed eve,
by name 10 the bigger and more sen.
@ational game fish Few men are dis
appointed when they come in will
. good catch II even small fish. know
ing some one has good of them.
The time will come when an angler
will take cross the channel all tn,
tackle he has Instead of leaving hi.
casting fly rods at home
The announcement made a few
weeks ago that Spokane county. in In,
state of Washington would make a,
attempt to restock that section of tn,
country with various species of wiIt
Fame birds has borne fruit 1r.ickly ans
ALREADY the pens and runways il
which the birds win be cared for ar.
being built
Came WardGn ]. Anderson and A
f. Wiesf1an Of Snokane county game
and fish commission. haye undertake,
the experiment nf trying to raise blu,
and ruffles grouse, Hungarian part.
ridges. China. silver and golden pleas
2nts and prairie chicken. OF which lat
ter the country was well sJjplied unit
some years ago when a war of ex.
termination on squirrels also resulted
in the poisoning nf the birds
, 1t is said that the experiment o
,rnisipg grouse in capacity never ha,
/ been tried before in this country ant
. that the present effort VIII he watched
: with much interest by game bird gu
thori.ies throughout the country. =.