The sun., 1919-08-13
wheeler Breaks Light Tackle Record.

Weighing ss pounds. previously the record
Was held ~ James w. Jump Of Los
Age ss. Cal so% pounds taken during
Light tackle means, according to the
rule. Of the Tuna Club: Rod to be Of wood,
not shorter than six feet over all; butt to
be not over fourteen inchtes In length;
tip not less than nve feet in length and to
70. exceed standard nine thread.
Previous records include: Arthur J.
a EadyJ GhicssG TX season 1905 50
arcadia, Cal. season ISL. 50 pounds; R.
isis ;x Bounds s Los AT w. aooe os
Mass. season 1914. so pounds; Ben will
, LAM Los Angelica. Cal season 1915. tSH
sG% Sn i ST. g. e. po murphy Converse Ind
Avalon. Cal. Aug 9.
Angling Conditions 70 tho East.
Bass continue to be scarce, though there
are days when some good catches are
However, the Rosabell has been fishing
t the, Cholera Bank. lately, where some big
some very fine ones being bagged. while on
sunday anglers on the same boat got very
Der Of poreies, the latter being taken on
the Sou'east grounds.
Quite a number of the ''nsh of last re-
I.
not so despised as formerly; in fact. ling
are easily sold these days for pretty good
Fluke fishing at Wreck Lead is exceed
tngly poor. the Emma w. on Sunday only
getting three nsh to six anglers. though
the virginia. In command Of Capt. Jake
hsh to five anglers.
The only catch in the bay worthy Of the
name IL the great harvest of hard crabs.
and they are everywhere.
You may see men, women and children
ARTHUR THORNTON.
Wreck Lead. Aug. IL.
Sea Bass High Hooks at the KIondyke.
Sea bass high hooks on board the steamer
Evelyn at the Klondylxe Banks last Sun
Elliott, ~; Gus wall. is; Otto Ait Item
F: N. stoddsrG. il IS' "columSu:'' ~. and
William Eisner. &c. Many of the sea bass
were humpbacks.
Walton Celebration Tomorrow Night.
The United Anglers League will have
an Izaak Walton birthday celebration to-
morrow night at Its rooms in the World
Building Col. George r. chester will read
a paper on Walton and Gus Christman,
Just back from South America, will talk
about angling in South America A mild
punch will be served
Banana Skins Lure San Juan River Fish.
Col. william e. Simmons in chatting
yesterday about the strange baits that
he was sailing up the San Juan River In
Nicaragua some women at landing
threw nn ,o oyssSOsfd the skins Of bananas
swirl. and tho body OF a fish or fishes APP
peared. Getting out his tackle the Colonel
baited with banana skins and caught
1T did not know before" added the Col
onei. that nsh will take banana skins. 1t
shows that fish have various tastes, like
human beings"
DIR. Briggs and His Package Of Fish.
On Saturday last when the deep sea
fishing fleet returned to Wreck Lead DR..
Benjamin NJ. Briggs ewas seen by the
writer with a huge sack full of fish; there
were bass, ling cunners and some soft
shell crabs.
Now, when a direct question was put to
the good Doctor MS to whether he actu-
ally caught the fish on the boat he went
statements as he might have been. and
the writer happened 10 observe him
emerging from Psarsalrs fish Market near
come to the front, even Brother Dick him
self seeming to feel a trihe sceptical about
that enormous package of fish In these
The whole fishing fraternity will hold
their breath until the next chapter of this
sinister story is written Sa,NEsr TROUT
Wreck Lead. August l2.
Waterfowl Die from Eating Shot,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 12.-wild
ducks and other waterfowl sometimes die
from lead poisoning resulting from swal-
lowing stray shot which they pick out of
ducks that become sick from lead poison
Ing finally recover, but II Is probable that
the effect is permanently Injurious not
only To the individual but to the species.
1t has been ascertained by experiment
that lead greatly impairs tho virility OF
male domestic fowls. Females mated
with them lay many infertile eggs. while
in many of the eggs that are fertilized
the embryo dies in the shell or the chick
emerges weak and unable TO withstand
lead poisoning has female wild fowl
has not been definitely ascertained, shut,
the fact Is well known that lead pro-
duces abortion in female mammals, there
Is a possibility that 1t exerts bad effect
on female waterfowl during the breeding
likely to be decreased by lead poisoning,
not only by the number of birds that die
directly from 1t. but indirectly by impair
These facts are set forth by the United
States Department of Agriculture In Bull
ietin 1913, Lead Poisoning in waterfowl"
about TO be published as contribution
from the Bureau of Biological Survey.
Reports of waterfowl apparently sick from
lead poisoning hay have n been coming In for
dertook an investigation at various shoot
ing grounds to determine how common
the taxing OIL shot by WATERFOWL Is and
series OF experiments to ascertain the eff
feet OF shot swallowed. 1t was found
that at places where much shooting Is regu-
larry done from blinds shot at the bottom
of the shallow water are SO numerous that
one or more was found in practically every
sieveful OF mud or slit, and that they
swallowed by waterfowl whenever
found as a result OF their habit OF swallow
Ing small, hard objects to supply grit for
the EiZZard
sportsmen Asked to Report Cases.
The experiments have shown that shot
swallowed are gradually ground away in
the giZzard and pass into the intestines:
producing a poisoning that results in pro-
gressivs paralysis and. usually. death. Ex-
when young and reared in csptivity-to
obviate the possibility OF their having
taken lead before the beginning of the
experiments-have shown that six pellets
of No. shot constitute amount OF
lead that is always fatal. Two or three
shot were sufficient to cause death in sew
eral instances. In one experiment two
mallards were given one No. shot each.
other was able to throw on the poison.
The list of species known to have been
poisoned by eating shot consists of mall
lard, pintail and canvasback ducks, the
whistling swan and the marbed godwit,
but many other species particularly Of
ducks and geese, are undoubtedly affected
by IL, according to the bulletin,
Unfortunately nothing can be done at
this time to protect waterfowl from lead
poisoning except TO call attention 10 the
and symptoms. The department how
ever desires statistics on the number and
species of birds affected and asks that
sportsmen~ and others report to the Bureau
their attention.