DEL MONTE 



Monterey Bay is pre-eminently the fishing ground 

 for the Pacific salmon. As these gamy fish seek their 

 spawning grounds, after their four-years' sojourn in 

 unknown waters, they enter Monterey Bay at its south- 

 ern headland and follow around it at varying distances 

 from the shore. During this season the Hotel Del 

 Monte, with its splendid appointments and scenic beau- 

 ty, is the favored Mecca of the salmon anglers. Here 

 boats with experienced boatmen, and a good supply of 

 tackle and bait are always to be had. The contour of 

 the peninsula, with its high mountain crest, forming 

 the southern shore of the bay, is such that the strong 

 winds of the open ocean is cut off from the Del Monte 

 side, allowing the waters of this side of the bay to re- 

 tain that smoothness that makes either boating or fish- 

 ing a delight. This, too, may have something to do 

 with the feeding habits of the salmon, thereby account- 

 ing for the usually large catches made by the guests 

 of the hotel. 



While the Pacific Coast furnishes fine sport for the 

 angler, both in its fresh and salt waters, with an infin- 

 ite variety of gamy fishes, salmon fishing must be 

 classed as one of the most satisfying. An angler likes 

 to see his adversary and know with what he is con- 

 tending. The salmon is a surface fighter, leaping high 

 into the air when he finds himself impaled; and this 

 sight of his beautiful sides, scintillating in the sunlight, 

 quickens the pulsations of the heart of the angler and 

 gives zest to the sport. 



Each section of the coast has its fish and fishing 

 peculiar to itself; but I care not from what section the 

 expert angler may come, he will enjoy the salmon 

 fishing of Monterey Bay. He will do more; for the 

 Hotel Del Monte is one of the delightful show places 

 of the Pacific Coast. Space will not admit of an enum- 

 eration of the many interesting sights here to be seen. 

 There are glimpses of California life a hundred years 

 ago by the side of picturesque golf links and tennis 

 courts. A modern hostelry hid away in the center of 

 a primeval park. A seventeen-mile drive through shady 

 mountain dells and along weirdly beautiful ocean coves 

 and rocky crags. The marine gardens as seen at the 

 bottom of the ocean through glass-bottomed boats. 

 These, and many other interesting relics and inspiring 

 scenes are the side attractions for the salmon angler 

 who visits Del Monte. 



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