3IO Reminiscences of 



acres in extent; and also the squid, a miniature octopus 

 in appearance, soft and boneless, which come in 

 prodigious quantities, and, keeping at the surface 

 more than the small fish, are more easily captured 

 by the sea-birds, although they seem the favorite food 

 not only of the birds, but of the salmon and a dozen 

 other kinds of fishes, as well as of seals and sea-lions, 

 but the quantity is so immense that little impression 

 is made upon them, or even upon the anchovies and 

 sardines. These schools can be observed a long dis- 

 tance ofif in a clear sea, though not immediately at 

 the surface, by the reflection of their color. 



Nor should we fail to observe that all fish life ex- 

 isting in both salt and fresh waters owes its existence 

 to an article of food which is invisible to the naked eye : 

 to the endless variety and extensiveness of the animal- 

 cules and protozoa which the infantile fish, whether 

 supplied with umbilical sac or not, depends upon for 

 its first growth. This furnishes another exhibition 

 of the automatic revolution of the water supplies. 



The squid is too delicate and tender for salmon bait, 

 although the stomachs of the captured salmon show 



Note by the Editor of The Sportsmen's Review: It may properly 

 be mentioned here that Mr. Whitney received the credit of first exploiting 

 and giving to the public the proper methods of taking the Pacific salmon in 

 the sea, in a sportsman-like and artistic manner with a light trolhng rod 

 and fine line, as accorded to him by the prominent California newspapers, 

 also in foreign sporting papers and journals. His descriptions, given out 

 in 1892, had wide circulation among foreign sportsmen, being translated 

 and published in several languages. The New York Forest and Stream, 

 referring to him, said: "Salmon fishermen the world over owe a debt of 

 gratitude to him for his extremely interesting accounts of sea fishing for 

 salmon on the Pacific Coast. Though that fishing has been known for 

 years to a limited number of anglers, he has been the first one to exploit 

 the sport in adequate description for the benefit of the guild, and may 

 fairly lay claim to the discovery. Others may have known of it as the 

 Norsemen knew of America, but he has been the Columbus to proclaim 

 his discovery to the world, and to command for it the attention it de- 

 serves. " 



