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of his first sixty-nine fish, according to the author- 
ity quoted, being eleven hundred and thirty-three 
pounds, or an average of sixteen pounds each. 
The smallest fish weighed two pounds, the largest 
fifty-four; and that Mr. Whitney’s methods are 
eminently successful it need only be said that his 
catch to date numbers four hundred salmon. 
Such are typical outfits by well-known anglers 
who have fished these waters for years, and many 
others may be seen on the grounds; all of which 
points to the moral that the typical fly-casting 
salmon rod is out of place. 
Thus equipped, we may steal out of Monterey 
some morning before daylight, tool down the 
seventeen-mile drive to the melody of the surf as 
it piles in upon the rocks, finally reaching Carmel 
Bay before sunrise, or just as the sun is coming up 
over the distant Sierras, a ball of crimson. We 
have made arrangements for a boat, and the boat- 
man is waiting; and in a few moments we are 
drifting over as fair a sheet of water as I have 
seen, one that with the charming surroundings 
must appeal to the most phlegmatic nature. The 
open bay is like a lake, save where some affrighted 
anchovies are rushing, or some vagrant finny sun- 
worshipper rises in air to greet its mistress. A 
