290 RECREATION. 
Now I want to say we were not fishing in 
a stream that will ever need artificial 
stocking. It is the only tributary of the 
Klicketat river that is fished; is a typical 
mountain stream, over 100 miles long, 
practically unfished and miles of it un- 
fishable. Tons of trout of 2 or 3 varieties, 
from the fingerling to 2 feet long, are 
taken from this stream and they come like 
the salmon up the Columbia. When the 
spring floods come down from the moun- 
tains the fish push on up to the smaller 
tributaries to spawn and grow fat on the 
many kinds of flies, caddis worms and 
erasshoppers, the larger fish stopping in 
the Klicketat to spawn on the riffles and 
feed on the small fry of the chubs and 
squawfish. I fear they.also gather in 
many small trout. 
In the winter these big trout drop down 
the streams to the river and deeper holes 
in the large streams. The only tributary 
of this river that is fished is the Little 
Klicketat, and it is fished industriously 
from the opening. day to the last of the 
season; yet that we caught 300 the last 
day but one of the season shows there were 
plenty for all. 
There are as many as ever this year, as 
the supply comes from tide water and 
the Columbia river, and is nearly inex- 
haustible. Again, 150 fish to the rod is 
a very ordinary day’s fishing for that 
stream, as any of the 25 or 30 of your sub- 
scribers who fish it will tell you. I have 
fished it with the doctor when I have 
taken more, and he will catch about 2 to 
my one. Now he will say that was be- 
fore he read RECREATION, and it is a fact 
that we never fish for count and seldom 
count our catch. We seldom catch all 
we could; and always throw back the small 
ones. The light rod and small flies injure 
them very little. The doctor knows all 
this, but his practice is large and his 
health poor, so he fished little or none 
and for sport read the only sportsmen’s 
magazine, RECREATION. He baited his 
friends by lending them his rod and tackle 
and then skinned them alive because they 
took more than the ethics which obtain on 
your Eastern preserved, restocked, and 
cultivated streams would permit. I am 
tired of explaining this to people whom I 
meet in my peregrinations, and I trust this 
will close the incident. 
W. T. Jones. 
Your plea will be considered in mitiga- 
tion of sentence, but does not acquit you 
by any means. A man should never take a 
big lot of fish just because he has a 
chance. No matter how abundant fish 
or game may be you should always quit 
when you get enough for present use. 
EDITOR, 
4 
; CALIFORNIA NOTES. 
The large game fish, such as sea trout, 
yellow tail and barracouda, ran at least a 
month earlier this season than usual, and 
some fine large fish have been taken at 
Catalina and Redondo. Tuesday, May 
oth, was a great day for the anglers at 
Avalon, Catalina island. Probably the 
largest run of silver sea trout (also called 
white sea bass) came into the bay on 
that date and made things interesting for 
the lucky anglers who were fortunate 
enough to be there. Over 50 of these 
large sea trout were taken, averaging 35 
to 45 pounds. The largest fish was taken 
by Mr. H. V. Boggs, and weighed 58 
pounds. Mrs. F. V. Rider, after a long 
struggle, captured a 50-pounder. Profes- 
sor Holder and F. V. Rider have taken 
several of these gamey beauties during 
the past month. The silver sea trout is a 
most beautiful fish, the colors radiating 
into gold, silver and bronze on the back, 
while on the sides and belly they are a 
white silvery color. A 35 or 40 pound 
fish makes a very gamey fight, sometimes 
leaping 3 feet out of the water. It 
takes an expert fisherman to bring a 40- 
pound fish to gaff, using the proper 
tackle. There was a large run of big 
fish at Redondo May t2th and 13th. Sev- 
eral silver sea trout re taken, also many 
yellow tail and halibut. I saw 2 sea trout 
taken from the wharf that dressed 42 
pounds. May 2oth there were 35 silver sea 
trout taken from the wharf. The halibut 
are running large this season, most of 
them averaging 20 pounds or more. King 
fish are being taken in large numbers and 
mackerel are just beginning to run. 
B. C. Hinman, Los Angeles, Cal. 

THE LANSING FISH HOGS AGAIN. 
The editor of the Alamakee Journal, 
published at Lansing, Ia., asked me to 
lend him the fish hog picture printeu on 
page 20 of July Recreation. I did so 
and he prints it with this comment: 
TWO IOWA FISH HOGS. 
Their other names are John and Paul Anderson, and 
they live at Lansing. They slaughtered in this case 44 
black bass, total weight 65 pounds, dressed. A neigh- 
bor of theirs writes me they make such catches nearly 
every day when the fish bite. 
The above cut from the current issue of RECREATION, 
a monthly magazine devoted to everything its name 
implies and published at 19 W. 24th St., New York, are 
kindly furnished us by the editor and manager of the 
interesting publication, G. O. Shields, and are notin- 
appropriate at this time, as the fishing season has just 
opened, being several weeks late on account of unusu- 
ally high water. Paul Anderson and his father made 
their first catch Friday, of 32 bass, following it up next 
day with 24, John Anderson, the champion fish hog, 
has not been out yet, or if so, has notreported. Hehas 
taken as high as 92 black bass in one day’s casting, 
and the catch above pictured is only an ordinary day’s 
work. There is no better fishing anywhere along the 
Mississippi river than here, and John and Paul are 
prepared to make it interesting for anglers that come 
this way. 

