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quite an extent by keeping the small streams 
muddy and filling them with insect life. These 
showers are of great benefit, however, in assist¬ 
ing to conserve the water supply and in keeping 
vegetation green. 
Fishing on the Truckee River has been 
marred of late by a series of rain storms, but 
conditions are approaching normal again. Some 
very fine rainbow trout are being taken in the 
river just below Lake Tahoe, several five- 
pounders having been landed. Some large Loch 
Leven trout are also being taken there, these 
finding their way into the river from the lake. 
The lake fishing is improving rapidly and will 
be at its best by the end of the month. 
A delegation of anglers from the Califor¬ 
nia Anglers’ Association made a three days’ 
visit to Belden the last of May and enjoyed 
such a successful outing that another trip is 
planned for the week of July 4. Dr. L. 1. 
Cranz, of San Francisco, landed a rainbow over 
twenty inches in length and many other large 
fish were taken. 
In the Big Meadows country some fair 
sport is being enjoyed, but fly-fishing will not 
be in order there until about the first of July. 
The work on the power project there will not 
interfere in the least with fishing this season. 
D. Gaddini, who is said to be an old of¬ 
fender in the matter of dynamitng fish in Dry 
Creek, was apprehended recently for this offense 
and pleaded guilty when taken before Judge 
Emmet Seawell at Santa Rosa. He was fined 
$ 2 5 °- 
The Park Commission of the city of Oak¬ 
land has decided that it will allow no more fish¬ 
ing from the park lawns touching upon Lake 
Merritt, but will compel anglers to fish from 
boats. Striped bass frequent the lake. 
There is still considerable snow in the moun¬ 
tains at the headquarters of the Sacramento and 
Klamath rivers, and fly-fishing on these streams 
and their tributaries will not be at its best until 
about the first of July. Shovel Creek, Cotton¬ 
wood and Edgewood creeks are affording good 
sport, and fly-fishing is now commencing on the 
McCloud River. 
Several local anglers have made trips to 
the Williamson River in Oregon this season, but 
the fishing there is not up to the usual standard. 
Frank Silver, who conducts a resort there, has 
advised that the season is about a month late, 
and that good sport is not expected until the 
latter part of June. 
21-Pound Pompano from Florida. 
New Orleans, La., July 3.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The largest pompano ever caught 
in Southern waters was shipped to the fish mar¬ 
ket here recently. It weighed twenty-one pounds 
and was caught by John Messier, at Punta 
Gorda, Florida, after a battle with a light line 
lasting more than half an hour. Large pompano 
weigh three pounds, while occasionally five and 
six-pounders are taken in the Gulf, but anything 
approaching the size of this “grandfather of all 
pompano” never has been seen by either pro¬ 
fessional or amateur fishermen. 
More than one hundred amateurs and near¬ 
ly as many market fishermen went to the market 
June 28, when the monster arrived, to measure 
and weigh it. The fish has the regular shape 
and color of a pompano, though more than four 
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times the usual size, and there is no doubt as 
to its identity. Messier was fishing for perch 
when his light tackle was seized by the huge 
pompano. His fish netted him between $8 and 
$10, and was cut into steaks like a salmon or 
sea bass, instead of being sold whole, as is the 
usual pompano. H. H. Dunn. 
From Jim to Jack. 
Well, Jack, I got my tarpon at last. Four 
of us, Mr. Taylor, Mr, Mack, Mr. Miller and 
self left last Saturday noon, and in one hour 
and fifty-five minute we were at Egmont, but 
nothing in sight until about four, when they 
showed up in the Pass, but as soon as the sun¬ 
set gun was fired at Fort Dade, they had five 
m the air at one time, a beautiful sight. George 
Roberts had two young ladies, fourteen and 
twenty years old, in his boat. Both of them had 
a tarpon and were yelling with delight while 
they were being pulled out in the Gulf by the 
big fish. Two in the other boat, manned by Mr. 
Sanders, of Pass-a-Grille, and in a very short 
time Mr. Mack had a strike, and after a fierce 
battle of forty-five minutes landed him. 
We went to Anna Maria that night and 
fished for redfish. Nothing doing along that 
line. We had tarpon bug, anyway. What did 
we care for little fish like redfish, king and that 
sort. Too tame for 11s on this trip. 
Well, to make a long story short, we were 
there on time, but before the smoke had cleared 
away from the sunset gun, they commenced to 
strike. Six of them were leaping and churning 
all around us. Taylor hung a monster. After 
three long leaps he kissed Mr. Taylor good-bye 
and made for the Gulf. Me next, the long- 
desired and wished-for tarpon hit me. I nailed 
him. Well, you should have seen him. As I 
said before, there were six on lines, and when 
they are out 250 yards, you don’t know which 
is your fish; it keeps you guessing all the time. 
Believe me, it is sport. I landed my fish in 
about thirty minutes, and in about ten minutes 
after we got out again, Joe Taylor got a strike 
and battled with him and landed him at 8 o’clock, 
one hour and ten minutes. So we got three fish 
out of four strikes. 
As soon as we got our fish in the boat, we 
started for home, pitch dark, storm coming up, 
and before we crossed the Pass, we were in one 
of those northeasters 1 have been telling you 
about. One hour and fifty-five minutes from 
St. Petersburg to Egmont, four hours and five 
minutes from Egmont to St. Petersburg. We 
were falling into one wave and on to the other 
with a crash that sounded like the boat was 
breaking; both of our lamps were washed away. 
Taylor’s tarpon also went overboard; nothing in 
the boat kept dry, but old Kankakee plowed her 
way to St. Petersburg without a hitch. 
Jim. 
The officials of the Yosemite National Park 
are co-operating with the forest officers of the 
Stanislaus and Sierra national forests for fire 
prevention and control in both the park and the 
forests. 
Dogwood, the principal source of shuttles 
for use in cotton mills, is growing scarcer year 
by year, and various substitutes are being tried, 
but with 110 great success. 
Trout Fishing in Germany. 
Bad Boll (Bad Boll Fishing Club, Ltd.).— 
The fishing of the club extends to sixty miles, 
both banks of the river, which is practically the 
whole length of the River Wutach. About eight 
miles of this (i. e., four miles in the immediate 
vicinity of the hotel and four miles at about a 
distance of ten miles) is free to visitors stop¬ 
ping at the hotel. Weekly tickets enabling visitors 
to fish the whole river; price, 12.50 marks (Gov¬ 
ernment license, M. S.). The whole of the river 
is carefully preserved and stocked by the club. 
No fish under nine inches may be taken out. 
All applications for rooms should be forwarded 
to Herr Bogner, Bad Boll Hotel, bei Bonndorf, 
Baden, or Herr Fritz, Ochsen Hotel, Thiengen, 
Baden. 
There are three ways of getting to Bad 
Boll: First, to Bale, from thence to Thiengen 
and Weizen, drive about fourteen miles to the 
hotel; second, to Freiburg via Strassburg, from 
thence by rail to Neustadt (twenty miles), thence 
drive about fourteen miles to hotel; third, to 
Donaueschingen via Strassburg, from thence 
drive about fourteen miles to the hotel. The 
surrounding scenery is lovely and the river un¬ 
doubtedly affords good sport. Any inquiries can 
be addressed to Mr. Bogner, at Bad Boll, or to 
Mr. K. Munro, at No. 1, The Sanctuary, West¬ 
minster. 
Baden-Baden.— Fair trout and grayling fish¬ 
ing in the Moeng some little way off. The river 
is preserved, we believe. At Gernsbach, trout- 
ing can be had in the Murg. Tickets for Murg 
to be obtained at a shop in the Colonnade by 
personal application; d. t., 5 marks; w. t., 20 
marks; m. t., 70 marks; s. t., 80 marks. An¬ 
other ticket, 2 m. 60 pf,. must be obtained from 
the police. The fishing, about ten miles long, 
runs from close above Bernsbach to above For- 
bach, passing Gberstroth, Hilbertsan, Wissen- 
bach, Langenbrand and Gansbach. (Inn, Gast- 
haus zum Waldhorn, clean and cheap.) The 
upper part is the better trout and grayling water, 
and the lower for chub, etc. At Forbach is a 
decent inn, The Lion. Some distance further 
up is Schonmunzach. The post is a good inn. 
The Schonmunz joins the Murg a few hundred 
yards above, and is a good trout stream. There 
are a few small trout and dace in the stream 
running through Baden. 
Berchtesgaden (Bavaria).—There is good 
fishing in the river from this place to the Konig 
See. Leave must be obtained. The landlord 
of the Watzmann Hotel will give an introduc¬ 
tion. At the lower end of the Konig See is a 
rustic inn. Good trouting can be had at Reichen- 
hall. Hoffland’s fancy is a good fly here. 
Biberach (Baden). — Fifteen miles above 
Offenburg. On Kinzig. Trout, grayling, chub, 
dace. The landlord of the principal inn has the 
right of fishing, which is very fair. 
Bruckhaus (Baden).— On the Schleucht. 
Hotel, Bad Bruckhaus, near Rhine, and Wutach. 
Seven miles excellent trouting, partly unnetted; 
fishing free to guests for Schleucht and Rhine. 
Stations, Thiengen and Waldshut. 
Donaueschingen (Baden).—Brigach. Chub, 
grayling, trout. Breg, three miles off, at Vot- 
terdingen; trout fishing fair; the landlord of 
the hotel can get leave. Lakes: In Prince Furst- 
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