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FOREST AND STREAM 
May i8, 1912 
were not members of the association made the 
trip and joined in the sport. The field commit¬ 
tee was composed of Chas. F. Breidenstein, Dr. 
L. T. Cranz, A. B. Christensen, J. J. Gorman 
and H. B. Gosliner. The conditions under which 
the fishing tournament was conducted were as 
follows: The fishing grounds shall be on the 
Paper Mill Creek and its tributaries, including 
tide water. The prizes are for the fish caught 
on Sunday, April 21, only in compliance with the 
State law. Fishing must be done with rod and 
reel and all anglers are on honor for the day’s 
catch. Judges for the prizes will be selected by 
the field day committee from participants on 
the grounds at 2130 p. m. All catches must be 
reported and registered at the White House Pool 
not later than 3 o’clock. No angler will be per¬ 
mitted to win more than one prize. 
The winners in the different events were as 
follows: 
Event No. i.—Taken on fly only: Milton 
Frankenburg, Harry Thomson, J. C. Meyer, W. 
H. Hall, Chas. Andrews, J. C. Cuttermore, T. 
Marish. R. E. Lacoste and William Sutro. 
Event No. 2.—Taken on fly, bait or spinner: 
Chas. Arp, W. Arp, S. Tomasello, W. J. Black, 
A. E. Bennett, Will Swart, A. B. Smith. M. Uri 
and L. Lamb. 
Event No. 3.—Fish over one pound: James 
Andrews. 
Event No. 4.—For boys under eighteen: R. J. 
Barberi, S. Hermann. A. Gadner, Otto Weissich, 
Russell Steiger, Albert Metzker. 
Event No. 5.—For women anglers: Mrs. L. 
Stapleton, Miss A. Barberi, Miss L. Andrews, 
Mrs. D. Bennett, Mrs. K. Mocker, Mrs. J. J. 
Gorman. 
During the afternoon much amusement was 
created by the holding of mock trials at which 
F. A. Duryea acted as judge, J. D. Swan as 
prosecuting attorney and Floyd Spence, attorney 
for the defendants. . Friends of the members 
were haled into court on the charge of trespass, 
and most of these were sentenced to membership 
in the association. A barbecue brought the an¬ 
nual event to a happy ending. 
The California Fish and Game Commission 
has just issued a report showing the take of 
trout eggs to date, and if the present favorable 
conditions continue, it is believed that the hatch¬ 
eries will have the busiest season on record this 
year. Up to the ist of April, 7,382,000 trout eggs 
were secured, and since that time the take has 
been heavy. These eggs will be propagated in 
the various hatcheries and distributed through¬ 
out the State. In part the report is as follows: 
“Most of the salmon fry have already been re¬ 
leased from the different hatching stations. 
Within a short time the commission will make 
a shipment of 300000 salmon fry from the 
Sisson hatchery to the Klamath River. The re¬ 
mainder of the fry will be distributed in the 
Sacramento River. Superintendent W. B. Sheb- 
ley has set 50.000 quinnat salmon aside to be 
marked, and after they are in condition they 
will be released near the city of Sacramento to 
determine what percentage will return at the 
end of four years. 
“On the loth of this month Superintendent 
E. W. Hunt went to the Tahoe station to make 
preparation for the spring take of trout eggs. 
The number of steelhead eggs, taken at Scott’s 
Creek, a collecting station, and shipped to the 
Brookdale hatchery to date, is about 1,750,000. 
Superintendent A. B. La Alotte, of the Ukiah 
hatchery, will handle about 500,000 steelhead eggs 
and about a like number will be hatched at the 
Eel River hatchery. 
‘ The number of trout eggs on hand March 31, 
taken from the pond fish kept by the commis¬ 
sion for the purpose, make a total of 100,000 
brook trout, 1,500,000 Loch Leven trout and 1,031,- 
000 rainbows. Camp Creek has produced 1,300,- 
000 thus far this season, while Shovel Creek has 
produced 1,389,000, and other stations 1,332,000, 
bringing the total above the 7,000,000 mark. The 
low condition of the mountain streams, owing to 
the scarcity of snow, will necessitate the re¬ 
moval of many thousand young fish to perma¬ 
nent waters. This move will be necessary to 
save the young fish from dying before they have 
a fighting chance to become mature. The com¬ 
mission is planning everything possible not only 
to keep up the stock of fish in the streams, but 
to materially increase it.’’ 
George W. Chamberlin, formerly connected 
with the Forest Service, has accepted a position 
as assistant fish and game commissioner and will 
look after the Plumas county territory. He is 
calling the attention of interested parties there 
to the fact that it is a misdemeanor for a per¬ 
son to take water from mountain streams where 
there are fish, without screening the inlet of the 
ditch or pipe to prevent the destruction of mem¬ 
bers of the finny tribe. 
From the high sierras word has been received 
that the streams there are now in splendid con¬ 
dition, and that excellent sport will doubtless be 
enjoyed when the season opens on the first'of 
May. Last year there was much snow on the 
ground at this time, and streams were bank high, 
but this season there is practically no snow and 
streams are as low as they were last July. The 
Truckee River is in splendid condition and many 
anglers are planning to go there on the opening 
day. This stream is now very well provided 
with fishways on the California side and is full 
of fish. 
The Fish and Game Commission has been very 
active of late in apprehending violators of the 
law, and during the month of March thirty-eight 
arrests were made in the San Francisco district 
alone, twenty-four for violations of the fish laws. 
In these cases there were but four dismissals. 
A striking example of the fish “hog" came to 
light recently when Deputy Bert Smith, assisted 
by Dr. L. T. Cranz, arrested two anglers on 
Purisima Creek w'ho had 351 fish in their pos¬ 
session, these ranging in size from an inch and 
a half to seven inches. The offenders were taken 
to Half Moon Bay and each were fined $50. At 
Petaluma, Louis Breing was recently fined $100 
for having nets set in the Petaluma River, and 
he also paid a fine of $25 for having wild ducks 
in his possession out of season. Golden Gate. 
St. Louis Fly- and Bait-Casting Club. 
St. Louis, Mo., May 7. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The St. Louis Fly- and Bait-Casting 
Club held an election of officers for the season 
of 1912 with the following results: President, 
M. J. Brennan: Vice-President, Lester I. Hey- 
man; Treasurer, Walter Wimmer; Secretary, 
Geo. Ashton ; Captain, Ed. W. Schloeman; Exec¬ 
utive Committee, August Cyran, Z. Geist, Fred 
Werner. 
The club is in an exceedingly healthy and 
prosperous condition, and the members are en¬ 
thusiastic over the bright outlook. This is our 
third season and the scores of our members, par¬ 
ticularly the old ones, are steadily improving, 
showing that practice under proper conditions 
will better anyone’s casting. 
We have a number of new members and wel¬ 
come the new blood. We usually have some 
members drop out each season, but they invari¬ 
ably are those who do not show up for practice 
and thus lose interest. 
For our June and July contests we have appro¬ 
priated a sum of money with which to buy prizes 
for the various casting events. These prizes are 
in addition to the annual buttons and bars which 
will be distributed to the most proficient casters 
at the end of the season. 
Sunday, May 5, we had our first monthly con¬ 
test. The entries were numerous; the number 
of visitors present somewhat surprised us. Our 
lake is at the foot of Art Hill in beautiful Forest 
Park. At times the road passing one side of the 
lake was so crowded with stopping automobiles 
that the mounted police were sent to the lake 
to clear the way. The weather was perfect, the 
skies clear and blue, while the warmth was tem¬ 
pered by a gentle breeze, which fanned the sur¬ 
face of the lake, but which was not strong 
enough to interfere with either the fly or bait- 
casters. 
The winners in the various events were as 
follows: 
Event No. 1, %-ounce bait accuracy: 
Pr.Ct Pr.Ct. 
1. Z. Geist. 98.“t 3. Fred Werner . 91.4 
2. S. S. Pingree. 96.6 
Event No. 2, i/4-oiince bait, distance: 
1. S. S. Pingree.80% 3. Z. Geist.62% 
2. E. W. Schloeman. 75% 
Longest cast: Mr. S. S. Pingree, 108 feet. 
Event No. 3, %-ounce bait, accuracy: 
1. Z. Geist. 97.2 3. Gus Cyran . 96.4 
2. S. S. Pingree. 97.1 
Event No. 4 %-ounce bait, distance: 
1. Z. Geist .144% 3. S. S. Pingree.116% 
2. Gus Cryan .117% 
Z. Geist and S. S. Pingree tied for longest cast, 155 
feet each. 
Event No. 5, fly, accuracy: 
1. B. A. Fleming...98 14-15 3. Geo. Ashton _98 7-15 
2. H. J. Brennan. .98 7-15 
Event No. 6, fly, distance: 
Feet. Feet. 
1. M. J. Brennan_ 73 3. Geo. Ashton _ 68 
2. S. S. Pingree. 70 3. B. A. Fleming_ 68 
Longest cast: M. J. Brennan, 73ft. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., May 6 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Our season of sport opened under the 
most favorable auspices, fine weather, favorable 
winds and a large club representation. 
The scores (which follow) show how very 
rusty some of the reels must have been, also the 
great necessity of immediately getting them into 
first class condition, which can be done only by 
using them more frequently. 
I am officially informed that the annual tour¬ 
nament of the N. A. S. A. C. will be held Aug. 
15, 16, 17, 1912, in Chicago. 
The important information that was referred 
to in the last letter was that the commissioners 
of Lincoln Park have stated that we may enter¬ 
tain the National Association members and hold 
the national tournament on our grounds. 
As you know, we have the best arrangements 
of any club in the United States for successfully 
staging this event (all things being considered). 
This being the case, I think we ought to offer 
our grounds to the executive committee of the 
National, on those dates, as we will be put to 
