July io, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Southern California Fishing. 
, Los Angeles, Cal., June 28 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Good sport ushered in the month'. 
Never has greater activity been manifested 
j among devotees of all branches of fishing. No¬ 
where was the interest livelier than at Catalina 
Island. So plentiful are the yellowtail that the 
women are landing them upon three-six tackle. 
Mrs. Fred C. Gay has taken the second degree, 
a fish Of 25pounds, and Mrs. Phil O’Mara, 
, of Salt Lake, who distinguished herself with 
nine-nine tackle among the Aransas Pass tar¬ 
pon, also has made good with the three-six 
on amberjacks. A few days ago Mrs. J. W. 
Going brought in a forty-pound yellowtail taken 
on nine-nine tackle. 
The supply of yellowtail at Clemente seems 
below that of last summer. On June 14 Dr. 
C. B. Ellis, of Spokane, landed a yellowtail 
. that weighed a little over forty-eight pounds 
at Ship Rock, it being one of the largest ever 
l entered in a tournament restricted to Catalina 
waters. 
I 
j The three-six, in the words of Arthur 
Jerome Eddy, who founded the original light 
1 tackle club, “saved the day at Catalina.” It 
came when the novelty of taking fish on a nine- 
thread line had passed and the angling public, 
: having acquired more knowledge of modern 
methods, was ripe for a college course. It will 
lake this year, and possibly next, before the 
knowledge becomes general that the difficulties 
of taking yellowtail on a six-thread line are 
Igreatly overestimated. Then something further 
is required to retain! interest in the sport. Mr. 
^Potter and I figured on a four-ounce rod, but 
the trouble has been to get a lighter line than 
six-thread. Barbless hooks, so that constant 
|Strain and expert handling would be enforced, 
and fish that succeeded in breaking away might 
readily free themselves of the steel, are also 
under discussion. 
A list of those who have qualified on three- 
six this year shows twenty-eight entries in the 
.three classes up to June 23. It is proper that 
Commodore Potter should have the third de¬ 
gree all to himself, having landed two fine fish 
at Ship Rock June 21, one weighing 36 pounds, 
the other 34. A. J. Eddy, who has been doing 
some light tackle experimenting with a bass 
casting rod, succeeded in landing a good-sized 
yellowtail with a reel only, holding it in his left 
land and alternately thumbing and cranking with 
ois right. He used his arms as relief gear, the 
spring of his body serving the purpose of a rod, 
and demonstrated that the thing could be done. 
Avalon, June 25.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
To the snapping of nine-thread lines and the 
smash of light rods, the big tuna to-day made 
another of those forays for which the species 
aas long been famous. 
“Tuna!” It is indeed a magic word to con- 
ure with among fishermen. Four years ago 
Gordon Wiley got the last button fish, and since 
hen the big blue and silver giants have been but 
is a memory around Catalina. But to-day’s raid 
yas one of the kind that has made angling his- 
ory. Fish were hooked—and lost. Tackle 
nelted. 
Dr. Alden of San Francisco, Arthur Jerome 
iddy and others were fishing off the isthmus 
or big yellowtail. Suddenly a riot broke loose 
over the side. Flying fish whizzed out of the 
sea everywhere. Using flying-fish for yellowtail 
bait, the anglers began experiencing the ponder¬ 
ous rush that tells the tuna. Mr. Eddy hooked 
one and held it a brief space, but a sudden 
surge smashed his rod. Dr. Alden was on a 
fish some time, but to the same end. No one 
had tuna tackle out; the boats quit carrying 
that a year ago. 
John PI. Disler and party, outside from San 
Pedro, encountered a big school of tuna about 
mid-channel,. and hooked one yellowfin, which 
was landed. Both kinds of tuna were in the 
school, according to Disler, who has been run¬ 
ning a boat for years and knows the varieties. 
Edwin L. Hedderly. 
Orange Rod Club. 
Orange, N. J., June 21.-— Editor Forest and 
Stream: An informal invitation tournament 
was held Saturday afternoon, June 19, at the 
Orange Rod Club’s home platform, Cable Lake, 
West Orange. Members of the Anglers’ Club 
of New York and of the Newark Bait- and Fly- 
Casting Club competing. Four events were held, 
although a baffling wind lowered many scores 
which will appear to all close students of the 
art of bait- and fly-casting when Lou S. Darling, 
Dr. Held and A. Jay Marsh make the low scores 
here recorded: 
First event, half-ounce accuracy bait: 
Per C’t. 
Mapes . 97.12 Muldoon .. 
Marsh _. 97.12 Doughty .. 
Champion . 97.4 Friedman 
Darling . 97.3 Comppen . 
Eichlen . 97 Chandler .. 
Endersby . 96.6 Neu . 
Rice .96.5 
Second event, half-ounce distance bait: 
Per C’t. 
... 96.5 
... 96.2 
.. 96.2 
.. 96.1 
.. 94.1 
.. 93.10 
Held . 
Rice . 
Friedman . 
Endersby . 
Mapes . 
Neu . 
Doughty . 
Champion . 
Comppen . 
Eichlen . 
Marsh . 
Muldoon ... 
Darling . 
Longest cast, Darling, 215 feet. 
Average. Long Cast. 
.183.1 
“ 210 
.178.3 
190 
,136 
160 
,133.3 
150 
.132.1 
158 
124.2 
130 
106 
160 
, 88.1 
150 
71 
125 
79 
125 
62 
165 
35 
100 
111 
215 
Third event, dry-fly accuracy: 
Darling . 
Per C’t. 
. 98.1 
Doughty .. 
Per C’t. 
. 93.3 
Mapes . 
. 96 
Champion ... 
. 93.2 
Held . 
. 95.3 
Endersby .... 
. 93 
Fourth event, 
Mapes . 
accuracy fly: 
. 98.9 
Comppen . 
. 96.4 
Doughty . 
. 98.3 
Pice . 
. 96.2 
Darling . 
. 97.14 
Eichlen . 
Held . 
Endersby . 
Champion . 
.97.2 
Muldoon . 
Willett B. Gano, Sec’y. 
N. Y. P. ® 0. Fishing Club. 
Greenville, Pa., June 26. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: This veteran and well equipped club 
will leave Greenville for its annual outing via 
Erie Railroad, Tuesday, Aug. 3, on train No. 10 
at 7 : 59 A. m., city time. Our tents will be pitch¬ 
ed on the cool shining shores of Kawartha Lakes 
in the wilderness of Ontario in Upper Canada. 
Our postoffice address will be as heretofore at 
Bobcaygcon. We have the usual fleet of boats 
and Indian guides secured. It is going to be 
a banner year, with rational sport, camp-fires 
and song and story. Lots of fun guaranteed. 
Fare for round trip, $12.75. 
John R. Packard, Sec’y. 
[The New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Fish¬ 
ing Club of Greenville was organized twenty- 
seven years ago.— Editor.] 
Fishing Days in Minnesota. 
Minneapolis, Minn., June 26.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Fishing days in Minnesota! Well, 
they are here with glowing results from all sec¬ 
tions and everywhere a fisherman is to be seen 
with rod and reel or bamboo pole and line and 
the endless variety of stuff that each selects to 
suit his own wandering fancy. There are pick¬ 
erel fishers, pike fishers, bass fishers and last, 
but by no means least, the still-fisher who sits 
stolidly the whole day in his boat and pulls in 
sunfish. There is not a lake too small to wel¬ 
come its half dozen enthusiasts. And as for 
the catches some of them make one green with 
envy. As the smiling disciple of Izaak Walton 
exhibits his catch, others less fortunate gather 
round and listen to the tales of how he caught 
this one and how he caught that. Turning the 
string he shows us a splendid specimen of the 
laige-mouth black bass. As you look upon it 
there comes to you the song of the reel, the 
hum of the line and the struggle for mastery. 
\ es, and as the story of the capture progresses, 
even you seem to draw back the rod overhead, 
and while you hold the line with your thumb, 
reach far out and scoop in the monster with 
the net. What is more fun than bass fishing? 
Even as I pen these lines on a cracker box in 
camp, something tells me that I must get out 
and try my luck. Near at hand stands the rod 
and reel ready for business. I know where 
there is a large black bass down yonder on the 
lake that would not refuse a frog if hungry. 
In a half hour I will steal quietly down through 
the bushes and make a cast, and if luck is as 
bright as it usually is here at the lake, I will 
add another bass to my catch. 
Weather was anything but favorable for fish¬ 
ing during the early part of the past week, but 
with the coming of the sun on Thursday and 
Friday the sport picked up a bit and Sunday 
anglers struck fairly ideal conditions for taking 
large strings of bass. That the lakes are full 
of the large-mouth variety has already been 
proved and the continuation of a little real June 
sunshine should certainly make them bite. 
Minneapolis, Minn., July 3.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Having heard wonderful stories 
about Lake Marion, George Hunter and Frank 
E. Force, two well-known Minneapolis fisher¬ 
men, tried their luck for a day last week. Lake 
Marion is the old Lakeville or Prairie Lake 
and is six miles from Farmington. It is about 
four miles in length, a half to a mile in width, 
and throughout its greatest extent is marked 
by beautiful sandy beaches and clear, cold 
waters. The fishermen landed five bass and 
several pickerel. In the upper reaches of the 
lake are some beautiful bass grounds and I have 
no doubt that creditable catches can be made. 
The bass run large and are fighters. 
I have just returned from my annual camp¬ 
ing trip and during my vacation I had some 
fine fishing. During one week I caught upward 
of one hundred black bass ranging in weight 
from one pound to five. By rowing a boat at 
the edge of the weeds offshore and casting we 
had some fine sport. When trolling for pickerel 
we let out about a hundred feet of heavy line 
to which was attached a good spoon hook wound 
with red yarn. This makes an attractive lure 
and we had excellent success with it. 
Robert Page Lincoln. 
