May 23, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
821 
Fishing in California. 
San Francisco, Cal., May 8 . —Editor Forest 
and Stream: The trout season opened May 1, 
and at break of day the anglers were out on 
their favorite streams. Conditions were found 
to he excellent in all the streams in the counties 
near the bay, and splendid sport was had. Those 
who journeyed to the streams in Marin and 
Sonoma counties had no trouble in getting the 
limit. 
At Paper Mill Creek, near Camp Taylor, a 
large number of fishermen went out at daybreak, 
and most of them were back at noon with their 
creels filled. H. J. Ladd landed several large 
steelhead with a spoon, the six largest weighing 
thirty-eight pounds, and also landed a number 
of trout. Emil Dengel landed a salmon trout 
which weighed nine pounds and filled his basket 
with smaller fish, ranging from five to nine 
inches in length. His son, Leonard Dengel, 
fourteen years old, had the limit before 8 o’clock 
in the morning. 
Fly-casters are kings this year. A few are 
fishing with bait, but after a few days’ fishing 
the worm will be discarded for the fly. The 
lowness of the water accounts for this. Prece 
dent has shown that with the water as it now 
is the fish will take a fly repeatedly when a worm 
dangles alongside. The sale of flies so far has 
shown the Sach’s fancy and the blue upright to 
be first choice; also March brown fly with a red 
tail. 
The rule that the fishing never gets good until 
a month after opening day does not hold good. 
Ordinarily good sport could have been had on 
April 1, the old opening date, which was changed 
for the reason that the streams were never in 
condition to be fished at that time of the year. 
Reports from the gathering places of the fish¬ 
ermen say that good sized trout are to be had 
in all pools, even at Truckee, where, at this time 
of the year, the fishing is generally not at its 
best. Members of the Fly-Casters’ Club, headed 
by H. B. Sperry, E. A. Mocker and Austin 
Sperry, have outfitted for a trip to the upland 
water and are prepared to stay a couple of 
weeks. 
Word from McCloud River states the waters 
of that stream are but three inches above the 
minimum mark, and that the season for trout 
has been running for three weeks. Hot weather 
in the vicinity of Shasta during the last few days 
may have melted enough snow to materially 
change this, but many fishermen are going to 
take the chance. 
Latest reports from the Klamath were most 
satisfactory, as an immense run of large rain¬ 
bow trout into Shovel Creek and other streams 
that empty into the main river was noticed a 
few weeks ago. The salmon flies, it is expected, 
will put in a very early appearance this year, 
and then fishing will be par excellence. 
Webber Lake should be right for fly-fishing 
in June, and as there are several varieties of 
trout in this body of water, the sport should be 
all the more interesting. 
Two million steelhead trout eggs were brought 
to Grant's Pass, Ore., recently from the Olden- 
berg hatchery on the Illinois River, and were 
expressed to Buenos Ayres, South America, in 
care of the Agricultural Department. The eggs 
were closely encased in ice boxes for the long 
journey. 
A letter from A. P. Coster, who is at the Big 
Meadows, states that fish are in the river in large 
numbers. Good fishing should be in order about 
this time, as there is but little snow on the moun¬ 
tains. 
Excitement was at a high pitch at Avalon re¬ 
cently when the cry was raised that flying-fish 
and tuna were running in the outer harbor. The 
landing of a sixteen-pound bluefin tuna by V. 
Evans of Forth Worth, Texas, was the cause of 
the excitement. He was fishing for albacore 
when the prodigal tuna took the bait. He landed 
the fish after a fight of an hour and forty 
minutes. The members of the Tuna Club be¬ 
lieve that the tuna caught by Evans is a speci¬ 
men of the Thunnus thynnus, or leaping tuna, 
which have been very scarce in Catalina waters 
for the last four years. 
The contest of the San Francisco Fly-Casting 
Club at Stow Lake, April 25 and 26, attracted an 
unusually large attendance. The most sensa¬ 
tional performance was the distance cast by J. 
B. Kenniff. In this he cast a fly 134 feet, which 
is claimed as the record for distance casting. 
The officials announced the former record as 
133 feet, made by Walter D. Mansfield, on Aug. 
9, 1902. Few men, angling for trout, send out 
more than fifty feet of line, the bulk of the fish 
being taken on casts of from thirty-five to fifty 
feet. The official scores are: 
Dist., Accy, 
C. Huyck . 
Feet. 
SO 
Perc’t. 
98.6 
T. B. Kenniff... 
134 
98.11 
H. B. Sperry... 
85 
99.2 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
too 
99.0 
C. G, Young- 
98.12 
T. B. Kenniff... 
, 11>J 
9S.11 
F. M. Haight.. 
98.2 
H. C. Golcher.. 
. 121 
97.14 
\V. E. Brooks.. 
9S.13 
H. II. Kirk. 
96. G 
Austin Sperry.. 
00 
9G.G 
C. H. Kewell... 
98.14 
C. R. Kenniff.. 
. 102 
98.12 
E. A. Mocker.. 
, 101 
9G .13 
F. H. Reed.... 
. 92 
97.G 
G. H. Foulks.. 
90 
97.1 
Tas. Watt . 
9G.2 
F. V. Bell. 
9G.4 
Re-entry: 
C. R. Kenniff. 
. Ill 
99.G 
II. C. Golcher. 
. 110 
96.14 
C. Huyck . 
. 75 
97.14 
Tas. Watt . 
92.5 
April 25. 
C. G. Young.., 
. 90 
98.11 
T. B. Kenniff.. 
. 95 
98.11 
Austin Sperry.. 
. 95 
97.4 
F. A. Webster 
. 79 
97.13 
G. C. Edwards 
99.1 
F. H. Reed... 
. 92 
98.5 
T. C. Kierulff. 
. 104 
9S.4 
E. A. Mocker. 
. 109 
98.0 
Re-entry: 
Austin Sperrv. 
. 94 
96.13 
G. C. Edwards 
9S.11 
F. A. Webster 
. si 
F. II. Reel... 
Delicacy. 
- A —--Lure- 
Accy, 
Delc’y, 
Net, ’Casting, 
Penc’t. 
Perc’t. 
Per c’t. 
Per c’t. 
98.0 
96.0 
97.0 
81.5 
98.1 
100.0 
99.2 
97.9 
99.0 
100.0 
99.3 
96.7 
99.1 
100.0 
99.32 
97.6 
98.14 
99.5 
99.S 
97.9 
99.0 
98.5 
99.1 
98.7 
96.1 
98.5 
97.3 
.... 
98.13 
98.1 
98.46 
9S.7 
98.1 
98.34 
9EL6 
97.7 
97.0 
97.14 
98.2 
99.0 
98.34 
9L0 
98.9 
96.0 
94.18 
90.2 
98.2 
98.0 
98.4 
98.2 
98.1 
98.24 
9L 7 
99.7 
99.5 
99.24 
73.9 
97.13 
97.5 
97.36 
57.5 
97.0 
96.5 
96.4 
95.8 
95.4 
91.0 
93. S 
98.7 
95.0 
96.44 
97.13 
99.0 
98.46 
97.13 
94.5 
96.6 
97.2 
96.1 
96.54 
9ti! 2 
98.9 
98.0 
9S.1S 
97.7 
98.1 
100.0 
99.2 
97.9 
97.2 
94.0 
95.34 
97.9 
97.14 
96.0 
96.58 
96.1 
98.13 
98.1 
98.46 
98.3 
99.5 
98.46 
SG.S 
98.11 
98.1 
98.42 
97.7 
97.1 
98.5 
9S.0 
97.6 
94.14 
97.5 
96.38 
92.7 
98.13 
97.5 
9S.G 
9L7 
A. ] 
P. B. 
NeW England Angling Notes. 
Boston, May 13.- —Editor Forest and Stream: 
One after another in quick succession the north¬ 
ern lakes are freeing themselves of ice. Grand 
Lake, Sebago, Sebec, the Belgrade Lakes, all in 
Maine, are fully open. A letter, which I re¬ 
ceived from Andover to-day, states that with 
the exception of about a mile in the south arm 
the lakes arc free of ice, and no doubt Moose- 
head will follow in a few days. It is the cus¬ 
tom in Boston to consider the fishing season 
formally opened with the breaking of the ice 
in the Rangeleys, and many parties arc forming 
to leave for there soon. Last year all the early 
starters received such a freezing that many are 
curbing their enthusiasm and are holding back 
for settled weather. 
At Winnipcsaukee and the Squam lakes in 
New Hampshire the ice has been out for some 
time, and several good catches of lake trout 
have already been made. Postmaster Mansfield, 
of Boston, and Post Office Inspector McMillan, 
of Washington, D. C., with a party of friends, 
left for Winnipesaukee on Wednesday and will 
be away about ten days. The Ben Pearson party, 
of Byfield and Newburyport, Mass., will leave 
for the Rangeleys early next week. Dr. Hebcr 
Bishop and a party of friends are now at Clear 
water Pond. Many large salmon have been 
taken from this water during the last three sea¬ 
sons and an increasing number of anglers are 
going there each year. The H. E. Gleason party 
will start for Lake Maranacook next week. 
Another body of water that is finding favor 
now is Willoughby Lake, Vt. This is in rather 
a new direction for Boston men, but they get 
results, and that of course is satisfying. The 
lake fishing in Vermont opens May 15. Dr. J. 
C. French, of Burlington, Vt., has been spend¬ 
ing a week in Boston making preparations for 
his annual sojourn at Square Lake in Maine. 
He leaves on the 16th and will spend the sum¬ 
mer at Cummings’ Camps. Last fall the doctor 
visited northwestern Canada on a shooting trip 
which was rich in results. From there he came 
south to Oklahoma where he had some grand 
quail shooting. The winter was passed at Port 
Orange, Fla. 
No man in northern Maine is better acquainted 
with the fish and Square Lake waters than H. 
E. Jones, of Caribou. He passed through Bos¬ 
ton last week bound home from Florida where 
he has been fishing for three months. 
Since April 15 trout fishing in Massachusetts 
streams has been at its best. With the excep¬ 
tion of rather low water, conditions have not 
been so favorable for the angler in many seasons. 
Many good strings of trout have been taken 
within a few miles of Boston, and from the 
central and western parts of the State good re¬ 
ports have reached me. C. A. Lane and William 
Smith, of Winchester, and W. R. Locke, of 
Arlington, have all done well in nearby streams. 
In the town of Leverett, in Swift River, and 
streams entering into it, J. F. Page, of Amherst, 
Mass., scored twenty-four in one day’s fishing 
and twenty-one on another occasion, one fish 
weighing twenty-two ounces. 
In Connecticut the streams around South 
Windham have been visited by several Boston 
men with good results. Indian Hollow, Beaver, 
Great and Roaring Brooks in that region are 
all productive streams and generally afford very 
excellent fishing. One Boston angler left the 
South station at 1 P. M. on one of the pleasant 
afternoons of last week and reached the city 
again at 5 -30 P. M. with five nice trout in his 
basket. All this was accomplished within seven 
miles of the City Hall. 
The best record for salmon that has reached 
Boston as yet comc-s from Sebago, where a party 
of New York, Boston and Providence men have 
been fishing since almost the opening day. John 
C. England, of Boston, landed three salmon that 
weighed respectively, 12, gy 2 and 6 l / 2 pounds. R. 
IT. Rice, of Lynn, Mass., captured one fish of 
13 pounds. Sebago, always uncertain, has so far 
this season surprised all who have gone there 
One gentleman from Philadelphia has taken 
more than fifty salmon since the ice went out 
Hackle. 
