anaheim-gazette 1907-08-29

TROUT FISHING IN CALIFORNIA (By DAVID STARR JORDAN,) "It is good luck to any man," so Izaak Walton tells us, "to be on the good side of the man who knows fish." The true angler is not the one who loves to fish, who catches fish, or catches many fish, or many large fish; he is the man who loves fish well enough to know the one kind from another. The angler finds an interesting variety of trout in the lakes and streams of California. Let us see if we can help to distinguish them. The trout par excellence of California is the Rainbow, found in almost every permanent brook. The name Rainbow is a translation of the Latin name, Salmo iridia, given to the fish in 1854 by its discoverer, Dr. W. P. Gibbons, who took his specimen from the San Leandro Creek, near Alameda. This trout has larger scales than the others, 120 to 130 in a lengthwise row along the body. The dorsal fin is high and usually has 7 to 10 rows of black spots. There are no teeth on the middle line of the tongue. The head is large, its length being contained 3½ to 4 times in the length of the body, measured along the side from the tip or the snout to the base of the caudal fin, Brook specimens are usually most profusely spotted. In the sea the spots are more or less obscured by the silvery sheen. In the small streams the Rainbow is mature at a length of six inches; but in the larger streams and estuaries it reaches a weight of from 6 to 18 pounds. In beauty of color, in gracefulness of form and movement, they disappear. The best man Cutthroat is the small scale 180 in a row from head to tail Cutthroat is a hardy, vigorous in lakes it rises to the spoon phantom minnow; in the bay the fly, a grasshopper or a salmon eggs. It is the most distributed of the species of cutthroat is one of the handsomest yet it is rarely transplanted waters than those to which live. In small streams it is rare from 8 to 9 inches and a total of one-fourth of a pound. In it attains a great size, being Klamath Lake at a weighing pounds. The Tahoe trout is a direct ant of the Cutthroat found in Tahoe. It descends the Trout er to Pyramid Lake. It is also in Donner, Webber, and Indie lakes, and in the headwater Feather and Humboldt river scientific name is Salmo Hemispherus was first found by Dr. H. W. in Lake Tahoe in 1877. The trout has a dash of red throat. Like the Cutthroat, has the long head, small scape teeth on the base of tongue. Itseral color is browner and dark and the spots are larger, covering belly as well as the sides. The Tahoe trout when mature weighs 3 to 4 pounds, but depth of Lake Tahoe larger spawning 7 to 28 pounds, and times taken. It is an excellent fish. In the deep waters of Lakes is found another trout of size, known to the anglers with this lake on their measured along the side from the tip of the snout to the base of the caudal fin, Brook specimens are usually most profusely spotted. In the sea the spots are more or less obscured by the silvery sheen. In the small streams the Rainbow is mature at a length of six inches; but in the larger streams and estuaries it reaches a weight of from 6 to 18 pounds. In beauty of color, in gracefulness of form and movement, in the recklessness with which it springs from the water to meet the descending fly—the Rainbow well deserves its reputation as the gamiest of the trout. It takes the fly readily and also responds to the lure of the grasshopper or a salmon egg. Its range extends from the far north southward to the San Luis Rey. In the coastwise streams of California, south to Santa Barbara, is found a fine large trout known as the Steelhead. Its scientific name is Salmo rivularis. It was named by Dr. W. O. Ayres from a specimen taken in the Sacramento at Martinez. It is sometimes called the salmon trout, and this name is not inappropriate. The Steelhead is best distinguished from the other trout by its short head, its length along the side being contained 4½ to 5 times in the length of the body. The scales of the Steelhead are rather small, averaging from 150 in a lengthwise series from snout to tail. The dorsal fin is low and has usually but 3 or 4 rows of dark spots. There are no teeth on the base of the tongue, the usual series of teeth lying around the outer edge. In salt water the Steelhead is silvery. In fresh water the spots appear, and in the small streams it is almost as much spotted as the Rainbow. It reaches a weight of from 6 to 20 pounds, rarely exceeding the minimum limit in streams where it is resident. The Steelhead ranks high as a gamefish; takes the hook freely and vigorously, and responds to the trolling spoon in the bays and estuaries. The most primitive of the American species of trout is the Cutthroat, Salmo Clarki. It is found in coastwise streams of California down to the Eel River. It was named for William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame. The and the spots are larger, covering belly as well as the sides and The Tahoe trout when mature weighs 3 to 4 pounds, but at depth of Lake Tahoe larger spawning 7 to 28 pounds, and times taken. It is an excellent fish. In the deep waters of Lake Merced rivers, of the southern of the Sierra Nevada, is a tion of the Rainbow, with much smaller scales, 165 in the lengthwise and a white tip to the dorsal endally with some orange lower jaw. In Kern Lake this Salmo Gilberti, reaches a weight to 10 pounds. In the mountain it is everywhere smaller, but active, vigorous, and gamy fish named for Dr. C. H. Gilbert, Ford University. The most beautiful of all that of California is the dainty little en trout, Salmo aquabonito, from Volcano Creek, on the flank of Whitney. This clear little flows shallow and open over an orange-colored granite or quarry and the Golden trout, which are arated from the main body. Kern River by the impassible fall, Aqua Bonito, have taken color of the rocks over which this trout rarely reaches a length. It is extremely gamy, resting to the fly or bait with great readiness. The Golden trout are in great danger of utter extermination at the hands of greedy anglers' interest in the sport lies chlefly number of fish they can catch assemblage of such cads were ed last season to have taken 600 in Volcano Creek in a single noon, leaving 450 on the bank. The Dolly Varden trout is rechar, one char of the Pacific. It is known to science as Salmo malma. In 1878, when the writer where it is resident. The Steelhead ranks high as a gamefish; takes the hook freely and vigorously, and responds to the trolling spoon in the bays and estuaries. The most primitive of the American species of trout is the Cutthroat, Salmo Clarki. It is found in coastwise streams of California down to the Eel River. It was named for William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame. The name Cutthroat arises from the half-hidden mark of deep scarlet like a gash which is found just below the base of the lower jaw. This dash of red is the sign manual of the Sioux Indian, the cutthroat among the fierce aborigines. Other distinguished marks of the Cutthroat are the rather long head, forming about one-fourth of the length of the body. Almost always there is a narrow line of slender teeth along the middle line of the base of the tongue, besides the larger teeth which surround the edge of the tongue in all trout. The body is usually well spotted, and the spots are small. But no one can know a trout by its spots. They are indeterminable, depending upon the character of the water. In the lakes they grow faint; in the sea at the hands of greedy anglers interest in the sport lies chiefly number of fish they can catch assemblage of such cads were ed last season to have taken 60 in Volcano Creek in a single noon, leaving 450 on the bank. The Dolly Varden trout is rechar, the one char of the Pacific. It is known to science as Salmo malma. In 1878, when the writer tried to classify these Western a specimen of this malma was ed from the Upper Soda Springs the Sacramento River near th of Mount Shasta. The landla Soda Springs said of it: "Why, a regular Dolly Varden!" and Varden it has remained to this The Dolly Varden is found in the Cloud and other tributaries of th per Sacramento. It is one of the beautiful of the trout. Its co dark steel-blue above, with spots of crimson on its sides and the back, while its fins are trim front, as in the chars generally, crimson and white. Its size de upon its food. It may weigh where from 6 ounces to 12 po The little ones are brightest in A New Orleans woman was thin. Because she did not extract sufficient nourishment from her food. She took Scott's Emulsion. Result: She gained a pound a day in weight. ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND $1.00 appear. The best mark for the trout is the small scales, 150 to 200 row from head to tail. The trout is a hardy, vigorous fish. It rises to the spoon or the minnow; in the brooks to the grasshopper or a bunch of eggs. It is the most widely distributed of the species of trout. It is the handsomest and finest, rarely transplanted to other than those to which it is natal. Streams it is mature at 9 inches and a total weight of a pound. In the lakes a great size, being taken in Lake at a weight of 17. The Dolly Varden is much more voracious than the true trout. In Alaska they devour millions of salmon eggs, as well as young salmon. They are a gamy fish, taking the hook freely, with fly, insect or salmon egg, even a scarlet petal from some mountain flower as lure. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, "Journal" says that years ago it urged reclamation of arid lands by the government. This proposal, fifteen years ago, "was regarded as very rash, almost socialistic — paternalistic, at least;;;" but now, it says, "that work is looked upon as a function of the government at Washington just as legitimate as the carrying of the mails. He world does move." Government exists to do the things the people want it to do. It is conditions rather than theories, in which the people are most interested. If government can reclaim a desert, preserve forests for wise use and prevent floods, while individuals and corporations cannot, or will not, do these things, then the people will use the government to accomplish these ends. Coming of the Fleet WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—The announcement from Oyster Bay that the Atlantic battleship fleet would start for the Pacific in December, and that the route would be via the Straits of Magellan to Puget Sound, was received with much interest in naval circles. The service, which has been almost unanimously in favor of the movement to the Pacific coast, is glad the official announcement has been made, SUI A large assortment from the factories at the hand from $4.00 per meter and also Come in any you will be ter values where. Yungblu Phones Sunset 294 Home 1044 First N Drafts sold daily OFFICERS W.F.BOTSFORD, President JOHN HARTUNG, Vice President FRANK SHANLEY, 2d O.ZEUS, Assistant Cash Deep waters of Lake Tahoe another trout of immense size to the anglers familiar with the Silver trout, Spenis. This trout is never shallow water. It is a large, profusely spotted, but general coloration more silky in the ordinary Tahoe trout. At the Kern, Kings, and others, of the southern portion of Nevada, is a modifica Rainbow, with much smallness in the lengthwise series, the tip to the dorsal fin, genesis some orange under the skin. In Kern Lake this species retri, reaches a weight of 8 lbs. In the mountain brooks where smaller, but it is an curious, and gamy fish. It is Dr. C. H. Gilbert, of Stannsity. A beautiful of all the trout is the dainty little Gold-almo aquabonito, found in Creek, on the flank of Mount Whitney. This clear little stream now and open over rocks of red granite or quartzite, Golden trout, which are seeped in the main body of the river by the impassible water-Bonito, have taken on the rocks over which they lie.rarely reaches a foot in extremely gamy, respondsily or bait with greatest the Golden trout are hence eager of utter extermination of greedy anglers whose sport lies chiefly in the fish they can catch. An of such cads were reported to have taken 600 trout Creek in a single after-450 on the bank. Varden trout is really a char of the Pacific slope. To science as Salvelinus 1878, when the writer first announced from Oyster Bay that the Atlantic battleship fleet would start for the Pacific in December, and that the route would be via the Straits of Magellan to Puget Sound, was received with much interest in naval circles. The service, which has been almost unanimously in favor of the movement to the Pacific coast, is glad the official announcement has been made, because it shows that there will be no turning back. Regarding the route chosen, there is a division of opinion. Many officers hold that the logical station of the battleships is the Philippines, and the logical route that by the Suez. With much interest the announcement of the itinerary is now awaited. Cruising to the Pacific coast via the Straits of Magelan is a simple problem of one ship or two ships, or even four, but to take sixteen battleships for 13,000 miles over a course with coaling and supply facilities never tested before by so large a force is a problem of much greater magnitude. The very difficulty of the thing appeals to the navy department. The present plan is to keep the sixteen battleships and their auxiliaries together all the time. The torpedo flotilla which will also be sent to the Pacific, must go by a course closer to the coast than the battleships, as the steaming radius of the little vessels is much smaller. The cruise of the first torpedo flotilla to the Philippines from Hampton Roads in 1904 was notable, but that of the second flotilla from Hampton Roads to San Francisco by way of Magellan will be just as long and not so familiar. The itinerary of the battleships as not obtainable here, but in a general way the course is known. The great armada will mobilize at Hampton Roads, and its first stop probably will be at some point in the West Indies—St. Thomas or St. Lucia—for coal. The next stop probably will be at Rio Janeiro, where coal will be taken again. The third coaling point will be Sandy Point, in the Straits of Magellan, and then, if the opinion of navigators who have made the cruise is taken, they will not stop until Callao, Peru, is reached. Roads, and its first stop probably will be at some point in the West Indies—St. Thomas or St. Lucia—for coal. The next stop probably will be at Rio Janeiro, where coal will be taken again. The third coaling point will be Sandy Point, in the Straits of Magellan, and then, if the opinion of navigators who have made the cruise is taken, they will not stop until Callao, Peru, is reached. From there to San Francisco, with a stop at Magdalena Bay, for coal, will bring Rear-Admiral Evans' command into home waters. This cruise will put to a severe test the fleet administration. It will be no easy task to coal, provision and supply a fleet of more than twenty ships and auxiliaries, even at the large port of Rio Janeiro, and to give liberty to the men. At the smaller port of Callao the task will be even more difficult. New Celery Seller The California Celery and Produce Company is the name of the corporation organized to compete with the California Vegetable Union. Heretofore the vegetable union has had a monopoly on the celery output of the peatlands, and none could be bought except through its agents. The new company will sell either through its own agents or through the National Produce and Distributing Company. The capital stock of the new concern is $250,000, and the members have exchanged their land for stock, the company now owning 920 acres. The officers are: President, I.M.Von Schritlz; vice president, J. E. Ward, secretary, Henry Hoskins, Jr.; treasurer, Commercial Bank of Santa Ana. 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