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FISHING AND HUNTING NOTES Allen B Bradley of New York City while fish ¬ ing at Kennehago Lake Maine recently landed a four nnd onequarter pound trout on a fly flyR R C Grey of New York while fishing from the Lcta D iii Mosquito harbor at Santa Catalina Island California landed a marlln swordfish which when placed upon the Tuna Clubs scales weighed 32S pounds poundsThe The open season on deer in the Sacramento Cal district closed on October 14 and now all California is closed to deer hunters the season in other dis ¬ tricts having ended some time before Deer was fairly plentiful in most part of the state this sea ¬ son sonAnglers Anglers of Spokane Wash have been enjoying some good sport at Williams Lake the past few days R Haggonbotlmm and wife and A Akers recently hooked the limit of bass and perch In addition to enjoying a fine days sport the fishing party rounded out a perfect day by catching an eightpound silver trout troutFrom From Captain J J Bates launch Helen B A B Clapp of Avalon Cal and A B Henley of San Francisco off the entrance to Avalon harbor landed two marlin swordfish at the same time from the same boat a feat accomplished for the first time his season Mr Clapps fisli weighed ninetyfive pounds and Mr Henleys one hundred anil forty fivc It required fortytwo minutes fight to land the double catch catchLouis Louis Colin of Spokane Wash captured one of the finest trout taken out of the Spokane River this year while fishing from the Olive street bridge a few days ago He was using a No 12 snell hook baited with a helgramitc when he received a vicious strike He quickly took the slack as the trout rushed toward him and after a battle of nearly twenty minutes successfully landed a six and threequarter pound rainbow trout The fish was in perfect condition and brilliantly marked markedHold Hold the rod Sam while I light a cigarette remarked S Oleson at Avalon Cal to the boat ¬ man Of the Ethel from which he was fishing when off tore the line Oleson hastily grabbed the rod and fought the fish for an hour when he landed a yellowtail weighing forty four and onehalf pounds It might have been the seasons record fish but Oleson was disqualified from winning the Tuna Clubs prize for permitting another to hold the rod rodThe The Yakinia Valley Wash sportsmen having observed the usual effects of an early hunting season are now considering asking the county game commission to have the 1919 opening of the Chinese pheasant season set for November 1 instead of October 1 as now by which time harvesting in the valley will be practically completed The game commission is said to look favorably on the proposi ¬ tion and is inclined to have the season on pheasant cocks extend through the entire mouth of November NovemberOver Over 23000000 fish have been rescued from sloughs and pockets along the Mississippi River since July according to figures made public at the Federal fish hatchery at Homer Minn C F Culler superintendent of hatcheries states that ex ¬ actly 29050090 members of the finny tribe have been rescued Mr Culler further says that the figures are based on reports from twentysix as ¬ sistants who have been engaged iu the rescue work i Many carloads of the fish have been shipped to eastern markets while large quantities are placed in the main channel of the river The fish rescued included black bass crappies carp buffalo and pickerel American Field
