We often talk about the “Good Old Days”. I often look up old history about the local area. Here is an excerpt from an article about the upper Santa Ana River in 1869:
Cattle and sheep grazing were not the only enticements of the upper Santa Ana. Hunting and fishing opportunities lured increasing numbers of lowland residents to the area from the late 1860’s on. The San Bernardino Guardian of July 10, 1869 reported that a party went “to the head of the Santa Ana and brought back a near wagonload of fish and eight deer.” Trout fishing was so good on the upper Santa Ana that one pair of anglers caught 60 trout in two hours, another pair 90 trout in one day in 1873, two San Bernardino resident packed into the basin and caught 300 trout in one day.
Wonder what happened and where all the fish went..........lol