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salmon were hooked on the cod lines used in 

 testing the fishing grounds. These were taken 

 four or five miles off shore in probably thirty 

 fathoms. In a few instances salmon have been 

 hooked on common fishing gear from four to 

 six miles off the coast of Washington in thirty 

 to forty fathoms. One fishing captain took thir- 

 teen chinook salmon six miles off the Washing- 

 ton coast by trolling at thirty fathoms where the 

 soundings were forty fathoms, and another fisher- 

 man took one chinook six miles farther out. It 

 now seems probable that a thorough trial by deep 

 trolling all along our coast will show that the 

 salmon are " on soundings " during a considera- 

 ble part of the time they spend at sea. 



Angling for Sfeelheads 



The fishing season is not limited to the time 

 that the steelhead is in the rivers, for it may be 

 found in the lower tidal waters at almost any 

 time of the year. In the coast rivers of northern 

 California it may be taken from early in the fall 

 until midwinter. 



There is especially good fishing for the steel- 

 head in the Russian, Navarro, and Eel rivers 

 north of San Francisco in the fall, and it may be 



