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FISHES AND FISHING IN SUNAPEE LAKE, 



identified salmon that have been reported. George H. Graham, 

 secretary of the Sunapee Lake Fishing Association, states * that 

 during 1908 a few of these salmon were taken weighing from 2 to 4 

 pounds, during 1909 over 200 were taken, some weighing 8 pounds, 

 and durmg 1910 from 400 to 500 were taken, some as large as 17 

 pounds. One angler, according to Mr. Graham, caught nine salmon 

 that weighed 80 pounds, the largest two weighing 13^ pounds each. 

 The banner year was 1910, the catch of 1911 falling far short of the 

 catch of that year. 



It can not be positively affirmed that all the fish reported as such 

 were chinooks, but it is sure that the majority were, inasmuch as 

 most of the anglers had learned to distinguish this species from the 

 landlocked salmon. It is possible, however, that some "landlocked" 

 were pronounced chinooks, and that possibly silver salmon may have 

 been mistaken for chinooks, being more difficult to distinguish. 



Data Regarding Chinooks Caught in Sunapee Lake, as Afforded by all 

 Available Records Prior to 1910. 



Date of Capture and Weight of 31 Chinook Salmon Brought into Blodgetts 

 Landing and 15 Brought into Newbury in 1910. 



Recreation, Apr., 1911, p. 187. 



