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to dispose of them at a profitable price, the latter ranging from $5 
at the beginning to as low as 10 cents per box, holding 50 pounds, 
at the height of the season. Carrollton and Kalama are the most 
important fishing localities in the county, both of them supporting 
profitable pound-net fisheries. Gull netting and seining are also 
followed to some extent. Aside from 300,000 pounds of salmon 
frozen at Kalama, most of the catch was handled fresh by two firms 
at Kalama and Kelso. The total output of the county in 1915 
was 3,935,756 pounds, valued at $73,643, as compared with 1,514,562 
pounds, valued at $35,864, in 1904. 
Clarke County.—The total yield of the fisheries of this county in 
1915 was 1,016,122 pounds, valued at $44,584. The salmon fisheries 
are the most important in the county, though $4,000 worth of carp, 
taken from sloughs formed by overflow water from the Columbia 
River, forms an important item. These fish are shipped mainly 
to Seattle and Portland, and some are sent as far east as Butte, 
Mont. Vancouver is the most important fishing locality in the 
county. 
Lewis County.—The fisheries of this county are unimportant, 
amounting in 1915 to 11,571 pounds, valued at $542, consisting of 
salmon taken mostly in the Chehalis and Cowlitz Rivers. No fisheries 
were shown for this county in 1904. 
Skamania and Klickitat Counties:—These counties, situated on 
the upper Columbia River, represent the upper limit of fishing on 
that river. In fact, no commercial fishing of importance is done on 
the Washington side above Grand Dalles, in Klickitat County. 
Aside from a few sturgeon taken on set lines, the catch of Skamania 
County consisted entirely of salmon. The catch of Klickitat County 
consisted also of salmon which were taken both in gill nets and 
pound nets, the catch in the latter predominating. The catch of 
the two counties in 1915 combined was 325,055 pounds, valued at 
$12,249, showing a loss since 1904 of 674,032 pounds and $16,591. 
Franklin, Columbia, Garfield, Whitman, and Asotin Counties.— 
These counties are all situated on the Snake River, and the catch 
credited to them represents the total output of that river. Aside 
from the use of a few set lines for sturgeon and gill nets for salmon, 
the seine is the only form of apparatus used on the river. A few 
bluebacks are taken, but the greater part of the catch consists of 
chinook, silver, and steelhead. The uppermost point on the river, 
where commercial fishing is followed, is just above Clarkston, Wash., 
or Lewiston, Idaho. The most important catches of the river are 
made at this point. The fishing is followed in February and March, 
and again in August, September, and October. Except for some 
shipped to Spokane and near-by towns, the catch is sold locally. 
The total output of the five counties in 1915 amounted to 146,268 
pounds, valued at $11,468. 
