1 86 The Pacific Salmon 



strain on the line, thereby increasing the chances 

 of securing the salmon. 



Salmon trolling is performed in the same way 

 and with the same kind of tackle off Seattle and 

 in other parts of Paget Sound. Sportsmen, 

 however, are much given to using rod and reel 

 and playing the fish, deriving more pleasure in 

 landing one fish in this way than in taking a 

 dozen salmon after the manner of the market 

 fishermen. 



At Killisnoo, Alaska, the run of king salmon 

 that strike the coast readily take a spoon. They 

 come in to feed on the herring which annually 

 visit these waters. Spoons and lines of the same 

 pattern and size are employed by the Killisnoo 

 Indians as at Neah Bay, and the same kind 

 of bait is used. The fish taken are for home 

 consumption. At times when salmon will not 

 take a spoon at the surface, a baited hook lowered 

 to the bottom frequently induces them to bite. 



There can be no doubt that there are many 

 places along the west coast where salmon could 

 be taken by trolling just as well as at Monterey 

 and off Cape Flattery. During the survey of 

 ocean fishing banks off the Oregon coast by the 

 Fish Commission steamer Albatross, two or three 



