136 Sea- Trout 
caught in our nets on the Tay for the last eight years. The average 
numberin February .ise20);> im March, 
300; in April, 4oo; in May they quickly 
increase in numbers, and continue to do so 
till the middle of July, when few come up. 
They are then caught mostly in the lower 
reaches of the tidal part of the river. 
Most of these are large and much inferior 
in quality to the earlier ones. 
Strange to say, on the 5th February of 
this year (1908) we caught more sea-trout 

Almond Mouth—in one 
Fic. 132.—14 0z, 27th April 1907. day than we had caught in a month in 
some other seasons. Since then they have greatly increased, and we 
at one station 

are now (24th April 1908) get- 
ting from 100 to 120 daily, all 
in perfect condition, averag- 
ing about 14 Ibs. in weight. 
None of these have spawned, al- 
though all will spawn this season. 
These sea-trout are now a little 
over three years of age, and are 
on their second return from the 
sea. Now the grilse of the sal- 




mon have not yet returned once 



to the fresh water, nor will they do & Beaks SR LY 
i ; Lane & Bes years 3 zmonths By: 
so until the middle of May or the aa SOS OE 
beginning of June. Nodoubt the 
mild autumn and spring had some- 
thing to do with the running of 
these sea-trout so early, and with 
their being in such fine condition. eee oe 
All these sea-trout will hasten on to the higher reaches and will go as far 
as the water will allow them. The age of these sea-trout can be ascer- 
