8 PACIFIC COD FISHERIES. 
snappers were to be seen and the fish averaged very large—probably 
12 to 15 pounds most of the time. On June 15 he weighed 6 cod, 
selected so as to show the different sizes, with the following results: 
One weighed 40 pounds, length 43 inches from tip to tip: one 
Han 37 pounds, length 424 inches from tip to tip; one weighed 
2 pounds; one weighed 21 pounds, length 39 inches from tip to tip; 
one weighed 234 pounds; one weighed 114 ee length 31 inches 
from tip to tip. 
He had the first fish dressed immediately after being wena and 
measured, and when ready for the salting tank it weighed 21 pounds. 
Before being weighed in the first place all of these fish had been 
bled by having their throats cut. 
On a number of occasions he saw fish at the shore stations which 
would undoubtedly run over 40 pounds if put on the scales. All of 
the fish noted above were from inshore banks. Cod run larger in 
size on the offshore banks, and it is probable that fish running from 
50 to 60 pounds are sometimes taken on Slime and Sannak Banks, 
where the largest cod are found. 
During the winter months the cod are quite thin and watery, and 
probably would not average in the round much more than 7 to 9 
pounds. — 
There are no records of any monster specimens having been secured 
on the Pacific banks, similar to those reported occasionally from the 
Atlantic. Capt. J. A. Matheson, of Anacortes, Wash., who has been 
engaged in the cod fishery for a number of years, says that the largest 
dry-salted cod he ever received from his vessels weighed 18 pounds. 
In the southern part of its range the cod are generally small, in 
many places being no larger than those known as snappers on the 
cod banks. 
MIGRATIONS. 
On the main cod banks fish are to be found throughout the year, 
although very scarce at times. On certain of the inshore banks cod 
are to be found all the year in considerable abundance, with periods 
of great abundance; on other inshore banks only during the winter 
months are the fish found in any abundance, while on others they 
are plentiful only during the summer months. Pirate Cove, Unga, 
and Kelleys Rock are all-the-year-round stations, the Sannak Island 
and Northwest Harbor stations are all-winter ones, while Sanborn 
and Dora Harbors are open only during the summer months. At the 
stations open the whole year the best fishing is usually from March 
to September, both inclusive. Part of this superiority is undoubtedly 
due to the better weather which prevails during these months than 
during the rest of the year, but the reports and statistics all agree 
in showing that there is a greater shoreward migration of the schools 
during this period. 
