442 BRITISH COLUMBIAN FISHERIES. 



Magnificent sport may also be obtained on the coasts 

 of British Columbia and Alaska upon the Pacific coast 

 of North America, of a similar kind, as cod abound 

 there also. 



When the author visited those coasts some thirty 

 years ago, probably the majority of the numerous 

 tribes of Indians lived entirely upon fish especially 

 upon the countless myriads of salmon that annually 

 ascended the rivers of those countries which they used 

 to dry for their sustenance during the winter months. 

 The canned salmon trade on some of these rivers is 

 now a large and lucrative business; and magnificent 

 sport can still be obtained by anglers in the narrow 

 seas between Vancouver Island and the mainland, by 

 trailing with a spoon under sail or oars, during the 

 summer and fall of the year, when both salmon and 

 trout can be taken in large numbers. Recent reports 

 from the locality state that early in October " boats can 

 be seen in all directions trolling for salmon; and at all 

 hours of the day the splash of the fish can be heard. 

 A person can see a fish hauled into one of the boats 

 almost every moment, early in the morning." 



In the year 1889 the fishing seems to have proved 

 unusually good in these waters. 



" In June and July (in that year) there was a run of big 

 fish averaging 20 Ibs near Esquimalt (Vancouver Island). 

 One was caught 49 Ibs all taken with the spoon. In August 

 and September there was another rim of smaller fish up to 

 12 and 14 Ibs, and one afternoon fishing with two rods from 

 a boat, 47 fish were caught, averaging 6 to 7 Ibs each ; also 

 some cod with spoon up to 30 Ibs. Quantities of big cod 



* Forest and Stream (American sporting paper) of November 1st, 

 1888. 



