Salmon anfa itg jfligrationg 



Tfif HAVE been interested in salmon in so many 

 /<! different respects since my boyhood, that I 

 cannot help dwelling at some length upon the 

 subject. All anglers for this fine fish, whether 

 for sport or profit, will understand my feelings 

 and pardon my garrulity. 



It is not my intention, nor is it within the scope 

 of this book, to give the natural history of the 

 salmon. I simply desire to place before the reader 

 my observations, experiences and views regarding 

 it. 



Let us begin with the spring migration. Each 

 year about the middle of May an immense body of 

 salmon moves in towards the North Shore of the 

 River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and a corres- 

 ponding one to the South Shore. The first men- 

 tioned divides into two portions in the vicinity 

 of Anticosti, one going to the eastward, that is to 

 say following the coast line from Mingan to- 

 wards the Straits of Belle Isle, the other 

 moving in a westerly direction up the St. Law- 

 rence. When I say that the salmon follow the 

 coast line east or west from Mingan, I do not 

 mean that a fish striking the shore near that place 

 will follow it up to the Saguenay or further, but 

 simply that this is the tendency. The movement 



