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The biggest fish of the season on this river was 

 Mr. Peck's 27 pounder, but Mr. Manuel caught 

 others weighing 26 and 25 pounds, and Col. 

 Whitehead also had one of 25 to his credit. 



There were also three visitors to the river : 

 Captain Panet, of the Royal Engineers, who 

 caught 14 fish weighing 172 pounds; Mr. Peter 

 McKenzie, of Montreal, who killed two weigh- 

 ing 19 pounds, and Herr Von Gelder, who also 

 killed two weighing 18 pounds. 



1901 



The first salmon were killed by anglers on the 

 Godbout in 1901 on the llth June. There were 

 four fishermen in the party and each killed fish. 

 The members of the party were John Manuel, 

 Ottawa; James Law, Montreal; Colonel White- 

 head, Montreal, and Alex. Paterson, Montreal. 

 The latter left on the 26th June, and on the fol- 

 lowing day Mr. A. Gilmour, of Ottawa, arrived. 

 During the last few days of the season, Mr. 

 Thomas Peck, of Montreal, fished some of the 

 pools, getting five salmon and three grilse. 



Colonel Whitehead and Mr. Law fished the 

 same pools. 



The 363 fish, including the 13 grilse, which 

 constituted the total result of the fishing of the 

 entire party during the season, weighed 4,033 

 pounds. 



Mr. John Manuel's total was 134 salmon and 



