394 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



SALMON FISHING- 



Perhaps the best of the salmon fishing in Canada is that 

 which is to be obtained from the rivers which lie on the 

 Eastern Coast, and so fine is the sport that in certain 

 rivers in New Brunswick the Miramichi, Restigouche, 

 Metapedia, Cascapedia, and the Nepisiguit the fishing 

 rights are worth a fortune. There are, however, numerous 

 rivers where free salmon fishing may be enjoyed by visiting 

 sportsmen. 



In the province of Quebec for instance, every tributary of 

 the St. Lawrence, both on the North and South Shores below 

 Quebec City, and all the rivers emptying into the Bay of 

 Chaleurs, unless impeded at or near their mouths by falls, 

 are salmon rivers. 



The salmon generally known on the Pacific coast of Canada 

 are (i) the Quinnat or King Salmon, (2) the Sock-Eye or 

 Blueback and (3) the Cohoe or Silver Salmon. 



The first grows to a weight of seventy pounds or possibly 

 to a considerably larger size. From the scales taken from 

 the larger fish, they appear to reach the age of eight years. 

 The Sock-Eye and the Cohoe are much smaller fish. 



The Quinnat and the Cohoe afford the best sport to the 

 Angler. They are to be taken in the summer by trolling 

 or spinning from a boat at the mouth of the Campbell River, 

 Vancouver Island ; the Quinnat especially afford splendid 

 sport. 



It is generally considered that these game fish cannot be 

 taken in fresh water, but I am of the opinion that this is 

 only due to the fact that they are not so systematically 

 fished for in the rivers of Vancouver, British Columbia, 

 generally, as are the Atlantic salmon in home waters. 



Spinning tackle for salmon should certainly be taken and 

 tried, if a visit to the Northern portion of Vancouver Island 

 is made. 



