30 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



thing in the nature of sport. The solution of this 

 difficulty is to constitute the whole of the Lune up 

 to Skerton Weir a playground for salmon and this 

 the Lune Conservancy Board is endeavouring to 

 bring about. If they succeed, they will doubtless 

 bring the Lune back to its once great productivity 

 as a salmon river. An alternative plan, which 

 would tend to secure the same result, would be 

 to prohibit netting during a portion of every 

 twenty-four hours, making netting between sunset 

 and sunrise illegal. 



Some years back it was found that the number 

 of pike infesting the river was keeping a serious 

 check upon the increase of trout. A crusade 

 against them, however, has greatly improved 

 matters in this respect, and during the past five 

 years 120, 337, 417, 330, and 350 pike have been 

 netted, giving a total of 1,554 ^ sn the largest 

 weighing 33lb. 



The Keer, Cocker, Wyre, Conder and Wenning 

 are all within the Lune district, and contain a fair 

 quantity of trout, and are free from obstructions 

 for the ascent of salmon 



THE WINSTER 



This stream, which forms the boundary between 

 Lancashire and Westmorland, rises in Lindeth 

 Fell, about two miles from Bowness-on-Winder- 

 mere, and after taking a westerly course of twelve 

 miles, empties itself into Morecambe Bay, about 

 three miles north of Grange-over-Sands. 



The northern portion of the Winster will be 

 more appreciated for the scenery it affords than 

 for the quality of its trout. These as a rule run 



