SPORT AT CAMPBELL RIVER 49 



was racing up with the tide some 150 yards 

 away, but the rope was fouled, or Billy bungled, 

 and the result was a smash. 



Hardly had I got out another spoon when I 

 was in another fish. I was evidently lying in 

 their track. This time we got away, and how 

 that fish raced ! Before I knew where I was we 

 were up about a mile, being literally towed by 

 him on the flowing tide before I could get him 

 in hand. I eventually killed him, almost 

 opposite the hotel, one and a half miles from 

 where I had hooked him : weight, 59 fb. 



In the evening I got two tyee of 47 and 

 46 lb. The big fish's measurements were : 

 length, 47 J inches; greatest girth, 31 1 inches, 

 and girth round the anal fin, 22 inches. 



The well-known formula for estimating the 

 weight of a fish from measurement is as 

 follows — 



girth- X leneth . , . 



s 2 — = weight. 



800 * 



Applying this formula, the weight worked 

 out just 59 Hb., which the scales corroborated. 

 The weighing machine, an old rusty steelyard, 

 set up on the beach in front of the hotel, left a 

 good deal to be desired; but I had a spring 

 balance weighing up to 60 ft., which I tested 

 at the local store and found to be quite accurate. 



