REPORT OF STATE BOARl) OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



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hook and line, using a Wilson spoon as a lure. Out of this number of 

 fish taken by that method we lost but four, and these died at the end of 

 a long trip after the fish had been held in live cars or ship])ing cans for 



three days and nights. In the fall of 1903 we did not collect as many 

 fish as we expected. Owing to the large run of salmon, and the enor- 

 mous take of salmon eggs, our force of experienced men was kept busily 

 engaged in that more important branch of the work for two months 



