THE SALMON FISHEE. 



99 



enlarging his score of fish. The following is Allan 

 Gilmour's record for the seasons named, to wit: 



DAYS. FISH. 

 165 



BEST DAYS. 



3046 fish. 



Is it possible that the amateur salmon angler can 

 estimate or conceive the amount of endurance, to say 

 nothing of skill, required to kill forty- six salmon, 

 averaging ten or eleven pounds,* in a single day; or 

 even the smaller number of twenty five or thirty ? 

 Given twelve hours of continuous fishing, which 

 'would tire a horse, if a horse could fish, a salmon 

 must be brought to gaff every fifteen minutes ! No 

 time for " playing " under these circumstances. An 

 angler would make a poor showing on the record if 



* Occasionally a Godbout salmon will scale twenty-eight to thirty pounds, 

 "but the average weight is light. 



