THE SALMON 



'HE salmon of the Grand Cascapedia 

 average more in weight than those of 

 any other river in Canada. Although 

 the majority of the fish taken run 

 from twenty to thirty-three pounds, many are 

 killed that weigh from thirty-three to thirty-eight 

 pounds, and even as high as forty-three to 

 forty-five pounds is not unusual; but when one 

 overtops the forty-five-pound mark, congratula- 

 tions are extended along the line to the lucky 

 angler. Every year there are one or two forty- 

 seven- or forty-eight-pound fish landed, and some 

 seasons I have known as many as four or five of 

 these enormous fish to be brought to the gaff. The 

 fifty-pound salmon are quite rare, although I was 

 most fortunate, in the season of 1900, in taking one 

 of fifty-one pounds, and the following year another 

 of fifty-two, the killing of which I shall describe 

 later on in " A Trip to Red Camp." 



A surprising number of small salmon, weighing 

 from ten to sixteen pounds, have come into the 



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