﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
  105 
  

  

  appear 
  to 
  be 
  preferable 
  while 
  at 
  other 
  times 
  bait 
  does 
  better. 
  In 
  

   taking 
  a 
  hook, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  salmon 
  do 
  not 
  strike 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  

   rear 
  as 
  the 
  lure 
  moves 
  slowly 
  through 
  the 
  water, 
  but 
  instead 
  they 
  

   circle 
  and 
  take 
  it 
  head 
  on 
  as 
  it 
  moves 
  toward 
  them. 
  Fishermen 
  think 
  

   that 
  this 
  supposed 
  tendency 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  

   snagged 
  fish 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  power 
  trollers 
  are 
  responsible. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  slow 
  down 
  the 
  power 
  boats 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  

   should 
  be, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  they 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  snag 
  fish. 
  A 
  speed 
  

   of 
  2 
  miles 
  an 
  hour 
  is 
  fast 
  enough. 
  Drags 
  are 
  sometimes 
  used 
  to 
  re- 
  

   duce 
  speed. 
  

  

  Undoubtedly 
  as 
  a 
  proper 
  means 
  of 
  catching 
  king 
  salmon 
  the 
  power 
  

   boat 
  is 
  less 
  desirable 
  than 
  the 
  hand 
  trolhng 
  boat. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  practically 
  every 
  fish 
  hooked 
  is 
  landed, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  

   that 
  are 
  torn 
  from 
  the 
  hooks 
  of 
  the 
  power-boat 
  fishermen. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  larger 
  power 
  boats 
  had 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  10 
  lines 
  out 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  — 
  

   2 
  from 
  the 
  mast, 
  4 
  from 
  outriggers, 
  and 
  2 
  each 
  from 
  2 
  skiffs 
  towed 
  

   behind. 
  

  

  The 
  fishing 
  gear 
  for 
  trolling 
  usually 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  Ewell-Stewart 
  

   no. 
  7 
  spoon, 
  with 
  either 
  a 
  no. 
  10 
  or 
  no. 
  11 
  hook. 
  Above 
  the 
  spoon 
  

   and 
  swivel 
  is 
  a 
  twisted 
  wire 
  snell 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  long, 
  and 
  above 
  this 
  is 
  

   placed 
  the 
  lead 
  sinker. 
  Ordinarily 
  100 
  feet 
  of 
  line 
  is 
  used. 
  The 
  

   favorite 
  size 
  is 
  48-thread 
  hard-laid 
  tanned 
  line. 
  Sinkers 
  varying 
  in 
  

   weight 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  7 
  pounds 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  hand 
  trollers, 
  while 
  some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  power 
  boats 
  use 
  weights 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  12 
  or 
  15 
  pounds. 
  As 
  

   a 
  rule 
  the 
  power 
  boats 
  do 
  not 
  fish 
  with 
  heavy 
  enough 
  sinkers, 
  and 
  this 
  

   also 
  applies 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  to 
  hand 
  troUers. 
  Tests 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  larger 
  

   fish 
  are 
  caught 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  fathoms 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  They 
  were 
  not- 
  

   ably 
  small 
  this 
  year, 
  the 
  average 
  in 
  the 
  Cape 
  Ommaney 
  region 
  being 
  

   approximately 
  17 
  pounds 
  as 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  water. 
  One 
  salmon 
  

   weighing 
  66 
  pounds 
  was 
  noted, 
  but 
  many 
  were 
  taken 
  weighing 
  only 
  

   5 
  or 
  6 
  pounds, 
  or 
  even 
  less. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  buyers 
  paid 
  the 
  fishermen 
  $1 
  each 
  for 
  red 
  meated 
  

   kings 
  and 
  30 
  cents 
  for 
  white 
  meated, 
  regardless 
  of 
  size. 
  On 
  the 
  Taku 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  4^ 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  red 
  meated 
  and 
  1| 
  cents 
  

   a 
  pound 
  for 
  white 
  meated 
  kings. 
  One 
  company 
  in 
  the 
  Cape 
  Om- 
  

   maney 
  region 
  paid 
  4 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  reds 
  and 
  30 
  cents 
  each 
  for 
  

   whites; 
  another 
  concern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  paid 
  5 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  

   reds 
  and 
  2 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  whites. 
  Where 
  the 
  fishermen 
  took 
  out 
  

   tierces 
  and 
  salt 
  and 
  packed 
  the 
  fish 
  themselves, 
  the 
  prevailing 
  price 
  

   was 
  11 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  fletches 
  weighing 
  8 
  pounds 
  each 
  or 
  more; 
  

   7 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  the 
  medium-sized 
  sides 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  pounds; 
  and 
  3 
  

   cents 
  a 
  pound 
  for 
  the 
  sides 
  running 
  under 
  6 
  pounds 
  each. 
  Fish 
  

   caught 
  by 
  the 
  hand 
  trollers 
  were 
  regarded 
  more 
  highly 
  by 
  the 
  buyers 
  

   than 
  those 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  power 
  boats. 
  A 
  better 
  price 
  was 
  some- 
  

   times 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  hand 
  trollers. 
  

  

  