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Appendices to Tenth Annual Report 
Answers from 
Dalmally and 
Loch Awe k 
Hotels. 
I have several answers from Loch Awe, 
so many popular and picturesque anglers 
and Loch Awe Hotels, 
diminished, owing to 
on which there are now 
resorts. From Dalmally 
it is stated that the trout fishing in the loch has 
drought ; and, on the Orchy, salmon fishing has 
PortSonachan 
Hotel. 
Taycreggan 
Hotel. 
Answers from 
Dr M'Nicoll 
of Dalmally. 
Taynuilt 
Hoiel. 
Invercauld 
Arms Hotel. 
Invergloy 
Hotel. 
Loch Tummel 
Hotel. 
Bunessan 
Hotel. 
Culfail 
Hotel. 
fallen off, owing to the nets at the mouth of the Awe. 36 salmon, 
weighing 482 1 lbs., were taken in the Orchy from Dalmally Hotel, and 
500 trout in Loch Awe, averaging J lb. each. From the Loch Awe Hotel 
5 salmon weighing 50 lbs. were captured, and 611 yellow trout averaging 
half-a-pound. One yellow trout was 5 lbs. Altogether, Mr Fraser states 
that 1891 was the worst season he has had. 
From Port Sonachan Hotel there is likewise a somewhat unsatisfactory 
account. The heaviest salmon was 16J lbs. ; the heaviest sea-trout 3 lbs. ; 
the heaviest sahno ferox 12 lbs. ; and heaviest yellow trout 5 lbs. 
From Taycreggan Hotel it is stated that the yellow trout fishing has 
fallen off ; but that the salmon fishing has improved. The heaviest salmon 
was 15 lbs., the heaviest brown trout If lbs., and heaviest sea-trout f lbs. 
The decrease in the trout fishing is attributed to overfishing. March, 
April, May, and June, are said to be the best fishing months. 
Dr M'Nicoll, Dalmally, Secretary of the Awe Fishery Protection 
Association, gives a by no means rosy account of the fishings in Loch 
Awe. He states that for several seasons there has been a very marked 
decrease in the angling; this he imputes to the constant fishing with nets in 
the mouth of the Awe from dawn to dark during six days in the week. He 
mentions the obstructions on the Avich, which runs out of Loch Avich into 
Loch Awe, as shutting out a large extent of valuable spawning ground. 
These obstructions, and the best means of overcoming them, will be found 
fully described in my Sixth Annual Report to the Board, pages 54 and 55. 
This hotel near the mouth of the River Awe has fishings in a 
part of the Awe attached to it, in which 70 salmon and grilse were 
taken in 1891. The heaviest salmon was 24 lbs. The yellow trout 
fishing in the hotel waters is said to be falling off — cause unknown. 
From this hotel upwards of 900 salmon, averaging 9 lbs. each, 
were caught in 1891. The heaviest salmon was30J lbs. The first clean 
salmon are taken in February ; grilse and sea-trout run in June ; and 
the main take of salmon is in April. It is stated that the Falls of Muick 
prevent salmon from ascending. There is good spawning ground above 
these Falls. 
From Invergloy Hotel, on Loch Lochy, I am informed that the number 
of fish has increased. About 200 lbs. weight of sea-trout were taken— 
heaviest sea-trout 4J- lbs. 
From Loch Tummel Hotel the number of fish has increased. Salmon 
were seen in the Loch in 1891, but none were taken. The largest yellow 
trout was 5 lbs., but the average weight was remarkable, being from 2 J 
to 3 lbs. There are no small trout, possibly owing to the number of 
pike in the Loch. 
Bunessan Hotel, in the island of Mull, did not do so well in 1891 
as in 1890, owing to the dry weather in the spring, so that the fish could 
not get to the sea because of the smallness of the river. But, notwith- 
standing, 373 sea-trout, 7 salmon, and 2205 yellow trout were captured. 
The heaviest salmon was 7 lbs. ; heaviest sea-trout 5 lbs. ; and two 
heaviest yellow trout 4 and 5 lbs. April, May, and June are the best 
months for yellow trout. If the river is in good order, sea-trout and grilse 
run in July and salmon in August. 
Culfail Hotel, in the beautiful Pass of Melford, is surrounded by 
a number of lochs, and it is stated that the trout are increasing in 
number but diminishing in size. The lochs are overstocked, and there is 
not enough feeding for the trout. The season lasts from 1st April till 
