Report on Salmon Fisheries. 
xi 
Year. 
1873, 
1874, 
1875, 
1876, 
1877, 
1878, 
1879, 
1880, 
1881, 
1882, 
1883, 
1884, 
1885, 
1886, 
1887, 
1888, 
1889, 
1890, 
£17,519 
14 
0 
18,941 
13 
8 
21,634 
4 
4 
19,930 
18 
4 
21,126 
14 
0 
21,187 
1 
0 
21,697 
14 
0 
22,518 
8 
7 
19,579 
11 
5 
19,221 
11 
7 
17,773 
2 
0 
19,655 
14 
5 
20,417 
0 
2 
22,542 
2 
8 
22,143 
16 
7 
19,655 
0 
0 
17,731 
2 
0 
17,819 
10 
0 
m 
1890 Largest salmon 
caught in Tav 
in 1890. 
The largest salmon caught by the net in the Tay 
weighed 57 lbs. ; the largest by rod weighed 42 lbs. 
28 watchers are employed during the annual close-time on the 
Tay and 8 in summer. 
In their answers to the printed queries the Tay District Board Answers of Tay 
recommend that there should be a weekly close-time of 48 hours SlSed°^^^ 
instead of, as at present, one of 36 hours. . queries. 
Under the head of artificial obstructions, they point out the 
dams and cruives on the Earn ; and, among the natural obstructions, 
the Falls of the Tummel, the Keith on the Ericht, and the Falls of 
the Garry ; and they intimate an opinion that compulsory powers 
should be given to District Boards to open up such obstructions, 
' if done in such a manner as not to injure the amenity.' 
There are Hatcheries belonging to the District Board of the 
Tay at Dupplin and Stormontfield. 830,000 ova are hatched out 
at Dupplin. 
The following are the results of the salmon fishings in Loch Tay, Loch Tay 
which are entirely rod-fishings, for the last eight years : — i890 
Year. 
No. of Fish. 
Weight in lbs. 
Average Weight. 
1883 
461 
9679 
19 lbs. 11 oz. 
1884 
240 
4710 
19 „ 10 „ 
1885 
398 
8167 
20 „ 8 „ 
1886 
379 
7652 
20 „ 3 „ 
1887 
227 
4385 
19 „ 5„ 
1888 
378 
7006 
18 „ 8 „ 
1889 
261 
4925 
18 „ 14 „ 
1890 
283 
5474 
19 „ 5 „ 
It will be interesting to watch the effect of the three weeks' 
additional rod-fishing at the commencement of the season, before 
the netting season begins, on the Loch Tay fishings. If possible, 
it would be desirable to ascertain, by means of careful angling in 
the Dochart, after the 15th of January, whether the large clean fish 
that run up into Loch Tay during the winter months stay there 
