266 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
about 300 to 350 feet from tbe shore, the boat is headed downstream, while the man at 
the other end of the seine walks down the shore rapidly enough to keep approximately 
even with the boat, being careful at the same time not to let out so much rope as to 
allow the seine to get so far from the shore as to permit any salmon to run around at his 
end of the seine. At the upper end of the gravel bar the narrow channel separating 
it from the main island is quite shallow, permitting him to wade across to the bar. 
By the time he has reached the upper end of the bar the boat is at the lower end, both 
ends of the seine are now brought up to the land, and pulling in begins. This requires 
only a few minutes. The salmon caught are thrown out upon the bar and knocked on 
the head so as to keep them from floundering back into the water, the seiue is loaded 
into the boat, and everything is ready for another haul. 
The upper ground hauled over comprises a considerable portion of the principal 
spawning-bed. The depth of water there is 3 to 10 feet, while lower down the depth 
is as much as 15 feet. In the upper part the bottom is of coarse gravel, while below 
it is of finer gravel, with some sand. 
In the following table are given important data regarding the catch of salmon at 
this place during the fishing season of 1894 : 
Table showing catch of chinook salmon at Liberty Millet's Fishery on Snake River, at Upper Salmon Falls, 
Idaho, September 29 to November 1, 1894. 
Date. 
Haul 
Males. 
Females. 
No. 
Length. 
Weight. 
Condition. 
Length. 
Weight. 
Condition. 
1894. 
Sept. 29 
Oct. 1 
Inches. 
Pounds. 
Inches. 
Pounds. 
b t> 
Oct. 2 
i 
34 
32 
23 
29 
23 
2 
38 
20 
Not ripe. 
c 3 
4 
44 
30A 
Nearly ripe 
35 
30 
31 
31 
141 
101 
11J 
11 
5 
32 
HI 
25 \ 
29 ] 
12 £ 
37 
19 
43 
30£ 
6 
28 
ll| 
31 
7 
21 
4" 
Oct. 3 
1 
40 
20* 
2 
21 
3 
21 
4 
4 
21 
4 
Oct. 4 
1 
21 
3£ 
30 
22 
8 
2 
3£ 
3 
43 
29“ 
32 
Ilf 
m 
32“ 
HI 
11 
30 
9f 
4 
41 
30 
27f 
9 
27 
7 
1 
28 
9* 
32 
12 1 
Oct. 5 
A. M. 
23 
5“ 
do 
30 
9i 
32* 
13| 
c2 
3 
31* 
40 
101 
23* 
32£ 
Ripe . 
L 4 
> 
a One nearly ripe female caught but not measured nor weighed. 
b These were not weighed; four of them measured 30, 30*, 21, and 19 inches, respectively. 
c Caught nothing. 
