entered the streams to spawn, men can 
tell at what age each kind of salmon begins 
its rim. 
THE CATCH 
It is during the runs up the streams 
that the fishermen catch most of their 
salmon. The salmon in the sea are too 
young and too hard to get. Those that 
have gone far upstream are not worth 
catching because they are thin and 
scarred from their journey. 
When the run is on, a stream may 
look like a solid river of fish. In Puget 
Sound at certain times of the year noth¬ 
ing but fish can be seen for several miles. 
One time a count was made of salmon 
swimming up Wood River, Alaska. More 
than two and one-half million fish were 
counted in less than two months! 
Since the run begins in each salmon 
stream at the same time each year, 
fishermen know just when to get ready 
and where to set their traps. 
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