Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-02-13
SALMON SLAUGHTERED.
enormous Catches Made in the
Hudson Straits.

IL W bee no" Inc mdRnlnccnC Saln-
on of the Pacific coast ARE caught
almost takes the heart out of the man
who loves to cast the fly for these
lordly fish, he would lose it entirely
if he venture to Ungava bay, in Upper
Canada. and see how they capture
salmon there" said a former agent of
the Hudson Bay company to New
York Sun man.
ut was only few years ago that
the possibilities of the south coast of
Ungavn bay and Hudson straits in the
way OF salmon and lake trout fishing
were discovered. and to say that they
are now being worked for all they are
worth is putting it mildly. The salmon
Of that high latitude are undoubtedly
the finest in the world. They are FUR
Their north than any other salmon
taken on this continent, and the lower
the tempe nature OF the water the bet
ter salmon are. The Restigouchc, or
any of the salmon of the st. Lawrence
basin, are far superior TO the Oregon
salmon, and the Hudson straits salmon
are just as much superior to the Resti-
gouche fish. Besides the salmon the
waters of the Hudson strait coast TEEN
with n deep-sea trout which has not its
like on the face of the globe.
'But the method adequate for catch
ing these fish is just as peculiar as the
fish themselves are, and it is doubtful
if salmon or trout fishing is done in the
same way elsewhere. The coast Of
Hudson straits is indented by thou
lands of small bays and estuarics, and
many rivers traverse it to the bay. At
low tide there is little water in any Of
these inlets, but at high tide the water
PUSHES up into them for long distances
The tides rise twenty-five and even
ifty feet. At high tide, in the salmon
and trout running seasons, these fish
i"llow with the water into the bay,
and rivers rs fast as the tide goes, and
swarm back with it when it Gibbs.
have seen the smaller rivers, streams.
or rather stream beds. one hundred feet
wide, actually choked from shore to
shore with the biggest salmon man
ever saw struggling upward with the
tide.
1t is not more than eight or nine
years ago that the first attempt was
.Aade To establish fisheries there on q
large scale. Drawing scines was i'm
possible, and the fish wheels of Oregon
we're inpracticable. So q simple bu.
exceedingly effective trap was intro
!uccd. 1t was not original with the
almon fishermen, the idea beinr
borrowed from the porpoiSe fishermen
Of hudson bay Immense nctS were
made from the largest and Strorp.
Irvine, and of length and depth 10 suit
the inlet to be fished. At low tide
the nets are set at the mouths of the
'..'s or inlets, and the top of the net l.;
II TO the bottom SO rs 10 r:,>.
ruction TO the water or fish Us ~
e., upward with the rising tide. III:
re- the tide turns the lire holGi -
iloatcr side of the net to t..
.;r'r"d side is drawn out. -:
- Instantly rise to the surfaces -.
rap is set. When the ji1c c",:l .
- nc,l are stationed l6,yc TIC I,:,.
e distance, and with poles -.
.'sh beat The water and make nj
various kinds. This is t. keep ; e.
At body OF fish from pressing Ii, e."
- net at once, and as the fish arc 6.
..linTly timid they rush back
',&i1 by the Thousand, and W..
;'@liy be left on the dry land by t.,
''''i''S GN'C' oo pdnic S'ilcheil 90 JJN
in2 at the noise made by the M:
-: The tide has gone out. the cl
.n"f tie inlctS will be piled wi
IL, upon tons Of salmon or trout. J..
.iru0n and trout, for both kinds 81
yer found in the same inlet. In O.,
49," trap may secure fifty or one hu..
drcd. tons of salmon at n run, while 1,
next estuary below the catch will
trout. have seen ten thousand salu
on taken at one haul.
IL have seen the marvellous salmo,
inns of the Oregon rivers, but they ar
40 comparison to TIE tremendous
rushes of those Hudson straits fish
IL may be that if the latter had III.
fresh water rivers to explore the.
would not be massed SO thiclSly alon,.
the cOast, but the channels they scci
are not sufficient to let them all in. II
the salmon supply of the world else
where should ever become exhausted
1t can be replaced easily by the fish -.
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