Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . t^i-^,^^# jJWii-**!!©?^ TWO GOOD FISH. 53 ft., 42 It).. A 601b. FISH [To face page 50. SPORT AT CAMPBELL RIVER 51 aching. How the rod did not break I cannotunderstand, for the fish came up graduallyfrom straight under the boat; but at last I hadthe gaff in the biggest but least sporting fishI had killed during the month. He weighed59 J tb. at the hotel, having lost a good deal ofblood, and must have been over 60 Ife. when hecame out of the water. The brass spoon waseither bitten or broken in half. Having killed forty-one tyee, fished steadilyfor a month, a
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland . t^i-^,^^# jJWii-**!!©?^ TWO GOOD FISH. 53 ft., 42 It).. A 601b. FISH [To face page 50. SPORT AT CAMPBELL RIVER 51 aching. How the rod did not break I cannotunderstand, for the fish came up graduallyfrom straight under the boat; but at last I hadthe gaff in the biggest but least sporting fishI had killed during the month. He weighed59 J tb. at the hotel, having lost a good deal ofblood, and must have been over 60 Ife. when hecame out of the water. The brass spoon waseither bitten or broken in half. Having killed forty-one tyee, fished steadilyfor a month, and seen most of the fish that werecaught, I do not think many fish over 60 lb. arekilled. One fish caught by a hand-line andsmall spoon by a young settler named Pidcock,I weighed, and he must have been close on70 lb. My spring balance went down with arush to its limit of 60 lb., and I heard after-wards that when weighed at the Cannery itscaled 68 tb., so when fresh must have beenclose on 70 lb. This was the biggest fish I sawon the coast. Farther north there are other fishing groundswell
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