RUNNING SALMON
There was a record bag of salmon on our local river last month. More fish were caught by rods than in the same month of the best seasons since records were kept, and a record run of salmon had evidently taken place. This was an indication of successful migrations of smolts three years ago or thereabouts. Water bailiffs were rubbing their hands and so were the anglers fortunate enough to have inter- cepted the fish. It looked like being a record season and may he yet. I have not heard what catches have been made so far this month, but a lack of rain and higher than normal tempera- tures are bound to affect the journeying fish. When the water becomes deprived of oxygen they lose the urge to move upstream. The stones show green and there is a film on the surface of pools. The run ceases, and fish and water both become stale. Only rain and fresh oxygen can change things.
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