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- Alberni Trip - June 21-23/41 [1941]
June 21/41 [1941] Left Victoria 9 A.M. for Alberni
stopping at Pritchards in Nanaimo
for lunch. Arrived Alberni 4 P.M.
+ made arrangements with Game Warden
Jim Dewar to go to Stamp Falls
on the morrow to collect lampreys.
Showers changing to steady rain.
[June] 22 [1941] Met Dewar at 9 A.M. + drove to Stamp
Falls where we met Bob McQuorrid,
Dom. [Dominion] Fisheries Guardian who has been stationed
at this place for 14 seasons.
In spite of high water and early
season several dozen lampreys were collected
from one pool near the bottom of the fish
ladder.
According to McQuorrid, the lampreys
school up into a large squirming mass
consisting of many dozens of individuals,
usually in the slack water below a fall.
When the water level is lower, and usually
in early July, lampreys are very numerous
in the fish ladder, some of very large size.
Sockeye were ascending the ladder in
fair numbers; to date the run has been the
largest in 14 years according to McQuorrid.
Sockeye start in April, some ripe in June.
Springs + Cohos in August; season ends in
November.
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