Diary, 1904, of trip to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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and they return the last week of October only staying for 10 days. The Tullibee (scorpionhead) only a few are taken before September and these come from the Cats nearby. By this beginning of September they arriving in great numbers from the sea, reach a small river about 15 miles above Red River and only a few reach that far the South. This stream and spawn in very deep basin at the mouth of Red River as many as 107 are captured in a single net. They are abundant During September and October. The Red sucker has the same movements as the gray sucker. The Pike is not common the six horned bullhead rarely comes to Red River but does sometimes come The Flounder is rather rare on the coast but does not enter the Muskellunge. There is a small bluefish without scales with a small dorsal fin. There is a kind of trout in a round leddy very fast and very heavy having only a smaller body cavity.