In the mid 1800's Hudsons Bay men would go to the mouth of the Sturgeon river by Ft. Sask and they mostly caught big mountain trout, we know as bull trout, which averaged 8 to 12 lbs. And they caught several in a day.
When David Thompson was at Lac St. Anne the old woman that served him 5 large whitefish was upset that he only ate 3. David weighed one particular whitefish the HB men had caught in a net at Lac St. Anne. It weighed 18 lbs.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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