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andy Jones has many memories of fishing around
Vancouver Island. Possibly the oldest commercial
»..4 fisherman on the West Coast, Jones was born in Pa-
tricia “Bay on Aug. 31, 1910. The owner and operator of the
commercially licensed troller, Kawasemi, turns 90 tomor-
row.

Jones began fishing with his father when he was a child.

He remembers hand-trolling from a small rowboat. “I spent
a few hours in Active Pass, I could fill that boat right up with
fish.

Jones also recalls how many fish there were back in the
1930s and ’40s. “I would go with my two brothers up to
Cowichan and fish the mouth of the Cowichan River. There
was so much fish you could walk across their backs,” he
said, sighing. “That was long ago.”

“You could catch 50 Springs in four hours in the 40s.”

Jones remembers hundreds of seine boats bringing their
catch to the Sidney cannery at Robert's Bay.

Much has changed in the fishing industry in Jones’
nearly 80 years of experience. When Jones first started
~ hand-trolling, his licence cost a mere $1 per year.
~ He later began gillnetting in Rivers Inlet, but found the
cost of net repair was too much to bear. “I never learned
~ how to fix the net, I had to hirea lady. It cost too much, so
" I started trolling,” he said.
“If-you look after your stuff it lasts quite a while,” Jones
- said about trolling. He obviously knows about looking after
- ‘things — Jones has been operating his tr oller. Kawasem!
Quilt i in 1945) for the last 40 years. — £
Throughout his years fishing, Jones has also held jobs as.
~ a mechanic, driving trucks, logging, working at the airport
when it first opened i in 1939 and he was also the T seycum:
band chief for 1l-years. mes
Jones enjoys ‘mechanical work, fixing up his own car,
“Which he still drives, and tinkering with the car engines of

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Jones a “90th birthday boat haul-out hamper.” They have re- -
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