224 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. . 



A law ought also to be enacted regulating the depth of water in 

 which fishing should be done during the spawning season, and there 

 should not be the reckless waste of tiout there is each fall. They are 

 caught all around the lake in such quantities that many are valueless 

 and cannot be sold for food. In Green Bay and at Ahnapee, Wis., and 

 in fact all along the western shore of Lake Michigan, trout are caught by 

 the ton and thrown away, because the demand falls off when the catch in- 

 creases. They are not fit to salt. In June sturgeon are caught and killed 

 for the value of the caviare, when the fish are so abundant that they 

 scarcely bring the cost of transportation. In the spring, all through the 

 Green Bay couutry, fine large roe pike are recklessly taken from the 

 water and wasted for almost nothing. If, when caught, they were thrown 

 back into the water their sjiawn would increase the supiil}^ for future use. 

 We would suggest to you to write to H. O. Wilson & Co., at Saint Jo- 

 seph, Mich. They fish with large mesh nets, and they could probably 

 give you other facts. One fisherman, when told he was doing wrong 

 in fishing out such small fish, laughingly remarked that the United 

 States were going to juit 10,000,000 more in at Saint Joseph this year 

 for their benefit. We give you a few names of intelligent fishermen at 

 different points around the lake. If you wish to get their ideas, one 

 and all talk of favoring a stringent national law — even those now busy 

 catching small fish. 



Names of fishermen and their addresses: G. H. Smith & Sons, Cedar 

 Grove, Wis. ; John Borkenhagen, 490 Second avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Louis Schultze, fisherman, Milwaukee, Wis. ; F. Kocher, fisherman 

 Milwaukee, Vv is. ; H. von Ells, fishermlin, Milwaukee, Wis. ; II. O 

 Wilson & Co., Saint Joseph, Mich. ; Fagau & Fairchild, Sheboygan 

 Wis.; F. Kochn <& Sou, Sheboj'gan, Wis.; Daane Bros., Vostviile 

 Wis. ; N. Niguette, Two Elvers, Wis. ; John McDonald, Ahnapee 

 Wis. ; E. S. Minor, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. ; J. O. Lindquist, Menekau- 

 nee. Wis. ; E. Boaler, Green Bay, Wis.; L. Bainbridge, Menomonee, 

 Mich. ; LeClair & Gundersen, Jacksonport, Wis. ; IST. Saunders, Fay- 

 ette, Mich. ; Feltus & Bro., Fayette, Mich. ; Ainsworth & Co., Sault 

 de Ste. Marie, Mich.; A. Booth & Sons, Chicago, 111., fish at Escanaba, 

 Mich.; C. Endress & Son, Whitefish Point, Mich. ; Boutin & Mahau, 

 Bayfield, Wis. ; I. Chambers & Bro., Saint Ignace, Mich.; I. Moule & 

 Co., Saint James, Mich, ; E. Conuable & Son, Petoskey, Mich. ; Little 

 Traverse Bay Fish Company, Harbor Springs, Mich. ; Coates & Ar- 

 nold, Mackinac, Mich. ; M. D. Pool, Pent Water, Mich. ; A. Warner & 

 Co., Pi'Ut Water, Mich. ; Cooley Levague & Co., Duluth, Minn. ; Daw- 

 son & McKe one. Detour, Mich. ; Powell Bros., Marquette, Mich. ; 

 Hausler Bros., South Chicago, 111. ; I. Degurgus, Ludington, Mich. ; 

 AVilliam Siuith «& Co., Frankfort, Mich.; Storms & Co., Montague, 

 Mich. ; Waiteman & Lanford, Montague, Mich. ; Shriver Bros., Sauga- 

 t»;ck, IMich,; Charles Kimball & Sou, Michigan City, Ind. 



Chicago, III., 3Iay 7, ]884. 



