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high was fished frequently during the past summer and fall.* The 

 trap was placed in about six feet of water bordering the channel 

 and the leader laid toward the shore. The wings and leader fished 

 top and bottom. Carp patrolling the shore hit the leader and 



Q) = Corks 

 • = Leads 

 = Chain 



Small seine for canal seining 



taking fright headed for the channel, encountered the wings and 

 were led into the trap. By this method from thirty to one hundred 

 pounds of carp were taken after each of the ten nights the trap 

 net was set. A good many game fish are caught by this method, 

 but if the net is tended daily they are not harmed. Non-game 

 fish such as suckers and lawyers are better out of the canal and 

 the suckers have a market value equal to carp. A commercial tak- 

 ing of carp by this method would necessitate the transferring of 

 fish to a live car where they could live until a sizable shipment 

 had accumulated. 



The baiting of carp in the canal to a place suitable to seine was 

 tried, but the results proved rather uncertain. It requires constant 

 watching to catch the carp at the time they are on the grounds 

 and the few fish congregating at one time, do not when sold, pay 

 for the cost of operations. In the lake seining the use of corn 

 proved successful, for at Verona beach the catches Avere materially 

 increased by its use. 



* Observations made during the present fall show that trap netting operations can 

 be continued as late as December 1st. 



