122 riSniNG GllOUNDS of XOKTH AMERICA. 



On the west .sIkjiv of Big Bay de. Noquette, between Saiut Vital Point and Chippewa roiut, 

 seven ponniLs were in operation in lSIi>. The shores of the bay are unsettled, and the region 

 is too far away from any shipping point to enable men to carry on the fisheries successfully. It 

 is believed, however, that the bay abounds in fish. 



At the mouth of Big Bay de iNoquette, about midway between Peninsula Point and Summer 

 Island, ami nearly seven and one-half miles from any laud, there is a small pound-net ground, 

 where, in 1879, five pounds were located. The bottom is Lard, and the deptli of water varies from 

 six to eight fathoms. The ground is very productive. 



On the eastern shore of Little Bay de i:^oquette, directly opposite Escanaba, there were, in 

 1879, three pounds; at Masonville, at the head of the bay, one; and on the w'est shore of the 

 entrance of the bay, about five miles south of Escanaba, three. The latter are so near the mouth 

 of the bay that whitefish are caught in them in considerable quantities. 



Directly opposite Indian Town, on the west shore, and about six miles from land, we find two 

 more i)ound-nets. They are set in about thirtj' feet of water, and are very productive. They are 

 about the only pounds that take considerable quantities of trout. A few miles farther south, but 

 close inshore, there are two more pounds. 



Between Cedar Elver and Little Tail Point, ten or twelve miles north of Green Bay City, we 

 find a remarkably large number of pound-nets. Iii 1879 there were no less than one hundred and 

 twenty nets situated along this section of coast. In the vicinity of Cedar Eiver the water is very 

 deep near shore, many of the pounds being in seventy-five feet of water, but southward the shore 

 slopes moi'e and more gently, forming sandy reaches, over which the water is but twenty or 

 thirty feet deep. Between Menomonee and Suamico the nets are set on these shoals. 



About four miles above the mouth of Little Suamico Eiver, and three and one-half miles from 

 shore, a rocky reef, nearly three miles in length, extends north and south. One net is usually set 

 inside the reef and three placed in line east of it, the one farthest eastward being about five miles 

 from shore. 



The catch in all the pounds on this section of coast consists principally of herring. 



The jiound-net grounds of Green Bay City ai'e located near the mouth of Fox Eiver, in about 

 fifteen feet of water. Four large pound-nets and seventeen "baby-pounds" owned in the city, 

 together with a number of others, were employed here in 1879. 



At the present time the pound-net grounds of the east shore of Green Bay are located 

 between Shoemaker's Point and Little Sturgeon Bay. The whole extent of coast occupied is not 

 more than six miles. Two nets are also set off Chambers Island. The latter grounds were 

 formerly of great importance, but they are now almost abandoned. 



At the head of Big Bay de Koquette, in Ogontz Bay, there is a single seiuing-reach, and 

 another at the head of Little Bay de Noquette. The catch in these nets consists chiefly of rough 

 fish and sturgeon, whitefish and trout not being found so far u]> in the bays. 



There are but four seining-reaches on the west shore of Green Bay which are now visited by 

 the fishermen. Two are located a short distance south of the mouth of the ]Menomouee Eiver. 

 There is also one at the mouth of the Suamico Eiver, and one at the mouth of the Oconto Eiver. 

 Both, however, are insignificant, no large hauls having been made within seven years. Formerly 

 seining was a leading industry in this section, but many of the old grounds are now occupied by 

 pound-nets. From 1858 to 1865, seines were used on all suitable shores in this vicinity, and large 

 quantities of fish were taken. 



At Green Bay City five large seines were in use in 1879. The yield of this fishery is very 

 large. 



