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August 10-12. Tried various hauls in Shepard Island Slough and 

 Bath Lake, but found no trace of young carp. 



August 2^. Half a dozen specimens of young carp, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, taken by Mr. Hart in a slough below the Chautauqua barns 

 when the slough was drained in the course of mosquito work. The 

 slough contains some smartweed and Ceratophylluui. 



September 7. One young carp 6 inches long (1909 spawning?) 

 taken from "Black Bill" Shafer's seine, head of Thompson's Lake. 



NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EEEVEN 



Field work began April 15. Weather generally chilly between 

 April 15 and 30, cloudiness and winds not favoring spawning activity 

 and interfering a good deal with field observations under water. 

 Water temperatures on spawning grounds reached 60° to 66° Fahr. 

 between April 20 and 25, and dropped back to 58° as a result of a 

 heavy frost at the end of the month. The river rose from 10.2 to 

 10.6 feet between April 15 and May i. 



April 2^). Carp are on the spawning grounds at head of Flag 

 Lake, and giggers are at work. (A boat-load of gigged carp were 

 brought to Havana the next day.) No eggs found today. 



May. The weather was fair and dry throughout the month of 

 May, with the river gradually falling from 10.6 feet on the first to 

 about 9 feet on the last of the month. The first ten days were rather 

 chilly to moderate, with water temperatures increasing from 58° to 

 74° Fahr. Temperatures mounted rapidly between May 10 and 18, 

 the air touching 90° and the water 81° on the last date. By May 22, 

 water temperatures on the spawning grounds had reached 86°. 



May 5. A few carp eggs were found today in the north end of 

 Danhole's field, in water 10 inches deep, on bog rush. Also a few 

 found at the northeast end of Flag Lake, attached to dead flag at and 

 below the surface in 2 feet of water. The indications are, however, 

 that only a few carp have spawned, and that the greatest spawning 

 activity is yet to come, with warmer weather. 



May 5. The river gage is nearly two feet lower than on the same 

 date last year, and falling. Danhole's field is under water only at the 

 north and south ends, about 100 acres in all — a sixth of the total 

 area — being flooded. Carp eggs are thick on live bog-rush and dead 

 grass and drift in the north end of the field, but 98 or 99 per cent, are 

 fungused. The water is 6 to 10 inches deep, with a temperature of 

 62°. 



Several large carp were seen splashing this afternoon on the west 

 shore of Thompson's Lake, just below the Thompson's Lake Club 



