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Status of Principai, Fishes, Upper Illinois River — Continued 



Fishes 



Chillicothe 



Henry 



Depue 



Buffalo (Ictiobns; 

 3 species) 



Increasing!}' rare 



Almost gone ; red-mouth 

 the most commonly 

 taken ; less than 50 

 Ihs. to 1000 lbs. of carp 



Eel 

 Gizzard-shad 



Pike 

 Bluegill 



Pumpkinseed 



Goggle-eye (Clicriiobryt- 

 tits gulosus) 



Black crappie 



Pale crappie 



Large-mouth 

 black bass 



Common perch 



Wall-eyed pike 



Striped bass 



(Roccus chrysops) 



Sheepshead 



Very few 



About as common as 

 ever 



None 



About as usual 



Scarce 



Not as many as form- 

 erly 



Rarer than formerly 



A good manv at times 



More abundant than a 

 few years ago 



About the same as 

 previously 



None 



Usually a few only 



Hardly any; none at all 

 this year 



None 



Probably less common 

 than formerly ; now 

 being sold for food 



None 



Much less common than 

 formerly 



Scarce 



A good .jTiany 



Fe\ 



Less common than in 

 previous years 



Decreasing numbers in 

 last 3 years 



About the same as pre- 

 viously 



Very rare 



A good many at times 



Rare ; none at all this 

 year 



A few red-mouth only ; 

 8 years ago 500 lbs. of 

 builfalo were taken in 

 a haul of 37,000 lbs. 

 of fish from Depue 

 Lake, the remainder 

 being carp ; now nets 

 in the river and lake 

 get hardly 5 lbs. of 

 buft'alo to the thous- 

 and pounds of carp. 



None for years. 



Not so many as for- 

 merly. 



All gone. 



Supply diminished 

 greatly in last ten 

 years. 



None. 



Rare. 



Very rare ; now hardly 

 a pound where a ton 

 was taken 15 or 20 

 years ago. 



.A few; now hardly a 

 pound to a ton taken 

 15 or 20 years ago. 



Fewer than formerly. 



Hardly enough for a 

 mess of fish taken all 

 the season. 



None. 



But few. 



None now taken. 



