Table 1. — Species composition of 245 trawl catches by RV Kaho in Lake Erie. 1962-66. 



Species 



Total catch 



Occurrences in total drags 



Catch rate per 

 1/2 hr effort 



Average catch 

 for effective 

 1/2 hr effort 



Pounds Percent 1/ 



Number Percent 1/ 



Yellow perch (Perca f lavescens ) 

 Rainbow smelt (Osmcrus mordax ) 

 Alewife ( Alosa pseudoharenqus ) 

 Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) 

 Carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) 

 Gizzard shad ( Porosoma cepedianum ) 

 Channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ) 

 White bass ( Roccus chrysops ) 

 Goldfish ( Carassius auratus ) 



Walleye 



( Stizostedion vitreum vitreum ) 



Spottail shiner ( Notropis hudsonius ) 



Emerald shiner ( Notropis atherinoides ) 



White sucker ( Catostomus commersoni ) 



Burbot ( Lota lota ) 



Trout-perch ( Per cops is omiscomaycus ) 



Quillback ( Carpiodes cyprinus) 



Sauger ( Stizostedion canadense ) 



Lake whitefish ( Coregonus clupeaformis 



Black bullhead ( Ictalurus melas ) 



Lake herring (Coregonus artedii) 



Stonecat ( Noturus f lavus ) 



Stoneroller ( Compostoma anomalum ) 



Sea lamprey ( Pet romyzon marinus ) 



White crappie ( Pomoxis annularis ) 



Buffalo ( Ictiobus sp.) 



Yellow bullhead ( Ictalurus natalis ) 



Sraallraouth bass ( Micropterus dolomieui ) 



Purapkinseed ( Lepomis qibbosus ) 



Rock bass ( Ambloplites rupestris ) 



Longnose gar ( Lepisos teus osseus ) 



Logperch ( Percina caprodes ) 



1/ T = Trace, less than 0.1. 



