is not clearly defined. In the summer of 1945, 

 the improvement in fishing in the latter half of 

 the summer , roughly coincided with reduced 

 and stabilized water levels. There is evidence 

 that different species react differently. 



16 . No correlation of fishing success 

 with various meteorological factors could be 

 demonstrated. 



16a. It is scarcely conceivable that moon 

 phases or other astronomical or astrological 

 events could have had any great influence upon 

 the fishing, since for any given day the fishing 

 success varied greatly from one locality to 

 another . 



17. Apparently winter fishing was suc- 

 cessful in a rough inverse ratio to the depth of 

 snow upon the ice. This relationship was more 

 evident in the winter of 1944-45 than in 1945-46. 



18. In the winter fishing, the localities 

 which had good fishing one year were not neces- 

 sarily the ones with good fishing the following 

 year. 



19. Subsamples, using returns for a 

 series of fifth (or tenth) days throughout a season 

 showed, in general, good correlation with the 

 total season's sample for the entire area and 



for most of the units of it. 



20. Subsamples composed of the returns 

 for a series of every -seventh -day (specifically 

 for Sundays) gave, however, inaccurate results. 

 Fishing success was poorer on Sundays than on 

 weekdays, presumably because there were large 

 numbers of inexpert fishermen on Sundays. 



21. There are certain possibilities for 

 obtaining seasonal average fishing success fig- 

 ures by the use of smaller samples than those 

 taken in this study (the application is specifically 

 to the area and seasons under discussion). Thus 

 a great deal of the expense of the creel census 

 operation could be avoided. 



22. Sample subareas would give uncer- 

 tain results because of the wide variation from 

 place to place and from year to year . 



23 . Sample periods of time (such as a 

 day or a week, or even a month, out of a season) 

 also will not suffice because of the strong fluctua- 

 tions with time. 



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