718 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
pounds, the pickerel from 14 to 12 pounds, and the crappie about one- 
fourth of a pound. 
In Dickinson County Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake, covering 
about 12 square miles each, are well stocked with fish, the principal 
varieties being pike perch (wall-eyed), yellow or ringed perch, grass 
pike, both species of black bass, and white bass. Large quantities 
of these are taken during both summer and winter by the anglers. 
During the winter hand lines are fished through holes cut in the ice. 
This fishery was quite extensive previous to 1895, but it is now of 
little consequence, due to the strong local efforts which have been 
made to prohibit it on account of the alleged destruction of the fish- 
ery resources of the lakes to the detriment of their attractiveness 
during the summer. 
Table showing, by waters, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Iowa in 1899. 







Fisheries in which employed. | 
| ; | ; Hoi, 
eee | am.| Crow- | Shores-/exclusive 
Waters. Hand Set rsfiavey | Fyke | Pound fan foot men. of dupli- 
line. | line. | aleavets net. . line, cation. 
net. | 
| ete. 
Mississippi RIVET s ces en eae 4) 263 | 312 | 217 9 119 674 1,476 2,511 
SkumikdRiviers. oh .s8e5- 2h |Ooe cess (Bel eee 3 PAH Ee ae (oot aes Ss 6 
Des Moines River ........]....-..- Diy eeeaenee | 16H eco tok voce ee eee 33 
Tif Siojbb-cl yO Peo ceeeunac se socsos 18 1 oA Soosoc é a pasaaeor lacioeee 28 
MUSSOUTISRIVCT sa eee ee eel weeietasle | 29 | 14 | 22 Tal eanecres Vaccine 50 
Lowa Rivers S226 sess |osec sees Jascasons 1 er avin I eesesee cc! Wipe oes eet ee cesece 4 
Nishnabotna River.....--|.....--- eee cme Ay Pe ele seater Be Beep eeclidneaonae 5 
Mobalkease. scenes 4} 339 348 258 9 1464| 674| 1,476 | 2,637 







Table showing, by waters, the boats, apparatus, and capital employed in the fisheries of Iowa 











m 1899. 
Waters and apparatus.) No. anion Value. } Waters and apparatus. | No. eaaey Value. 
Mississippi River: || Des Moines River: 
Boats eee cocseesee Hel OD Sh | ee seers $15, 860 IBOatSheee heen eens SOnlteeceeeee $237 
Hand lines.......... lee satauiben tence Z| Settings: 8 eevee ae 61 | 6,150 60 
Setines esse. s.<a 56 829 89, 025 S27n | PeVIKeMLOLS eiatee seme ae DOM aac 200 
Seinesjeeedeceseeeree 7,470 | Shore and accessory 
Fyke nets...- 15, 693 | DLOpeLive eee eee Peemserllbocesosse 70 
Pound nets .. Sis 655 || Missouri River: 
Trammel nets ...... 63 6, 537 1, 540 IBOmtS eee een eee oats DWNIAB eo coat 540 
Crowiootlinestete= see. ee seaeeeeee 4,759 SetlinesRissts see 38 3, 870 65 
Shoreand accessory | Sp SCINES Ege heer sae 6 695 270 
PLOPCLbY esse e ceases aetesos asco wae 188, 197 Biyike mets ses aesee eee 96H cticenctere 512 
Cashtcapitaltsesssasc|eeeo nes noe soe 102, 250 Trammel nets......... 4 255 110 
Skunk River: Shore and accessory 
BOBS eae ceacccl aise 6 \Scoeeeaeete 75 || }K0) KO WAY SSS aoccKe asopeniskaccosec 645 
Setilintes) G2c2ss.csee 9 870 9 || lowa River: 
Myke metssmessene ree O19) Hoecossocicc 242 Boats). so Ss ase snes Bille etetoetetesete 40 
Trammel nets ...--- 2 110 34 Seinesii sas saenaseee: 2 180 45 
Shore and accessory | Shore and accessory 
PLOPELLY, «ces nselsescae e|sasaceeee 25 PILOPELbY soe a sees neseas| peeeetsices 25 
Big Sioux River: Nishnabotna River: 
BORIS year sees BO Neccsocsue 268 BOats,:222sanaesseisacass Ca Baseasess 46 
Semlinesite 2 se-cci- 35 1, 960 38 Scenes fives assesses 2 95 50 
Slahelesy soa ascponee 6 630 295 Trammel nets|..-..---- 2 90 45 
Trammel nets ...-... 11 | 765 185 | Shore and accessory 
Shoreand accessory PIOPCLbY-15ih.- c eel kas| eestor eee seas 40 
property ...-------|-------)---+-+-+-- 240 Total investment. 4 seesee |Saeeeeeee 341, 669 








