CXLVI KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Pound nets are the most jirominent apparatus now used in this lake. 

 The number fished in 1890 was 551, of which 326 were operated in Sag- 

 inaw Bay, tbe chief fishing-ground. The most important fish taken are 

 whitefish, herring, trout, wall-eyed pike, and perch. The aggregate 

 catch was 7,525,796 pounds, for which the fishermen received $150,825. 

 Herring constituted about one-third of the yield, but was less valuable 

 than whitefish. 



Gauged by the value of the catch, gill nets rank next to pound nets in 

 importance. They are used by both vessel and boat fishermen, though 

 the vessel fishing is much less extensive than the boat fishing. In 

 1890 2,206 nets were operated, of which 336 were used on vessels. 

 The gill-net catch consisted of 1,371,984 pounds, valued at $44,113, of 

 which 407,0^5 pounds, worth $14,401, were taken with vessels. The 

 principal fishing center for gill nets is Alpena. The only species that 

 constitutes a prominent element in the yield is trout. 



Fyke nets are important only in Saginaw Bay and Elver, where they 

 take large quantities of the minor kinds of fish, notably perch and 

 suckers. Of the total number of such nets used, viz, 221, 170 were 

 employed in the region named, where they are set in conjunction with 

 pound nets. The fyke-net catch in 1890 was 1,088,751 i)ounds, for which 

 $23,156 was received. 



The list of apparatus in this lake is completed by the enumeration of 

 seines and lines, which are unimportant, the combined yield being only 

 69,850 pounds, having a value of $2,973. 



The extent to which each prominent fish in this lake enters into the 

 catch of each apparatus is shown in the following table: 



Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the fisheries of Lake Huron. 



