On September 10, 1946, Guy Taylor, Inspector of the Illinois Department of Conservation, 

 with a fish rescue crew, made several seine hauls and removed the following fishes: 



Large white crapples 

 Small white crapples 

 Large black bullheads 

 Small black bullheads 

 Large buffaloes 

 Small buffaloes 

 Large carp 



58 weighing 



15,000 weighing 



1 weighing 



6,000 weighing 



10 weighing 



23 weighing 



7 weighing 



79 pounds 



300 pounds 



1 pound 



100 pounds 



250 pounds 



34 pounds 



77 pounds 



The cra^jpies and bullheads were transported alive to other waters. 



On September 16, the fishes remaining In Gale Lake were poisoned. As many as possible of 

 the fishes were collected. The large ones were counted and weighed with the assistance of a crew of 

 men supplied by Gale Products. An estimate was made of the poundage of small crapples, green sun- 

 fish, bullheads, and golden shiners. 



Table 1 shows the 1946 fish popiilation of Gale Lake. 



Table 1. — Census of all fishes* in Gale Lake (10.0 acres). Gale Products Recreation Grounds, 

 Galesburg, Illinois, September, 1946. 



♦This census Includes the fishes taken by Guy Taylor and those taken after poison had been applied 

 to the lake. 



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