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Those were in Lake Erie. There are certain charac- 

 teristics of the Lake Erie fish which cause them to 

 differ from Lake Michigan fish. They have a hump 

 on their back, and can easily be told b\' a Lake Michi- 

 gan fisherman. In the Detroit River a great number 

 of fish have been put in the past year. The report 

 shows that in the west end of Lake Erie the}^ had 

 better white fish last fall than for a number of years, 

 and it only shows that they are beginning to feel the 

 effects of the restrictions which we have placed upon 

 the fishing. 



Mr. Amsden : It seems to me if there is any one 

 subject the Society can take up and discuss with 

 great benefit to the countr}^ at large it is this, and 

 for the Society to meet once a year and publish its 

 transactions, with a limited circulation, does not accom- 

 plish what it should accomplish. We complain because 

 our membership is not larger and more interest is not 

 taken in the Societ}'. I think if we took hold of a sub- 

 ject like this and acted on it forcibl}^, we would enlarge 

 the membership of our Society and accomplish some- 

 thing. To m\^ mind, the food fish is of very much 

 more importance than the game fish, and as to the 

 expense of doing this, which Mr. Mather questions, I 

 am willing to pay a good deal larger dues, if necessary, 

 so that it can be done. These transactions that we 

 publish do not reach the quarters we desire them to 

 reach, and it seems to me that Avlien the Legislatures 

 meet it would not be very expensive for our President 

 and one or two of our members to go right there before 

 the committees and argue the matter and convince them 

 of these facts. It is the only way that I see in which 

 you can do it. 



Mr. Gunckel : A word with reference to Western 

 Ohio, as to these small fish. Ohio is in the position 

 which has been stated here. They will say, we can- 

 not do anything either, unless Michigan and Pennsjd- 



