NO. 1778. LAKE OF WOODS FISHES— EVERMANN AND LATIMER. 133 



27. LEUCICHTHYS TULUBEE (Richardson). 

 TULLIBEE. 



Five specimens, 2:^ to 5f inches long, from Kettle Falls, Rainy Lake, 

 Minnesota, July 26, 1895; also obtained by Doctor Meek in October, 

 1908. 



Abundant; less valued as a food fish than the preceding species. 



28. CRISTIVOMER NAMAYCUSH (Walbaum). 

 LAKE TROUT. 



Said to be very rare; perhaps most frequent in Whitefish Bay. 



29. LUCIUS LUCIUS (Linnaus). 

 COMMON PIKE; PICKEREL; JACKFISH. 



This fish is variously known in the Lake of the Woods district as 

 jack, jackfish, grass pike, or pickerel, where it is an abundant and 

 important food fish. In the American waters of the Lake of the 

 Woods this fish is taken in pound nets set in 10 to 24 feet of water at 

 Buffalo Bay, Sandy Beach, Garden Island, and Oak Island. The 

 nets are the same as those used for whitefish. The jackfish average 2 

 feet in length and 5 pounds in w^eight. Their spawning season is in 

 April, in marshy and grassy places in shallow water. They are 

 voracious fish and feed largely on other fishes. The usual price 

 received by the fishermen is 2^ cents a pound; the wholesale price 3 J 

 cents. 



Catch of jackfish in Lake of the Woods from 1888 to 1909. 



Value as per prices paid to fishermen at their fisheries. 



