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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  trap 
  nets, 
  416 
  gill 
  nets, 
  76 
  squat 
  nets, 
  20 
  seines, 
  335 
  set 
  lines, 
  7 
  spears, 
  

   16 
  eel 
  weirs, 
  8 
  wire 
  nets, 
  and 
  2,637 
  tip-ups. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   illegal 
  devices 
  destroyed 
  was 
  4,761, 
  representing 
  a 
  total 
  money 
  value 
  

   of 
  $25,820, 
  a 
  sum 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  whole 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  legal 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  region. 
  

  

  The 
  greatest 
  drawback 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  

   streams 
  is 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  undesirable 
  species. 
  The 
  alewife 
  in 
  Seneca 
  

   Lake, 
  the 
  gar 
  in 
  Lake 
  Chautauqua, 
  and 
  the 
  ling 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  rivers, 
  are 
  very 
  unpopular 
  residents, 
  and 
  unless 
  their 
  numbers 
  are 
  

   reduced 
  shortly 
  they 
  will 
  do 
  considerable 
  harm. 
  These 
  fishes 
  appear 
  

   to 
  be 
  useless, 
  although 
  the 
  ling 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  as 
  cod 
  in 
  Bufi'alo. 
  

   The 
  German 
  carp 
  is 
  also 
  regarded 
  with 
  some 
  disfavor, 
  but 
  if 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  winter 
  time 
  and 
  sent 
  alive 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  would 
  net 
  the 
  

   shipper 
  a 
  fair 
  price, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  hardy 
  fish 
  and 
  woukl 
  stand 
  

   transportation 
  in 
  ice. 
  

  

  Below 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  conditions 
  and 
  principal 
  features 
  

   in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  each 
  lake 
  and 
  river 
  in 
  which 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  was 
  

   carried 
  on 
  in 
  1902. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  were 
  visited, 
  

   but 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  considered. 
  

  

  BEAR 
  AND 
  CASSADAGA 
  LAKES. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  small 
  bodies 
  of 
  water 
  close 
  together 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  

   County, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Lake 
  Chautauqua. 
  During 
  1902 
  spearing 
  for 
  

   muskellunge 
  was 
  permitted 
  in 
  these 
  lakes 
  on 
  Monday 
  and 
  Thursday 
  

   of 
  each 
  week 
  for 
  five 
  consecutive 
  weeks, 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  Mon- 
  

   day 
  in 
  February. 
  The 
  fishing 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  almost 
  identically 
  the 
  

   same 
  manner 
  as 
  in 
  Lake 
  Chautauqua. 
  Hand-line 
  fishing 
  through 
  the 
  

   ice 
  for 
  bullheads 
  is 
  also 
  practiced 
  on 
  these 
  jfekes. 
  

  

  CANANDAIGUA 
  LAKE. 
  

  

  This 
  lake 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Yates, 
  a 
  portion 
  

   forming 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  counties. 
  It 
  

   runs 
  almost 
  due 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  15 
  miles 
  long, 
  while 
  its 
  

   greatest 
  width 
  is 
  about 
  2 
  miles. 
  The 
  lake 
  occupies 
  an 
  eroded 
  valley, 
  

   and 
  has 
  quite 
  high 
  banks. 
  Its 
  waters 
  discharge 
  through 
  Canandaigua 
  

   Outlet 
  into 
  Clyde 
  River 
  and 
  thence 
  into 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  town 
  on 
  this 
  lake 
  is 
  Canandaigua. 
  The 
  only 
  

   apparatus 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  1902 
  consisted 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  and 
  set 
  lines, 
  the 
  

   former 
  owned 
  and 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  taking 
  white-fish, 
  which 
  were 
  stripped 
  

   for 
  fish-cultural 
  purposes 
  and 
  then 
  sold 
  as 
  food. 
  The 
  set 
  lines, 
  which 
  

   were 
  each 
  about 
  600 
  feet 
  long, 
  were 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  

   the 
  catch 
  consisted 
  of 
  bullheads, 
  pickerel, 
  suckers, 
  and 
  white-Hsh, 
  

   quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  