﻿COMMERCIAL 
  FISHERIES 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  AND 
  VERMONT. 
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  Early 
  in 
  1903 
  the 
  legislature 
  passed 
  a 
  law 
  permitting 
  ice 
  fishing- 
  with 
  

   hand 
  lines 
  and 
  tip-ups, 
  except 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  April, 
  

   and 
  spearing 
  for 
  all 
  fish 
  but 
  lake 
  trout, 
  black 
  bass, 
  and 
  pike 
  perch, 
  

   except 
  during 
  April, 
  May, 
  and 
  June. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  tip-ups 
  and 
  set 
  lines 
  

   is 
  restricted 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  section 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  lake. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  

   of 
  this 
  more 
  liberal 
  law 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  will 
  doubtless 
  soon 
  

   show 
  a 
  considerable 
  expansion. 
  

  

  CAYUGA 
  LAKE. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  prettiest 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  lying 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  eroded 
  

   valley, 
  the 
  banks 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  being 
  perpendicular 
  cliffs 
  from 
  10 
  

   to 
  60 
  feet 
  high. 
  It 
  extends 
  almost 
  due 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  for 
  about 
  38 
  

   miles, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  width 
  of 
  2 
  miles. 
  Its 
  greatest 
  width 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  

   miles, 
  and 
  its 
  greatest 
  ascertained 
  depth 
  is 
  390 
  feet. 
  The 
  outlet 
  from 
  

   this 
  lake 
  meets 
  Clyde 
  River 
  about 
  6 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  together 
  

   these 
  streams 
  form 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  Commercial 
  fishing 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  Lake 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  which 
  

   are 
  operated 
  from 
  October 
  1 
  to 
  March 
  31, 
  "in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  

   which 
  lies 
  north 
  of 
  Canoga 
  Point 
  and 
  within 
  1,800 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  

   shore 
  thereof, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  said 
  lake 
  which 
  lies 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Central 
  and 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Railroad 
  bridge 
  across 
  such 
  lake, 
  

   and 
  within 
  ■! 
  miles 
  of 
  such 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  all 
  streams 
  and 
  riv^ers 
  

   which 
  have 
  an 
  outlet 
  or 
  inlet 
  in 
  such 
  lake 
  north 
  of 
  such 
  bridge." 
  

   Nearly 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  nets 
  have 
  four 
  hoops, 
  and 
  the 
  mesh 
  is 
  limited 
  by 
  

   law 
  to 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  l^-inch 
  bar. 
  Only 
  common 
  fish, 
  such 
  as 
  bull- 
  

   heads, 
  dogfish, 
  eels, 
  German 
  carp, 
  suckers, 
  and 
  sunfish, 
  can 
  legally 
  be 
  

   sold, 
  the 
  fishermen 
  being 
  required 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  all 
  game 
  fish 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  nets. 
  The 
  waters 
  swarm 
  with 
  dogfish 
  and 
  German 
  carp, 
  

   and 
  thousands 
  of 
  pounds 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  are 
  taken, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  thrown 
  upon 
  the 
  shores 
  to 
  rot 
  or 
  else 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  fertilizer. 
  As 
  the 
  

   fyke-net 
  fishing 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  come 
  from 
  Seneca 
  Falls, 
  Cayuga, 
  Auburn, 
  and 
  Canoga, 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  larger 
  number 
  being 
  from 
  the 
  first-named 
  place. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  CHAMPLAIN. 
  

  

  A 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  tlie 
  boundary 
  line 
  between 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  Vermont 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  

   which 
  extends 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  into 
  Canada. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake, 
  however, 
  is 
  in 
  Vermont, 
  the 
  dividing 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  

   portion 
  lying 
  midway 
  between 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  islands 
  running 
  down 
  the 
  

   center 
  and 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  shore. 
  From 
  its 
  head 
  at 
  Whitehall 
  to 
  the 
  

   border, 
  the 
  lake 
  is 
  about 
  100 
  miles 
  long. 
  In 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  

   than 
  a 
  mile 
  wide 
  in 
  places; 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  incloses 
  several 
  large 
  

   islands, 
  and 
  is 
  nearly 
  14 
  miles 
  wide. 
  The 
  greatest 
  ascertained 
  depth 
  is 
  

   600 
  feet.' 
  By 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  Richelieu 
  River 
  it 
  discharges 
  into 
  the 
  St. 
  

   Lawrence. 
  

  

  