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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  objections 
  to 
  this 
  manner 
  of 
  fishing 
  made 
  by 
  sportsmen 
  and 
  others, 
  

   the 
  legislature 
  of 
  1903 
  amended 
  the 
  law 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  practice 
  is 
  now 
  

   permitted 
  only 
  on 
  Thursday 
  of 
  each 
  week 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   February. 
  

  

  The 
  gar-pike 
  is 
  an 
  unmitigated 
  nuisance 
  in 
  this 
  lake. 
  Strenuous 
  

   efiorts 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1896 
  and 
  1897, 
  by 
  securing 
  appropriations 
  of 
  the 
  

   legislature 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  private 
  individuals, 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  

   this 
  pest, 
  and 
  the 
  numbers 
  were 
  materially 
  reduced. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  are 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  spear 
  gar-pike 
  when 
  spearing 
  muskellunge, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  gar 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  not 
  many 
  are 
  destroyed 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  although 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  less 
  experienced 
  spearers 
  practice 
  on 
  it 
  first. 
  

  

  Bullheads 
  are 
  also 
  quite 
  abundant. 
  They 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   hand 
  lines 
  fished 
  through 
  the 
  ice, 
  and 
  with 
  set 
  lines 
  during 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   the 
  year. 
  

  

  Chautauqua 
  Lake 
  leads 
  all 
  other 
  bodies 
  of 
  fresh 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  

   in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  muskellunge, 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  

   in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  bullheads. 
  

  

  CONESUS 
  LAKE. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  medium-sized 
  lake 
  situated 
  wholly 
  in 
  Livingston 
  County, 
  in 
  

   the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  in 
  1902 
  was 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  hand 
  lines 
  through 
  the 
  ice, 
  and 
  yellow 
  perch 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  

   species 
  taken. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  GEORGE. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  sheet 
  of 
  water, 
  about 
  36 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  is 
  situated 
  

   in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Like 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  it 
  has 
  high 
  banks, 
  and 
  it 
  discharges 
  into 
  Champlain 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   a 
  short 
  and 
  narrow 
  outlet. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  permitted 
  is 
  with 
  hand 
  lines, 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  being 
  to 
  restrict 
  the 
  fishing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  sportsmen. 
  

   The 
  species 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishery 
  are 
  black 
  bass, 
  bullheads, 
  

   lake 
  trout, 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  and 
  pickerel. 
  Large 
  quantities 
  of 
  game 
  fish 
  

   are 
  unnecessarily 
  destroyed 
  each 
  year 
  by 
  summer 
  residents 
  along 
  the 
  

   lake 
  shore. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  KEUKA. 
  

  

  Just 
  west 
  of 
  Seneca 
  Lake, 
  into 
  which 
  it 
  empties 
  through 
  a 
  short 
  

   tributuary, 
  is 
  Lake 
  Keuka, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  Crooked 
  Lake 
  because 
  

   of 
  its 
  shape. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  20 
  miles 
  long, 
  2 
  miles 
  wide, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  

   ascertained 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  200 
  feet. 
  Fishing 
  through 
  the 
  ice 
  with 
  

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

   and 
  April. 
  Pickerel 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  tip-ups. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  summer 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  game 
  fish, 
  particularly 
  black 
  bass, 
  

   lake 
  trout, 
  and 
  pickerel, 
  are 
  caught 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  and 
  

  

  