368 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



of Provo River, while the other, with a line attached, makes a semicir- 

 cle. As there is a perceptible current setting from the southern arm of 

 the lake, increased by the southwest wind, the net is gradually drifted 

 to near the mouth of the river ; the boats then approach each other, 

 the brails are seized, and the lead-line is held down by the feet of the 

 fishermen, who jump into the shallow water into which the net is drawn, 

 the fish being secured as the net is gradually hauled in. In winter 

 fishing is carried on under the ice, holes being cut at certain distances 

 and the net introduced by means of spars ; it is then dragged to a favor- 

 able open space, and the fish collected. The hauls in winter, however, 

 scarcely repay the labor bestowed ; the net is sometimes seriously dam- 

 aged, and the trout are shy and run into deep water; but the so-called 

 suckers are very numerous, and meet with a ready sale. 



The accompanying maps will afford a better idea of the lakes in ques- 

 tion and their tributaries than any description I could possibly give. 

 They are copied from the maps of Lieutenant Wheeler's report of the 

 Territory, and are reliable. To this gentleman I am indebted for per- 

 mission to publish these observations, which form jjart of his Report on 

 the Ichthyology of the West. 



