792 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Microptertis pallidus (Cuv. and Val. ;) black bass. — More abundant 

 than near Chicago. A few taken daily. 



AmhlopUtes rupesiris (Raf.,) Gill ; rock bass. — Common. 



Percrt J-mmcawMs Schrauck; perch. — Common in the p.ounds; taken 

 throughout the season. Large numbers are taken with the seine and 

 gill-net at the mouth of the Calumet in the fall. 



Eoccus chrysops (Raf.) Gill ; white bass. — As the weather gets warm 

 in June, on pleasant evenings this species crowd in the mouth of the 

 riv^er so that the water appears to be filled with a compact mass. One 

 haul with a long seine at one of these runs, it was estimated, contained 

 over 20,000 pounds, the most of which were turned back into the river. 

 It is only during calm pleasant weather, with a south wind for several 

 days in succession, that these large runs occur ; but every season they 

 are more or less abundant. They are not in good demand as a market 

 fish, so but little effort is made to catch them. When the large runs 

 occur they often go up the river as far as Calumet Lake, ten miles, and a 

 few remain in this lake throughout the year, being taken whenever the 

 fisherman do any seining there. 



Usox lucius, Lin.; lake pike. Occasionally taken in the pounds. 



Esox noMlior, Thomp.; muskellonge. — This species occurs in the pounds 

 in sparing numbers throughout the season. 



Coregonus albns, Les.; White fish. — Formerly this species spawned 

 a short distance off'-shore in large numbers, but it has been several 

 years since. May and June are the principal months for this fish unless 

 as sometimes occurs there is a fall run, when they are abundant from 

 the last of September to the first of December. 



Argyrosomus chipeiformis, Mitch.; lake herring. — Runs with the pre- 

 ceding and in nearly equal numbers. The catch of this and the pre- 

 ceding species varies from 800 to 10,000 pounds, daily, the average 

 being about 1,500 pounds of the two kinds. 



Salmo 7iamayacush, Rich.; lake trout.— Common during the spring and 

 fall seasons. 



Myxostoma macrolepidota, Les.; mullet. — Common in the spring. This 

 species, C. commersonii, and several other species of suckers, are taken 

 in varying numbers through the season. 



Bubalichthys bubalus, buffalo fish. — Common in the pounds through- 

 out the season. Sometimes several hundred weight are taken in a day. 



Amiurus catus, Lin.; bullhead. — Occasionally taken in the pounds. 



Amiurus nigricans, Les.; lake catfish, and Icthcelurus punctatus, Raf.; 

 forked-tail catfish. — Both species are abundant. Several hundred weight 

 of the two are often taken in a day, during the last of the season. 

 Specimens of the fish are often taken that weigh 50 pounds, each. The 

 latter average much less and are a slenderer fish. 



Amia calva, Lin.; dogfish. — Not common in the pounds. Often taken 

 by the seines near shore. They swarm in the water about the fish hou- 

 ses near the mouth of the river where the offal is thrown. 



