﻿122 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Kiver, 
  practically 
  all 
  the 
  fishing 
  is 
  done 
  iu 
  Grand, 
  

   Lewiston, 
  Loraniie, 
  and 
  Licking 
  reservoirs, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  more 
  

   extensive 
  interests 
  than 
  the 
  river 
  named. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  301) 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Ohio 
  (exclusive 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Erie) 
  in 
  1894, 
  06 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Eiver, 
  107 
  in 
  Grand 
  Eeservoir, 
  57 
  in 
  

   Lewiston 
  Reservoir, 
  40 
  in 
  Licking 
  Reservoir, 
  and 
  9 
  in 
  Loramie 
  Reser- 
  

   voir. 
  Seines, 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  and 
  set 
  lines 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  apparatus 
  used, 
  

   the 
  first-named 
  being 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River 
  and 
  the 
  fyke 
  nets 
  

   being 
  especially 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  reservoirs. 
  The 
  capital 
  invested, 
  

   amounting 
  to 
  $14,016, 
  represented 
  231 
  boats, 
  23 
  seines, 
  2,879 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  

   541 
  set 
  and 
  other 
  lines, 
  3 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  other 
  property. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1894 
  was 
  1,239,300 
  pounds, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   received 
  $59,400. 
  

  

  Buflalo-fish 
  and 
  fresh-water 
  drum, 
  which 
  in 
  other 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  Basin 
  enter 
  largely 
  into 
  the 
  catch, 
  are 
  only 
  sparingly 
  taken 
  iu 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Ohio. 
  The 
  most 
  prominent 
  species 
  are 
  catfish, 
  sunfish, 
  

   black 
  bass, 
  and 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  while 
  crappy, 
  carp, 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  stur- 
  

   geon, 
  rock 
  bass, 
  warniouth 
  bass, 
  paddle-fish, 
  and 
  eels 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  limited 
  

   quantities. 
  Nearly 
  three-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  yield 
  was 
  obtained 
  with 
  

   fyke 
  nets 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  the 
  remainder 
  with 
  lines. 
  The 
  former 
  

   apparatus 
  took 
  701,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $31,900, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  351,400 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $15,650. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  fish 
  

   was 
  as 
  follows: 
  320,360 
  pounds 
  of 
  catfish, 
  $9,590; 
  185,850 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   black 
  bass, 
  $17,150; 
  188,300 
  pounds 
  of 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  $4,275; 
  315,875 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  sunfish, 
  $9,590; 
  100,600 
  pounds 
  of 
  suckers, 
  $4,465. 
  Turtles, 
  

   terrapins, 
  and 
  frogs 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  from 
  Grand 
  and 
  Lewiston 
  reservoirs. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  iu 
  the 
  

   different 
  waters 
  was: 
  $26,151 
  in 
  Grand 
  Reservoir, 
  $12,602 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   River, 
  $10,750 
  m 
  Licking 
  Reservoir, 
  $7,820 
  in 
  Lewiston 
  Reservoir, 
  and 
  

   $2,080 
  in 
  Loramie 
  Reservoir. 
  

  

  Indiana. 
  — 
  Indiana 
  has 
  fisheries 
  that 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   in 
  the 
  interior 
  States. 
  The 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Wabash 
  rivers 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  

   grounds, 
  although 
  fishing 
  is 
  also 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  Kankakee, 
  White, 
  and 
  

   Tijipecanoe 
  rivers, 
  and 
  numerous 
  lakes, 
  among 
  which 
  are 
  Maxinkuckee, 
  

   Chapman, 
  Pike, 
  Center, 
  Crystal, 
  Huffman, 
  Palestine, 
  Andricks, 
  Oswego, 
  

   Barber, 
  Shriner, 
  Cedar, 
  Round, 
  Manitou, 
  Little 
  Eagle, 
  aud 
  Big 
  Eagle. 
  

   About 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  

   livers 
  first 
  named. 
  

  

  The 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  1894 
  numbered 
  

   889, 
  of 
  whom 
  490 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  200 
  in 
  the 
  Wabash, 
  82 
  in 
  the 
  Kan- 
  

   kakee, 
  and 
  117 
  in 
  other 
  waters. 
  The 
  investment 
  in 
  fishing 
  i)roperty 
  

   was 
  $25,590, 
  divided 
  as 
  follows: 
  $7,505 
  in 
  868 
  boats; 
  $11,067 
  in 
  2,050 
  

   fyke 
  nets; 
  $1,460 
  in 
  2,363 
  set 
  lines; 
  $2,230 
  in 
  82 
  seines; 
  $778 
  in 
  83 
  gill 
  

   nets, 
  and 
  $2,550 
  in 
  miscellaneous 
  and 
  shore 
  property. 
  Of 
  the 
  total 
  

   yield 
  of 
  2,504,775 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $124,169, 
  over 
  2,000,000 
  pounds, 
  

   worth 
  $103,000, 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Wabash 
  rivers. 
  Catfish 
  

   constituted 
  about 
  one-third 
  the 
  catch, 
  or 
  802,025 
  j)ound8, 
  valued 
  at 
  

  

  