﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  509 
  

  

  OHIO. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  fisheries 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Elver 
  are 
  of 
  some 
  impor- 
  

   tance, 
  the 
  principal 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishing- 
  in 
  the 
  Grand, 
  Licking, 
  Lewistown, 
  and 
  Loramie 
  reservoirs. 
  

   The 
  chief 
  centers 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Eiver 
  are 
  Steubenville, 
  Manchester, 
  

   Buenavista, 
  Neville, 
  and 
  Marietta. 
  Grand 
  Eeservoir, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   largest 
  artificial 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  maintains 
  fisheries 
  that 
  

   are 
  almost 
  as 
  extensive 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  apparatus 
  is 
  the 
  fyke 
  net, 
  of 
  which 
  nearly 
  3,000 
  were 
  employed, 
  

   bnt 
  seines, 
  set 
  lines, 
  and 
  hand 
  lines 
  also 
  take 
  considerable 
  (juantities 
  of 
  

   fish. 
  The 
  species 
  of 
  noteworthy 
  prominence 
  are 
  black 
  bass, 
  catfish, 
  

   drum, 
  suckers, 
  sunfish, 
  and 
  yellow 
  perch. 
  In 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  named 
  

   some 
  turtles 
  and 
  frogs 
  are 
  secured. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persona 
  using 
  each 
  form 
  of 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Ohio 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  boats, 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture, 
  and 
  property 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

  

  Ohio 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  