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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  WISCONSIN. 
  

  

  The 
  rather 
  prominent 
  position 
  which 
  this 
  State 
  occupied 
  in 
  1894 
  as 
  

   regards 
  fishing 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  

   Ki 
  ver 
  and 
  Lake 
  Winnebago. 
  While 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  line 
  lakes 
  is 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  large, 
  the 
  fishing 
  is 
  comparatively 
  limited, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   shipping 
  facilities 
  and 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  restrictive 
  laws. 
  The 
  largest 
  

   catch 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  Lake 
  Winnebago, 
  where 
  gill 
  nets 
  were 
  the 
  princii)al 
  

   form 
  of 
  apparatus 
  in 
  use, 
  and 
  drum, 
  wall 
  eyed 
  pike, 
  and 
  bass 
  the 
  chief 
  

   products. 
  On 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  seines, 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  and 
  set 
  lines 
  take 
  the 
  

   bulk 
  of 
  the 
  catch, 
  which 
  consists 
  largely 
  of 
  buffalo-fish, 
  catfish, 
  and 
  drum. 
  

   In 
  lakes 
  Winneconne, 
  Big 
  Butte 
  des 
  Morts, 
  and 
  Poygan, 
  there 
  is 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  set 
  lines. 
  Considering 
  the 
  entire 
  

   State, 
  the 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  species, 
  although 
  the 
  

   yield 
  of 
  fresh-water 
  drum 
  is 
  larger. 
  

  

  Table 
  Klioirhig 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  empJoyed 
  in 
  flie 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Wisconsin 
  in 
  IS94. 
  

  

  Table 
  shoiviny 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  apparalKx 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Wisconsin 
  in 
  1S94. 
  

  

  