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feel certain that the pike were lying below the ends of the dams 

 and reefs where these fish were working and were feeding on the 

 minnows that were stung by the skipjacks. 



During the past three years there has not been a skipjack 

 seen in the upper river and, as a result the pike have had a hard 

 time to find sufficient food. They are now caught, whenever 

 it is possible to catch them, along the shallow flats or bars, where 

 they evidently are searching for food. 



I have been told that the Keokuk dam is one of three dams in 

 the United States which have been constructed under government 

 supervision without requiring the construction of a fishway, the 

 other dams being located in the western states. It would seem 

 that this society should adopt a resolution or memorial to Congress 

 requesting the construction of a proper and suitable fishway in 

 the Keokuk dam, so as to permit the fish of the Mississippi to 

 obtain free access to the upper and lower sections of the river. 



