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Next, or eighth, come the tullibees or small mongrel whitefish 

 of which we have great numbers in Minnesota. We sell them at 

 about the same price as pickerel. They are obtained in quantities 

 only in the fall.. 



The quillback or "lake carp " is not very plentiful in our waters, 

 but sells better than sheepshead, goldeyes or mullets. The 45,000 

 pounds which were taken includes a considerable proportion of 

 Asiatic carp of which we did not keep a separate record. It 

 might be said in passing that most of the Asiatic carp and buffalo- 

 fish produced in Minnesota are taken by regularly licensed fisher- 

 men and we send nearly four million pounds a year of them to 

 New York. 



In some of our northern lakes the yellow perch is very abundant 

 and attains a good size — often a pound or more. The 10,000 

 pounds of perch taken, mostly came from Mille Lac Lake and were 

 taken when pike-perch were being caught in gill nets. 



One of the most despised fish with us is the burbot or " eelpout," 

 but we have succeeded in inducing the people to eat over 7,000 

 pounds of them. Our men sometimes camouflaged them ' ' northern 

 catfish" which seemed to help some. 



The balance of our catch has been made up of rock bass, 

 sturgeon, catfish and dogfish, or bowfin, a small quantity of each. 

 Peculiarly, we have been disappointed in Red Lake as a producer 

 of sturgeon. The total production of fish by varieties for the 

 period named has been as follows : 



Sixteen Varieties. 



Pike Perch 302,333 lbs. 



Mullets 185,242 " 



Pickerel 181,757 



Bullheads 104,089 " 



Sheepshead 58,875 " 



Whitefish 58,855 " 



Goldeyes 51,504 " 



Tullibees 48,371 " 



Carp 45,256 " 



Perch 10,295 " 



Burbot 7,678 " 



Buffalofish 2,866 " 



Rock bass 2,015 " 



Sturgeon 390 " 



Catfish 74 « 



Dogfish 28 



Total 1,059,628 " 



