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these basins have a large area of shallow water. On account of 

 the newness of two of the basins and the rising shore line, water 

 plants are not well established at present, except on Little Long 

 Pond there is considerable swamp margin at the west, and along 

 the northeastern end. The most stagnant water is in the western 

 end. There are no large inlets in this chain of lakes. The bottom 

 temperature in July at 40 feet was 52° Fahrenheit. 



2. Kinds and Abundance of Fish. Eel, one taken; Golden 

 Shiner, abundant; Common Sucker, scarce; Chub Sucker, abun- 

 dant; Hornpout, very abundant; Chain Pickerel, abundant; 

 Mud Minnow, Umbra pygmcea (DeKay), probably abundant; 

 Freshwater Killy, Fundnlus diaphanus (LeSueur), a few taken; 

 Rock Bass, apparently scarce; Common Sunfish, very abundant; 

 Large-mouth Blackbass, abundant; Perch, very abundant. 



3. Conditions for Fish. The conditions are favorable for 

 an abundance of fish food, and for breeding. The predaceous 

 enemies of fish are not abundant. These include Water Snake, 

 Snapping Turtle, Kingfisher and Green Heron. Many Common 

 Sunfish eggs were found moulded, even when protected by the 

 parents. Considerable angling is done in these waters. These 

 waters are easily accessible by automobile for fish planting. 

 Large-mouth Blackbass breed in great numbers. 



4. Policy for the Water. This series of lakes is devoted to 

 the Boy Scout camps, where much attention is given to bathing 

 and boating. The large number of boys here means that much 

 fishing will be done. Large-mouth Blackbass and Chain 

 Pickerel should be made the chief predaceous fish. The waters 

 can not be seined easily on account of the brush and stumps. 

 Fishing rules and plans for cooking should be formulated, similar 

 to those later suggested for Car Pond. 



5. Recommendations, (a) Leave these lakes alone and allow 

 them to become stabilized under present conditions, as they are 

 already well stocked with valuable kinds of fish, (b) Develop some 

 fishing and cooking rules for this water, in order to conserve the 

 fish supply, and to teach the boys proper use of such food. 



