244 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



of lake westward to The Roost. Air 89 ; water 79 to 88 ; depth, 



2 feet and under; seine, 45-foot. Bottom at first mud then sand 

 and some gravel. Much Chara, Pontederia, Scirpus and Potamog- 

 eton. 



Catch: Skipjack, young, very abundant; bluegill, 267; straw 

 bass, 203; yellow perch, 211; blunt-nose minnow, 84; log perch, 

 15 ; grayback minnow, 190 ; pumpkinseed, 50 ; rock bass, 43 ; yellow 

 cat, 4 ; long-nose gar, 3 ; green sunfish, 1 ; small-mouth black bass, 

 26 ; Notropis umbratilis, 12. 



July 22, 2 :00 to 5 :00 p. m. Stations 229 to 247, from The Roost 

 westward to Kreutzberger's pier. Air 87 ; water 81 to 87 ; depth, 



3 feet and under ; seine, 45-foot. Bottom unusually varied, ranging 

 from mud and sand through gravel to boulders; much Chara and 

 some Potamogeton. 



Catch : Bluegill, 1,187 ; log perch, 371 ; skipjack, numerous 

 young ; small-mouth black bass, 66 ; yellow perch, 158 ; straw bass, 

 17 ; rock bass, 27 ; pumpkinseed, 13 ; grayback minnow, 14 ; blunt- 

 nose minnow, 5; silverside, 2. 



July 24, 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. Stations 248 to 263, from end of 

 Long Point west and north to ice-houses. Air 87 ; water 83 

 to 86; depth 3 feet and under; seine, 45-foot. Bottom mud or 

 marl, very little sand and no gravel. Usually a heavy growth of 

 vegetation consisting chiefly of Vallisneria spiralis, Philotria 

 canadensis, Pctamogeton pectinatus, P. amplifolius, Megalodonta 

 beckii, Heteranthera dubia, Naias flexilis, Chara contraria, and 

 Potamogeton lucens. Right at the Outlet is a small patch of 

 Nymphaea advena and a few plants of Castalia odorata. Just off 

 the ice-houses diatoms are more abundant than at any other place 

 in the lake. 



Catch: Yellow perch, 280; bluegill, 211; skipjack, numerous; 

 pumpkinseed, 81 ; rock bass, 41 ; log perch, 38 ; warmouth, 6 ; straw 

 bass, 21 ; small-mouth black bass, 9 ; bullhead, 4 ; Johnny darter, 

 2; grayback minnow, 2; short-nose gar, 1; grass pike, 1. In the 

 series of hauls were secured the first specimens of short-nose gar 

 and warmouth. Most of the fish taken were young, as usual ; how- 

 ever, some large fish were caught, among them a straw bass weigh- 

 ing 4 pounds and another of 2 pounds. 



July 25, 2 :20 to 5 :00 p. m. Stations 264 to 280, from Kreut- 

 berger's pier southward to the Assembly grounds. Air 86 ; 

 water 81 to 86 ; depth 4 feet and under; seine, 45-foot. Bottom 

 usually of sand, sometimes mud or marl in the deeper places. 

 Vegetation, Eleocharis interstincta (the only patch in the lake), 

 Scirpus validus and S. americanus, V-'^llianeria spiralis, Potamog- 



