246 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



Catch: Bluegill, many, mostly young; Notropis heterodon, 78; 

 pumpkinseed, 7; skipjack, several; straw bass, 11; small-mouth 

 black bass, 3 ; grass pike, 3 ; blunt-nose minnow, 2 ; grayback min- 

 now, 1 ; red-eared sunfish, 1. 



July 31, 1 :40 to 3 :45 p. m. Stations 342 to 363, north and west 

 shores of Lost Lake. Air 76 ; water, 81 to 86 ; depth 4 feet and 

 under; seines, 15-foot and 45-foot. Bottom sand or mud with 

 much vegetation, such as lily-pads (Nymphsea and Castalia), 

 Scirpus, Myriophyilum, Chara, etc. Afternoon pleasant, growing 

 hazy toward evening ; very little breeze. 



Catch: Bluegill, abundant, mostly young; Notropis heterodon, 

 many; skipjack, many; red-eared sunfish, 22; straw bass, 32; 

 pumpkinseed, 24 ; Fundulus dispar, 6 ; small-mouth black bass, 2 ; 

 blunt-nose minnow, 4 ; mud minnow, 1 ; grass pike, 1 ; warmouth, 

 3; chub sucker, 2. 



August 1, 1:37 to 3:30 p.m. Stations 364 to 379, west side 

 of Lost Lake from Hawk's barn south to where the lake narrows, 

 then a few hauls in the outlet and two hauls (Nos. 378 and 379) 

 on east side of outlet. This entire stretch of shore was not seined, 

 as patches of Castalia, etc., made it impossible in some places. The 

 water was very clear and the sunfish could be seen swimming about 

 in large numbers. Air 82 ; water 78 to 79 ; depth 3.5 feet 

 and under; seines, 15- and 45-foot. Bottom mostly of mud and 

 muck. Rank vegetation. 



Catch: Bluegill, about 200; red-eared sunfish, about 50; 

 Fundulus dispar, 66 ; Notropis heterodon, about 30 ; straw bass,. 16 ; 

 warmouth, 19 ; chub sucker, 4 ; grass pike, 2 ; yellow perch, 2 ; small- 

 mouth black bass, 6; least darter, 3; skipjack, 1; Johnny darter, 1. 



August 2, afternoon. Stations 380 to 390, in the Outlet be- 

 tween the two lakes, over the same grounds as Nos. 313 to 327. 

 Air, 82 ; water, 83.5 to 84 ; depth 2 feet or less; seine, 15-foot. 



Catch : Bluegill, 307 and many young ; straw bass, 152 ; small- 

 mouth black bass, 17; warmouth, 15; red-eared sunfish, 12; rock 

 bass, 8 ; grass pike, 4 ; mud minnow, 2 ; calico bass, 1 ; least darter, 

 1 ; Fundulus dispar, 1 ; green sunfish, 2. 



August 3, afternoon. Stations 391 to 395, beginning in front 

 of Arlington thence southward. Air 84 ; water 80 ; depth 4 feet 

 and under ; seine, 120-foot. 



Catch : Yellow perch, 243 ; bluegill, 85 ; log perch, 125 ; small- 

 mouth black bass, 49 ; reck bass, 36 ; grayback minnow, 41 ; straw 

 bass, 46 ; blunt-nose minnow, 2. 



August 4, afternoon. Stations 396 to 422. First 6 hauls 

 southward from Green's pier, the next in the marsh about Norris 



