34 REPORT OF THE No. 32 



North Channel, Lake Huron. 



Overseer, Joseph Hemhruff, Manitowaning, reports that the fishing in 

 his district was good, and that tourists could get their lawful catch in a 

 day. The law as to close season was well observed. 



Game was very scarce. There were hardly any partridge to be seen, 

 and ducks were not very plentiful. 



Overseer William Hunter, I'ehJcummah, reports that the fishery laws 

 have been fairly well respected in that part of the country during 1907. 

 He got one net set for trout, but has had no complaints of illegal fishing in 

 the streams around that neighborhood. The Manitou Fish Co., are doing 

 good work at Manitou Lake, stocking the lake with trout and whitefish. 

 There do not seem to be as many trout in Manitou River as there should 

 be. There are no fishways on the river, and when the water is low the fish 

 cannot get up from Lake Huron, as there is a dam at Michaels Bay, but no 

 fishway. He would recommend granting settlers' licenses to fish for their 

 own use in the fall, say for two weeks, for herring, as it would be a benefit 

 to them, and no one would object to pay for a license for that privilege. 



The game laws have been well respected. He heard of no one doing 

 any shooting out of season. 



Overseer Oliver, Little Current, reports that angling for game fish along 

 the North Shore in his division has been good, that is to say, for black bass, 

 pickerel and 'lunge; and hunting also in the shooting season has been good. 

 The revenue for angling and shooting this year has been a great deal larger 

 than any previous year. The fisheries in his division have been a fair aver- 

 age catch. From the best information he can gather so far, they are some- 

 thing less than last year. The whitefish catch has been much less. He 

 fears that unless some strict measures are taken to protect whitefish, they 

 will soon be a thing of the past ; they are going fast in his division. Prices 

 have averaged about five cents per pound for trout, and six cents for pick- 

 erel and whitefish. He thinks there were about seventy-five or eighty per 

 cent, shipped to American markets. He believes the fishery law has been 

 fairly well observed this year in his division. 



Georgian Bay. 



Overseer B. A. Dusang, Fesserton, reports that carp and other coarse 

 fish are increasing in the waters over which he has supervision. There 

 were about 1,100 lbs. of carp caught during the season. About 75 per 

 cent, of the amount of fish caught in this district are exported to the IFnited 

 States, 20 per cent, used in Canada, and five per cent, used for home con- 

 sumption. 



The close seasons have been well observed throughout. He seized six 

 large trap nets, and also twelve small gill nets, half a mile of night line 

 with 85 hooks on it, all of which he destroyed. He had one of the parties 

 fined. There were a great many tourists this season, and they were all 

 well satisfied with the fishing, which has been very good. There have been 

 good reports from all the fishermen. 



Overseer James Hewitt, Honey Harbor, reports that there has been no 

 netting in Honey Harbor during the past year. The angling and still fish- 

 ing were good, also pike trolling; the catch of maskinonge and black bass 

 was fairly good, and they could very nearly get their limit every day. Rod 

 fishing is improving, and the rules are being lived up to. He is sorry to say 



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