TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Deputy Commissioner's Report 5 



Synopsis of Overseers' Reports 19 



Angling Waters 49 



Report of Captain of Steamer " Gilphie" 57 



Nipigon Trout 60 



Fishery Overseers of the Province, List of 62 



Statement of revenue received 68 



Return of fishermen, tonnage, vessels, nets and fish taken 70 



Recapitulation of fishermen, tonnage, vessels, nets and fish taken 86 



Comparison of yield 1902 and 1 903, according to districts 88 



Comparative statement of kinds of fish taken 1902 and 1903 90 



Statement showing quantity and value of fish taken in 1903 91 



Statement of tugs, boats, nets, men, etc.. engaged in 1903 89 



Value of Ontario fisheries from 1870 to 1903, inclusive 92 



Statement showing the number of fry distributed in the Province, 1868 to 1903 92 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The "Gilphie" i 



The Goderich Fishing Fleet, 1884 '. ii 



Fis-hing Station, Southampton, Ontario iii 



Nepigon Trout (Salvalinus fontinalis) iv 



On the Grand River v 



"Among the Twenty Thousand Islands" Georgian Bay vi 



Lake of Bays, Muskoka vii 



Muskoka River near Baysville viii 



Where the Trout hide ix 



Paradise Beach x 



Sharp Rock Outlet .„ xi 



/'The Good Old Summer Time" xii 



Dining Room Bon Echo Inn xiii 



Lake Massanaga . N xi v 



On Lake Opinicon (Rideau) xv 



A Morning's Catch xv 



Lords of the Big Rideau xvi 



Small-mouthed Black Bass 93 



Large Mouthed Black Bass 94 



Brook Trout 95 



Maskinonge and Pike 96 



Atlantic Salmon 97 



Greyling 98 



Lake Trout 99 



Sturgeon 99 



Whitefish 100 



Lake Herring 101 



The "Long-jaw" 102 



The Ale-wife or Branch Herring 103 



Pickerel (Dore) 104 



Sauster , 1 () 5 



Bullhead or Eelpout 106 



Yellow Perch 107 



White Bass 108 



Grass Bass 1 09 



Sunfish (or Pumpkinseed) .* 109 



Long-eared sunfish 110 



German Carp HO 



Mirror Carp HI 



Ling (or Burbot) 112 



Dog fish (or Bowfin) H 2 



