1905 DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES. 23 



WATERS STOCKED FROM 1901 TO 1905. — Continued. 

 1904. 



Waters stocked. Species. Number. 



Gorman Lake Bast 75 



Golden Lake Bass ^ 565 



Mink Lake Bass 60 



White Lake Bass 160 



Clear Lake Bass 50 



Snell's Lake Bas3 100 



Lake Joseph Bass 725 



Bass Lake Bass 200 



Lake Couchiching Bass - 230 



Lake Joseph Bass 415 



Lake of Bays Bass 530 



Lake Simcoe at Jackson's Pt Bass 785 



Beaver River at Cannington Bas> 250 



Balsam Lake Bass 400 



Lake of Bays Bass Fmgerlings 5,000 



Oxbow River at Komoka Bass Fmgerlings 1,'200 



Lake Scugog Bass Fingerliu ^s 1,400 



1905 



12,955 



Waters stocked. Species. Number. 



Lake Scugog Bass 400 



Stoney Lake Bass 600 



Muskoka Lake Bass 500 



Thames River at Stratford Bass 250 



Thames River at Mitchell Bass 350 



Lake Couchiching Bass 500 



Gull Lake (near Gravenhurst) Bass 100 



Lake of Bays Bass 400 



3,100 



OVERSEERS' REPORTS. 

 LAKE OF THE WOODS. 



Overseer Nash, Rat Portage, reports that the increased value of the 

 catch over that of 1904 is f 7,381. 00, while the value of the tugs, boats, 

 nets, and fishing material has also increased, all of which goes to show that 

 the industry is on a sound business footing. 



The increases in the catches are large, being particularly so in white 

 fish and sturgeon. The largest decrease is in that of bullheads, which is 

 owing to the bays freezing up very early in the fall, thus preventing many 

 of the fishermen from setting their nets. Had it not been for the very high 

 winds which prevailed in his district during most of the fall fishing period 

 he has no hesitancy in saying that the catch would have been a record one. 



During the year he has been over his district several times and always 

 found the fishermen observing the law. He has visited the smaller lakes 

 which the Department stocked with trout and bass in 1902 and 1903, and is 

 pleased to report that all indications were that the fish were thriving and 

 the sportsman and Indian religiously avoiding them. 



The fishing industry has become a substantial one in this district, and 

 those engaged in it are most thoroughly satisfied with the catch of 1905. 



LAKE NEPIGON. 



Overseer Leitch, Nepigon, reports that the number of tourists visiting 

 the Nepigon during 1905, was, he thinks, larger than for some years past. 

 The receipts for permits issued amounted to $1,375.00. 



