Oiuida Ltiki- I-islus 521 



antl display cards. (See Fisheries Service Bulletin 25, p. 5. ) Jordan ( '05, p. 539J 

 tells of the skin of the fish lieing used in place of glass in Siberia. In Minnesota, 

 .\very ("iX. ji. 60) tells of inducing the j)eople to eat over seven thousand pounds 

 of HurljiJt. It was sometimes camouflaged as ■'northern catfish." Recently net 

 fishermen (Pratt, '20, j). O3) of the dreat Lakes have set their gill nets during 

 summer in deep waters where they are getting Lings in large numbers (43,131 

 pounds in 1918), and as a result of efforts made by the Bureau of Fisheries these 

 fish are being put up^jn the market. Durand ( "i i. p. 204) notes 24.000 pounds of 

 Ling caught in N'ew V(»rk .State, valued at S400. 



Atitjliiuj A'o/r.v. The Burbot is of little interest to nn)st anglers since it does 

 not ajuiear to Ix; frequently caught with jxile and line. It is sometimes taken 

 through the ice (Bean, '13. p. 357: Kvermann and Kendall, '96, p. 604), when a 

 numt>er of lines are set baited with live bait. .\t Oneida I.ake large numl)ers are 

 said to be t.iken by tip-up fishennen seeking I 'ike Perch. Freipiently the Lings are 

 left on the ice, where they attract large numbers of Herring f juUs which are said to 

 come down to within a few feet of the fishermen. There are reports of substantial 

 windbreaks iK-ing made of the carcasses of these Lings during ice fishing. On 

 February 19. 1921, Hankinson saw a fisherman with a Ling which he had caught 

 in about twelve feet of water, alwrnt a mile out from .South Bay wharf: and on 

 the same date, he .saw one caught in twenty-two feet of water, just oflf Dunham 

 Islan<l. This one was obtained as a sjn-cimen (No. 4203). Wagner ( 'oS. p. 37) 

 tells of its being caught in large numbers on set lines in I^ke Pepin, Wi.sconsin. 



References. Adams and Hankinson, '16; Avery, '18; Baker, '16: Bean, '92. 

 '97a, '02. '03, '15; Bensley. 15: Clemens, '24: Durand, *ii; Evennann and Ken- 

 dall, "96; Kvermann and I^timer, '10: Forbes. 'SXa, '88b: Forlies and Richardson, 

 'ocj: Jordan, '^2. '05; Jordan and I-!verniann, \/^\ GiHide, '84; Hankinson. '16; 

 Hays, 'i;4; Kendall and GoldslKtrough, '08: I^iKue, '2<); Milner, 'j^; Moore, '17: 

 Xash, "08: Pratt. "20: Reighard. '15: Smith. "1)2: Surl)er. '20: Tracy, '15: Wagner, 

 '08: Wanl, "ii. 



