316 FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



My informant who is one of the most intelligent fisher- 

 men of the lakes adds that " ciscoquettes" (or the ciscos) are 

 supposed to be the finest of the fresh-water fishes taken in the 

 lakes. " They are something like a Spanish mackerel, very 

 fat, and becoming valuable. They are never found far away 

 from copper-mines, and wherever copper is found most abund- 

 ant there also are found the greatest number of ciscoquettes. 

 None are caught at the lower end of the lake. Fishing is yet 

 in its infancy, many places having never been fished before 

 last season," i. e. 1867. The ciscoquette is only like the Span- 

 ish mackerel in its flavor being free from any foreign taste ; 

 but it is more juicy, and, if possible, more delicate in flavor. 



FISHERY OF SANDUSKY, OHIO. 



This is one of the principal fisheries on the lakes, and the 

 following statement shows its annual catch, and the means 

 employed : 



WHITEFISH. 



Taken in pounds, 1,800,000 fish ; aggregate weight, 4,500,000 



Ibs. ; price, 10 cents the pound, or $450,000 00 



2000 Ibs. daily, or over, for 200 days, taken in gill-nets 40,000 00 



490,000 00 



GLASS-EYED OR WALL-EYED PIKE. 



4,400,000 pounds, of sizes running from 1^ to 14 Ibs. each. The 



wholesale price averages 4 cents the pound 1 7G , 000 00 



BLACK BASS. 



65,000. Average, 3 Ibs. Price, 4| cents per Ib 8, 775 00 



SAND PICKEREL OR SAND PIKE. 



1,200,000. Price, 1 cent each 12,000 00 



LAKE HERRINGS. 



13,500,000 fish, weight \ Ib. each, at \ cent per Ib 33,750 00 



WHITE BASS. 



1,200,000 fish, at a cent each 12,000 00 



MASKINONGE. 



500 fish, 10 Ibs. each, at 6 cents per Ib 300 00 



LAKE TROUT. 



20,000 Ibs. caught at Cape Vincent, N.Y., and 40,000 Ibs. caught 



at Collingville and Greenwood, at 10 cents per Ib 6,000 00 



Amount total $738,825 00 



