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of Long Point to Arlington, connecting with station No. 1. Air 

 73° ; water 80° to 82° ; depth 2 feet and under; seine, 45-foot. Bot- 

 tom sand, covered in most places with a more or less thick mat of 

 Chara contraria, with a good deal of Vallisneria spiralis, Naias 

 fiexilis and Potamogeton pectinaUis. Just off the end of Long 

 Point is a large bed of mussels. Catch: Bluegill, 1,224; yellow 

 perch, 432; pumpkinseed, 244; skipjack, 101; blunt-nose minnow, 

 21 ; rock bass, 10 ; yellow cat, 2 ; silverfin minnow, 6 ; log perch, 

 13; Notropis heterodon, 1. As may be seen from the above, blue- 

 gills, skipjacks, pumpkinseeds, and yellow perch were very abund- 

 ant. The vast majority of each of these species were young fish, 

 either of-the-year or one year old. 



July 18, 1 :35 to 4 :25 p. m. Stations 148 to 168, beginning at 

 the McOuat cottage (where station No. 110 ended) and proceeding 

 northward to the Shirk cottage just north of the Maxinkuckee road. 

 Air 80° ; water 80° to 84^° ; depth 3 feet and under; seine, 45-foot. 

 Rocky shore and gravelly bottom, then sand and gravel bottom 

 with some mud in places, with areas of Chara here and there. 



Catch: Bluegill, 1,430; log perch, 366; yellow perch, 202; 

 skipjack, several hundred; small-mouth black bass, 114; silver-fin 

 minnow, 29 ; silverside, 19 ; grayback minnow, 16 ; rock bass, 13 ; 

 hog sucker, 6; straw bass, 11 ; blunt-nose minnow, 7. Young blue- 

 gills were remarkably abundant, as many as 300 being taken in 

 one haul. Log perch also were very abundant, 151 being taken in 

 a single haul. Young skipjacks were exceedingly numerous. 



July 19, 2 :30 to 4 :30 p. m. Stations 169 to 184, beginning at 

 the Shirk cottage and proceeding northward to near the Indiana 

 boathouse. Air 84°; water 82° to 84°; depth 3 feet and under; 

 seine 15-foot. Sky clear, wind from northwest, lake choppy. 



Catch : Yellow perch, 430 ; bluegill, about 250 ; grayback min- 

 now, 124; skipjack, many young; small-mouth black bass, 38; 

 straw bass, 45; log perch, 54; rock bass, 87; blunt-nose minnow, 

 10 ; pumpkinseed, 139 ; Johnny darter, 2 ; rot-gut minnow, 1 ; straw- 

 colored minnow, 3. 



July 20, 1:42 to 4:05 p.m. Stations 185 to 202, northward 

 from just south of Indiana boathouse to Aubeenaubee Bay. Air 

 87°; water 81° to 84°; depth 4 feet and under; seine, 15-foot at 

 stations 185 to 187 and 202, 45-foot at all others. Sky broken 

 cloudy, moderate breeze south by east. Catch: Bluegill, 669; log 

 perch, 275; yellow perch, 160; skipjack, many young; small-mouth 

 black bass, 69; straw bass, 19; pumpkinseed, 24; rock bass, 54; 

 grayback minnow, 17; blunt-nose minnow, 4; long-nose gar, 1. 



July 21, afternoon. Stations 203 to 228, from northeast corner 



