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now, blunt-nose minnow, skipjack and grayback minnow, few ; and 

 one 10-inch walleyed pike. 



August 14, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Stations 487 to 506, in 

 Aubeenaubee Creek from near source to mouth, with 15-foot seine. 

 Air, 70°; water, 63° to 66°. 



Catch: Creek chub, a few in nearly every haul; mud min- 

 now, from 1 to many in each of 6 hauls; yellow perch, from 2 to 

 a few in each of 5 hauls; rotgut minnow, a few in each of 9 hauls; 

 Aubeenaubee darter, a few in each of 2 hauls ; straw bass, 4 young ; 

 small-mouth black bass, 2; bluegill, 1 young; silverside, 1; blunt- 

 nose minnow, 1 ; grass pike, 1 ; black-nose dace, 2. 



August 16, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Stations 507 to 528, in Norris 

 Inlet beginning near its source and proceeding down stream, with 

 15-foot seine. Air, 72°, 



Catch : No record was kept of the number of specimens 

 taken ; the record shows only the species taken at each haul. In 

 the following summary the figure following each species name in- 

 dicates the number of hauls at which one or more specimens of that 

 species were taken: Bluegill, 6; silverside, 11; mud minnow, 8; 

 straw bass, 7 ; creek chub, 4 ; yellow perch, 4 ; yellow cat, 6 ; pump- 

 kinseed, 2; small-mouth black bass, 1; grass pike, 3; crawfish, 6; 

 frogs, 5; shells, 2. 



August 17, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Stations 529 to 539, in Culver 

 Inlet from near its source to first lagoon. Air, 91°. 



The following species were taken in the number of hauls indi- 

 cated : Bluegill, 2 ; straw bass, 3 ; silverside, 8 ; yellow cat, 3 ; 

 yellow perch, 1 ; long-nosed gar, 2 ; black-nosed dace, 1 ; white 

 sucker, 1 ; mud minnow, 2 ; hornyhead chub, 1 ; chub sucker, 1 ; 

 rotgut minnow, 1. 



At 8 p. m. on August 18, two hauls were made at the Fish Com- 

 mission pier with the 15-foot seine, catching many skipjacks, sev- 

 eral straw bass, black bass, bluegills, log perch, Iowa darters, 

 Johnny darters, grayback minnows, rock bass, and yellow perch. 



August 21, 3:10 to 5:00 p.m. Stations 540 to 563. Air, 65° 

 to 81°; water 76° to 84°. Nos. 540 to 554 were in Culver Inlet 

 from the bend east of the Academy grounds to the mouth at the 

 Academy pier. Mud bottom everywhere with much marsh gas. 

 Vegetation abundant; Potamogeton natans, Ceratophyllum. Phil- 

 otria, and water-cress. 



The species gotten in this part of the creek were, in order of 

 abundance, bluegill, straw-colored minnow, roach, yellow perch, 

 straw bass, pumpkinseed, chub sucker, warmouth, rock bass, yel- 

 low cat, grass pike, white sucker, small-mouth black bass, silver- 



