250 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



side, creek chub, blunt-nose minnow, skipjack, stone-roller, com- 

 mon bullhead, and Johnny darter. There were also crawfish, 

 painted turtles, snapping turtles, map turtles, and water-dogs. 

 Nos. 555 to 559 were in the Outlet between the railroad bridge and 

 Lost Lake; Nos. 560 and 561 in northwest corner of Lost Lake at 

 the boat landing; Nos. 562 and 563 on west side of Lost Lake just 

 south of Hawk's barn. 



The following is the list of fishes obtained, in order of abund- 

 ance: Bluegill, skipjack, rock bass, pumpkinseed, warmouth, chub 

 sucker, straw bass, small-mouth black bass, yellow perch, grass 

 pike, common bullhead, least darter, red-eared sunfish, Fimdulus 

 disyar, and several painted turtles. 



August 23, 7 :00. to 8 :45 a. m. Stations 564 to 575, from Fish 

 Commission station southward, with 35- and 20-foot seines. Air, 

 70° to 78°; water, 80°. Cloudy, calm and threatening in morn- 

 ing, strong puffy wind at 10 a. m. and lake rough. 



The species obtained, in order of abundance, were: Bluegill, 

 straw-colored minnow, blunt-nose minnow, satinfin, log perch, Iowa 

 darter, Johnny darter, yellow perch, small-mouth black bass, straw 

 bass, grayback minnow, rock bass, skipjack, and pumpkinseed. 

 The Iowa darters and Johnny darters were near shore, the log 

 perch a little farther out, quite abundant and very fine. 



August 25, 3 to 4 :30 p. m. Stations 576 to 585, in the outlet 

 below Lost Lake at the old millsite. Air, 84° ; water, 77°. 



Catch : Bluegill, 80 : pumpkinseed, 29 ; Fimdidus dispar, 20 ; 

 Iowa darter, 11; chub sucker, 9; straw bass, 4; skipjack, 4; com- 

 mon bullhead, 3 ; roach, 3 ; small-mouth black bass, 2. 



September 20, 8 :30 to 9 :30 p. m. Stations 586 to 595, in front 

 of Fish Commission station with 25- and 45-foot seines. Air, 

 71°; water, 67°. 



Fish very abundant, the following species taken: Bluegill, 

 numerous small ones ; yellow perch, many small and a few large ; 

 skipjack, many small; rock bass, a few large and many small; 

 calico bass, 5 ; straw-colored minnow, few ; grayback minnow, few ; 

 mad torn, few; walleyed pike, one very large and 2 smaller ones; 

 white sucker, 2 large ones; dogfish, one large male; a few small 

 crawfish; one large bullfrog; one large map turtle. 



September 22, 6 :45 to 7 :35 a. m. Stations 596 to 600, between 

 Fish Commission station and first Scirpus patch south. Air, 52° ; 

 water, 65°. Sky with light clouds; slight northwest breeze; lake 

 smooth. Seines, 15- and 25-foot. 



Catch: Log perch, many; small-mouth black bass, several; 

 skipjack, straw bass, rock bass, yellow perch, bluegill and Iowa 



