260 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



SERIES III 



This table records a series of hauls made with a drag on east 

 and west half section line, section 22, and east of the middle of 

 the same section in water between shore bar and lake bar. dragging 

 toward the lake bar. 



Conditions Favorable to Fish-life 



The physical and biological conditions obtaining at Lake Max- 

 inkuckee are favorable in an unusual degree to the development of 

 fish-life ; they are sufficiently diversified to provide suitable environ- 

 ments for species possessing widely diff'erent habits. The lake- 

 bed varies, in different places, all the way from soft black mud and 

 decaying vegetation through clay, marl, fine sand, coarse sand, and 

 fine gravel to coarse gravel and glacial boulders. In the littoral the 

 bottom, though usually of hard, compact sand and gravel, is, in 

 places, of softer material or very boggy. The depth of water 

 ranges from a few inches to 89 feet. There is a considerable area 

 of water exceeding 40 feet in depth, and there is a very great area 



