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Of artificial lures the kinds are many and diverse that one may 

 see about the lake. Among a few of the more popular are the 

 Hildebrandt baits of various kinds, particularly the double tandem 

 and single spinners, Skinner's new casting spoon No. 2, various 

 weedless hooks such as Bing's, Mayer's, Maloney's, Hasting's and 

 McCurdy's, buck tails, reverse double-blade spinners, vacuum bass- 

 baits, moonlight floating bait, weedless porkers, Hedden's surface 

 and minnow baits, and Dowagiacs of various patterns. All these 

 and many others are more or less popular. Aberdeen hooks, Ken- 

 dall sneck, Cincinnati bass, sproat and Pennell, are popular. No. 4 

 for bluegills, yellow perch, redeyes and crappie, and Nos. 1 to 4/0 

 for bass and walleyed pike. 



Reels of many kinds are in use, and rods of many styles from 

 the long cane pole to the most expensive split bamboo and lance- 

 wood and green heart ; an 8 J-f oot rod for bass, 7^-f oot for walleyed 

 pike and 10-foot No. 4 for bluegills and perch. 



LAKE MAXINKUCKEE AS AN ANGLING RESORT 



No very close estimate can be made of the number of anglers 

 who visit Lake Maxinkuckee annually, or of the quantity of fish of 

 each species annually taken from the lake. There are now about 

 the lake about 175 summer cottages. Each of these is occupied from 

 two to five months each season. There will probably be at least one 

 person at each cottage who does more or less fishing. Then a great 

 many more come and spend from one to several days fishing. In the 

 spring, and more particularly in the fall, farmers and farmers' 

 boys from the surrounding country make frequent fishing trips 

 to the lake. Then many of the permanent residents about the 

 lake and in the town of Culver do more or less fishing throughout 

 the year. It is believed that 2,000 is a conservative estimate of 

 the number of people who fish at Lake Maxinkuckee for an aver- 

 age of twenty days each year, and that the average daily catch 

 is five fish for each person. This would make an annual catch 

 of 200,000 fish. Putting the average weight at one pound, this 

 would make the annual catch 200,000 pounds. The species caught, 

 in order of number, are yellow perch, bluegill, rock bass, straw 

 bass, black bass, and walleyed pike. Considered by weight the 

 order would be straw bass, bluegill, walleyed pike, rock bass, yellow 

 perch, and black bass. 



The following table will give some idea of the angling possibil- 

 ities at this lake. 



18—17618 



