10 THE KEPORT UPON No. 14 



Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 13th, 1916. 

 D. McDonald, 



Acting Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries Department, Toronto. 



Commercial fishing: In the early part of the season the fishing was light in 

 Lake Superior and Lake Huron on the north shore, but the fishermen report better 

 catches in the month of October and they say that when the full returns are in that 

 the catch for the season will be better than for 1915. 



Speckled trout are plentiful in all the rivers and streams in this district. 



Bass of all kinds are plentiful in this district. 



Pickerel are not as plentiful as I would like to see them. 



Whitefish and salmon trout are very plentiful in some of the inland lakes in 

 this district. I would say that net fishing should be allowed for two or three years 

 in those lakes. 



Brown trout are plentiful in most of the inland lakes. 



Rainbow trout are increasing in Lake Superior. 



Maskinonge are very scarce in the District of West Algoma. 



Pike and suckers are getting more plentiful every year in the inland lakes and 

 the bays of Lake Superior. 



Game Animals. 



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Deer are plentiful in this district. 



Moose are plentiful in this district, but would say that) the hunting season 

 should be from the 16th of November to the last of November, with no extension of 

 the open, season. 



Caribou; there is none in this district; would say that the Department should 

 stock Michipicoten Island with caribou, it is one of the best places in this district 

 that I know to have these animals as no hunters can get to them in the winter. 

 It is a big island with lots of feed for a big herd. 



Ducks and all water fowl are scarce in this district. 



Grouse and partridge are scarce in this district. 



Rabbits are more scarce this season than they have been for years. 



Black squirrels; none in this district. 



Wild turkeys; none in this district. 



Woodcock; none in this district. 



Beaver very plentiful all over the district. 



Mink; scarce in this district. 



Muskrats; scarce in this district. 



Otter; not plentiful. 



The law has been well observed throughout this district. There have been some 

 violations, but the parties have been punished. The patrol service on the lake has 

 not been of much service this year only to make expenses of one cause or another. 

 We should have a better patrol outfit on this end of Lake Superior than we have at 

 the present time to be of any service in looking after the fisheries. 



J. T. Robinson, 



Warden. 



