THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



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fish — iuforiiiation which is more important in fisheries management than 

 the absolute values. 



TABLE III 

 ESTIMATED TOTAL CATCHES OF INLAND WATER FISH 



19351 



Number of licensees— 223,098 



Trout: Catch 11,700,000 



Successful anglers. 112,000 



103C 



1937- 



193S 



igsg'' 



Average catch 



Striped Bass: Catch— 

 Successful anglers _- 

 Average catch 



Black Bass: Catch 



Successful anglers— 

 Average catch 



Crappie: Catch 



Anglers 



Average catch 



Sunflsh: Catch 



Anglers 



Average catch 



Salmon: Catch 



Anglers 



Average catch 



Catfish: Catch 



Anglers 



Average catch 



81 



1940 

 388,472 



19413 



458,177 



15,700,000 



238,000 



66 



2,035,000 



111,000 



18 



1,529,000 



75,400 



20.3 



2,177,000 



69,700 



31 



2,771,000 



62,500 



44 



253,000 



37,800 



6.7 



6,100,000 



97,400 



63 



1 Estimates were not prepared for other species than trout in the 1935 catch. 



2 1937 estimates are derived from "First" and "Second" Call combined. 



3 1939 and 1941 figures derive from mailed questionnaire instead of license applica- 

 tion form ; also, the method of estimate is different. As a result, the estimates for trout 

 catch and anglers are lower than they would have been by the old methods (which 

 would have given 19,000,000 trout caught by 256,000 anglers for an average of 74 trout 

 per angler). At the same time, the estimates for minor species are increased, due to 

 the tendency of reporters to give more complete records on the mailed questionnaire 

 than on the application form. 



TABLE IV 



LEADING COUNTIES OF TROUT CATCH 



Showing Rank in Each Year 



1936 



Mono 



Inyo 



Fresno 



Plumas 



Humboldt 



Tulare 



Mendocino 7 



Tuolumne 11 



Shasta 15 



El Dorado 3 



Siskiyou 18 



San Bernardino 10 



1939** 



1 



2 



6 



O 



O 



4 



7 



n 

 10 



5 

 11 



8 

 20 



19jil** 



1 

 2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



* By "First" and "Second" Call combined— 1937. 

 •* Postal card questionnaire — 1939 and 1941. 



The statistical department of the Division of Fish and Game, thanks 

 to its excellent personnel and equipment, is able to produce reports giving 

 from all angles information on the number of fish of each kind caught in 

 each county by residents of every county in the State. These detailed 

 data have many uses. They are available in annual catch record reports, 

 but are too lengthy to present here. Only the major results are sum- 

 marized in the accompanying tables. Certain clarifying comments seem 

 desirable. 



1. The 1940 catch has not yet been analyzed. Reported on the old 

 application blank system while the new mailed questionnaire was being 



