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On the !)th of April a lisli of this speeies four left in length \va* taken at Racine; head to 

 opeiviilum. ten indies; to eye, tour inches; greatest circumference, twenty :m<l one half inehea; 

 over eye, eighteen indies; at gills, eighteen inches; weight, forty five pounds. These fish are 

 III-M-I- here taken in the gill-nets; they are resi, -cut in the lake about Kadne in winter. A very f.-w 

 have been known to occur at Waukegaii. On tbe south, astern shore of Lake Michigan, including 

 the lisheries of Saiigatuck. South Haven, and Saint Joseph, this tish is reported as always being 

 of a large si/e. At I.udinglon, farther north, only one instance of capture is on record; it is also 

 said to lie \vry rare at (Hand IIa\en. 



r.ut little has been reported regarding the occurrence of the Muskelluuge upon the numerous 

 fishing grounds along the north shore of the southern peninsula, of Michigan between Little 

 Tra \er.se r,a\ and Thunder Bay. It is generally rare through the Straits of Mackinaw, 

 only about half a dozen being taken each season; and most abundant of all at Les Cheucaux 

 Islands. Captain Coats caught one here, in 1874, weighing sixty-two pounds. These tish are 

 rarely taken in pound-nets, and are chiefly caught with hook and line about the LesCheneaux and 

 Driiinmond Islands. Captain Dingman has caught only one in his pound- net in the past fifteen 

 years. All caught, of which he has heard, have been large. In Thunder Bay about a dozen, oil 

 an average, are taken in twelve months. In Sagiiiaw Bay they are taken in about the same num- 

 bers as in Thunder Bay. Here too they are always large fish. A few are taken iu seines along the 

 coast between Port aux Barques and Port Huron. A few also are taken annually in the Saint Clair 

 Ii'iver; perhaps a dozen or two altogether in this region during a year. Between Toledo and 

 Detroit River, Lake Krie, a specimen of this fish is taken now and then in the pound nets. When 

 taken, it is al \\ ays large. The same remark will apply to the vicinity of Toledo and Maumee Bay. 1 



MUSKELLUNGE IN LAKE ERIE. About Locust Point a few are taken in the fall. Twenty 

 years ago, in this region, including the fisheries of Ottawa, Port Clinton, Toussaint, and Locust 

 Point, Musquellunge were taken weighing sixty and seventy pounds. In SandAsky Bay speci- 

 mens are caught of forty-five pounds weight, and at Kelley's Island one was caught weighing 

 li fly -seven pounds, and another sixty-two pounds. 



In connection with the Huron (Ohio) fisheries, it is reported that about one hundred and fifty 

 fish of this species were taken in seventy-five nets during the year 1879. They are here generally 

 large, and are always taken in pairs. Three or four represent a year's catch of this fish at Ver- 

 million, Ohio. About Black River, Loraiu County, Ohio, Amherst, and Brownhelm Bay, it is 

 very scarce, few being caught in nets; all that are taken are large. Of this fish, in connec- 

 tion with the Cleveland and Dover Bay fisheries, it may be said that it is very rare, and is becom- 

 ing more so each year. Mr. Sadler says he took one weighing eighty pounds. The fishermen say 

 they are always found in pairs. 



The Muskellunge is taken at Conneaut at the rate of half a dozen in ten years. Only one 

 specimen was taken in the Painesville pounds in 1879. At Fairport and Willoughby, Ohio, no 

 mention is made of its occurrence. Erie Bay, especially at Dunkirk and Barcelona, New York, 

 Erie, Pennsylvania, and Mills' Grove, Ohio, is famous for its Muskellunge fishing ; this past 

 season over sixty were caught, weighing from twenty to forty-five pounds. They are caught 

 by trawling. Fancy prices are paid for them ; about twenty-five cents per pound retail in the 

 city and twelve and a half cents when shipped. More were caught during the season of 1879 

 than ever before. 



M rsKELLUNGE IN LAKE ONTARIO. The following notes relate to the fishery in Lake Ontario : 

 AtOswego the fish is very rare on the American side ; at Port Ontario one is occasionally caught ; 



i Mr. Fred. Alvord states that he procured :i Mngkellnuge from Maiiiuee Bay, in 1864, weighing eighty-fire pound*. 

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