718 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
pounds, the pickerel from 13 to 12 pounds, and the crappie about one- 
fourth of a pound. 
In Dickinson County Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake, covering 
about 12 square miles each, are well stocked with fish, the principal 
varieties being pike perch (wall-eyed), vellow or ringed perch, grass 
pike, both species of black bass, and white bass. Large quantities 
of these are taken during both summer and winter by the anglers. 
During the winter hand lines are fished through holes cut in the ice. 
This fishery was quite extensive previous to 1895, but it is now of 
little consequence, due to the strong local efforts which have been 
made to prohibit it on account of the alleged destruction of the fish- 
ery resources of the lakes to the detriment of their attractiveness 
during the summer. 
Table showing, by waters, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Iowa in 1899. 
Fisheries in which employed. 
| iT kT ac cacen G Sean | en Total, 
poise ee a | Crow- Shores- exclusive 
Waters. | Hand Set Seine, | Fyke | Pound ie | foot men. of dupli- 
| line. line. °* “| net. net. line, eation. 
net. 
| ete. 
Mississippi River ......... 4 268 312 217 9 119 674 | 1,476 | 2,511 
Skunk River ............. eae ae ce ee Oe peas ae PEE eSecea |Seeeceoc 6 
Des Moines River ......../........ % loess. ta eee! eer eas Dee | 3: 
Big Sioux River......5...|....-..- 18 iC ame | tenet ib ie nese ee | 28 
Missouri River ...........|....-... 29 14 DDh ieee owe YT |e eee | 50 
TOW MLV OL icc cteccccac cect] sac onaslooeeenes I legate ie Qed See tara ce ota wakes [il Pesce ollie eens eave 4 
Nishnabotna River.......|......--]......-- My ease alls aoa breles Bsa, 3cell cere | 5 
Mo tHiliscceees eee a \ 4 339 348 258 9 146 674 1,476 2, 637 
Table showing, by waters, the boats, apparatus, and capital employed in the fisheries of Iowa 
in 1899. 
Length 
Length 
Waters and apparatus.) No. (yards). Value. Waters and apparatus. | No. (arcey| Value. 
Mississippi River: Des Moines River: 
ISOR1S seuss nas aaae ne 1 681152 Bil epee eee $15, 860 BOGUS Ha 22 ome ceieciee i eens 2 $237 
lan dilitiestes2 sse.0|22-2-2|Jn eaeae. 7 Set limes: eae Nees ye } 61 6,150 | 60 
Cbs tae soccer | 829] 89,025 827 Myke nets)ss2a2.<c-- DOM 55 Secor 200 
SCINES 2.5. cys site Scien $ 129 19, 924 7,470 Shore and accessory | | 
Pyke nets... 22... 0 VW Op OOS seeee ee enas 15, 693 || PIOPCLiY cnc oe cle tal actenee acest erete 70 
Pound MetsS)..2% sac | AO | |Posemaenes 655 Missouri River: | 
Trammel nets ...-.- 63 | 6, 537 1,.040'|' © Boats coc 32 ere eee 5D cee ee 510 
Crowfoot lines, etc..|.......).......-.. | A759) |! “Set limtes*= 25240 oo ee 38 | 3,870 65 
Shoreand accessory | | (Sein esigcas penceesee sees 6 | 695 270 
property .-..+..-.-|...---- {es aeeeers | 188,197 || Fyke nets ..........05 06 iso eseeee 512 
Cashicapltallyscccec.cels-5cn= |ideetetc Sate sts 102, 250 Trammell mets -22..2...s 4 255 | 110 
Skunk River: Shore and accessory | | 
Bods chenetissas cos Ghee eee ee () PIOPeCLLYj snes eee eee eee sera ke | 645 
Setlines: - 22. 2c ccn: 9 870 9 | Iowa River: | 
MV K@Mets: 2. sce Ht) oe aeceeecde 242 IBORtS Se sae eee Dil ease ee | 40 
Trammel nets .....- > 110 S44} (SCineGSizdceeeasseeeeeeen: 2 180 | 45 
Shore and accessory | | Shore and accessory | 
PLOPSLUV ta. Nemiace cielccsocaioece ees | 25 || PIOPerty 2552 2-cecsecllosece aleesseeece 25 
Big Sioux River: | Nishnabotna River: 
BOTS Pee oiccee ees ose BOM etre eee 268 Boats 5. 2esbajseces ec A ere seiseroere 46 
Stein Jubb otek} Se eee 35 1, 960 DOu||) | (OCICS A see er cce ae 2 95 50 
DCL GS esto eistenisis cic 6 630 295 || Trammelnets :.2.255.- 2 90 45 
Trammel nets ...-.-- 11 765 | 185 | Shore and accessory 
Shoreand accessory PIOPCLLY 23,2 socmen ce Glaser eeleescens| 40 
property ......---- [aeosera| «Scenes | 240 | Total‘investment_-|.9ssss|ssesceeesl 341, 669 
| | | 
