Common carp ranked second with a CPUEw of 4.93 (25.1 % of the total) and gizzard 

 shad ranked third with a CPUE;v of 2.88 (14.6% of the total). These species also 

 ranked in the top three in catch by weight in 1995. Unlike in the lower and middle 

 river, the bigmouth buffalo is not a dominant species in Starved Rock Reach. Also, 

 unlike in 1995, small cyprinid species (emerald shiner) were not high enough in 

 abundance to make the 95% list by weight. 



Marseilles (upper river). Seven species plus one hybrid (carp x goldfish) 

 accounted for 94.3% of the total catch by weight in Marseilles Reach (Tables 8 and 

 9). Common carp CPUEw was highest at 8.65 (35.2% of the total) which is much 

 lower than observed for early segments of project F-101-R; common carp CPUEw 

 was 15.31 in 1989 and 22.67 in 1990 (Lerczak et al. 1994, 1995, and 1996). 

 Smallmouth buffalo ranked second with a CPUE^of 4.19 (17.0% of the total), 

 largemouth bass ranked third with a CPUE^^ of 2.97 (12.1% of the total), and 

 bigmouth buffalo ranked forth with a CPUEwOf2.62 (10.7% of the total). 



Dresden (Des Plaines River). Eight species plus one hybrid (carp x goldfish) 

 accounted for 95.5% of the total catch by weight in Dresden Reach (Tables 8 and 9). 

 Common carp CPUE^^ was highest at 14.74 (55.9% of the total) This is similar to 

 other segments of project F-1 01 -R Low common carp CPUE^; v/as 9.81 in 1 992 and 

 high CPUEwWas 20.97 in 1994 (Lerczak et al. 1994, 1995, and 1996). Gizzard 

 shad ranked second with a CPUE^v o^ 2.73 (1 0.4% of the total) and largemouth bass 

 ranked third at 2. 1 1 (8.0% of the total), Dresden Reach was the only one with rock 



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