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There are a great many crappie, few bass, several pike showed. Fisher- 

 men claim most of fish out in the shallow pockets and among lily pads, un- 

 able to reach them. 



- July 24 — Eight hauls. Water about four and a half feet above. Catch 

 about 1,400 pounds carp and buffalo. Three hundred pounds dogs, skips, 

 gar, etc. Great many crappie, few big bass and large pike. Indications are 

 there were finer fish in the lake than ever. 



July 31 — "West of the fill." Four hauls. Catch about 800 pounds, mostly 

 buffalo, few carp and spoonbill cat. Fifty pounds refuse. Good many crap- 

 pie, but few bass. Water three and a half feet above low mark. 



August 1 — Seven hauls, three of them "west fill," balance lake proper. 

 Catch about 1,000 pounds, mostly carp, few buffalo and spoons. About 300 

 pounds refuse. There are more crappie and big sunfish than ever. Many 

 very large bass. Water three feet above. 



August 2 — Nine hauls, lake proper. Catch about 400 pounds carp and buf- 

 falo. Men say coarse fish have run out and also there are fifty fine fish in the 

 lake to one last year, lots good bass. No estimate of refuse, but small. 

 Water three feet. 



August 23— Five sets made. Catch about 1,000 pounds carp and buffalo. 

 Three hundred pounds refuse. Lots fine fish. In five hauls estimate 1,000 

 pounds crappie. More big sunfish than been for years. Dozens bass two to 

 four pounds, one fellow about six to seven pounds. Few pickerel. 



August 25 — Five hauls. Catch about 700 pounds carp and buffalo. Many 

 game fish showing. About 300 pounds refuse. Men claim fish gone to deep 

 water lower end lake. 



August 28 — Seven hauls. Five lake, two "west of the fill." About 1,300 

 pounds carp and buffalo. Best catch "west of the fill," 700 pounds refuse. 

 One spoon cat weighed fifty pounds. Not so many game fish. Men claim gone 

 to deep water among snags. 



August 30 — Seven hauls. Three "west of fill" four in lake About 600 

 pounds carp and buffalo, 300 pounds refuse. Crappie and bass good show- 

 ing. 



September 25 — Four hauls, upper end lake. Skimmer. About 1,000 pounds 

 carp and buffalo, 250 pounds refuse. Lots nice crappie, sunfish, good many 

 fine bass. 



September 26 — "West of fill" catch very poor. Good many game fish 

 showing. Threee hauls. "Lake" four hauls, total catch, 100 pounds carp 

 and buffalo. Game fish plentiful. Big seine used in deep water. 



September 30 — "Running slough lake" five or six hauls, about 700 pounds 

 carp and buffalo, 200 pounds refuse, unusual game fish. 



October 6— Men decided to use seine in "running" butowing to illness two 

 of the men failed to go. 



October 9 — "Lake" proper, Carthage. Six hauls, skimmer, upper end. 

 About 1,300 pounds carp and buffalo, 300 pounds refuse. Not many game 

 fish, they in deep water. 



October 11 — "Running slough lake." (Seine.) About 1,300 pounds carp 

 and buffalo, mostly buffalo. Three hundred pounds refuse. Usual game 

 fish in evidence. 



October 12 and 13— Weather extremely hot, "90." 



October 23 — "Ruuning." About 1,300 pounds, mostly buffalo, few carp. 

 Usual crappie, etc. 



November 8 — "Carthake lake." Water four feet. Fish hard to get owing 

 to vegetation caused by rise. Catch about 500 pounds carp. No game fish 

 to speak of. 



November 15 — "Carthage." Three hauls, upper end. About 1,000 pounds 

 carp and buffalo, 100 pounds refuse. Very few game fish showing. 



In addition to this work we removed from Pau lake, a pond in the timber 

 near the club house, several tubs full of small bass, crappie, etc. We did 

 not have proper net to fully clean this pond but did very well and seined 

 majority of the little fellows, which were placed in the lake. 



