11 



Date. 



No. ar- 

 rests. 



No. of 



Nets. 



Size 

 Mesh. 



Whore Taken. 



Fines. 



Remarks. 



Dec, 1890. 



2 

 16 



4 



1 



2" 



1 



6 



3 



42 



4 



8 



3 

 4 

 3 

 2 



4 



1 



14 



8 



78 



H 



?.i 



1 



1 

 1 



1 



Calumet Lake 



Calumet River and 

 Wolf Lake 



20 00 

 130 00 



40 00 

 65 00 





Feb. 1891. 

 Mar. 1891. 



13 of these arrests were 

 part of the haul of 10 men 

 madi' February 6th. 



April 1891. 

 May 1891. 



Calumet Itiver 



Repeater 



July 1891. 



Calumet Lake 







Aug. 1891. 



Calumet River and 

 Lake 



20 00 

 10 00 



90 00 



45 00 





Sept. 1891. 





Oct. 1891. 





Nov. 1891. 



Calumet River and 

 Lake 











Total 







$520 00 



This amount is for fines 









only, not includingeosts 



I have made a grand total of 47 arrests, but have only given the num- 

 ber of those convicted. 



Chas. T. Bronson, 



State Fish Warden^ 



REPORT OF FISH WARDEN FRED L. BUCK, ELGIN, KANE COUNTY, ILL. 



Appointed March 29, 1890. Have notified about 500 persons, -during my 

 term of service, to obey the law. I removed, in 1891, thirty-seven nets ; 

 in 1892, seventeen nets. I made, in 1891, five arrests, and in 1892, twenty- 

 seven arrests ; and five convictions in 1891 and twenty-five in 1892. Served 

 three fishway notices in 1891, seven in 1892. Number of flshways put in,, 

 sixteen in 1891, seven in 1892. All dams now provided with working fishways. 



There are very few violators of the fish laws, not only in this county, 

 but in surrounding counties. They have almost stopped since my appoint- 

 ment. The law, as it is at present time, is very good, so far as it goes,, 

 but it should be so that the destruction of nets would follow when taken 

 in violation of the law. Wardens should be compensated outside of fees. 

 The time that prohibits fishing through the ice should be lengthened to 

 May I. 



There has been better fishing and more large fish caught at the lakes- 

 this year than has been taken before in years. 



Eespectfully, F. L.Buck. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH WARDEN JOHN ELDER, CAJ: :'HAGE, ILL. 



Was appointed October 4, 18-9. Have notified 50 ppvsons to obey the 

 law. I have taken up no nets, made no arrests. Since my appointment 

 the seining and trapping in streams and sloughs in this county have con- 

 siderably diminished, but there are still a few who violate the law. I 

 have tried, in almost every way, to catch them in the act ; have hired 

 men to watch them, and have offered rewards, but up to the present 

 time I have not had sufficient proof to arrest any of the parties. All the 

 seining is done in the night. Our streams show an increase of fish within 

 the last two years. The citizens in the eastern part of our county ur- 

 gently request that fishways be put in and maintained in good order over 

 all the dams on Crooked creek, from this county (Hancock) to the Illinois 

 river, as the dams below us keep the fish from coming up except in very 

 high water. 



There .should be some provision in the fish laws, or an appropriation 

 made, to pay wardens for necessary time used in patrolling streams and 

 in looking after peisistcut violators, and, when necessary, to oft'er rewards 

 for the detection of parties violating the law. 



Respectfully stibmitted, 



John Elder, 



Fish Warden. 



