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over the ground as to the destruction of the fish in Lost lake. It is con 1 

 trolled by the Duck Island Club, and in case there is any danger of their 

 dying they will take them out. 



Week ending Oct. 23, 1903 — For the past two weeks I have been busy with 

 the ijacy levee and drainage district. We have taken from the ditch and 

 put in the river something like 20,000 small carp, crappie and sneakers and 

 a few small bass and about 500 large bass. 



Week ending Oct. 31, 1903 — Five baskets taken. Mr. Sites and I ran the 

 river from Havana to Peoria the 28th, 29th and :J()th and looked the ground 

 over very carefully, and everything we saw was five baskets, which we 

 turned over to the sheriff at Pekin. 



April 30, 1904 — Took in all the lakes from Pekin to Peoria and back to 

 Spring lake. Have been in all the lakes from there to the lower end of 

 Grand Island. In all our running we have not seen more than a dozen nets 

 in the water, and only three of these were fishing. 



July 10, 1904 — Spent five days on the Illinois river. At Joliet confiscated 

 about 700 pounds of fish. In DuPage river found a party using a trammel 

 net in the river. They abandoned the boat and outfit and I captured the 

 boat, trammel net, clothing and about 200 pounds of fish in the boat. I 

 disposed of the fish to the poor of Joliet and delivered the net to the sheriff 

 at Joliet. I spent some time along the DuPage river near Lockport, Rome- 

 vilie and Lemont. 



Aug. 13, 1904 — One net taken. I put in five days on the Sangamon river. 

 1 found no violations, with the exception of a few traps, which I broke up. 

 I confiscated one trammel net on Salt Fork creek, near Sidney, about sixty 

 yards long, and turned it over to C. N. Clark, sheriff of Champaign county. 



Aug. 27, 1904 — One net and one seine taken. I put in five days at Peoria, 

 Pekin, Spring lake and Havana. At Pekin lake I confiscated one 180 yards 

 seine, one-fourth inch mesh. I turned it over to Robert Clay, sheriff of 

 Tazewell county. At Spring lake I found 150 yard trammel and turned it 

 over to Robert Clay, sheriff of Tazewell county. At Havana found about 

 250 pounds of undersized crappies and striped bass. 



Report of F. A. Whitman, Fish Warden. 



Jan. 20, 1906 — Ten arrests; ten discharged for want of good case. 



Jan. 27, 1906 — Three arrests at Beardstown; one conviction; $25.00 fines 

 paid. 



Feb. 24, 1906 — Eleven arrests; one conviction; one discharged; $25.00 

 costs; fines paid. 



April 26, 1906 — Thirteen fish baskets, one hoop net, one dip net taken. 

 Have patrolled the river from Havana to Valley City and find the nets all 

 out, and believe fishermen are obeying the law to a large extent. 



June and July, 1906 — Two arrests; two convictions; 300 foot trammel nets, 

 twenty-four baskets taken. Trammel nets turned over to the sheriff of Taze- 

 well county. Baskets destroyed. Arrests made were for fishing within 

 one-half mile of dam in Spring lake. 



Sept. 29, 1906 — Herewith submit report as fish warden from Nov. 6, 1905, 

 to date. I have patrolled the Illinois river from Peoria to Valley City this 

 summer and find the majority of the fishermen are obeying the fish law to 

 a large extent. I have seized forty-nine fish baskets, four hoop nets, one 

 dip net and 300 foot trammel net. Have returned about 500 pounds of ille- 

 gally caught fish to the water. I have made ten arrests for seining under 

 the ice last winter. I assisted Warden Klemman in making fourteen arrests 

 in Chicago. Also have assisted Warden Caldwell in collecting statistics of 

 fish shipments from various towns along the Illinois river. Considering the 

 small number of wardens allowed your commission, I think you are to be 

 congratulated upon the small amount of illegal fishing in the State. 



Report or George Rohwedee, Fish Wabden. 



Feb. 11, 1905 — One net taken. With Warden Sites I worked over my terri- 



