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August 15 — Carthage Lake, four hauls, about 850 pounds carp and bufEalo; 

 fine showing bass, crappie, sunfish and pike, 200 pounds tefuse. 



August 17 — Carthage Lake, four hauls. "Wesr fill," two hauls, about 350 

 pounds bufEalo and carp, fine showing game fish in Carthage Lake. He^vy 

 rain Sunday evening and night raises the river 15 inches, also raises Carthage 

 Lake considerably. Too high for good mark. 



August 29 — "West fill," four hauls, about 250 pourds buffalo and cat, few 

 carp. Water fell so fast fish ran to river. 



September 3 — Carthage Lake, four hauls, about 1,000 pounds, mostly buf- 

 falo, balance carp, about 400 pounds game. 400 pounds refuse. 



September 4— Carthage Lake, five hauls, about 600 pounds carp and buf- 

 falo, good game showing. 



September 10— Carthage Lake, six hauls, about 600 pounds carp and buf- 

 falo, 400 pounds game. 



September 16— Running Slough Lake, five hauls, about 700 pounds carp and 

 buffalo, 300 pounds game, 300 pounds refuse. 



Sept. 18 — Carthage Lake. Five hauls, about 250 pounds carp and buffalo, 

 300 pounds game fish. 



Sept. 25— Carthage Lake. Two hauls, about 1,600 pounds, all buffalo, 150 

 pounds game, 500 pounds refuse. 



River rising fast, 6 to 10 inches a day. Fishgate under again (Sept. 27). 



Sept. 30 — Carthage Lake. Five hauls on the flats, about 1,500 pounds carp, 

 300 pounds game, 300 pounds refuse. 



Oct. 1 — Carthage Lake. Five hauls, about 350 pounds small buffalo, 500 

 pounds game fish, 300 pounds refuse. 



Oct. 9— Rean Lake. One haul, few game fish only. Carthage Lake. Four 

 hauls, about 350 pounds carp, 300 pounds game, 300 pounds refuse. 



Oct. 15— Running Slough Lake. Three hauls, about 800 pounds carp and 

 buffalo, 400 pounds game; 32 bass, one haul, weighing 1 to 4 pounds each; 

 500 pounds refuse. 



Oct. 29 — Carthage Lake. Five hauls on the flats, wind blowing a hurri- 

 cane, about 275 pounds carp and buffalo, 300 pounds game fish. 



"under the iob." 



Jan. 1 — Carthage Lake. Two hauls — the first haul was over ^mile long, 

 took 12,000 pounds skipjacks, 150 pounds game, and only 3 or 4 buffalo. 



Second haul up the lake toward the flats, no coarse fish worth mentioning, 

 350 pounds refusb, but a fine catch of game, estimated at 1,200 pounds. 



The scarcity of coarse fish was astounding as these two hauls were in deep 

 water, where it is reasonable to expect big catches in winter season. The 

 fishermen say it might be possible the coarse fish went out on the last rise 

 when the river reached nearly 6 feet before freezing, or they may have gone 

 on to the flats. 



Jan. 3 — Running Slough Lake. One haul, about 50 pounds goggle-eye, no 

 coarse fish; slime and mud something terrible. Fishermen think it possible 

 the flsh are up on the flats; they couldn't very well work out of this lake, 

 connecting it to Carthage lake, frozen solid. 



Jan. 5— Carthage Lake. One haul on the flats. Catch nothing. Mud and 

 slime so bad couldn't work. Compelled take some up, impossible to make 

 haul. 



Jan. 31— "West fill." One haul, 2,000 pounds skips, about 500 pounds buf- 

 falo, 500 pounds game; the big end of the game were white bass from, 1 to 

 2h, pounds each; fine crappie and sunfish. These fish had worked in here 

 since freezing up, as there has been good stage water all winter. The baes 



