TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 



Fourth Annual Report of the Illinois Fishermen's Association 



Compiled from reports received from the different shipping points on tlie Illinois River, giving the estimated amount and kinds of fish caught 

 and value of same for the past year, ending January J, 1900. 



Shipping Point on Illinois 

 Riuer 



Depue 



Spring Valley 



Hennepin & Bureau Cr'k 



Henry and Putnam .... 



Chillicothe and Lacon . . 



PEORIA 



Pekin & Copperas Creek 



Liverpool 



HAVANA 



Bath 



Bluff City 



Browning 



BEARDSTOWN 



Meredosia 



Naples 



Valley City 



Pearl ' 



Kampsville 



Hardin 



Grafton 



German Carp 



POUNDS 



Potinds of each Species. 

 Value by Species 



50,000 



45,000 



85,000 



300,000 



700,000 



1,350,000 



360,000 



80,000 



1,193,990 



100,000 



85,000 



475,000 



908,000 



160,000 



100,000 



60 000 



90,000 



49,000 



22,000 



20,000 



6,332.990 

 $189,980.70 



Buffalo 



100,000 



33,500 



60,000 



130,000 



220,000 



500,000 



100,000 



65,000 



400,154 



100,000 



61,000 



308,000 



700,000 



100,000 



90,000 



90,000 



120,000 



220,000 



146,500 



100,000 



3,143,154 

 194,294,62 



Cat-fish 



POUNDS 



1,000 



600 



2 200 



2,000 



2,200 



1,200 



1,100 



18,000 



18,000 



8,000 



1,000 



45,000 



24,000 



10,000 



1,700 



8,000 



20,000 



20,000 



19,000 



40,000 



241,000 

 19,640.00 



Bull Pouts 



POUNDS 



4,000 



2 100 



7,000 



31,000 



60.000 



110,000 



49,000 



18,000 



94,100 



16,000 



5,000 



9,000 



59,500 



13,000 



2,000 



2,000 



1,000 



5,000 



5,000 



6,400 



499,100 

 119,964 00 



Sun-fish and 

 R. Perch 



1,200 



1,700 



2,000 



15,000 



14,500 



30,000 



27,500 



7,000 



37,000 



23,000 



5,000 



18,000 



23,000 



15,000 



19,000 



2,000 



1,700 



1,250 



1,500 



7,000 



2j2,050 

 $7,561.50 



Striped Bass 



POUNDS 



900 



575 



1,200 



6,000 



6,000 



8,000 



6,000 



1,650 



13,206 



7,000 



500 



3,000 



12,000 



5,000 



3,000 



2,100 



1,500 



8,000 



1,300 



5,000 



92,931 



,646.55 



White Perch 



POUNDS 



4,000 



4,100 



6,000 



25,000 



70,000 



81,000 



2,000 



15,000 



43,280 



14,500 



2,000 



S,000 



49,000 



3,-000 



4,000 



10,000 



10,000 



75,000 



15,700 



18,000 



459,580 

 $13,787.40 



Croppie 



POUNDS 



1,000 



400 



2,000 



12,000 



14,000 



15,500 



13.090 



2,000 



18,500 



12,000 



200 



2,000 



10,000 



2,000 



1,000 



1,500 



1,800 



1,500 



2,000 



2,000 



114,490 

 6,869.40 



Blach Bass 



POUNDS 



525 



415 



930 



9,000 



6,000 



9,240 



9,000 



4,030 



12,061 



2,070 



400 



1,700 



4,100 



2,500 



1,850 



1,000 



1,400 



1,500 



1,000 



1,500 



70,221 

 17,022.10 



No. of Turtles 

 Caught 



2 000 



2 000 

 13,000 

 17,000 

 17,000 

 25,000 

 18,000 



6,000 

 28,000 

 16,000 



2,000 



4,000 

 ISjOOP 



izTooo"^ 



900 I 

 1,000 / 

 6,000/ 

 5,000 

 4,000 

 6,000 



202,900 

 $8,471.50 



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Carp 



Buffalo 



Cat-fish 



Bull Pouts 



Sun -fish and Ring Perch. 



Striped Bass 



White Perch 



Croppie 



Black Bass 



No. of Turtles, 202,900. . . 



Pounds 



ToTAi<. 



6,332,990 



3,143,154 

 241,000 

 499,100 

 252,050 



92,931 

 459,580 

 114,490 



70,221 



^11,205,516 



Value 



189,980.70 

 94,294.62 

 9,640.00 

 19,964.00 

 7,561.50 

 4,646,55 

 13,787.40 

 6,869.40 

 7,022.10 

 8,471.50 



$362,246.77 



(Pounds, 11,205,516 

 GRAND TOTALS 



(value, $362,246,77 



M. D. HuRLKY, President, 



John A. SchulTe, Treasurer, 



Ai.KX Sargkant, Secretary, Peoria, 111, 



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