126 FISHING-GEOUNDS OP NORTH AMBEICA. 



There are but few pouud-net stations along this whole section of coast. A short distance on 

 either side of Big Point Sable six pounds were established in 1879, set close inshore, in from 

 thirty to forty feet of water. A short distance from Ludington one pound is in use. 



Manistee to Oeoss Village, including Little anb Gkand Teaveese Bays and 

 Fox Islands. — The most southeriy gill-net grounds of this section, of any importance, are situated 

 on the west shore of Grand Traverse Bay between Cat-Head Point and Sutton's Point. Of these 

 the most noted are at the entrance of Grand Traverse Bay, where vast numbers of blackflns are 

 taken. One of the greatest spawning-grounds in the lake is situated off Light-house Point to the 

 eastward and northeastward, but from its position it is so exposed to the winds, and the bottom 

 is also so rocky, that no fishing can be done. South of New Mission Point there are no fisheries in 

 Grand Traverse Bay, on the west shore, except in Sutton's Bay, where large quantities of herring 

 are taken. On the east shore there is but one fishery, which is situated a little to the north of 

 Torchlight Lake. 



The most southerly pound-net station of this section is at Good Harbor Bay, where, in 1879, 

 two nets were located. In Grand Traverse Bay there are several important stations, the one 

 most worthy of notice being in Northport Bay. Six nets were in use here in 1879. Just north 

 of Northport Point we find three more nets. At Hog Island, near the head of the west arm of 

 Grand Traverse Bay, there is one pound-net station where one net is located. North of Grand 

 Traverse, between Petoskey and Cross Village, there are three pound-net stations. Two are 

 located on the north shore of Little Traverse Bay, and one farther northward near its mouth. 

 Five nets in all were employed at these stations iu 1879. 



Important gill-net grounds extend from Charlevoix to Cross Village. The outer limit of the 

 ground is about 4 miles from shore. Fishing is carried on at all seasons. The maximum depth 

 of water is about 45 fathoms. The bottom is rocky and clayey. 



Off the east shore of North Manitou Island there is a small gill-net ground, which is visited 

 by three fishermen. The water varies from thirty to sixty fathoms in depth. The bottom is clay. 



Due east of South Manitou Island, a distance of about three miles, there is one pound-net 

 station. 



Gill-net grounds extend about South Fox Island to the outer limit of the great sandy shoal 

 which exists there. The fishermen fish on the north and east shores of Fox Island in summer, 

 but in winter usually fish most extensively on the west shore. Between the two islands two 

 pound-nets are located. 



Cross Village to Lake Huron. — Between Cross Village and Point Wangoshance there 

 are a few pound-net stations, but in 1879 the fishery proved almost a failure. The shore is too 

 rocky and expose'd for successful fisheries of this sort. Two pound nets are set to the northward 

 of Wangoshance, a few miles east of old Fort Mackinac. 



21, LAKE HURON. 



Straits op Mackinac to Alcona.— Very little fishing is done on the section of coast 

 between Point Wangoshance and Thunder Bay Point. In Hammond's Bay, near the eastern 

 entrance of the Straits of Mackinac, there are eleven pound nets. 



The Alpena gill-net grounds are located east and north of North Point as far as, and beyond, 

 Middle Island, the outer limit being about fifteen miles from shore. There is no gill-net fishing in 

 Thunder Bay proper. It is estimated that the abundance of fish here is only one-third what it 

 was ten years ago. 



