128 FISHING-GKOUNDS OF NOETH AMEEIOA. 



depended upon, but the experience of the last few years seems to show that the decrease has been 

 so great that dealers will no longer depend upon obtaining a supply from the spearmen. 



Besides the bay fisheries, there are quite a number of pound-nets located in Saginaw Elver, 

 extending from its mouth about twenty miles inland. They are set in from ten to twenty-four 

 feet of water, and large quantities of fish, especially pike, perch, and suckers, are taken. The river 

 fishery differs somewhat from the bay fishery, inasmuch as it is only prosecuted in winter. 



At the mouth of the Ogahkaning Eiver, a pond about two acres in extent has been constructed 

 for the purpose of keeping fish when caught In great abundance, so that when the amount of fish 

 taken is small the fishermen may still be able to supply the demand of the dealers. The pond is 

 now only six feet in depth, but the owners propose dredging it and also extending its area. 



Point aux Barques to Poet Htjeon.— Gillnet fishing is prosecuted all along the shore 

 of Lake Huron from Point aux Barques to Port Huron, the principal stations being at Port 

 Austin, Grindstone City, Huron City, Port Hope, Sand Beach, White Lake, Forestville, Port 

 Sanilac, and Lexington. Fishing is carried on more or less extensively at all these points, but 

 the most important are Sand Beach and Port Hope. The grounds extend from five to twenty-five 

 miles from shore. The catch consists mainly of whitefish and trout. 



There are no pound-nets in use between Point aux Barques and Port Huron, the shore being 

 much exposed to the violence of storms. There are many seining reaches all along this section of 

 coast, but the fishing is not carried on so extensively as formerly. 



Port Huron to Detroit, including Saint Clair Eiter and Lake Saint Clair. — All 

 fishing in Saint Clair Eiver is carried on by means of seines. The grounds extend along 

 twenty miles of the river, and there are in all five fisheries on the American side. Seines are 

 also employed along the shore of the lake, but not so extensively as formerly. The season opens 

 about the middle of May and lasts until August. 



Fishing-Grounds on the Detroit Eiver. — The fisheries in Detroit Eiver, with the 

 exception of those carried on by means of a few fykes and "baby" pounds, is prosecuted by the 

 aid of seines about sixty fathoms in length. There are thirty fisheries on the river between 

 Windmill Point at its head and Bar Point at its mouth. They are located both on the American 

 and Canadian shores, and on the islands which occupy the central portion of the river. The most 

 northerly are situated at Isle a la P^che, at the head of the river. South of this, on the 

 American side, there are two more reaches. On the east shore of Belle Isle there are three 

 fisheries, and on the west shore one. South of Belle Isle there are no more until we have passed 

 the city of Detroit. Off Fort Wayne, on the American side, there are four fisheries, and a little 

 to the northward, opposite the town of Sandwich, on the Canadian side, one. The next five 

 are on the Canadian side, the most northerly being about a mile north of Sandwich. On the west 

 shore of Fighting Island there are five fisheries, and on the east shore of Grassy Island two. 

 On the northeastern shore of Grosse Isle we find three fisheries; at Stony Island, further to the 

 south, one, and at Sugar Island still another. The latter is the most southerly ground on the 

 river. Many of these reaches are located on the mud banks that make off from the shore, but in 

 some places the bottom is sandy and stony. The catch consists of whitefish and pike. A few days 

 before the whitefish appear there is usually a run of herring, and a smaller mesh in the pockets of 

 some of the seines is used for the purpose of taking them. 



22. LAKE ESIE. 



Mouth of the Detroit Eiver to Port Clinton.— Along this section of shore fishing 

 is prosecuted almost entirely with pound-nets. Stations extend without interruption from Bar 

 Point, at the mouth of the Detroit Eiver, to Port Clinton. Between these two points, in 1879, 



