316 Fisnmnc iy AMERICAN WATERS. 
My informant—who is one of the most intelligent fisher- 
men of the lakes—adds that “ ciscoquettes” (or the ciscos) are 
supposed to be the finest of the fresh-water fishes taken in the 
lakes. “They are something like a Spanish mackerel, very 
fat, and becoming valuable. They are never found far away 
from copper-mines, and wherever copper is found most abund- 
ant there also are found the greatest number of ciscoquettes. 
None are caught at the lower end of the lake. Fishing is yet 
“in its infancy, many places having never been fished before 
last season,” ¢. ¢.1867. The ciscoquette is only like the Span- 
ish mackerel in its flavor being free from any foreign taste ; 
but it is more juicy, and, if possible, more delicate in flavor. 
FISHERY OF SANDUSKY, OHIO. 
This is one of the principal fisheries on the lakes, and the 
following statement shows its annual catch, and the means 
employed: 
WHITEFISH. 
Taken in pounds, 1,800,000 fish; aggregate weight, 4,500,000 
Ibs.; price, 10 cents the pound, or ...B450,000 00 
2000 Ibs. daily, or over, for 200 days, taken in gill-nets........... 40,000 00 
490,000 00 
GLASS-EYED OR WALL-EYED PIKE. 
4,400,000 pounds, of sizes running from 14 to 14 lbs. each. The 
wholesale price averages + cents the pound..........c cee secre eee 176,000 00 
BLACK BAss. 
65,000. Average, 3 lbs. Price, 45 cents per Ib...... po Giae neta 8,775 00 
SAND PICKEREL OR SAND PIKE. 
1,200,000. Price, 1 cent each 
00 
LAKE HERRINGS. 
13,500,000 fish, weight $b. each, at 4 cent per Ib........cceeee eee 33,750 00 
WHITE BASS. 
15200, 000 fish, at -arrcent each segs cavexcrseondcansedenweaee geass essere 12,000 00 
MASKINONGE, 
500 fish, 10 Ibs. each, at 6 cents per Ib.......ccceceeeeseeeseneeeee eee 300 00 
LAKE TROUT. 
20,000 Ibs. canght at Cape Vincent, N.Y., and 40,000 Ibs. caught 
at Collingville and Greenwood, at 10 cents per Ib.............05 6,000 00 
AMMOUNE HO tall sc 5ics,dcaseaseauennasanaieeescecne $738,825 00 
