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At all the fishing points between Ottawa City, on Catawba Island, and the Huron fisheries, 

 with the neighboring islands, the greater part of the "Pickerel" are called ''Gray Pickerel," and 

 many say that they are totally different from the "Yellow" or "Blue" Pickerel. In Sandusky 

 Bay they are particularly abundant; also about the islands and in the harbors. They have exten- 

 sive spawning grounds at Cedar Point, Marblehead, Spit Island, East and West Harbors, Mouse 

 Island, Sugar Bluff, Moose's Point, North and Middle Bass Islands, Put-in Bay, and Kelley's 

 Island. They are sold as hard fish, and usually run large. When less than a pound they are sold 

 with the " Saugers." 



Connected with the Huron (Ohio) fisheries, the Pike, here called "Yellow Pike," are considered 

 quite important, but not so abundant as farther west. They are caught principally in the spring, 

 and are thought to work westward toward Maumee Bay about their spawning time. They rank 

 about fourth in importance. The general impression among fishermen here is that the true Yellow 

 Pike is not caught at all here — ^by which they mean the Yellow Pike of Saginaw Bay. Many call 

 this fish the " Gray Pike," and yet consider it an entirely different fish from the " Blue Pike." 



At Vermillion, Ohio, there is caught, early in the spring, what is termed the " Spawn Pike," 

 running from twenty to thirty pounds. Later the runs average much smaller — one to five pounds — 

 and these are supposed not to spawn. Pike here are not abundant, and it is only in the spring 

 that they are regarded as important. 



A little farther east, including the fisheries of Black Eiver, Amherst, and Brownhelm Bay, 

 "Yellow Pike," so called in this section, are not abundant. They are taken early in spring. On 

 account of their fewness they are of but little importance. There is said to be too much waste in 

 dressing to make them a salable fish among the poorer classes. The markets are never glutted 

 with this fish. None are salted. At Cleveland and Dover, Ohio, this species is known as "Yellow 

 Pickerel" and "Pickerel." At the Dover Bay fisheries they are not abundant, in the largest lifts 

 not over one hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds being taken. They are caught principally 

 in early spring, and range from one to five pounds. Until the last six years this fish was unknown 

 here. Farther east, at Conneaut and Ashtabula, "Yellow Pike," as they are there called, do not 

 seem to be common ; a few large ones (from ten to twelve pounds) are taken every season. About 

 Painesville, Fairport, and Willoughby this species is known as "Yellow Pickerel." They are not 

 very common ; some are taken in spring. In 1879 not over two tons were taken in sixteen nets. 

 They are much more common farther west. Years ago they were abundant and one of the most 

 important of fish, but since the dynamite explosion at Fairport (the port of Painesville, three miles 

 from the city, on the lake shore), about eight years ago, they have been rare, .ind the fishermen 

 think the explosion — which was so strong that it broke window-lights in Cleveland and Buffalo — 

 drove them away. A decrease in other species was noticeable for some time afterwards. Those 

 taken at Painesville' are remarkably dark colored, much darker than those taken at the islands. 



When pound-nets were used in the fisheries of Dunkirk and Barcelona, New York, Erie, Penn- 

 sylvania, and Mill's Grove, Ohio, a good many Pike were taken ; even now a few are taken in the 

 gill-nets. At the above places they are called "Wall-eyed Pike." 



Concerning the Lake Ontario pike fishery, we learn that at Oswego they are fairly common 

 and rank third in importance. At Port Ontario they are known as "Yellow Pike." They were 

 formerly abundant at this point, but of late years few have been taken. Since pound-net fishing 

 began they have gradually grown less abundant — ^been "caught out." A few are yet taken in the 

 seines. 



At Cape Vincent Pike are abundant. The fish of one variety, with a longer and more pointed 

 head than the Upper Lake fish, are called " Spike-noses." They rank second in commercial impor- 



