Date. Fish. Date. Fish. Date. Fish. Date. Fish. Date. Fish. - Date. Fish. 
554 || September 1..].....--.. October 1... 189 ||November 1, 40 || December 1.'....-- 
177 2..] 836 2...) 251 2. 33 2.1 136 
72 8..| 831 3...) 462 Byles eosed 3.| 66 
ree: 4..| 1,269 4.. 136 4. 82 4.; 246 
560 5..| 1,170 5.. 67 5. 69 5.| 213 
747 6... 512 Cxn:| seuss 6.| 11 6.| 128 
632 7..| 215 7...| 148 7.| 122 7.| 118 
558 Bile Lane. 8...| 160 8.| 167 1h eee 
573 9..| 708 9.. 148 9. 43 9.| 234 
159 10 636 10 218 10s oeiease 10.) 248 
een u 412 Wize 85 1. 91 11.| 234 
105 12..) 512 12 4 12 67 12.) 283 
661 18..] 381 1B eAleeessee 18 128 13.) 128 
297 14..| 258 14.. 95 14 147 14. 151 
1, 014 Tbs |egobeses 15... 81 15. 81 15.|.....- 
798 16 890 16 112 16 98 |: 16.| 116 
186 17.) 786 17... 118 Whe eseee t 17.) 164 
|e 18..| 1,112 18... 22 18. 87 | 18.| 226 
1,041 19..| 1,042 19.. 70 19 112 19.| 204 
1, 205 20 461 CT ete eer 20 167 20 74 
1, 567 21..) 261 21.. 5 21 187 || 21.| 64 
1, 499 7 a eee 22... 87 22 70 Pps eee 
1,061 23 567 23. 122 23 50 | 23.| 88 
165 24 563 24. 14 84 iccotexs i 24.| 62 
eansesee 25 385 25 52 25 53 |: 25 93 
427 26 303 26 50 26. 58 26.| 127 
243 27. 225 DT ccd head eva 27.| 118 27.| 100 
341 28 154 28... 62 28 78 28 5 
591 29..)........ 29... 18 20. 61 29.)...... 
304 30..| 268 30... 2 80. 92 30.| 100 
240 81... 69 31.| 70 
.| 15, 677 Total ....| 14,706 Total ..| 3,082 Total ..| 2, 367 Total ..| 3,716 
“The proportion of sturgeon and salmon in the shipments of the various months is estimated 
by the San Francisco market-men as follows: 
“January, 10 per cent. salmon, 90 per cent. sturgeon. February, 10 per cent. salmon, 90 per 
cent. sturgeon. March, 50 per cent. salmon, 50 per cent. sturgeon. April, mostly salmon. May, 
all salmon. June, all salmon. July, all salmon. August, all salmon. September, all salmon. 
October, 50 per cent. salmon, 50 per cent. sturgeon. November, 50 per cent. salmon, 50 per cent. 
sturgeon. December, 10 per cent. salmon, 90 per cent. sturgeon. 
“‘ Besides the salmon above mentioned, a large number are taken by sailing vessels and by 
the opposition line of steamers and other conveyances to San Francisco and the larger towns. 
“The points from which salmon are shipped on the river steamers are Sacramento City, 
Courtland, Emmatown, Rio Vista, Collinsville, Antioch, Benicia, Martinez. 
“In the spring of 1872 about 25,000 salted salmon came from the Sacramento River to San 
Francisco, and in the fall of the same year about 9,000. The Rio Vista salmon fishermen recom- 
mend the prohibition of fishing from June 1 to October 1, or from J une 15 to October 15. 
““ PYKE-NET FISHING.—The fyke-nets have a mesh of 24 inches. There were in the winter of 
1872~73 eighty-five fyke-nets on the Sacramento at Rio Vista. They are stationary, of course, 
and are examined every twenty-four hours. All the kinds of fish that are found in the river are 
caught in these nets. Mr. John D. Ingersoll, a prominent fyke fisherman of Rio Vista, informed 
me that the daily catch for twenty nets is now about 75 pounds of fish. 
“ They include chubs, herring, perch, viviparous perch, sturgeons, hardheads, split-tails, Sac- 
ramento pike, suckers, crabs. Of these the perch, pike, and sturgeon are the best food-fishes, 
though all of the species named are sold in the market. 
SEC V—47 
