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The most valuable fykes, however, are those used in Saginaw Bay. About one hundred are 
employed here, worth $10 each. 
A considerable number of these nets are employed at the east end, of Lake Ontario, but no 
particulars regarding them were obtained. 
DIP-NET FISHING.—Besides the dip-nets used in taking fish out of pounds and for other simi- 
lar purposes, there are some which are used as means of capture. At De Pere, near Green Bay 
City, about one hundred large dip-nets, from 5 to 7 feet square, and having a mesh of 3 inches, 
are employed. They are used by the farmers and others who live along the river for catching 
suckers, moon-eyes, and other non-commercial species, which they use as manure and as bait for 
catfish. 
At Sault de Ste. Marie dip-nets are employed by the Indians in catching fish in the rapids. 
One Indian sits at the stern of the canoe to steer while another stands on the alert at the bow, 
dip-net in hand, and scoops in any fish which may be seen in the vicinity of the boat. Frequently 
several hundred pounds are taken in this way by one canoe in a day. 
4. STATISTICS OF FISHERIES OF GREAT LAKES. 
The fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1880 employed 5,050 fishermen and an invested capital 
amounting to $1,345,975. Included in the apparatus were 1,500 pound-nets, 44,544 gill-nets, 148 
seines, and 1,656 vessels and boats. The fishery product was valued at $1,784,050, and aggregated 
68,742,000 pounds of whitefish, trout, herring, sturgeon, and other species. 
The full details of the extent of these fisheries in the several lakes will be found in another 
section of this report, and also in the Census volume on the Fisheries of the United States. 
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