LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



Page. 



General map of the Great Lakes 3 



Plate I.— Gill-net Steamer 19 



II.— Sheer and Deck Plans of Fishing Steamer T. It. Merrill 20 



III.— Cross-sections of Fishing Steamer T. B. Merrill 20 



IV.— Huron Boat 22 



V.— Sail Plan of Mackinaw Boat 22 



VI.— Plans of Typical Pound-net Boat 24 



VII. — Cleveland Pound-net Boat under Sail 26 



VIII.— Plans of Pound-net Dinghy 26 



IX.— Stake-boat and Crew off Marblehead, Lake Erie, driving stakes for Pound-net. 28 



X. — Deck Plan of Stake-boat and Stake-puller of Lake Erie 28 



XI. — Map showing the Number and Location of the Pound-nets operated in the 



"Waters of Lake Superior during the Fishing Season of 1885 31 



XII. — Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) 36 



XIII. — Lake Herring or Cisco ( Goregonus artedi) 44 



XIV. — Pike (Esox lucius) 50 



XV. — Muskellunge (Esox nobilior) 60 



XVI. — Diagram of the typical Lake Pound-net 66 



XVII. — Map showing the Number and Location of Pound-nets operated in the Waters 



of Lake Michigan during the Fishing Season of 1885 71 



XVIIL— Gill-net drying on Reel 74 



XIX.— Gill-nst Rigs .' 88 



XX. — Whitefish {Coregonus clupeiforwis) 98 



XXI. —Green Bay Pound net 108 



XXII. — Sheepshead (Ajplodinotus grunniens) 148 



XXIII. — Yellow Perch (Perca americana) 166 



XXIV. —White Bass (Roccus chrysops) 190 



XXV. — Map showing the Number and Location of Pound-nets operated in the Waters 



of Lake Huron during the Fishing Season of 1885 205 



XXVI.— Hauling in herring seine in the Detroit River. Inclosure for keeping fish 



alive 220 



XXVII. —Pound-net in the Detroit River 230 



XXXVIII. —Map showing the Number and Location of Pound-nets operated in the waters 



of Lake Erie during the Fishing Season of 1885 233 



XXIX — Lake Erie Pound-nets for Capture of Whitefish, Herring, ete 242 



XXX.— "Lifting the Pot " of a Pound-net, Lake Erie 250 



XXXI. — Type of Lake Erie Fishermen's Seine-shed and Tarring-box 256 



XXXIL— Type of Lake Erie Fishermen's Summer House 260 



XXXIH. — Interior of fish-packing establishment at Sandusky ; fish-cleaning gang at work. 266 



XXXIV.— Diagram of Lake Erie Fyke-net 268 



XXXV. — Great Lake Catfish ( Amiurus nigricans) 276 



XXXVI. — Wall-eyed Pike or Dory (Stizostedium vitreum) 280 



XXXVII. — Sauger or Sand Pike (Stizostedium canadense) . 282 



XXXVIII. — Red-horse Sucker (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) 286 



XXXIX.— A Buffalo Fisherman and his Dog Team 288 



XL. — On the Fishing Grounds ; Bringing home the Fish 290 



XLI. — Sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus) 294 



XLII. — Map showing the Number and Location of the Pound-nets operated in the 



Waters of Lake Ontario during the Fishing Season of 1885 296 



XLIII. — Large-mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) 310 



XLIV. — Small-mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) 320 



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