230 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



that seines were used on the site of Marine City in 1812. Id 1830 they 

 were used at St. Clair, and in 1832 at Port Huron. In 1885 there were 

 at Port Huron five seines, five pound-nets, and two gill-net crews; at 

 St. Clair, one seine; at Robert's Lauding, two seines; at Algonac, one 

 seine, fifty-seven fykes, and forty-six set-lines. The seines are from 

 330 to 825 feet long and 12 to 20 feet deep. Some are used through- 

 out the season of open water, others only in the spriug and fall.* The 

 pound-nets are set in water from 20 to 28 feet deep. One of them 

 is fished both in spring and fall, the others in fall only. The gill-nets, 

 which are set only in spring, are from about 250 to 500 feet long and 5 

 feet deep. The fykes are operated throughout the season of open 

 water. Set-lines are fished only during the month of June. They 

 usually have a hundred hooks each, but sometimes there is a greater 

 number. 



Products and trade. — Scarcely any whiten" sh are taken ; pickerel, 

 sturgeon, and herring compose the principal part of the catch. Fish 

 to the amount of over 500,000 pounds are handled annually at Port 

 Huron. Most of the catch is sold fresh, but a large part of the herring 

 and some of the other fish are salted, while about 8 tons of whitelish, 

 12 tons of herring, and 2 tons of other fish are frozen. 



Statistics. — The total number of fishermen in 1885 was 53 ; the num- 

 ber of boats, 29, worth $803, and the total value of the apparatus of 

 capture detailed above was $4,151. The accessories and minor appa- 

 ratus were worth $1,350, and the shore property $3,850, the cash capi- 

 tal being $4,000. 



The products were 508,200 pounds of herring, 158,990 pounds of 

 pickerel, 66,920 pounds of sturgeon, 34,900 pounds of perch and minor 

 species, and 1,000 pounds of whitefish, the whole having a value of 

 $11,160. 



83. LAKE ST. CLAIR (ST. CLAIR, MACOMB, AND WAYNE COUNTIES), 



MICHIGAN. 



Fishery centers. — The towns on the lake from which fishing is followed 

 are New Baltimore and Mount Clemens. The first named is situated on 

 the northern arm of the lake called Anchor Bay, and has a population 

 of 1,000. Mount Clemens is on the Clinton Itiver, 10 miles southwest 

 of New Baltimore, and has a resident population of about 4,000. 



Fisheries of New Baltimore. — The fisheries of New Baltimore are of 

 some importance. Seines were introduced about 1855, and pound-nets 

 in 1874. In 1885, eight pound-nets, one seine, and seventy-four fykes 

 were fished, besides a trammel-net and a few set-lines. The use of 

 seines is at present greatly restricted by the game clubs which control 

 the seining-grounds in the northwestern part of Anchor Bay and be- 

 tween the Bay and the St. Clair River. 



Fisheries of Mount Clemens. — At Mount Clemens three seines and 

 twelve fyke-nets are used. In the marshes between the Clinton and Milk 



