Report 



c 1887.— (.To face page 242.) Fisheries of the Great Lakes. 



Plate XXIX. 



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"tan utiij yni Allies. 



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Lake Erie Pound-nets, for Capture of Whitefish, Herring, etc. 

 kes, 30 to 60 feet long, 6 inches to 1 foot diameter ; the leader stakes 5 to 6 feet apart. Rim line to leader and heart just at water surface. Rim line to pot about 2 feet above surface. Bottom line to leader and heart 



fixed with stone sinkers. 

 Drawn by H. W. Elliott. 



