FYKE NETS AND FYKE-NET FISHERIES. 
339 
Owing to the fact that both Michigan and Wisconsin have a frontage on more than 
one of the Great Lakes, and that the conditions differ somewhat in each lake, a con- 
sideration of the subject by lakes presents greater interest than the preceding arrange- 
ments, and is, besides, the more natural way in which to discuss the matter. 
The fyke-net fishery of Lake Erie is very much more important than that of any 
of the other lakes; 173 fishermen were here employed in 1890, 1,175 nets were used, 
2,507,650 pounds of fish were taken, and $41,893 resulted from the sale of the fish. The 
fyke-net fishery of Lake Michigan is second in extent, with 113 fishermen, 731 nets, and 
1,311,045 pounds of fish, worth $25,558. Lake Huron ranks third, and in the year 
named was ascertained to have 81 fishermen and 221 nets, and to have yielded 1,088,- 
751 pounds of fish, valued at $23,156. Following Lake Huron is Lake Ontario, with 74 
fishermen, 684 nets, and 899,527 pounds of fish, which sold for $22,561. Lake St. Clair, 
with the two rivers connected with it, had 124 fishermen and 148 nets, which yielded 
415,348 pounds of fish, for which $6,068 was received. The least important fishery of 
this kind is found in Lake Superior, which had only 8 fishermen and 9 nets, while the 
catch was only 24,575 pounds, valued at $1,170. 
The following series of tables shows, by States, the extent of the fyke-net fishery 
of each lake : 
Fishermen. 
Lakes. 
Fyke nets. 
Michigan. 
New York. 
Ohio. 
Wisconsin. 
Total. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
[ Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Superior 
4 
8 
221 
148 
65 
$80 
285 
6,385 
4, 480 
800 
5 
723 
$333 
11,031 
731 
221 
148 
1, 175 
684 
$413 
11, 316 
6, 385 
4, 480 
64, 450 
96, 866 
Michigan 
St. Clair 
Erie 
1, 110 
$63, 650 
Ontario 
$9, 822 
Total 
446 
12, 030 
684 
9, 822 
1, 110 
63, 650 
728 
11, 364 
2,968 
Lakes. 
Boats. 
Total 
invest- 
ment. 
Michigan. 
New York. 
Ohio. 
Wisconsin. 
Total. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
V alue. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Superior 
Michigan 
Huron 
St. Clair 
Erie 
Ontario 
3 
3 
62 
24 
10 
$250 
70 
1, 202 
510 
225 
4 
62 
$180 
5, 750 
7 
l 
149 
66 
$430 
lj 202 
510 
14, 270 
2,318 
$843 
17, 136 
7,587 
4, 990 
78, 720 
12, 140 
66 
$2, 318 
139 
$14, 045 
Total 
102 
2,257 
66 
2,318 
139 
14,045 
06 
5, 930 
373 
24, 550 
121, 416 
